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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely brutal.

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 12m

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 7m

I would not have known about this had it not been for local indigenous folk there posting here.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 12m

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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ChicagoDad @chidad3.bsky.social · 1h

So brave, that lil' Mikey!

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2h

"Show them you're not afraid. Do it for the country. For the Constitution. For your family. For yourself. Do it for your freedom. While you still can."

This is excellent. Every Dem strategist who thinks there's risk in engaging these debates should watch it for guidance.

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 3h

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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ChicagoDad @chidad3.bsky.social · 3h

Holy shit, Shawn from the Real World Boston can't conceptualize the idea that VOTERS are pissed off and will take to the streets

What an asshole

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ChicagoDad @chidad3.bsky.social · 3h

What a world House Republicans are shaping

a man in a blue shirt and a pink tie is standing next to another man in a suit .

ALT: a man in a blue shirt and a pink tie is standing next to another man in a suit .

media.tenor.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 13h

This is why I always chuckle whenever I hear some elected Dem talk about a bipartisan deal to re-open the government like dude you're the last person left on earth that hasn't heard about the business stylings of Donald Trump. The Art of the Deal is not paying for services rendered

ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h

Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.

ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 20h

It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 12h

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 19h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19h

3D printers: WE NEED YOU! If you have a printer, start making whistles for your community. Volunteers of ours have been printing and passing them out across communities, over 200 have been handed out so far!

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

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @jesseduquette.bsky.social )

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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ChicagoDad @chidad3.bsky.social · 1d

...and he continues to make us wave our arms around as if we don't care.

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ChicagoDad @chidad3.bsky.social · 1d

They just sent the 5 year old to the box

ChicagoDad @chidad3.bsky.social · 1d

#FUCKICE #GOHAWKS

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

"Without a Face" (1996) is literally about the hardships undocumented immigrants go through, so it's not surprising Morello is against sending federal troops to protect ICE and deport immigrants.

The first lyric: "Got no card so I got no soul."

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 1d

I have a poorly formed theory of how Democrats need to build a policy of hate in order to engage with low-education voters in the social media era and the GOP has really been putting the ball on the tee for them.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d

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

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The whole internet loves Cola Bottle Nate, a lovely guy who almost kills himself eating Haribro cola bottles! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you Mr. Rimmington is racist

Nathan Rimmington, 33, is a haulier and owner of an HGV driving school in Barnsley. Huge, tattooed, always sweating and always pining for a pint, he is portrayed in the series as an incorrigible joker: "If the government don't crack down on immigration, my kids will have to go to school on fucking camels."

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 1d

Are you fucking kidding me.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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ChicagoDad @chidad3.bsky.social · 1d

The billionaires who fund their vitriol and division are the enemies too, let's not forget.

ChicagoDad @chidad3.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a blue tank top is smiling with the words this close behind him

ALT: a man in a blue tank top is smiling with the words this close behind him

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ChicagoDad @chidad3.bsky.social · 2d

That couple eats alone on Thanksgiving. They have lots of friends...on Facebook.

They deserve to be shamed.

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