Iridescent Ashes
@iridescent-ashes.bsky.social
Thoroughly VET & VOTE! Was 'no party affiliation' swing/split voter now reg D.
Pennsylvania
Coming over from Twitter (same name)
Pennsylvania
Coming over from Twitter (same name)
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President Trump’s hand-picked interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan has ousted more senior prosecutors from the Eastern District of Virginia office, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
Lindsey Halligan ousts more prosecutors in key US attorney’s office | CNN Politics
President Trump’s hand-picked interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan has ousted more senior prosecutors from the Eastern District of Virginia office, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
www.cnn.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
President Trump’s hand-picked interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan has ousted more senior prosecutors from the Eastern District of Virginia office, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
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NEW: “Bands of masked men apprehending people in broad daylight in the streets and hauling them off. Disappearing people to a third country,” a former DHS official said. “We’re at an inflection point in history right now and it’s frightening.”
How Trump is Building a Repressive, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.
www.propublica.org
October 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: “Bands of masked men apprehending people in broad daylight in the streets and hauling them off. Disappearing people to a third country,” a former DHS official said. “We’re at an inflection point in history right now and it’s frightening.”
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George Santos, a former U.S. House member expelled for lying about his background, had his prison sentence commuted by President Trump.
His commutation comes less than three months into a seven-year sentence.
His commutation comes less than three months into a seven-year sentence.
A timeline of how George Santos’s web of lies led to his downfall
The disgraced former lawmaker concocted elaborate falsehoods about his life and identity, and was later convicted of fraud. Trump commuted his sentence.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
George Santos, a former U.S. House member expelled for lying about his background, had his prison sentence commuted by President Trump.
His commutation comes less than three months into a seven-year sentence.
His commutation comes less than three months into a seven-year sentence.
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The prolonged government shutdown is helping the Trump administration advance its goal of closing the Department of Education — a longtime conservative aim that congressional Republicans have failed to act on.
With shutdown cuts, Trump moves closer to eliminating Education Department
The administration is looking to shed workers and transfer some operations to other departments as it seeks to close the Education Department
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The prolonged government shutdown is helping the Trump administration advance its goal of closing the Department of Education — a longtime conservative aim that congressional Republicans have failed to act on.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The choice to deny Pentagon credentials to many journalists will backfire on Pete Hegseth, Maureen Dowd writes. “Because nothing gets a bunch of reporters going like being forced out of the building where they work and being told they aren’t allowed to do their jobs.”
The choice to deny Pentagon credentials to many journalists will backfire on Pete Hegseth, Maureen Dowd writes. “Because nothing gets a bunch of reporters going like being forced out of the building where they work and being told they aren’t allowed to do their jobs.”
Opinion | Fraidy-Cat at the Pentagon
Pete Hegseth can’t handle the truth.
nyti.ms
October 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The choice to deny Pentagon credentials to many journalists will backfire on Pete Hegseth, Maureen Dowd writes. “Because nothing gets a bunch of reporters going like being forced out of the building where they work and being told they aren’t allowed to do their jobs.”
The choice to deny Pentagon credentials to many journalists will backfire on Pete Hegseth, Maureen Dowd writes. “Because nothing gets a bunch of reporters going like being forced out of the building where they work and being told they aren’t allowed to do their jobs.”
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Prosecutors appear to have amassed significant evidence against John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser.
Experts warned that it could take months — or even more than a year — to see how that evidence holds up at a potential trial.
Experts warned that it could take months — or even more than a year — to see how that evidence holds up at a potential trial.
Classified documents case against Bolton could take years, experts say
Former national security adviser could use some of the same tactics his adversary, President Trump, used in his documents case
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Prosecutors appear to have amassed significant evidence against John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser.
Experts warned that it could take months — or even more than a year — to see how that evidence holds up at a potential trial.
Experts warned that it could take months — or even more than a year — to see how that evidence holds up at a potential trial.
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A series of public statements from the Department of Homeland Security during its migrant crackdown in Chicago and across the country has been contradicted or undermined by local officials, a civil rights attorney and a legal filing.
In immigration crackdown, DHS statements on arrests face a problem of credibility | CNN
A series of public statements from the Department of Homeland Security during its migrant crackdown in Chicago and across the country has been contradicted or undermined by local officials, a civil ri...
www.cnn.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A series of public statements from the Department of Homeland Security during its migrant crackdown in Chicago and across the country has been contradicted or undermined by local officials, a civil rights attorney and a legal filing.
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A Vermont state senator has resigned over his involvement in a Young Republican group chat after racist and antisemitic chat messages shared among its members were made public.
Vermont state senator resigns over racist Young Republican chat messages
Samuel Douglass was reportedly the only elected official to take part in the Young Republican group chat that included racist and antisemitic messages.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A Vermont state senator has resigned over his involvement in a Young Republican group chat after racist and antisemitic chat messages shared among its members were made public.
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Breaking News: The Trump administration has decided to repatriate two survivors of a deadly U.S. strike this week on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea rather than prosecute them or hold them in military detention, people with knowledge of the matter said on Saturday.
U.S. to Repatriate Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel
The U.S. military rescued the two men in the Caribbean Sea after Special Operations forces fired on a semi-submersible that was assessed to be smuggling drugs.
nyti.ms
October 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration has decided to repatriate two survivors of a deadly U.S. strike this week on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea rather than prosecute them or hold them in military detention, people with knowledge of the matter said on Saturday.
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The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem, the secretary, and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary and other top officials.
nyti.ms
October 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem, the secretary, and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.
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Trump refuses to respect the fact that Congress has the power of the purse “That’s yet another part of the Constitution that Trump is fully flushing down the toilet, and arguably the most important one,” From @ryanlcooper.com and @ddayen.bsky.social:
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Mad King Trump Seizes Your Money
The president is doing almost exactly what Charles I did to touch off the English Civil War.
trib.al
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trump refuses to respect the fact that Congress has the power of the purse “That’s yet another part of the Constitution that Trump is fully flushing down the toilet, and arguably the most important one,” From @ryanlcooper.com and @ddayen.bsky.social:
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George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman, was freed from prison on Friday after President Trump commuted his sentence. New York politicians and some voters greeted the news with a mix of anger and frustration.
Santos’s Release Frustrates His Former Colleagues and Constituents
George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman, was freed from prison on Friday after President Trump commuted his sentence. On Long Island, in his former district, some people called the decision an outrage.
nyti.ms
October 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman, was freed from prison on Friday after President Trump commuted his sentence. New York politicians and some voters greeted the news with a mix of anger and frustration.
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A major stretch of highway between Los Angeles and San Diego was temporarily closed Saturday due to a live-fire exercise the U.S. Marine Corps is holding, an event that has sparked a row between California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and President Trump.
Newsom closes highway section amid feud with White House over Marine exercise
The announcement came after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) traded jabs with the White House over the live-fire exercise Vice President JD Vance is attending in the area.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A major stretch of highway between Los Angeles and San Diego was temporarily closed Saturday due to a live-fire exercise the U.S. Marine Corps is holding, an event that has sparked a row between California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and President Trump.
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The Coast Guard plans to buy two Gulfstream private jets to be used by Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristi Noem and other top DHS and Coast Guard officials at a total estimated cost of $200 million.
DHS to spend $200 million on private jets for Noem, other officials
The new Coast Guard contract for two Gulfstream G700 jets far exceeds the $50 million the Coast Guard had requested earlier this year to purchase a new jet.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Coast Guard plans to buy two Gulfstream private jets to be used by Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristi Noem and other top DHS and Coast Guard officials at a total estimated cost of $200 million.
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The people running our country want to destroy our health care, invade our cities, and turn a conman into a king. Not under nurses' watch! ❌👑
"We’re all here today because we REFUSE to let that happen," says Cathy Kennedy, RN and president of CNA. #NoKingsSF
"We’re all here today because we REFUSE to let that happen," says Cathy Kennedy, RN and president of CNA. #NoKingsSF
October 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The people running our country want to destroy our health care, invade our cities, and turn a conman into a king. Not under nurses' watch! ❌👑
"We’re all here today because we REFUSE to let that happen," says Cathy Kennedy, RN and president of CNA. #NoKingsSF
"We’re all here today because we REFUSE to let that happen," says Cathy Kennedy, RN and president of CNA. #NoKingsSF
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My favorite sign at the Montclair NJ No Kings today:
October 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
My favorite sign at the Montclair NJ No Kings today:
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The progressive icon delivered a damning speech Saturday in Washington, D.C. as part the nationwide "No Kings" protests against President Donald Trump.
Bernie Blasts Trump At 'No Kings' Protest But Names 3 Other Billionaires As Part Of The Problem
The progressive icon delivered a damning speech Saturday in Washington, D.C. as part the nationwide "No Kings" protests against President Donald Trump.
www.huffpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The progressive icon delivered a damning speech Saturday in Washington, D.C. as part the nationwide "No Kings" protests against President Donald Trump.
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Thousands of people attended 'No Kings' demonstrations on Saturday in protest of the policies of President Donald Trump. Participants criticized everything from Trump's consolidation of power to his immigration policies to congressional apathy toward him. Here are reports from four protests.
'We've got to do something:' Thousands attend 'No Kings' protests in Alabama | Alabama Reflector
Thousands of Alabamians participated in the protests against President Donald Trump, part of national demonstrations that drew millions.
alabamareflector.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Thousands of people attended 'No Kings' demonstrations on Saturday in protest of the policies of President Donald Trump. Participants criticized everything from Trump's consolidation of power to his immigration policies to congressional apathy toward him. Here are reports from four protests.
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There’s nothing more American than saying, NO KINGS‼️
REPUBLICANS ABOUT JANUARY 6: “A gathering of tourists.”
REPUBLICANS ABOUT THE NO KINGS PROTEST: “A hate rally.”
They praise the mob and condemn the movement. You see what they’re doing, right?
REPUBLICANS ABOUT JANUARY 6: “A gathering of tourists.”
REPUBLICANS ABOUT THE NO KINGS PROTEST: “A hate rally.”
They praise the mob and condemn the movement. You see what they’re doing, right?
October 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
There’s nothing more American than saying, NO KINGS‼️
REPUBLICANS ABOUT JANUARY 6: “A gathering of tourists.”
REPUBLICANS ABOUT THE NO KINGS PROTEST: “A hate rally.”
They praise the mob and condemn the movement. You see what they’re doing, right?
REPUBLICANS ABOUT JANUARY 6: “A gathering of tourists.”
REPUBLICANS ABOUT THE NO KINGS PROTEST: “A hate rally.”
They praise the mob and condemn the movement. You see what they’re doing, right?
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I see my old tweet is making the rounds on Instagram and Facebook. 😊 If you get a chance, pls watch “Surviving Ohio State” on HBO. You will be outraged that this cretin in in the Congress.
October 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I see my old tweet is making the rounds on Instagram and Facebook. 😊 If you get a chance, pls watch “Surviving Ohio State” on HBO. You will be outraged that this cretin in in the Congress.
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This is what democracy looks like.
October 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is what democracy looks like.
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Zero arrests. 100,000 people. No violence. This who we are.
October 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Zero arrests. 100,000 people. No violence. This who we are.