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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 3d

Trump has once again turned a major city into that scene from The First Purge where the government expects the crimes to start and everyone parties instead

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 4d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 3d

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 8d

great art is supposed to make us uncomfortable

Bill Hanstock @sundownmotel.bsky.social · 8d

the liberty mutual guy is fucking that emu right

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Dice never paid the $100,000 and kept getting salty when Terrance Howard asked to be paid. Dice is scum

Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 8d

I feel like the last time I actually saw someone burn a flag it was archival footage from the 1970s

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 8d

Also there were technically three seasons

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 9d

Dave Chappelle is one of the most overrated entertainers in history. He's got one good comedy special and two good seasons of a sketch comedy show and all of that happened like two decades ago

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 9d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 10d

It holds up!

Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 10d

New column up now! Every Mariah Carey album ranked from worst to best! Read it!

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A Potentially Controversial Ranking of Every Mariah Carey Album From Worst to Best

Christmas enthusiasts might want to look away

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 10d

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 10d

*Gets sent to gulag for tousling Trump’s hair on TV in 2016*

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Jimmy Fallon Plans to ‘Keep My Head Down’ and Avoid Politics on ‘The Tonight Show’: ‘We Hit Both Sides Equally’

Jimmy Fallon says he plans to "keep my head down" and avoid politics on "The Tonight Show."

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 11d

If you were wondering when I’d deliver a 2,500 word ranking of every Mariah Carey album from worst to best your wait is almost over

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 11d

Honestly shutting down the government sounds great right now

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 11d

It is so much better than the first one. That is my only take

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 11d

It's a reference to all songs called "Talkin' _______ Blues" there are a bunch

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 11d

Happy MLB opening day everybody!

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 13d

Regular blue is fascist

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 13d

Also for the record my dad was a Rams fan but that shade of blue with yellow is a bridge too far sorry

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 13d

Fully aware this post will end in the Chargers going 3-14 this season

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 13d

Thinking about maybe adopting the Chargers as my AFC team of choice to honor my dad who was an LA sports fan for reasons I’ll never understand and also I like their team colors a lot sky blue makes my eyes pop

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 13d

Mariah Carey cassette collection thread sidebar! Found out one of my fave Elvis Costello albums (Blood and Chocolate) was packaged in a replica of a Cadbury chocolate box when it was first released on cassette. Neat! So I found one and bought it! It was cheap-ish!

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 13d

They got me!

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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social · 14d

Watching Dangerous Animals on Shudder and there was an ad for Dangerous Animals before it started

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