Thousands of ICE agents have just been fired or had to resign. It turns out that the department wasn't running background checks and they had been hiring convicted felons and domestic abusers. They have been ordered to pay back the $50,000 sign on bonuses.

Crazy! We just got a test of the emergency alert system in the middle of a song on @wfuv.bsky.social Never experienced that before!

Good morning!

That voters are angrier about government corruption than gas prices shows that Americans are more moral, informed, and aware than they are often given credit for.

Minnesota, don’t let the rain stop us from keeping up our tradition of the highest voter turnout in the nation! Find your polling place here: pollfinder.sos.mn.gov

NY Times assistant managing editor Patrick Healy gives an unacceptable answer when Marisa Kabas asks him why the NYT's Epstein story this week omitted a new rape accusation against Trump. Healy admits the accuser's past allegations on Trump were deemed credible enough for the Times to print them.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last wk.

New — Editor Patrick Healy explains to me NYT’s omission of the new rape details shared by Beatrice Keul in their story about the new House Judiciary Dems report released this week:

Honestly in shock. @nytimes.com terminated the contract of romance fiction columnist Olivia Waite because she reposted on Bluesky criticism I and @markjacob.bsky.social had of the paper’s lack of coverage of the new rape allegations against Donald Trump. Details and a statement from Olivia here:

The New York Times Terminates Contract with Romance Columnist Olivia Waite After Bluesky Repost - Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

smartbitchestrashybooks.com

You can contact these numbers to ask voting-related questions, get help with registration or polling locations, or report issues and intimidation at the polls.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · 5d ago

The Trump bullshit has started. Trump-loyal DOJ has released a list of polling locations where it has sent “monitors” for today’s midterms. An almost perfect overlap with Democratic-leaning counties and/or those with significant nonwhite populations. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/doj-m...

Wow

Todd Blanche says the DOJ is done prosecuting anyone tied to Epstein. Tomorrow we can elect a House that can subpoena him. 201 letters to 17,500 demanding every file: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Congress: Demand AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files now

Contact Congress today!

actionnetwork.org

Here is Mike Lawler commending Donald Trump for picking *Pam Bondi* for Attorney General because she would ‘clean up the DOJ’ and ‘stop the weaponization’. #TheRealMikeLawler is a partisan hack without an ounce of judgment, #NY17.

The perfect video to show ICE violence. Agents aren't even pretending to be engaged in legitimate law enforcement. They don't speak to anyone. They don't claim to be in danger. They don't ask for IDs or try to make arrests. They vandalize a car to immobilize it and run away so they aren't caught.

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · last wk.

ACLU Releases Video of ICE Agent Slashing Observers’ Tire www.aclu.org/press-releas...

I posted about this over on X and the Dem-aligned House Majority PAC is now breaking out the memes lol. #NY17 cc: @juliegoldberg.bsky.social

Please don't stay home. Seventy percent turnout is the magic number to make significant changes in our lives. Help us by getting out to vote. #GilaDems

It’s not just about Mike Lawler’s dishonesty and hypocrisy. Just like when it comes to his adulation of Trump, it’s about his judgment. Lori Chavez DeRemer resigned for drinking on the job, harassment, and other bad behavior. #TheRealMikeLawler is clueless partisan, #NY17.

Sorry I haven't been posting much about other elections. Those who follow me closely can probably tell I'm locked in on flipping #NY17, electing @caitfornewyork.bsky.social, and rejecting Mike Lawler. I'll refocus soon, but in the meantime I appreciate y'all amplifying my anti-Lawler posts lol.

#RepublicansDidThis to all of US. The "family values " party. #NeverForget. Ever.

Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2w ago

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Mike Lawler - days after his 2024 re-election - promised that he and Donald Trump would work to bring about ‘peace and prosperity’, and ‘reestablish America’s role in the world’. Mike has made no further updates on their progress. #TheRealMikeLawler is a failure, #NY17. Vote him out.

I’m willing to forgive and forget if the median 18-29 year old Trump voter is like this guy.

brent 🌹🗽@therealbrent.bsky.social · 2w ago

my god

Mike Lawler welcomed DOGE after his 2024 re-election. No surprise there, since Elon Musk spent $2M on Mike’s campaign. So when Elon destroyed agencies like USAID, Mike conveniently turned a blind eye despite promising oversight. #TheRealMikeLawler does whatever Elon says, #NY17.

CBS identified Illinois based Three Z Printing as the holder of the permit associated with the fake transgender mailers. One of the owners, Matt Zerrusen, is based in Dallas. His Instagram shows pictures with Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump, and comments from local Republicans.

Professional protesters you say? "Hoax BLM group" (This is connected to the false transgender mailers. Scroll up thread for the rest of the story. ⬆️)

steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social · 2w ago

Previously, Dallas Express publisher Monty Bennett worked with a group called Crowds on Demand to create a hoax BLM group that sent letters to wealthy white families saying not to send their kids to Ivy League schools, spurring a major reaction online and in right wing media

Hey neighbor! Good to see you here. I’m not sure if you know that Abigail Field is running as a write-in for Suffolk County clerk. GOP/Dem machine chicanery has the corrupt incumbent unopposed on the ballot, but Abigail has a robust following. @gaepol.bsky.social

Ax ex-cop shot this dad and left him to die at the scene.

Road Rage Over Lane Change Led to Fatal Bridge Shooting, Prosecutors Say (Gift Article)

Koran Irvine, 46, died from a single gunshot wound on the George Washington Bridge during his evening commute on Tuesday.

nytimes.com

This is a scam, a ploy, a farce, and journalists should say so. We don’t need diesel. We export vast amounts of diesel. apnews.com/article/russ...

First tanker of Russian diesel sets sail for the US in Trump's controversial deal with Putin

The Kremlin says that a first tanker carrying Russian diesel to the United States has set sail under a new import agreement.

apnews.com

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 4w ago

My understanding is that the US doesn't need diesel. It's other countries' needs that are driving up global prices. US refiners make billions of excess profits charging US customers global prices. In fact we are a major exporter of diesel. So WTF? And what did he give Putin in return?

Early voting starts tomorrow in Suffolk County. Please remember to write in Abigail Field for County Clerk. The corrupt incumbent isn’t running unopposed, it just looks that way on the ballot. #WriteInAbigailField

Early voting starts tomorrow in Suffolk County. Please remember to write in Abigail Field for County Clerk. The corrupt incumbent isn’t running unopposed, it just looks that way on the ballot. #WriteInAbigailField

‘Before you go vote tomorrow, fill up your tank and go grocery shopping — it will inform your decision.’ - Mike Lawler the night before he was first elected to Congress in 2022. Take Mike Lawler’s advice, #NY17. And then vote for @caitfornewyork.bsky.social

Cait Conley@caitfornewyork.bsky.social · 2w ago

In 2022, Mike Lawler said: “Before you vote tomorrow, fill up your tank and go grocery shopping — it will inform your decision.” So we took him up on that. Before early voting starts tomorrow, try it. Then tell me if the system’s working for you. It shouldn’t be this hard. You deserve better.

🚨 🚨 🚨 It seems that Mike Lawler’s Deputy Chief of Staff is named as a Defendant in a new SDNY lawsuit. It claims Rafi Silberberg ‘held himself out to Plaintiff as a person with influence over public officials and over the outcome of cases in Rockland County court’. #NY17