Juan Escalante

Juan Escalante

@juanescalante.com

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NEW: An order of New York nuns founded in 1817 has rebuked the bishops who laid hands on President Trump. “Images carry messages,” the Sisters of Charity wrote. “Silence carries messages, too.” The nuns have a powerful ally in Pope Leo XIV, who has put women at the center of his leadership.

thelettersfromleo.comNew York Nuns Rebuke the 12 Bishops Who Prayed Over TrumpSisters of Charity, who have served immigrants since 1817, asked where the poor were in the Oval Office. More than 1,800 have signed our letter asking the bishops to apologize to Pope Leo XIV.

He will question anyone’s citizenship and loyalty to the U.S. constitution (unless they agree with him)

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on El-Sayed: "We can't him in the United States-- we can't have him in the United States Senate. I look so forward to Michigan. I think it's gonna be wild. Because he's a total phony. He's a little phony. He's a jihadist. He's a vicious, violent jihadist."

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“Come on up to Alaska with your data centers. We got gas, we got land, we got water, we got it all. Come on up.” – Dan Sullivan That’s our gas, our land, and our water he’s offering up. And when data centers drive up energy prices, Alaska families will be the ones footing the bill.

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Surely NOBODY could have predicted this

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Susan Collins on Kavanaugh: "I'm very disappointed in his his vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. There was no way for me to anticipate that."

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This is at least the fourth person with diabetes to die in ICE custody just this year. Many more have been hospitalized and/or reported starving themselves so they wouldn’t die after being denied care. Is anyone aware of any litigation specific to immigrants with diabetes?

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social

A 56-year-old Mexican man held at a federal immigration facility in Laredo was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. His family says the center would not give him medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody in Texas this year.

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JD VANCE: The biggest reason why gas prices are so high is because when Joe Biden ... DOKOUPIL: It's almost been two years. At a certain point it becomes your economy, not Joe Biden's economy

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Leaked audio of Mike Rogers calling on Republicans to use off-duty police officers to intimidate voters in Detroit in an attempt to manipulate the Michigan Senate race:

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SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

thehandbasket.co'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist tiesThomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

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An excellent Q just posed to our HuffPost standards team: "what is our style on using 'scaramucci' as a unit of time?" (Capitalized is the verdict)

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If an amendment to your constitution results in children routinely being shot in school then it's time to amend it again.

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Another senseless horrific tragedy And today, because America, many thousands will hear this news and be re-traumatized by their own experiences with gun violence

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James Talarico: False claims got millions of views — and this is an example of what I call the ‘rage economy.’ Billionaires who own these platforms get rich, we get angry, and nobody’s life gets better. Conspiracy theories don’t put food on the table, put gas in the tank, or improve our communities.

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2013 Marco shares message from his immigrant mother with Time Magazine: "Don't mess with the immigrants, my son. Please, don't mess with them" 2026 Marco has his head up Stephen Miller's white nationalist ass: “Stephen does find it amusing that Marco now sees things the way Stephen does”

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

Inside Rubio's State Department —He's "basically…moved into the White House" —He's very close w/ Stephen Miller. Ultimately this has Rubio doing whatever Miller tells him to (Miller has joked privately on how he's subjugated Rubio) —Internal dissent channels are defunct; staff too scared to use them

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The Bay Area faces a funding crisis for its public transit, but a ballot measure could come to the rescue. For @motherjones.com, I reported on the measure and talked with aging and disabled adults, who are more likely to use transit, on what's at stake for them. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comAmerica's billionaire capital is poised to gut public transitVoters in the San Francisco Bay Area are split on a measure to rescue local transit. Disabled and low-income residents' mobility is on the line.

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Gift link for this delightful piece, the only reason I keep my subscription is that they now offer unlimited gift links, just let me know what you want my friends. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...

nytimes.comSleeping ICE Agent Who Fought With Homeowner Is Charged With Assault (Gift Article)The off-duty agent was found sleeping on the front lawn of a home in Fresno, Calif., last week before the scuffle unfolded. The police said he “appeared intoxicated and agitated.”
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Sleeping ICE Agent Who Fought With Homeowner Is Charged With Assault The off-duty agent was found sleeping on the front lawn of a home in Fresno, Calif., last week before the scuffle unfolded. The police said he “appeared intoxicated and agitated.”

Sleeping ICE Agent Who Fought With Homeowner Is Charged With Assault The off-duty agent was found sleeping on the front lawn of a home in Fresno, Calif., last week before the scuffle unfolded. The police said he “appeared intoxicated and agitated.”

nytimes.comSleeping ICE Agent Who Fought With Homeowner Is Charged With AssaultThe off-duty agent was found sleeping on the front lawn of a home in Fresno, Calif., last week before the scuffle unfolded. The police said he “appeared intoxicated and agitated.”

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BREAKING on MS NOW: Judge Kelly just granted the preliminary injunction requested by the news orgs banned by the Trump White House. This ruling indefinitely reverses the ban against MS NOW, CNN, and Politico while their lawsuit continues.

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“Senator Collins paid for the bullets at Donald Trump’s command. Now she wants credit for not pulling the trigger.”

Troy Jackson@troyjackson207.bsky.social

Maine, you have a choice: A Senator who helps Donald Trump hurt Maine and then tells us how concerned she is or somebody who will stand up against him before another family in Maine has to pay the price. I owe the people of Maine everything and tonight I'm asking for your vote.

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SNL platformed Donald Trump in 2015, right after he called immigrants criminals, drug dealers, and rapists SNL, like most of the media, chose to capitalize on the controversy for cheap laughs/views/clicks Let this be a reminder of who SNL chooses to bring on their show

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He often talks about men's bodies in vivid detail Way more than the gay men I know tbh

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on Jon Husted: "I don't do this with men very often. I started examining his body, because I didn't know he was a great athlete ... I looked at his ass"

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Huh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even.

Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer Investigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate

wired.comFeds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s ProducerInvestigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate.

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before this is over i will not be surprised if trump cuts down every cherry tree he can find just to spite DC

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

BREAKING: Trump administration cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday at the East Potomac Golf Course after giving less than a full-day notice, with more tree-cutting planned, so plaintiffs challenging the effort went to court seeking a TRO tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...