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10:05 AM ET, October 7, 2025

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Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest - using photos of South America  —  A federal judge had blocked Trump's request to deploy California national guard to Portland  —  Before a federal judge blocked Donald Trump from putting members of California's national guard on the streets of Portland …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act … “You look at what's happening with Portland over the years, it's a burning hell hole,” Trump added.  “And then you have a judge that lost her way that tries to pretend that there's no problem.”  —  The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a federal law …
NPR:
Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained  —  President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities such as Portland, Ore., and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
Stephen I. Vladeck / New York Times:
No, Trump Can't Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants  —  President Trump's escalating efforts to deploy armed troops onto the streets of several American cities run by Democratic officials are raising a question courts have been all but completely able to avoid since the Constitution was drafted …
Robert Reich:
Trump's Plan  —  The direction we're going is either martial law or civil war.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Greene ‘disgusted’ if health care tax credits expire and premiums double  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) signaled a willingness to negotiate with Democrats on their health care demands, breaking with her party on an issue at the core of the government shutdown standoff.
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Democrats are winning the shutdown  —  🎉 It's PN's fourth anniversary and we're commemorating it this week by offering paid subscriptions at a special discounted price.  Click the button below to take advantage and support our work ⬇️  —  🥳 PN anniversary special offer 🥳
Discussion: Straight Arrow News and The Hill
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate votes for fifth time against advancing legislation to end the shutdown
Politico:
Trump is using mass firings as a shutdown cudgel. Democrats aren't flinching.
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Truthout
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Flight Delays Begin as Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Worsen  —  The delays came just hours after the transportation secretary warned that flying could be disrupted by the government shutdown.  —  Flights into airports serving New York, Denver and the Los Angeles area were delayed on Monday night …
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Jory Rand / ABC7:
Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned on Monday evening amid government shutdown  —  Este artículo se ofrece en Español  —  The air traffic tower at Burbank Airport is unmanned on Monday evening as air traffic controllers begin to call out in greater numbers due to the government shutdown.
David Struett / Chicago Sun Times:
Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said ‘Do something b—  ’ before shooting  —  Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b—
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and The Hill
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court weighs challenge to bans on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ kids  —  Kaley Chiles, a Christian talk therapist in Colorado, argues that the state's ban violates her rights under the Constitution's First Amendment.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday considers …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
CHICAGO'S ‘ICE-FREE ZONE.’ One of the main themes of the second Trump administration has been the explosive collision between the president's determination to enforce federal immigration law and many Democratic leaders' determination not to enforce federal immigration law.
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Hears Free Speech Challenge to Ban on Conversion Therapy
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay  —  Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Venezuela is Trump's useful enemy  —  Despite the president's claims, the South American country is nowhere close to being the US's biggest drug supplier  —  Is Donald Trump planning to overthrow Venezuela's regime?  Putting three US destroyers, an amphibious assault ship, a guided-missile cruiser …
Discussion: New York Times and El País
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MSNBC:
Top prosecutor is refusing to charge New York AG despite Trump pressure  —  A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.  —  A top prosecutor in Virginia has informed colleagues she plans to decline to seek charges …
Malgorzata Wiatros-Motyka / Ember:
Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025  —  Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal's share in the global electricity mix.  —  Senior Electricity Analyst  —  Ember … Highlights  —  109%  —  Solar and wind growth exceeded global demand growth in the first half of 2025
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Justin Rowlatt / BBC:
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Discussion: The Guardian and Semafor
Eric Friedman / New York City Bar Association:
Unlawful Attacks on Venezuelan Vessels  —  New York City Bar Association Statement  —  This September, President Donald J. Trump ordered U. S. military strikes against three private Venezuelan-flagged vessels on the high seas, killing at least 17 individuals and severely damaging or sinking those vessels.
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:   Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
Associated Press:
Trump non-committal about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon, says he ‘will speak to the DOJ’  —  President Donald Trump dodged a question Monday on whether he'd consider pardoning Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, saying he will “speak to the DOJ” about it.
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John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell
Jessica Testa / New York Times:
How Bari Weiss Won … “I'm a newspaper woman without a newspaper,” Bari Weiss said four years ago on the first episode of her podcast, “Honestly.”  —  Today Ms. Weiss still does not have a newspaper.  But she was just handed the sterling silver keys to the Tiffany network.
New York Times:
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency's Top Legal Official With Himself  —  It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist.  A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues.  —  Michael Ellis, the deputy director of the C.I.A. …
Discussion: Above the Law, GovExec.com and SpyTalk
The Guardian:
US universities must reject Trump's ‘compact’.  It is full of traps  —  The administration is trying to make nine universities an offer they seemingly cannot refuse  —  Sticks are bad, but sometimes corruption through carrots is worse.  The Trump administration - after having brutally cut …
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Pentagon Relaxes Press Access Rules … The Defense Department on Monday loosened and clarified its new restrictions for press access to the Pentagon, after more than two weeks of negotiations with national news organizations.  —  Under the rules, journalists requiring credentials to the Pentagon …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her ‘Safety.’ Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime  —  In May, 404 Media reported that the Johnson County Sheriff's Office in Texas searched a nationwide network of Flock cameras, a powerful AI-enabled license …
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Mike Johnson faces bipartisan heat over delayed vote on Epstein files  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson's decision to keep his chamber on recess during the government shutdown is stalling a long-awaited vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files. … - But Johnson called claims that he's keeping …
Rhitu Chatterjee / NPR:
Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary  —  Psychiatrists have joined other public health groups in calling for the removal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary.  —  Two psychiatry organizations — the Southern California Psychiatry Society …
CNN:
Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say  —  The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers …
John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Carney to meet with Trump Tuesday as Canada pushes for tariff relief  —  ‘We have work to do with our American partners,’ Canada-U.S. trade minister says  —  Prime Minister Mark Carney will sit down with his U.S. counterpart at the White House Tuesday for their second Oval Office meeting …
Michael Stratford / Politico:
Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt … The idea reflects an appetite from administration officials to shrink the size of student loan debt on the government's balance sheet.  It aligns with broader Republican efforts to scale back federal student lending …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
FUCK THEM KIDS: A Fitting Mantra for the Trump Regime  —  From ICE Gestapo raids to vaccines, from economic policy to Epstein files, the Administration's priorities are summed up perfectly in those three words.  #FTK.  —  I. #FTK, Origin Story:  —  The ICE Gestapo Invades Chicago
 
 
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
A swing-district Iowa Republican says she'll hold town halls ‘when hell freezes over’
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
The Trump Admin's Mostly Unnoticed Move to Crack Down on the Opposition
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump official bypassed ethics rules in criminal referrals of Fed governor and other foes, sources say
Reuters:
Rome calls on US to reconsider extra tariff on pasta imports
Discussion: Variety
Fox News:
Jack Smith tracked private communications, calls of nearly a dozen GOP senators during J6 probe, FBI says
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Harvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Salt Lake Tribune
Brandon Jarvis / Virginia Scope:
Coyner alleges Jones told her in a 2020 phone call that a few police officers dying would stop them from killing other people
Washington Post:
Trump's new IRS ‘CEO’: The head of Social Security
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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The Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity for copyright infringement, alleging Perplexity's platforms lift Tribune content verbatim and divert traffic from the paper

Will Sommer / @willsommer:
The Blaze retracts its article accusing a former Capitol Police officer of being the January 6 pipe bomber after the FBI arrested a different person

 
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