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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 17h

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 15h

Abolish ICE.

If you work for ICE, quit right now.

Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 17h

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 16h

Holy crap. This is terrible.

The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.

Reuters @reuters.com · 17h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 14h

Real English patriot.

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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 22h

Could 2026 be Scotland's chance for a better future?

Listening again to @labisiffre.bsky.social song of inspiration.

open.spotify.com/track/2z8PSS...

(Something Inside) So Strong

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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 22h

The higher you build you're barriers.
The taller I become.

Scottish Government to sponsor care worker visas in defiance of Labour ban
www.thenational.scot/news/2553922...

www.thenational.scot

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 1d

📢Scotland's land belongs to the people, not the super-rich land hoarders.

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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 1d

Trust in the press comes from accuracy.

I suppose this could be an image of Nicole.

Screenshot of Herald newspaper showing an image of what would appear to be a man with a moustache and beard.
And the name next to it of Nicole Russell.

Herald newspaper screenshot.

Nicole Russell is an opinion columnist with USA TODAY. She lives in Texas with her four children.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 1d

Feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park as neighbors respond to them detaining people. One person was taken, though another was freed.

“I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 1d

Reporting Peace

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Pascal 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 @pascalr57.bsky.social · 1d

Who will shed a tear?

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

William Hill owner says it could shut shops if Reeves raises gambling taxes

Evoke considering the plans before expected tax increases in budget, with up to 1,500 jobs potentially affected

www.theguardian.com

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 13 Oct 1970 Aubrey Walter and Bob Mellor founded the Gay Liberation Front in London, after meeting their US counterparts and Black Panthers earlier that year stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8526...

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 13 Oct 2004 a rare recent mutiny of the US Army took place in Iraq when 19 soldiers of the 343 Company refused to carry out a supply mission, believing it too dangerous. Learn more about mutinies in this podcast with @SrslyWrong: workingclasshistory.com/2020/05/26/e...

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 1d

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, quoted by Pope Leo.

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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JohnWest_JAWS @johnwestjaws.bsky.social · 2d

These 2 speeches, which, as Nick points out, on the same day, precede what Gill has pled guilty to by 4 years, are more damning for Farage as they also precede Brexit.

All European secret services would have been alarmed by this & would/should have been investigating.

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.bsky.social · 2d

And Banks. “Katya Banks had entered Britain on a passport sequentially numbered to the passport of Katia Zatuliveter, a woman MI5 had claimed was a Russian spy and who had had an affair with the Portsmouth MP, Mike Hancock.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022...

Arron Banks may have been ‘used and exploited’ by Russia, court hears

Journalist Carole Cadwalladr gives evidence as she defends her reporting on multimillionaire Brexit backer

www.theguardian.com

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Harry @harrycovert.bsky.social · 2d

“Never seen him before in my life”, Putin’s tool stated.
bsky.app/profile/john...

JohnWest_JAWS @johnwestjaws.bsky.social · 2d

These 2 speeches, which, as Nick points out, on the same day, precede what Gill has pled guilty to by 4 years, are more damning for Farage as they also precede Brexit.

All European secret services would have been alarmed by this & would/should have been investigating.

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.bsky.social · 2d

“a major figure in the Brexit movement will now go to jail for accepting bribes for acting as an agent of influence for Russian interests.” #ReformRussianBribes national.thelead.uk/p/the-lead-u...

The Lead Untangles: The Reform leader’s Russian influence scandal

Not unreported, but certainly not given much spotlight, what do the Russian bribes taken by a former Reform UK leader tell us?

national.thelead.uk

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Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 1d

The Wikipedia article on fascism now includes Trumpism. That tracks.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

'Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

www.mirror.co.uk

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 1d

He led a march in Glasgow recently. All the usual suspects attending. The Iron Cross though.. they are so emboldened that they don’t even try to hide it anymore. He’ll get nowhere politically, but the fact they feel safe with this open rhetoric and iconography is a major worry.

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