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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 19h

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 20h

We have to penalize blatant lying, particularly by public figures. We’ve slid
into a post-truth world and nothing but sheer cultural gruntwork is going to get us out.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Lisa Snowden @lisasnowden.bsky.social · 20h

The trailer for our documentary is out today! m.youtube.com/watch?v=dkl4...

Trailer | "The Beat Goes On: The Story of Baltimore Beat"

YouTube video by Baltimore Beat

m.youtube.com

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 1d

I don't talk about it often, but I have social anxiety, big crowds can sometimes be difficult.

But the kindness of readers brings a smile to my face. If you see that smile, you know I mean it.

Please be patient if it seems like I am a little bit inside myself sometimes. I can't help it.

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Comics Jobs @comics-jobs.com · 1d

Assistant Editor, Manga at Penguin Random House

Full-time | Remote (Anywhere)

comics-jobs.com

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Corrina @corrinalawson.bsky.social · 1d

This is terrifying

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 1d

You can blame a lot of what's happening today on Alex Jones

Long before Sandy Hook, he peddled the vile conspiracy theory that "9/11 was an inside job"

Still, in 2016 Trump appeared on his show and praised his "amazing reputation"

Now those peddling conspiracy theories are running the government

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Corrina @corrinalawson.bsky.social · 1d

A little Superman punching a Nazi for your day, from the fantastic Superman Smashes the Klan by @geneluenyang.bsky.social A terrific book. Go. Buy. Read. 📚💙

Superman punches a Nazi while Lois watches and Jimmy takes photos. From Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang.

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Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social · 1d

It's launch day for the US edition of ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM!

What is the future for human art in the age of AI? What kind of AI is actually helpful? These are some of the questions driving this techno-thriller.

Get it from wherever you prefer to get your books.

@sagapressbooks.bsky.social

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

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stevethdemocrat @stevethdemocrat.bsky.social · 2d

My all time West Wing scene!👇🏼
fuckin 🔥🔥🔥🔥

West Wing - Bartlet & the Bible

YouTube video by Kubr1ck

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truthseeker19.bsky.social @truthseeker19.bsky.social · 2d

Where's FEMA?
Where's the National Weather Service?

Trump and elected Republicans do not give one 💩 about conservative voters in Alaska, apparently. Mike Johnson and his GOP House reps are still on EXTENDED vacation (NOT working, obviously).

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson: “We’re barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history”

Oh man, if only the party that controls EVERY branch of government could do something like oh idk not let our insurance prices triple?? 🧐

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Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 2d

So the big story out of #nycc on some levels is moving the cosplayers down to a lower floor. They are very unhappy while pros love having a giant well lit space to cavort in. Oddly enough there is very little sympathy for cosplayers from professionals.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Corrina @corrinalawson.bsky.social · 2d

Many thanks to #travisbaldree for the great spotlight at #nycc on Saturday & for the free ARC of Brigands and Breadknives! #booksky 📚💙

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The bones of Natasha 🏴🌻 @alterici.bsky.social · 2d

Guys, Sam Altman owns OpenAI. He knows what a bullshit job is. He knows what bullshit work is. He is profits handsomely off of bullshit. What he's actually talking about is, (and this is almost always true of these billionaire freaks) is eugenics. He is talking about who is disposable.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 3d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Graphic Policy @graphicpolicy.com · 3d

Join Our Team! We're always on the lookout for new contributors!

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 3d

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 3d

JD Vance is LYING. These firings have NOTHING to do with the shutdown.

Donald Trump is CHOOSING to fire these scientists to threaten Democrats.

Trump is destroying what little is left of our public health infrastructure, and we will NOT be ready for the next pandemic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4d

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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