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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1h

If our TV networks had not been captured by the right wing, some very easy journalism would be to play this clip besides a very not on fire Portland and then tell viewers that the President of the United States is living in an alternate reality.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 59m

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 57m

TikTok knows who owns it.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 7h

My former political party is scared to death of these #NoKings rallies. That’s great. So let’s have a gazillion Americans out rallying all around the country on October 18th! Let’s scare the shit out of Trump & his party.

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 59m

Trump cut his taxes so naturally he’s on board for whatever else Trump does.

He won’t be hurt, what does he care?

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 1h

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

Folks playing some thematic standoff music now.

Really just cannot express how non-threatening this small group of neighbors appears at the moment, and how absurd this massive police presence appears in comparison.

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 1h

If it is, again, good but weird choice, if it's not, hysterical!

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, yes it is.

I approve but what a damn odd choice.

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah, I'm not a lawyer but that strikes me as problematic for the prosecution.

calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 1h

@jaketapper.bsky.social typed a book.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 1h

It's hard to produce the evidence against the accused when you don't even have a crime.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2h

Also, looks like Pat Fitzgerald is already losing his patience with Lindsey Halligan. The feds are holding up a routine discovery order.

"As of the date of this filing, the defense has received one page of discovery."

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...

Mr. Comey asserts that the first set of pretrial motions due on October 20,
2025, which the Court ordered at the arraignment hearing, demands that discovery
be produced on Monday, October 13, 2025. Naturally, at least some of this discovery
will inform the bases for the vindictive and selective prosecution motion that is to be
filed on October 20, 2025. As of the date of this filing, the defense has received one
page of discovery. The government contends that the term “deadline for pretrial
motions” refers to the deadline for the second tranche of pretrial motions, October 30,
2025.
To be able to fully articulate all bases for the first tranche of pretrial motions
including the vindictive and selective nature of this case; to be able to effectively
defend Mr. Comey; and because it is the plain language of the standard discovery
order, Mr. Comey respectfully requests that the Court enter the additional proposed
order making clear that “the deadline for pretrial motions” referenced in the standard
discovery order is the first pretrial motions deadline of October 20, 2025.

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 1h

Criminal abuse.

And they're not really hiding it, they do in on the street every day.

Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 3h

We were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois.

WHAT is the Trump Administration hiding?

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Ben Nevis @bennevis.bsky.social · 7h

María Corina Machado
– Called for a US military intervention in Venezuela
– sanctions on Venezuela, which have killed tens of thousands
– Supports Zionist genocide in Gaza
– Sought backing from 🇮🇱 for military intervention in 🇻🇪
– Celebrated 🇺🇸 extrajudicial executions of Venezuelans on boats

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 2h

Wow, those Nobel people really threaded the needle on this one.

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 2h

Yes. Apparently she did. bsky.app/profile/nerd...

Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 10h

Love it

calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 2h

So if you get lung cancer, and get these drugs they owe you money?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 2h

Trump is the whole government, all departments are all him, it's one big flat fiat.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2h

Breaking news that I don't think anyone else had about the, uh, Department of Justice for some reason telling employees at the, uh, National Institutes of Health that they could not attend a major public health association's annual meeting.

Per one NIH source: "What the actual fuck?"

Why Is the DOJ Telling NIH Staff They Can't Attend a Public Health Conference?

Hello, welcome to my relaunched newsletter, read more about the deal here and please subscribe! On Wednesday, employees at various parts of the National Institutes of Health received an odd email. Sh...

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 2h

The problem is if I see a cartoon Bane I'm going to want him to say 'SPLOSIONS!!!!

James Harvey @ The World's Finest @worldsfinest.bsky.social · 3h

Announced at New York Comic-Con! Warner Bros. Animation, DC & WB Home Entertainment are bringing Batman: Knightfall to life as a multi-part animated event! Directed by Jeff Wamester, and written by Jeremy Adams, Batman: Knightfall, Part 1 drops in 2026! Stay tuned for more! #Batman #BatmanKnightfall

calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 2h

Fetuses are not babies is where it starts to fall apart.

What he means is anyone who isn't a white male who worship's the right Jesus in the right way is not a person and must not be treated as such.

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 3h

But you shouldn't be too surprised when they say stuff like this:

"You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today."

I don’t want to take any guidance at all from the secular society around us. And the reason I don’t is they killed 60 million babies. I don’t want to hear any more lectures from these people about slavery. You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today.

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functional moron @fiveburger.bsky.social · 3h

my life for one of these white dudes in power to risk simply push past and risk getting arrested for doing the job they are explicitly legally allowed to do

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 3h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.