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For two years, Ohio Guy commented under every single Let's Talk Elections video on YouTube with Ohio will be blue. Congress will be blue. Hope is eternal. Today Ohio Guy got to switch it up:

the number of U.S. citizen teens and young 20-somethings who leave their "temporary" ICE detentions with black eyes and broken bones and all other manner of injuries you normally get in a beat down...these photos and interviews always stay with me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Outcry after ICE violently detains US citizen walking to high school: ‘I thought they were going to kill me’

Agents pinned down Erik Zepeda, a 20-year-old with disabilities, and left him with a broken wrist in latest example of ICE brutality as activity surges in California

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We're not hearing Trump say the candidate who's ahead on election night should win.

Not that the law clerks get to control who gets invited to what, but I suspect most of them aren't pleased, either. OTOH, the pizza places nearest the Chambers and Browning Courthouses are probably doing a booming business on an otherwise slow Monday night.

AndyC@andyc300.bsky.social · 3d ago

I am sure the entirety of the 9th circuit judges are THRILLED to be doing this crap this time of night. Those two might not get invited to the next luncheon.

I'm sure it reveals my lack of judicial temperament, but I'd be just tempted to let it sit.

Charlotte Garden@charlottegarden.bsky.social · 4d ago

Steve had collected various horror stories about people who messed up the notice of appeal -- mostly by miscounting the days, or appealing from the wrong order. The lesson was always: if you mess this up and you don't fix it before the time to appeal runs, you're screwed.

ICE targeted a trans woman in Rochester, NY, tackled her and broke her foot, put her in isolation in a men's camp in Batavia & released her with an ankle monitor only after forcing her to reveal she'd had SRS. (Batavia is currently building a tent camp for women.) www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...

Transgender woman says ICE tackled her at Rochester airport, held her in men's detention facility

A transgender woman from Singapore says ICE agents arrested her at Rochester's airport and held her at an all-men's detention center in Batavia.

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Talarico has Musk funding his opponent’s campaign and Putin funding social media slanders against him — Talarico must be something special to have the world’s two most powerful oligarchs lined up against him.

PLANAF/PLAAF showing what it could look like if they tried to kick the door down through the Luzon Strait. Drones. AEWs. EW/C3s. First, a PLA Wing Loong II MALE UAV conducting maritime ISR through the Balintang Channel. 🇨🇳 YILO4300 is using hex code #7A2DCC

In one DC Courtroom, DOJ is prosecuting FBI agents for saying they weren't "involved" with an investigation. In another DC courtroom, a DOI attorney can't even define what "involved" means. bsky.app/profile/anna...

Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 7d ago

DOI attorney now says he doesn't know what "involved with" means. Judge Reyes pulls out a dictionary. Holy fuck.

DOI attorney now says he doesn't know what "involved with" means. Judge Reyes pulls out a dictionary. Holy fuck.

Political terrorism/intimidation is alive & unwell in Latah County, #Idaho. Of course. BJ is our outstanding incumbent Treasurer, a Democrat, a woman, & a lifelong Latah County resident.

Nicole Foy told me ProPublica updated its database of U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents because the government still isn't keeping that record. Our whole conversation is at austinkocher.substack.com/p/were-docum... @nicolefoy.bsky.social @propublica.org

I wrote this earlier this afternoon. Oldest Gand son (6) started not feeling well at 6pm. Struggling to breathe. Blood ox at 67% and he’s admitted to hospital by 8pm. All signs point to flu, but we are waiting for test results. Him and his parents are staying at the hospital tonight.

Shannon The Sasquatch@shannonkmurray.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is your warning. There are colds and flus and all kinds of things that will make you sick out there in the world right now. Wear face mask. Wash hands.

I live in a rural town and, like, I don't know how to tell you this, but the girls play on the boys team and vice versa all the time because otherwise we don't have enough players for a game and it's literally always fine so stop being weirdos about kids sports and just let trans kids play.

@MapQuest has ballot dropbox locations!

What a time to be a scientist! Every day we discover more fundamental particles requiring smaller units of measurement!

GregSergienko@gregsergienko.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm so old that I can remember when a Scaramucci and a Truss were considered short measures of time.

Hey Math Nerds:

Not nothing—but the primary voucher funding threat comes from not by driving kids out of public schools, but by states setting up entirely new subsidy systems for kids never enrolled in the first place.

It is, of course, coming. But take heart. Almost everything they’ve done violates a state level criminal statute of some sort. There are some things that are purely federal powers, but most implicate a state crime, be it assault or a financial crime. It’s just gonna take some time.

Jeff Stein@jeffstein.bsky.social · 2w ago

Scoop: White House lawyers are weighing preemptive mass pardons for junior staff, sources says Under discussion: Pardoning everyone involved in deportation, war, or trade policy www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...

I'm so old that I can remember when a Scaramucci and a Truss were considered short measures of time.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝@sundaedivine.lol · 2w ago

Promoted and fired on the same day - even Katie Zacharia is impressed.

The Spokesman-Review’s union post re: stance on the planned transition to Comma and statement on Editor in Chief Rob Curley’s suspension and allegations against him: www.instagram.com/p/DeufPIRmUp...

Truth

Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/

Made a little video about my reporting on “Tommy” from the viral @abdulelsayed.bsky.social town hall

Noah radiated decency; his keen insight informed what became NPR's original sound; his interest in places far from power enriched our understanding of the nation and its people. Lovely tribute from @scottdetrow.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/10/18/n...

Noah Adams, longtime host of NPR's All Things Considered, has died

One of NPR's most gifted storytellers, his soft voice and vivid writing helped define the network's sound for a generation of Americans.

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Here's the original post. Notice the block quote text here, suggesting the 80+ yo coach "played" for the Dream, is too young for dementia, and is really suffering from her "football" injuries. It's a mix of AI football concussion slop and AI WNBA slop. This FB Page is hardly even trying.

"Many infants are leaving the hospital without getting immunized against RSV. Why? Because many insurance companies won't pay for the shots while the newborn is in the hospital." @robsteinnews.bsky.social @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/10/16/n...

Health insurers balk at paying for newborns' RSV immunization in the hospital

Many infants are leaving the hospital without getting immunized against RSV. Why? Because many insurance companies won't pay for the shots while the newborn is in the hospital.

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Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...