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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 9h

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

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h

Currently in Chicago...

This looks peaceful to me...

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New Popular Front ❌👑 @ouaisouaisdubuffet.bsky.social · 4h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 13h

🐀 Mike Johnson caught lying using the receipts he directed us to use. Jen Psaki for the 🎯

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 8h

There's no end to his lies.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10h

Portland 🔥

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ashoko.bsky.social @ashoko.bsky.social · 4h

Republicans live in alternate reality and believe in alternate facts that are unreal.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h

This Is Fascism

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 11h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

Make your plans to attend a #NoKings event on Saturday, October 18th. Millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.

Please join in! You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

The hush money payoff to Stormy Daniels cost more than house Leticia James bought for her grand niece.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

Susan Collins is the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which means she has considerable power to influence the administration but she prefers to mumble weak protestations to the media

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 19h

Despite all of Susan Collins’s **concerns**, Russ Vought, who she voted to confirm, still went ahead and fired a boatload of hard-working Americans.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

SUSAN COLLINS, Wednesday: "I've made very clear that I do not believe there should be firings of furloughed workers."

RUSS VOUGHT, Friday: "The RIFs have begun."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 20h

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💙💙🤔CJ🤨🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 @cnice59.bsky.social · 19h

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ashoko.bsky.social @ashoko.bsky.social · 18h

Gestapo goons arresting American citizens.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

“We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close.”

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 18h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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ashoko.bsky.social @ashoko.bsky.social · 18h

Say the liars who have pledged their fealty to King Trump.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Clarissa O. Clemens @clarissaclemens.bsky.social · 18h

🚨They are stalling to bring the House back to DC
until AFTER the #NoKings protest

Are they counting on donald, to use the Insurrection Act to declare Martial Law saying our 1st amendment protests are “riots”?

Then Grijalva won’t be allowed 2b sworn in

They DO NOT want the #EpsteinFiles RELEASED!🚨

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 23h

He got the COVID and flu Vaccines like every 79 year old should this is a good thing.
"Cardiovascular age validated by by ECG and found to be 14 years younger than chronological age" is a nonsensical phrase.
I am an internist this is not something we do or write in medical reports.

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ashoko.bsky.social @ashoko.bsky.social · 18h

“This indicates to the court both bias and lack of objectivity,”. “Ultimately, this court must conclude that defendants’... perceptions are not reliable.”

dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 18h

Judge Shuts Down Trump's Chicago Troop Deployment And Questions Administration's Grasp on Reality www.commondreams.org/news/trump-c...

Judge Shuts Down Trump's Chicago Troop Deployment And Questions Administration's Grasp on Reality | Common Dreams

Federal judge questions Trump administration's rationale for deploying National Guard in Chicago, citing lack of rebellion or danger.

www.commondreams.org

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

If a pharmaceutical company could mass produce whatever compassion pills Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to have been taking lately, we could save the world

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20h

Stand strong and stay safe, Portland. 💙🐸
#FuckICE

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“Are these tariffs ‘Liberation Day 2’?” Or will we get another ‘TACO Tuesday?’

This is how we all talk now. Absurd. 🌮

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