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SWIIRL @thatonegirlkendra.blacksky.app · 23h

Black people should be able to file a class action against the government.

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Just a boy @thetxtreasure.bsky.social · 9h

So, just FYI -

THOSE PEOPLE get universal healthcare, free education and tuition, PAID maternity leave for 15 weeks + bed rest, PAID to have children, PAID a subsidy for when they move HERE, and they get their summers off - as in the only people working, is the military.

All funded by US.

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⛈️🌪️ Weather Witch 🌪️⛈️ @bnh7.blacksky.app · 20h

That administration is full of sexual predators!

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Drake’s federal defamation suit against Universal Music Group has been thrown out of court, TMZ reports

Drake's Federal Defamation Lawsuit Against UMG Over 'Not Like Us' Dismissed

Drake just took a big legal loss against his own record label ... because his federal defamation suit against Universal Music Group has been thrown out of court.

www.tmz.com

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⛈️🌪️ Weather Witch 🌪️⛈️ @bnh7.blacksky.app · 1d

a woman in front of a crowd with the word stunning written on her face

ALT: a woman in front of a crowd with the word stunning written on her face

media.tenor.com

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⛈️🌪️ Weather Witch 🌪️⛈️ @bnh7.blacksky.app · 1d

Millennial peace sign until I die!

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 1d

There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍

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⛈️🌪️ Weather Witch 🌪️⛈️ @bnh7.blacksky.app · 1d

Please, do it!

Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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AceOfDiamonds @aceofspades919.bsky.social · 2d

Dolly P said:

a woman singing into a microphone with the word im written on the screen

ALT: a woman singing into a microphone with the word im written on the screen

media.tenor.com

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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⛈️🌪️ Weather Witch 🌪️⛈️ @bnh7.blacksky.app · 2d

♥️♥️

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🏹🐦‍⬛Katniss Everdeen🐦‍⬛🏹 ❌👑 @p-r333.bsky.social · 2d

WE HAVE TO TAKE DOWN FAT SATAN AND HIS MINIONS‼️

NOBODY IS GOING TO COME AND SAVE US, WE HAVE TO SAVE OURSELVES‼️‼️‼️

THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THEM IS TO SHUTDOWN COMPLETELY‼️

BY SIGNING UP HERE👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

generalstrikeus.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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⛈️🌪️ Weather Witch 🌪️⛈️ @bnh7.blacksky.app · 2d

Please cast her as Storm! I’m begging the casting director to see it for her!!

Terrance @stickysweett.bsky.social · 2d

Jodie Turner-Smith 🚨💅🏾

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⛈️🌪️ Weather Witch 🌪️⛈️ @bnh7.blacksky.app · 2d

Wow! I pray she pulls through 🙏🏾

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.

Verified Facebook post by Freida Parton. The caption reads:

“Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you! ❤️”

Below the caption is a photo of Dolly Parton standing outdoors in front of lush green ivy, hands clasped in prayer, wearing a shiny silver outfit with lace-trimmed sleeves, her signature blonde hair styled in soft curls, looking upward serenely.

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Tonia Hill @tonia.thetriibe.com · 3d

I talked to Ald. Jessie Fuentes, following her temporary detainment by federal agents last week. There's a letter of support circulating online that describes what happened to her.

“ICE agents continue to violate civil liberties with impunity," the letter reads.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/so-a...

So, about that letter of support for Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes: 13 alderpeople didn’t sign it • The TRiiBE

The letter describes what the agents did to Fuentes as an “abuse of power.” Mayor Brandon Johnson, City Clerk, Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin also signed it.

thetriibe.com

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⛈️🌪️ Weather Witch 🌪️⛈️ @bnh7.blacksky.app · 3d

California doing the lord’s work. Hopefully they’ll just do this for all of the US…

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 3d

California bans streaming services from increasing audio levels during commercials

Gavin Newsom says:

“We heard Californians loud and clear, and what’s clear is that they don’t want commercials at a volume any louder than the level at which they were previously enjoying a program”

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Our Man Tho 🇻🇮 🇵🇷 @hitdogsholler.bsky.social · 3d

IDC that it's not Black History month. We need some uplift rn
www.sterlitech.com/blog/post/de...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Turning the military on citizens.

Attempting to rig elections.

Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.

Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

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VON | 🏆 @sirvonchilds.bsky.social · 3d

VOTE FOR ME to be the next ‘Style Icon’

Voting starts today and ends October 16th, 2025 🗳️

🔗: styleicon.org/2025/von-chi...

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⛈️🌪️ Weather Witch 🌪️⛈️ @bnh7.blacksky.app · 3d

Happy Birthday!!! 🎊🎉🎂

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⛈️🌪️ Weather Witch 🌪️⛈️ @bnh7.blacksky.app · 4d

I just know of recent push to migrate to blacksky and I finally did it. Other than that, I’m not sure lol