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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 7h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 6h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 5h

Black people and Black people only:

What do we know about Graham Platner in Maine? Is he cool? Does he like us? He seems cool. Is he?

Who can speak for him?

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13h

Hearing about the top down orders at DoD that everyone, civilians and uniforms had a certain period of time in which to either watch or read the transcript of Pete’s quantified speech.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h

Funding for legal assistance will be very helpful.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 8h

Whooooooo.

MR. KHOJASTEH: Your Honor, with respect, do you
doubt the fact that a retainer [sic] is in place in -- a
detainer is in place?
THE COURT: I absolutely doubt the fact until I see
it. Because you know what? You all have taken a position over
and over again that you have done things lawfully, and then a
witness gets on the stand yesterday and admits you haven't done
it lawfully.
MR. KHOJASTEH: What did the witness say yesterday
that was unlawfully?
THE COURT: I'm not here to answer your questions,
sir. You're here to answer mine.

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Yaga ABBA @729xhappier.bsky.social · 6h

Lovey bebe! 🐾

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

Himes: You know, it's the Pete Hegseth insecurity that requires a constant marination in testosterone and fraternity-boy macho bullshit that, at the end of the day, would be funny if it weren't both lethal and counterproductive to actually dealing with the nation's drug problem.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 12h

these people know how extreme they are

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 11h

NEW: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes threatens legal action if Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in Adelita Grijalva. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Arizona attorney general threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Adelita Grijalva

The Democrat accused Johnson of playing “political games” by delaying the swearing-in ceremony.

www.politico.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Frost: Trump knows that when they passed the big, ugly bill that rips away healthcare from 17 million people, you usually don’t win elections when you do something like that…

So instead of undoing that, he’s pressuring states to give him more seats.

What California is doing is responding to that

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

"I do think he needs help, and I don't think anybody around him on a day-to-day basis wants to get him any help, because they have more power based upon his diminished capacity."

@jbpritzker.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 8h

A Facebook group that shared information on sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Chicago area was taken down by Meta following pressure from the Justice Department, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes

The Facebook page ICE Sighting-Chicagoland amassed over 70,000 members in recent weeks as the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” has ramped up in Chicago and the suburbs.

trib.al

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15h

Nearly every media outlet is announcing they will refuse to sign the Pentagon’s new rule stating they cannot report information if it’s not government “authorized.”

Even Newsmax is refusing to sign.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Latisha James's rousing message to the administration.

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Fr. Stephen Vrazel @keytarcatholic.bsky.social · 15h

"I ask you, how can God's love survive in a man who has enough of this world's goods yet closes his heart to his brother in need?"

1 John 3:17-18

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Good Trouble ✊

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs; the [Willamette River] shall swarm with frogs which shall come up into your house...

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7d

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 16h

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20h

“Cease” fire

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire, saying a group had approached its soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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