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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 1d

If people were paying attention, they’d know that he was ALWAYS this way.

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not a war. A war means 2 sides are fighting. These are extrajudicial murders in international waters.

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 1d

What a f**king monster.

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, voted down an attempt to block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. interc.pt/4o9CBur

A photo of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., sits on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks," and the DEK, "It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean."

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 1d

Simply marching in the streets once every few months will not stop fascism. We have to draw people into concrete organizing and activity. No one else is going to do this for us.

Whether there are two of you or two hundred of you, this guide goes over what you can do.

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An anarchist red and black flag with an image of a sword run through a crown and the words "No Kings"

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 2d

Good news if you deal drugs, run spies, plan terror attacks, or bribe federal officials. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 2d

Do you hate to say it, though? Cuz if you hated to say it, you wouldn't say it.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2d

… one thing seems clear: ICE rousted American citizens from their apartments during the middle of the night and detained them — in zip ties no less — for far longer than the ‘brief’ period authorized by the operative regulation … and envisioned by the Perdomo concurrence,” wrote Judge Cummings.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

A federal judge in Chicago extended restrictions on ICE's warrantless arrests until February 2026, finding that the agency violated a settlement agreement by arresting 22 people without warrants.

Chicago judge cites South Shore raid, Supreme Court controversy while ruling against ICE

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings found that ICE arrested 22 people early this year without a warrant, and in violation of what’s known as the Castanon Nava settlement agreement.

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 2d

Swear in Grijalva and release the Epstein files.

Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 2d

Trump baselessly calls for Pritzker, Chicago mayor to be jailed

www.axios.com/2025/10/08/t...

Trump baselessly calls for Pritzker, Chicago mayor to be jailed

The state and city sued the administration Monday over the deployment of troops to Chicago.

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 2d

"ICE closes detention oversight group in shutdown despite surge in detainees," "Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump’s immigration crackdown," "Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago," and more must-read #immigration news.

Immigration Reform News October 8, 2025 - America's Voice

English Politico Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act By Irie Sentner October 06, 2025 Axios “Insurrectionists”: Trump blasts Democrats over shutdown, immigration By Josephine Walker October 07...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 5d

I seriously hope Biden saying “Welcome Home” and inviting Trump to sit by the fire is never forgotten.

One of the most singularly insane moments in the history of human civilization.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 2d

Also, ”crackdown on illegal immigration?” THAT’s what you call it? Masked armed goons are abducting U.S. citizens and zip-tying the hands of children! Rappelling from Blackhawk helicopters and flash-banging down doors! SHOOTING people. My God, you are so bad at this.

c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 2d

HE SAID HE WANTED TO USE AMERICAN CITIES AS MILITARY TRAINING GROUNDS!! WTAF is wrong with you people?!

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 2d

This whole article. Read it.

Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 2d

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 8d

If all these data centers being built everywhere where no one who lives there wants them are so great and wonderful how come they're all being built as fucking secrets

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 2d

WTAF?

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 3d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 3d

How many pigs do farmers kill though?

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 3d

Approval for the desecration of a religious site.

Mari-homeless soon. @wordglass.bsky.social · 3d

Supreme Court refuses Apache plea to save Oak Flat from copper mining destruction

* *Gorsuch dissent calls the decision a “grave mistake” as copper mine threatens to create massive crater

By: Shondiin Silversmith- May 27, 2025 12:54 pm UPDATED OCT 6TH 2025

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Dr. Wendsler Nosie Sr. of Apache Stronghold talks to a crowd of people outside the Sandra Day O’Connor Courthouse on May 7, 2025, as Apache Stronghold urged the federal court to save Oak Flat. Photo Courtesy of Becket

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 3d

If Gorsuch and Thomas dissented, what was the breakdown of "justices" voting FOR this?

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like I am losing my mind from the constant sound of explosions and rockets…

The bombing never stops every minute, Israeli warplanes launch a new series of strikes.

The situation here in Gaza is catastrophic and extremely dangerous.

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