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Manoj Mate @manojmate.bsky.social · 1d

The President just received the Covid-19 Vaccine shot.

Radio silence from RFK Jr.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Ernesto O. @ernest33141.bsky.social · 1h

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This weeks Distraction from Epstein on "As the Orange Turns". Don't miss it if you like being lied to or a fact-checker
@mlipsitt.bsky.social #FuckTrump

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

@warnock.senate.gov: "As a man of faith, here's something that I have noticed about evil... Evil always gets a little bit too impressed with itself. It's filled up with hubris. Evil always goes too far, and because it goes too far, it contains within itself the seed of its own destruction."

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Elizabeth Pennysworth @epennysworth.bsky.social · 2h

Every bit of this mess that we’re currently enduring is because rich people need more money & they dgaf if you’re hungry or homeless or dead in order for them to get more money

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Heather Silsbee @hsilsbee.bsky.social · 1d

This was in Eagan/Dakota County.

CW for horrific details of the conditions of Bimpong's treatment and death in the article.

Eagan Officer Martin Jensen, a specially trained Drug Recognition Evaluator (DRE), was called to assess whether Bimpong was under the influence of drugs. DRE training, provided by the Minnesota State Patrol to officers, emphasizes distinguishing drug impairment from medical emergencies such as strokes.

But the lawsuit alleges Jensen disregarded his training.

According to the lawsuit, body camera audio captured him saying a full DRE evaluation, which typically takes between 30-to-45-minutes, would be “a whole bunch of time wasted.” When another officer questioned whether Bimpong should be taken to the hospital, Jensen replied: “For what?”

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 14h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

They’re still offering new ICE recruits a $50,000 signing bonus, yet active duty military were seen today lining up at food banks.

Defend your country and you can’t afford to eat.

Terrorize your country and you become rich.

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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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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 11h

www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles | Common Dreams

One of them described her job as offering “concierge, white-glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies seeking permits from regulators.

www.commondreams.org

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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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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 15h

The President is a r*pist.

We should never stop being pissed off about this.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15h

This Is Fascism

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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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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#VeryAsian Eric @ektaka.bsky.social · 13h

We should have learned from Trump's bungling of the pandemic that he can't be trusted to keep America safe and healthy. Everyone who voted for Harris saw this coming.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 15h

illinois state police arrested eight additional people at broadview tonight for a total of 15 people arrested today, per an update from cook county sheriff’s office.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 19h

lots of cops have been snapping photos of protesters. saw a couple sneaking pics from behind the trees earlier.

protesters still heckling cops and yelling at ice as they come/go.

unsure if the cops just think it’s funny or what.

(note the massive can on pepper spray on this guy’s vest.)

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 21h

hello from outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois.

i’m at the corner of 25th and harvard, where a small (for now) crowd is gathering to protest the masked federal agents abducting people throughout chicagoland.

state and local police have already made a handful of arrests today.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 23h

Religious leaders here are not mincing words. They have repeatedly used the word "evil."

"Detention and deportation are acts that wound the body of Christ, and deny the dignity of God's people."

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

A van full of masked feds leaves the ISP protected lot to many shouts of "fuck you."

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