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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 13h

When I asked why I had been arrested, they answered ⬇️

"We have killed all the journalists. They died once. But we brought you here and you will die hundreds of times." 🙏🏼🇵🇸

🔗 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians had been held at notorious Israeli jail, say Gaza officials

Documents indicate they came from Sde Teiman, which already faces allegations of torture and unlawful deaths

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Julia Dilliard💙🐴🇺🇦#Resist. DM's are blocked. @juliadilliard.bsky.social · 15h

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allegrofiona.bsky.social @allegrofiona.bsky.social · 14h

a mascot for the philadelphia eagles is standing in front of some fireworks boxes

ALT: a mascot for the philadelphia eagles is standing in front of some fireworks boxes

media.tenor.com

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allegrofiona.bsky.social @allegrofiona.bsky.social · 14h

Tell your friend she's crazy (for the classism). She got a man who knows how to *do things*! And has she seen the price of custom furniture?
Wtf would she prefer? A Wall Street fuckboi who will trade her in for a younger model the second she's no longer young and hot? These young'uns gotta learn...

allegrofiona.bsky.social @allegrofiona.bsky.social · 14h

If Mike Johnson climbs any further up Donald Trump's ass, he's going to come out of his mouth.

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Debra Barcon @debrabarcon.bsky.social · 17h

The U.S. won’t be recognizable after he’s gone. Rose Garden turned into a Mar a Lago-style cafe, East Wing turned into a secret documents storage facility, Oval Office into a cheesy gold room, people turned into uneducated poor, the Constitution turned into meaningless paper. #ETTD

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 18h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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allegrofiona.bsky.social @allegrofiona.bsky.social · 14h

seal it shut

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allegrofiona.bsky.social @allegrofiona.bsky.social · 15h

Same. I really, really dislike having hatred in my heart. I try so hard to be a benevolent, forgiving person.
But this whole MAGA thing is testing me.

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allegrofiona.bsky.social @allegrofiona.bsky.social · 15h

We're crying with you. That's *our house*. He's just a tenant. He doesn't get to do that.
Recognize the rage in your sadness and channel it appropriately. I know you know how.

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National Democratic Redistricting Committee @democraticredistricting.com · 15h

Trump and Vance’s outbursts at peaceful protestors reveal a disturbing truth:

They’re not afraid to insult American voters because they’re counting on gerrymandered maps to drown their voices out.

They act untouchable. We’re organizing to show them they’re not.

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 16h

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...

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Andy @andy.wrestlejoy.com · 17h

ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own.

Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.

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allegrofiona.bsky.social @allegrofiona.bsky.social · 15h

Does he not understand that tenants aren't allowed to do major construction work/o landlord approval?

WE ARE HIS LANDLORDS. THAT IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE!

We should evict him immediately and sue for damages.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h

Frogs in slowly heating water is a popular allegory for being unaware that you are being destroyed in an incrementally worsening situation.

But I'm drawing hope from the past week that we frogs may be a bit more aware of our situation than those allegorical frogs. #Hop

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allegrofiona.bsky.social @allegrofiona.bsky.social · 18h

Idk tigers are cool

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MedWitch @andrearae.bsky.social · 20h

How we doing 🌶️🧠 fam

Turns out if you get good grades and act like you've got it all together they let you raw dog ADHD your whole life until motherhood or perimenopause send you into a full blown burnout

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 19h

If a "clean CR" spikes my constituents’ health insurance premiums, it’s not clean. It’s dirty and puts the interests of the richest Americans ahead of Minnesota and I won’t vote for it.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

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allegrofiona.bsky.social @allegrofiona.bsky.social · 18h

And they only need my name if there's an appointment or shipping involved.

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Bonnie Metcalf 215 pioneer @bonnie215.bsky.social · 1d

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allegrofiona.bsky.social @allegrofiona.bsky.social · 18h

Especially medical care for injuries sustained as a victim of violent crime.
It doesn't make sense outside of a capitalistic hellscape.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 20h

Great news. Minnesota is with you, Lydia!

www.startribune.com/annunciation...

Annunciation shooting victim returns to school

Lydia Kaiser, who was shot in the head during the mass shooting, posted a back-to-school update Thursday.

www.startribune.com

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allegrofiona.bsky.social @allegrofiona.bsky.social · 18h

This right here perfectly encapsulates trying to have a reasonable conversation with a MAGA

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Democracy Dies in Dorkness @lizamazel.bsky.social · 1d

No one's going to accuse Chenoweth of being a doomer--the number came from her own research/center--but everyone, please read this follow up article. It's not a magic number, sufficient of itself.

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · Apr 1

Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...

The cover page for a discussion paper called "Questions, Answers, and Some Cautionary Updates Regarding the 3.5% Rule" by Erica Chenoweth. In the image, peaceful protesters can be seen in front of the US Capitol building.

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