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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 17h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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H.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 3h

Otto von Corvin war Schriftsteller (der Pfaffenspiegel 1845), Redakteur und Mitstreiter der badischen Revolution, bei deren Scheitern er zum Tode verurteilt, aber zur Festungs-haft begnadigt wurde. Später wanderte er nach Amerika aus.
12. Oktober 1812 - 1. März 1886

Eine Radierung von ihm. Er trägt eine Art Überwurf, darunter eine Jacke und ein dunkles Hemd mit weißem Kragen. Er trägt einen kleinen Oberlippenbart, die Haare stehen ihm etwas vom Kopf ab, da sie lockig sind

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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 19h

“A big challenge is that the governments themselves, whether center-right or center-left, were losing touch with people and weren’t delivering on some of the basic hopes and dreams of people, so you get frustrated with government, period”
-yeah, no kidding
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/11/p...

Obama’s warnings about democracy fading increasingly sound directed toward the US | CNN Politics

“We’re seeing politicians target civil society, undermine freedom of the press, weaponize the justice system. And no one is being spared. Even countries that thought they were immune from wholesale as...

edition.cnn.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12h

Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman, who was thrown to the ground & handcuffed by ICE, has been released without charges

DHS said she assaulted an officer, but eye witnesses claim she didn’t

The lack of charges makes it clear that ICE is lying to try and cover up the fact that they attack the press

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 6h

More than 15% of people who voted for Brexit are dead.

Only 4% of people who voted against it are.

It is time for another vote, even if opinions haven't changed, they would lose 55-45%

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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@JohnBGilman.bsky.social @johnbgilman.bsky.social · 22h

Nothing is more emblematic of the hypocrisy of today's world than the women's tennis end of year championships being played in Saudi Arabia, the most misogynistic nation in the world, outside of Iran & Afghanistan. Women's tennis should never have allowed this to happen, & now in year 2 in Riyadh.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

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

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 22h

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 21h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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LindaFly @lindafly.bsky.social · 21h

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 15h

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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OmasGegenRechts - Kunterbunt @omaskunterbunt.bsky.social · 1d

www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...

#TaxTheRich

Es ist genug Geld da, es ist nur falsch verteilt 😉

Oxfam-Bericht: Milliardäre in der EU werden immer reicher

Das Vermögen der Superreichen in der EU wächst immer schneller, zeigt ein Bericht. Allein im vergangenen Jahr gab es durchschnittlich alle neun Tage einen Milliardär mehr. Deutschland liegt im globale...

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

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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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11h

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump No Longer Remembers That He Was President and Controlled the FBI on January 6, 2021, Confirming Americans' Worst Fears About His Advanced Dementia

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7h

Nigel Farage went to Dulwich College which when he attended was more expensive than Eton

He earns £1.5m a year, 92% of which comes from dodgy donations

His girlfriend pays £885,000 in cash to buy houses but she's a waitress.

He's not a 'working man' he's very rich and corrupt

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 21h

If true this a fucking disgrace and the beginning of the end of TikTok

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H.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 10h

Gerda Boenke (*12.0ktober 1913) war Arbeiterin und Mitglied der KPD. Sie äußerte sich kritisch zum nationalsozialistischen Regime, wurde von Arbeitskollegen denunziert, am 9. November 1944 zum Tod verurteilt und das nicht rechtskräftige Urteil wurde am darauffolgenden Tag
vollstreckt

Das Foto einer jungen, strahlenden Frau, in einer gemusterten Bluse, mit einer kleinen Schleife am Kragen.

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spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 1d

Argentina got $20 billion this week.

the Argentinian public healthcare system is free for residents and tourists, funded through taxes.

America First, though, amirite??

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

One evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries consoles another evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries for not getting an award for which neither evil man is even remotely deserving.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 19h

I wrote a book about January 6, 2021.

Want to know when the Trump administration began its systematized lying about antifa and the FBI being behind MAGAs' attack on the Capitol?

January 6, 2021.

Rudy Giuliani had a suite at the Willard Hotel that was the command center for broadcasting that lie.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

Angus: Who else are you going to give military bases to? When’s Vladimir Putin getting his rocket bases in the United States?

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22h

Nigel Farage says something needs to be done about about Second Homes to stop them from destroying tourist villages.

It's another lie, because Farage has a Second, Third and even Fourth Home.

And he will never tax himself.

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