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Bruce Springsteen

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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM

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Federal Reserve

@federalreserve.gov

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

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January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM

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Ken Jennings

@kenjennings.bsky.social

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM

sdunn12887.bsky.social

@sdunn12887.bsky.social

Seems like a perfect day for some Nick Castellanos news

January 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM

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Derek Bodner

@derekbodner.bsky.social

That, my friends, was an incredible VJ Edgecombe game.

THE RECAP.

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VJ Edgecombe, Tyrese Maxey come up big in win over Knicks - PHLY Sports

The Philadelphia 76ers, led by the return of Tyrese Maxey and some excellent, clutch play from rookie VJ Edgecombe, pulled away down the stretch in a

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December 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM

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Mina Kimes

@minakimes.bsky.social

Cowboys Eagles is coming down to who kicks themselves in the groin last

November 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM

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Philadelphia Phillies (Bot)

@notphillies.bsky.social

All for October.

#RedOctober

October 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM

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James Martin, SJ

@jamesmartinsj.bsky.social

What would Jesus say about transferring wealth to the rich? No speculation needed. "Woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep" (Lk. 6: 24-26).

July 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM

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James Martin, SJ

@jamesmartinsj.bsky.social

I know Pope Leo XIV to be a kind, open, humble, modest, decisive, hard-working, straightforward, trustworthy, and down-to-earth man. A brilliant choice. May God bless him.

May 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM

sdunn12887.bsky.social

@sdunn12887.bsky.social

This any Resolutioners who make it to the gym today, congratulations on the first day of the rest of your lives! To any who didn’t, please don’t use your phone on the equipment if you try again next year.

March 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM

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southpaw

@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social

AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.

BY EMAIL
Re: United States v. Eric Adams, 24 Cr. 556 (DEH)
Mr. Bove,
I have received correspondence indicating that I refused your order to move to dismiss the indictment against Eric Adams without prejudice, subject to certain conditions, including the express possibility of reinstatement of the indictment. That is not exactly correct. The U.S.
Attorney, Danielle R. Sassoon, never asked me to file such a motion, and I therefore never had an opportunity to refuse. But I am entirely in agreement with her decision not to do so, for the reasons stated in her February 12, 2025 letter to the Attorney General.
In short, the first justification for the motion-that Damian Williams's role in the case somehow tainted a valid indictment supported by ample evidence, and pursued under four different U.S. attorneys is so weak as to be transparently pretextual. The second justification is worse.
No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives.
There is a tradition in public service of resigning in a last-ditch effort to head off a serious mistake. Some will view the mistake you are committing here in the light of their generally negative views of the new Administration. I do not share those views. I can even understand how a Chief Executive whose background is in business and politics might see the contemplated dismissal-with-leverage as a good, if distasteful, deal. But any assistant U.S. attorney would know much i i red oril, in this ily. wing the perset arthro he Reside is ving to,
give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.
Please consider this my resignation. It has been an honor to serve as a prosecutor in the
Southern District of New York.
Yours truly,
Hagan Scotten
Assistant United States Att…

February 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM

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Joshua J. Friedman

@joshuajfriedman.com

READ Danielle Sassoon's letter to AG Pam Bondi, via @nytimes.com:

"Rather than be rewarded, Adams's advocacy should be called out for what it is: an improper offer of immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal of his case." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...