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Dan @democracymattered.bsky.social · 2h

It is all gibberish.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 13h

I am deceased

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 20h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 23h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 19h

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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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 15h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Dan @democracymattered.bsky.social · 15h

Let the lawsuits start getting filed...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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Dan @democracymattered.bsky.social · 16h

Corporate donors have been a big problem in politics for a long time. Establishment Dems need to get primaried.

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SJ Thompson 🍁🇨🇦 @sjsthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Judge rules federal agents can't deploy chemical irritants at journalists, protesters who don't pose threats chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Judge rules federal agents can't deploy chemical irritants at journalists, protesters who don't pose threats

The temporary ruling stems from a lawsuit filed this week by news organizations, unions, independent journalists and protesters against the Department of Homeland Security following tense interactions...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 17h

We took the freedom of speech away

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Dan @democracymattered.bsky.social · 19h

It is a hate trump's America rally, 100%.

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 1d

Mother fucker! The House has been in session only 15 days since July.

Its October!

GOP are loser slackers! Imagine if you only showed up to your job 15 days in 4 months.
They get 175k a year in salary.

#GOPShutdown

House Recess Extended to Oct. 19 As Government Shutdown Continues

The House clerk reads a communication from Speaker Mike Johnson designating October 14 to 19 a district work period for members, meaning that the House will be in recess except for pro forma sessions ...

www.c-span.org

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Dan @democracymattered.bsky.social · 19h

They have sued over this, right?

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 21h

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

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Dan @democracymattered.bsky.social · 19h

ICE needs to be abolished. Dems should run on that. And every ICE agent who took part in ANY abuse needs to be tried and convicted.

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Erin Burnett OutFront @outfrontcnn.bsky.social · 1d

“We could hear them laughing.”

Rev. David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to #CNN’s Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying in front of an ICE facility.

#OutFrontCNN #News #ICE #Chicago

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Bleeding❣️+ 🍿 @brianbbs.bsky.social · 22h

apnews.com/article/domi...

Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official.

apnews.com

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Autistic Science Person @autsciperson.bsky.social · 22h

FYI, People who have an X gender marker on their passport -

Lish Boo @lishy.bsky.social · 2d

Sure looks that way.

Non-Binary Passport Designations:
Passports issued with "X" or other non-binary markers will be rejected by
CBP systems, requiring resubmission with valid documentation showing
"M" or "F" designation.

Passport Updates: Travelers experiencing documentation inconsistencies may wish to consult with the relevant passport issuing authority about available options for updating travel documents.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

😕🇺🇸

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21h

This is what ice is doing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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