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11:05 AM ET, October 6, 2025

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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Judge issues new broader order barring any National Guard from relocating to Oregon  —  A federal judge Sunday night issued a new broader order barring any National Guard members from being relocated from any state for federal service in the state of Oregon.
Discussion: Democracy Docket, MSNBC, OPB, CNN and Newsweek
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Robert Reich:
The Mad King's Television  —  How Trump is making potentially lethal decisions  —  When over the weekend federal Judge Karin Immergut (a Trump appointee) blocked Trump from deploying Oregon's National Guard to Portland, Trump said she “should be ashamed of herself” because “Portland is burning to the ground.”
Politico:
Judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Portland for second time … A federal judge has, for the second time in two days, blocked President Donald Trump from sending National Guard troops into Oregon, ruling that the administration appeared to defy her Saturday order that Trump lacked …
Politico:
'Tonight the rule of law said 'hell no"
Discussion: Davis Vanguard
Axios:
California, Oregon suing Trump in bid to stop troop deployment to Portland
Fox News:
Federal judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment to Portland amid constitutional challenge
Associated Press:
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon
Wall Street Journal:
California Troops Sent to Oregon After Court Bars Oregon Guard Deployment
Miranda Jeyaretnam / Time:
House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze  —  The home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein was set on fire after she had reportedly received death threats.  —  State law enforcement is investigating the house fire on Edisto Beach which began …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
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Lauren Acton-Taylor / Daily Mail:
Top judge's $1.5M beachfront home is burned to the ground as her ex-senator husband is rushed to hospital  —  A South Carolina judge's beautiful beachfront home was burned to the ground on Saturday morning, sending three of her family members to hospital.  —  Police have launched an investigation …
Discussion: FITSNews and The Gateway Pundit
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal of her criminal conviction  —  Maxwell was convicted for her role in recruiting and grooming girls who were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's challenge …
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell  —  The onetime employee and friend of Jeffrey Epstein argued that a secret agreement between prosecutors and the multimillionaire financier invalidated her conviction.  —  The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal …
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for US Senate in Texas, defying GOP leaders to take on Cornyn and Paxton  —  Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for the U.S. Senate in Texas, defying Senate GOP leadership and adding a new element to an already contentious primary campaign.
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Brakkton Booker / Politico:
Wesley Hunt launches Senate bid, scrambling GOP primary in Texas
Discussion: Townhall
Alex Roarty / NOTUS:
Maine State Auditor Defies National Democrats, Launches Primary Against Moderate Jared Golden
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
Paul Krugman:
State Terror, American Style  —  Over the weekend I talked to a couple of people, people who generally try to keep abreast of the news, about the Chicago apartment raid last Tuesday — and discovered that they hadn't heard about it.  And that's extremely worrying.
Discussion: The Contrarian
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens  —  Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.  After they arrived at 7500 S. South Shore Drive, agents from Border Patrol …
Discussion: HuffPost, The.Ink and Chicago Sun Times
Politico:
Democrats see a path to flipping the crime debate … Voters also reported preferring Republicans to Democrats with preventing and reducing crime and cracking down on violent crime — gaps that grew among swing voters.  —  But, in a hint of hope for the party looking to neutralize …
Discussion: The Liberal Patriot and Raw Story
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Bari Weiss / The Free Press:
The Future of The Free Press  —  We've sent more than 4,000 emails since we started The Free Press five years ago.  This one is different.  —  We're a news organization, so I'll get right to it: This morning, The Free Press is joining Paramount.  —  This move is a testament to many things …
Associated Press:
The Supreme Court will evaluate Trump's expansive claims of presidential power in its new term  —  The Supreme Court is beginning a new term with a sharp focus on President Donald Trump's robust assertion of executive power.  Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Washington Post economics columnist moves to The Bulwark  —  The News  —  A high-profile columnist who left The Washington Post amid the paper's ongoing editorial upheaval is joining a growing anti-Trump digital news startup.  —  Former Washington Post opinion columnist Catherine Rampell …
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Provided / Post and Courier:
SLED investigating fire at SC circuit judge's Edisto home, 3 injured  —  EDISTO ISLAND — The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating a fire that started the morning of Oct. 4 at Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein's Edisto Beach home off Planters Retreat in the Jeremy Cay Community.
Discussion: FITSNews
Associated Press:
French PM resigns hours after naming government, plunging France further into political chaos  —  France's new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the country into a deep political crisis …
NBC News:
Illinois sues the Trump administration over National Guard deployment to Chicago  —  The lawsuit charges that deploying federalized troops to Chicago “infringes on Illinois's sovereignty and right to self-governance.”  —  The State of Illinois filed a lawsuit Monday in an attempt to block …
Craig DeLuz / The Hill:
Trump's DC takeover is working — in fact, it has already worked  —  President Trump's action this summer asserting federal control of the District of Columbia police force was a bold and necessary step toward confronting the rampant crime that has plagued our nation's capital for years.
Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency … Last year, in the months before the 2024 presidential election, the magazine surveyed 50 members of what might be called the Washington legal establishment about their expectations for the Justice Department and the rule of law if Donald Trump were re-elected.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Reactionary, Neo-Confederate Portland … In blue cities across America—Portland, Oregon, especially—often violent protesters now seek to surround ICE facilities to stop federal officers from fulfilling their assigned and legal duties of arresting illegal aliens.
Punchbowl News:
Majority of Calif. voters back Prop 50 in new poll … And it's good news for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. … They desperately need a counterweight to Republicans' redistricting in Texas, and California is the best positioned blue state to do so.  But unlike Texas, Newsom has to ask …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and PoliticusUSA
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
McGrath announces second bid for McConnell's Senate seat  —  Amy McGrath on Monday officially launched another Kentucky Senate bid, aiming to take the seat held by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell.  McGrath, a retired fighter pilot, announced her candidacy on X, saying the Bluegrass state deserves a senator …
Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
Will the Democrats Become the Party of Free Trade?  —  Another partisan reversal on trade presents itself.  —  The hard-working staff here at Drezner's World has made no secret of i ts distaste for protectionism — and using the guise of national security to promote protectionism.
Discussion: Politico
Emily Peck / Axios:
Social Security chief to be IRS CEO  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has appointed Frank Bisignano, who runs the Social Security Administration, to also head up the Internal Revenue Service as its first ever chief executive officer … - The IRS and SSA are facing staffing challenges this year …
 
 
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Emma Janssen / American Prospect:
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters:
Trump says US hit another boat off Venezuela coast on Saturday
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Associated Press:
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Rob Crilly / Telegraph:
Ted Cruz lays groundwork for presidential run
Discussion: Raw Story
C.J. Ciaramella / Reason:
Texas and Florida Have Become National Models for Using the Police State To Wage Culture War Battles
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Shia Kapos / Politico:
Jesse Jackson Jr. to launch bid for his old seat
Reuters:
UK government says it was not to blame for collapse of China spy trial
Discussion: Politico
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Ex-mayor raises $1.2M to oust 77-year-old House Democrat
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Roy Cooper raises $14.5 million last quarter, shattering records
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Eileen Guo / MIT Technology Review:
Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline
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The groups have learned nothing
 

 
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