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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1h

Saturday Night crazy time!

Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 1h

Trump claims the “Biden FBI” placed 274 agents at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Trump was president on Jan. 6.

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A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 1h

JFC

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 1h

I have a few guesses who is making those decisions.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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🎃 Harm City Slasher 🔪 @sprawlhater.bsky.social · 2h

Immigration should work like college where so long as you maintain good standing for 4 years you get the magic piece of paper (Certificate of Naturalization)

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 2h

Excerpt from Interview (the publication)

MARTIN SHORT: Who's sexier, me or Steve Martin?

DIANE KEATON: I mean, you're both idiots

A comment from @stevemartinreally: Don't know who first posted this, but
it sums up our delightful relationship with Diane.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2h

In #NewYorkerHumor: Ghislaine Maxwell writes an honest letter with absolutely no ulterior motives, courtesy of Larry David. https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/a-letter-from-ghislaine-maxwell

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 4h

I used to have very good impressions when I hear the words “Silicon Valley”. That’s all gone now.

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A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 4h

King Miller going off!

A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 4h

The stupidest voters in America put the stupidest administration in power.

Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 5h

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 7h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 7h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 12h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 6h

Look, this is what Catholicism does so well. Yes girl, BRING OUT THE MONSTRANCE. MAKE THEM SAY IT IN FRONT OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. Martin Luther could *never*. He failed to predict the Trump Presidency and also is directly implecated. I am so serious.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Jason Antifa Paul @jasonpaul.bsky.social · 4h

For just a dollar a day, you could sponsor a hockey player trapped in a country that has not won the Stanley Cup in over 30 years.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 6h

running the government like you just did a leveraged buyout but the private equity holders are breathing down your neck and you're not very good at this

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A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 5h

Or until he destroys that icon.

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A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 6h

Winning.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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WBEZ @wbez.org · 6h

Catholic priests, nuns and lay leaders marched to Broadview in hopes of delivering Holy Communion to detainees at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility. But the group’s Communion request was rebuffed.

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A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 16h

What?!

Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 20h

Happening in my town: the state is shutting down its State Historical Society of Iowa with its archive, using imprisoned laborers to clear it out, and also apparently planning to just throw out a large amount of the material.

Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 1d

Marian Wilson Kimber: It’s painful to realize the people in charge of Iowa’s history apparently have no idea how history works. If they did, they'd know there is no way to predict what parts of the collection will be of interest 5, 20, or 100 years from now. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/10/t...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

And also, this headline? Inadequate

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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