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Blue Radleigh

@blueradleigh.bsky.social

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Former fed at DOJ & DHS. ⚖️ Wrong in all the right ways. 🩷

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Blue Radleigh @blueradleigh.bsky.social · Jan 30

You are not alone, and you are so very needed. You don’t have to see the whole way through, just keep taking each step you can in the right direction. Rest, but don’t quit. You will find others doing the same, finding the way. We will make a way out of no way, like so many have done before us.💛

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Blue Radleigh @blueradleigh.bsky.social · 15h

Not merely un-American.
ANTI-American.

Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 17h

The President using the military as his personal police force to intimidate American citizens is deeply un-American. This is the behavior of an autocrat. Full stop.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

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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Blue Radleigh @blueradleigh.bsky.social · 16h

It needs to be said.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Kamala Harris: "I don't know if we can trust what's coming out of the DOJ right now. And that pains me to say that."

Blue Radleigh @blueradleigh.bsky.social · 1d

Attorney and former DHS staffer here. Maggie is 100% on point.

As professional wordsmiths, it seems journalists should know this.😏

Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 1d

Reporters: stop using the deferential term "detaining" when talking about ICE goons' abduction of innocent people from US streets. You proper term would indeed by "abduction", but if you want to pretend neutrality you could use "capture", which at least says nothing about the captors' motives.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

Oh? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.

The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that “the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.”

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Blue Radleigh @blueradleigh.bsky.social · 1d

Military (ret) spouse here. While my husband was active duty we had 3 young kids to feed. This is sickening to see.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d

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

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

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

This is insane. I feel like I’m going insane when I’m watching this. Not just the fact that it’s clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 1d

Powerful weapons against fascism:
Joy
Love
Self-care
Humor
Solidarity
Empathy
Words
Ideas
Advocacy
Truth
Information
Friendship
Listening
Resting
Unity
Art

Use all your weapons.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

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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Blue Radleigh @blueradleigh.bsky.social · 1d

Mediocre hacks is overly generous, IMO.

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2d

We've strategically placed mediocre hacks at the top of every political and business organization, let's see what happens next

Blue Radleigh @blueradleigh.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when people complained about C-SPAN being dull? Now it is must-see TV! 🔥 👀

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Blue Radleigh @blueradleigh.bsky.social · 2d

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d

There are more of us than there are of them—and we know our right to assemble peacefully and protest. I’m counting on my fellow Americans to prove that at the No Kings protest on Oct. 18.

Blue Radleigh @blueradleigh.bsky.social · 2d

thank you 😊

Blue Radleigh @blueradleigh.bsky.social · 2d

Nature is magnificent. What a marvelous creature.

Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 4d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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Sybil Schwartzbach, LMT @greathands4you.bsky.social · 2d

"The opposite of love is not hatred,but indifference, and silence and inaction only benefit the oppressor."
~ Elie Wiesel
🙏

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Blue Radleigh @blueradleigh.bsky.social · 2d

Just found this:

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

An update from WGN on Debbie Brockman: "Earlier today, a WGN-TV creative services employee was detained by ICE. She has since been released, and no charges were filed against her. Out of respect for her privacy, we will have no further statements about this incident.”

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

This morning, masked Border Patrol agents violently pinned a longtime WGN-TV producer to the ground after detaining another unidentified male in Chicago, eventually arresting her and hauling her off in an unmarked silver van.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Blue Radleigh @blueradleigh.bsky.social · 2d

Has Debbie Brockman been released? Any updates?

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: ICE agents just abducted a press camera operator in Chicago.

WGN-TV’s Debbie Brockman was dragged to the ground, cuffed and bundled into a van - which then rammed her vehicle to escape.

What the hell is happening in America?

(🎥 Original footage via Josh Thomas/FB)