Cody Vidmar
codyvidmar.bsky.social
Cody Vidmar
@codyvidmar.bsky.social
These posts could be about literally anything.
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This is like comic book fascist dialogue. Come on.
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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More abuse of @blockclubchi.bsky.social and @unraveledpress.com folks. Just abhorrent.
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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This is the second time Judge Ellis has noted that "the government later indicted" folks who it had consistently abused. And she also notes that it is "for a separate incident." Perhaps a signal to her colleague, Judge Perry.
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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This is how the feds started the day that led to the indictment of the "Broadview 6" - by engaging in unprompted, unnecessary, and illegal uses of force. Before 8 in the morning.
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Yeah this opinion is 233 pages, but it's because Judge Ellis is being relentlessly thorough about the violence inflicted BY THE GOVERNMENT ON CIVILIANS. Page after page of unthinkable horrors.
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Juxtaposition is a crucial skill in effective legal writing. "X claims Y. But-" is one of my favorite tools.
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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These people - the government!!! - really think they can get away with anything. That no one will notice, or that if they do notice, no one will do anything. At least Judge Ellis has noticed and is trying to do something. @unraveledpress.com is brave as hell.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Brutal descriptions of @unraveledpress.com and Rev. Black continuing to get abused by the government.

"And although Held wore a helmet marked “PRESS” on the front and back and visibly displayed his press credentials, id. ¶ 5, an ICE SRT officer shot Held with a pepper ball in the groin..."
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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It's very funny to appeal when you have undisputed findings of fact like this.
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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This stuff is just unspeakably horrible. These are not the facts you want to see, if you are the government.
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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"To the extent that agents use ChatGPT to create their use of
force reports, this further undermines their credibility and may explain the inaccuracy of these reports when viewed in light of the BWC footage."
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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I suppose I have my evening reading.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just handed down the written opinion version of her preliminary injunction order, regarding use of force by federal agents in Chicago.

It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.

It's 233 pages.

Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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FOIA fee bullying is alive and well in Michigan!
Journalist says Grand Blanc Township wants $100,000 for FOIA request
Does a Freedom of Information request cost $100,000? An independent journalist is questioning Grand Blanc Township's FOIA fee and officials' transparency.
www.abc12.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.

Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The lawsuit in Washington was for so much more than just Washington.
18/ There’s so much more to this story:

• 2 sisters who say they didn’t realize they had both been abused by Massie
• A “constant effort,” according to prosecutors, to keep women from testifying at the trial

Read our full investigation w/ @startribune.com:
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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18/ There’s so much more to this story:

• 2 sisters who say they didn’t realize they had both been abused by Massie
• A “constant effort,” according to prosecutors, to keep women from testifying at the trial

Read our full investigation w/ @startribune.com:
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Ohio Republicans want everyone to follow rules they break daily.
‘This is just indoctrinating.’ Ohio Senate approves bill to allow public schools to display Ten Commandments

All but one of the Senate Republicans voted to move the bill forward to the Ohio House.

thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/11/20/o...
‘This is just indoctrinating.’ Ohio Senate approves bill to allow public schools to display Ten Commandments
All but one of the Senate Republicans voted to move the bill forward to the Ohio House.
thebuckeyeflame.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.

We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
When propublica threads, you read the thread.
1/ It should be forgiven. It should be forgotten. If she spoke of it again, the sins would be hers, she was told.

But she could never forget. And neither could the other girls.

This is the story of how her church enabled a child abuser for years 👇

[content warning: sexual abuse]
November 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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WH: The peace plan for Ukraine was drafted by Rubio and Witkoff

“They have been quietly working on it over the past month,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Decent people: "Hey, these hate symbols are terrorizing some of our service members. We should do something about that."

Coast Guard: "Say no more, fam. Those are no longer hate symbols. Problem solved."

newrepublic.com/post/203458/...
U.S. Coast Guard Will No Longer Consider Swastika a Hate Symbol
The Coast Guard seems to be fine with Nazis now.
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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A federal judge in Washington has halted the Trump administration’s effort to keep more than 2,000 National Guard troops deployed across the city, finding that D.C. is likely to prove the deployment unlawful. Thank you, Judge Jia M. Cobb!
Memorandum & Opinion – #88 in DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-03005) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION re 3 Motion for Preliminary Injunction and 705 Stay: See document for details. Signed by Judge Jia M. Cobb on November 20, 2025. (lcjmc2) (Entered: 11/20/2025)
storage.courtlistener.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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A federal prosecutor alleged one defendant boasted that his father “had engaged in similar business for the Chinese Communist Party.”
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November 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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They were advised that the policy was illegal, but they ignored and sidelined the top SOUTHCOM lawyer. Covering up inconvenient legal advice doesn’t make the act legal. Trump & Hegseth are testing for compliance with every illegal act. When they decide to shoot protesters, they want only obedience.
As we knew all along, these were murders.
“The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM