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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 6h

I would rather be a "troops" family living in base housing than another type of federal employee who's landlord is going to kick them out

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 14h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 6h

This is effective

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 7h

The White House is pushing back against residents of Washington, D.C. over a new campaign to mark locations around the city where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had "kidnapped" suspected migrants.

‘Untrue smears!’ White House rages as D.C. residents mark ICE ‘kidnappings’ around city

The White House is pushing back against residents of Washington, D.C. over a new campaign to mark locations around the city where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had “kidnapped” suspected migrants.“ICE ABDUCTED SOMEONE HERE,” read one hand-made sign tied to a telephone poll, which also bo...

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 6h

The great @sarahkendzior.bsky.social "#Dallas stand up for Chicago, and folks from Chicago stand up for Dallas, so that narratives like “#Texas invades Illinois” can’t take hold. Cities are not invading each other. The federal government is attacking Americans. " substack.com/home/post/p-...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 21h

I told you we are all losing our minds

Jennifer Lee 🎃 @uofagrad97.bsky.social · 21h

OMG!

Monica Lewinsky ©
@MonicaLewinsky
@electorotting
I'm willing to take one for team and give Trump a blowjob in the oval office. Apparently that's the only thing that can convince Republicans to impeach.
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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 21h

www.wired.com/story/power-...

Why US Power Bills Are Surging

Americans are paying more for electricity—and rates will keep rising. But after a period of pain, rates should level off as the benefits of a shift away from fossil fuels begin to be felt.

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 22h

ugly on the inside and on the outside

Sundea @sundeacomba.bsky.social · 22h

Did you see her lately? She looks very unhealthy, almost skeleton like.

NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 22h

Good job #arkansas

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22h

Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans ripped health care away from 15 million people and are raising costs for millions more.

The numbers are damning.

Graphic showing the average ACA premium increase in each state. It's an average of 136% increase this year alone.

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Information @erininformation.bsky.social · 1d

Gift article:"Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg & critics of technology or artificial intelligence are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future"

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

This is a great animal group to support and I love my tshirt if you are looking for a gift for the animal lover in your life

Animal Legal Defense Fund @animallegaldefense.bsky.social · 1d

HUGE win for cats in California! Thanks to Assemblymember Alex Lee & @governor.ca.gov, declawing is banned! #DeclawingBan #ProtectCats 🙌

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 1d

Perhaps deciding that it’s best to fight fire with fire, Portlanders have deployed a more joyful form of protest. wearing animal costumes while dancing in the streets in front of Trump’s heavily armed ICE troops.

Portland's Dancing Protesters Are Showing Us How to Stand Up to Trump

The president wants us to be afraid. These activists are clowning him instead.

www.thenation.com

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

They can enter your house and kill your dog too .. they may just have the wrong address

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

Go ahead .. its now or later

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Trump’s long threatened shutdown layoffs have started, Russell Vought says

The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to punish federal workers at agencies thought to be favored by Democrats with unnecessary mass layoffs in order to force Senate Democrats to vote ...

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

Oh Excellent Pamela ! Thanks so much

Pamela Stafford @pjsposts.bsky.social · 1d

I just wrote a blog on this episode. www.buymeacoffee.com/p/4075166. ( I wrote a whole disability blog series on the X files some years ago but as I was editing and moving them to a new site I realized I had not given Ice the attention it deserved).

Disability and Trauma in The X Files (Ice-Blog Seven) — Pamela Stafford.

Post by Pamela Stafford.

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

I love long reads - one of my favorite emails a week @longreads.com

Longreads @longreads.com · 1d

In our Weekly Top 5:

* The right to die (5280 Magazine)
* When the dart players come to town (Victory Journal)
* A warrior for justice (@texasmonthly.bsky.social)
* The rise of valley fever (@grist.org)
* The joy of a Revolutionary War battle (@theatlantic.com)

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week - Longreads

This week we are featuring stories from Robert Sanchez, Amos Barshad, Mark Dent, Zoya Teirstein, and Caity Weaver.

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

Women in #Arkansas need healthcare

Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 1d

As federal law cuts off Medicaid funding to organizations that provide abortions, what’s already happened in the Natural State likely will be repeated nationwide, our @tessmvrbin.bsky.social reports.

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Arkansas providers seek to fill affordability gaps in maternal health care landscape | Arkansas Advocate

As the federal budget reconciliation law cuts off federal Medicaid funding to certain organizations that provide abortions, what’s already happened in the Natural State likely will be repeated…

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

There ya go - youre getting hooked up!

arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 1d

I'm southwest. I've been looking through them and I've talked to Swing Left, but I'm just now really where I can actually do some stuff. I've been gone and busy for the last three or four months. The Democratic party has some good candidates this time that I hope to help, but that's not the same.

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

This is what shit like abundance wants more of - who needs safety regulations

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

‘Multiple people’ dead after explosion at Tennessee plant as crews search rubble for missing workers

‘Multiple people’ dead and more missing after explosion at Tennessee plant

Multiple people are dead and more are missing following a blast at an explosives manufacturing plant in Tennessee, law enforcement officials have said.

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 1d

My latest piece written with @julesboykoff.bsky.social
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
"Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Call Out FIFA—But He Should Push Harder"

Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Call Out FIFA—But He Should Push Harder

Mamdani is right to hold FIFA accountable for fleecing its fans. But cheaper prices won't matter if you end up in the back of an unmarked van.

www.thenation.com

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

Where are you Ark? I think there is lots going on but @indivisible.org really likes to organize by towns (congressional districts) and the goal is to not have to drive further than 30 minutes (if so start a local one)which I love

arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 1d

We had so much fun at the last one and I'm looking forward to this one, but I hope Arkansas does some statewide and regional organizing out of it. I'm having a little trouble finding local organizing going on. Part of that's me. I'm gonna have to do more to reach out.

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

I just thought we are also tracking the days of the government #shutdown

NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

#XFiles 31 Days of #Halloween #October 10th today our "celebrity" is Dr. Carl Sweeney @ckjsweeney.bsky.social podcaster, CineHistorian co-host the X-Cast and he recommends Ice Season 1 Episode 8 "Very tense and a terrific early exploration of the trust between Mulder and Scully." #TheXfiles

NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

They really do - its amazing. Get in the streets and bring the whole family with you ! #arkansas

arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 1d

They know that the tide is turning far against them, and this is all they have left. The optics of the massive nationwide peaceful protests that they can't do anything about, because they're so spread out, is going to hurt them enough politically. Their clear desperation is making that more certain.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

They’re now publicly threatening a military crackdown of the No Kings protest.

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

There are rallies in Rogers and Fayetteville- the idea is to have one in every town

NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

Can't say "No Kings" they are insuring a huge turnout - make sure you arrange your schedule to attend your event! #Bentonville #Arkansas this a great meeting location on the square. Get family together this weekend to make your signs and inflatables are highly recommended

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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 1d

Federal prosecutors in Arkansas won't oppose request by Trump-pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist Bigo Barnett -- the grinning fool who sat with his feet on Nancy Pelosi's desk -- to recover the restitution he paid after jury convicted him for his role in Capitol attack.
#arpx

Pardoned Jan. 6 defendant ‘Bigo’ Barnett asks judge to refund his restitution, fees | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Richard "Bigo" Barnett of Gravette has filed a motion asking a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to return the $2,455 in restitution and fees he paid after a jury convicted him of eight charges in…

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 1d

Ok I have absolutely no knowledge of this area so this is a legit question, do we even HAVE foreign air force bases here? Is this a first? @warontherocks.bsky.social

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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NWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

we are building what ??? where ?

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

wha . . . . what?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."