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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

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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Bee Gutjahr @beegutjahr.bsky.social · 5h

Do allow yourself to become immune to this state sanctioned violence.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 6h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 6h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 6h

We are way past abolishing ICE being a remedy. It's going to take a national truth-and-reconciliation commission, and Nuremberg-style trials for the criminals who ordered and carried out these atrocities.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 10h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 9h

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

bsky.app/profile/acyn...

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how many ICE dudes read Anne Frank’s diary in high school and thought, “I’d have gotten her sooner.”

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

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Bee Gutjahr @beegutjahr.bsky.social · 9h

Her compassion is towards her children - who will not be able to afford health insurance. Let's not romanticize this

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🕸️🕷️ 🥀 Nani🥀🕷️🕸️ @sinmachine.is.severed.fyi · 11h

Politicians are NOT coming to “save us.”

We are our liberators.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10h

And if you give a mouse a plane….

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

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Bee Gutjahr @beegutjahr.bsky.social · 10h

Absolutely heartbreaking and absolutely enraging.

Bee Gutjahr @beegutjahr.bsky.social · 12h

Trump is the saddest little man.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 23h

Are American citizens being disappeared? Yes.

Are American citizens who are veterans of the US Armed Forces being disappeared? Yes.

Without warrant or probable cause—solely based on skin color—Trump goons captured and caged a citizen veteran for days.

This is a fascist regime.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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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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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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Bee Gutjahr @beegutjahr.bsky.social · 22h

How long before they sign us over to Putin for a few magic beans?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Bee Gutjahr @beegutjahr.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah...that's what's stupid.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

The widespread media decision to frame international affairs as "will Donnie get the prize he wants?" is pathetic.

He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.

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Bee Gutjahr @beegutjahr.bsky.social · 23h

Whatever happened to "not every spoiled, entitled brat gets a trophy?"

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.

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