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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 1d

The decline in the middle class is driven entirely by more people being rich.

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BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 6h

Amazing Emergency Naked Ride. Here’s the moment thousands of riders rolled through the protests at the ICE facility and cheers erupted. 😮💯

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

Trump just installed Michael Ellis as CIA general counsel, possibly to green light legally dubious CIA ops to do this as an end run around congress.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Kelly: I really worry about those aviators, drone operators, special forces guys that are in the Caribbean right now striking these boats and whether or not this is legal..

There’s no authorization for the use of military force. The Congress has not given that to the president. He hasn’t asked.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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dorothyeubanks.bsky.social @dorothyeubanks.bsky.social · 2h

www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Former DACA recipient, 39, dies in ICE custody in California

A 39-year-old man, who was a former DACA recipient, died in federal custody at a California hospital — one day after he was transferred from one of the state’s largest ICE detention centers.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 3h

88 year old Palestinian grandmother was punched in the face by an Israeli soldier after she refused to leave her home. (She was crying from humiliation )

" We've been building this house for 60 years , we save up all our money until we have this house built" Free Palestine

She’s older than 🇮🇱

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africanspacechrist.bsky.social @africanspacechrist.bsky.social · 1d

Wild scenes from the Portland ICE protest Saturday night.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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beefunwellington.bsky.social @beefunwellington.bsky.social · 10h

The naked bike ride is a big deal here. I’ve never heard of an emergency one, so trump must be really bad.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

An HHS source says admin also RIFed entire Office of Population Affairs last night.
“Not a single staff person to run our nation's family planning program or the evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. The Office of Adolescent Health which nested within OPA functionally ceases to exist”

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devoidcat.bsky.social @devoidcat.bsky.social · 5h

this is nuts

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

www.nbcnews.com

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devoidcat.bsky.social @devoidcat.bsky.social · 6h

I was surprised he left last time without setting everything off. So, I don’t think you are far off. He will burn it down if he can’t have it.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8h

Portland continues to amaze me 👏

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bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 7d

He's young, Mexican, Arab, and a former U.S. Navy Officer.

Follow @ammarcampanajjar.bsky.social and support his campaign for Congress in #CA48.

#Resist

Ammar Campa-Najjar and Brian Tyler Cohen.

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Zola @zola4b.bsky.social · 20h

Beto O’Rourke: “Democrats must offer a vision that breaks with the status quo.”

Jan Skudlarek @janskudlarek.bsky.social · 2d

"Bei der vergangenen Wahl haben Biden und Harris gesagt, sie retten die Demokratie und unsere Institutionen. Und die Amerikaner antworteten: Warum wollt ihr etwas retten, was für uns nicht funktioniert?"

Lesenswertes Interview!

www.zeit.de/2025/43/beto...

Beto O'Rourke: "Wir haben uns ein tiefes Loch gegraben"

Warum wehrt sich kaum jemand gegen Donald Trump? Der US-Demokrat Beto O'Rourke kritisiert seine eigene Partei hart und fordert einen linken Populismus.

www.zeit.de

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

blah blah Hunter Biden blah blah Burisma yada yada

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 10h

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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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

A Pulitzer for investigative journalism should be awarded to any reporter who can identify a major official in the Trump administration who is *not* a certifiable wacko

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 1d

Before targeting Trump foes, Pulte practiced on his own family, per @
Brian Slodysko and Chris Megerian. He accused his grandfather’s widow of insider trading, was tied to a website trashing an aunt as a "fake Christian" and called another relative "a fat slob." apnews.com/article/trum...

How Bill Pulte learned the art of the attack, from his own family to Letitia James

Bill Pulte has become a significant player in the Trump administration. Known for his aggressive online persona and bitter public fights with several family members, Pulte currently serves as director...

apnews.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Also lying:
- your own eyes
- every bit of video evidence
- the fabric of reality itself

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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devoidcat.bsky.social @devoidcat.bsky.social · 10h

She’s already known for dog murder

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Look, maybe not *all* ICE and CBP agents are bloodthirsty psychopaths, but there are plenty of stories like this one and the rest of them sure as shit don't seem to mind, so ...

Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 12h

CBP agents knocked on an El Paso home at 7:15 a.m.

The owner asked to secure his Rottweiler, Chop, in the bathroom.

While he got his ID, agents opened the door and shot Chop.

The family tried to save him as he bled out on the kitchen floor.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 15h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10h

If the Middle East will allow Trump to go ahead with Trump Gaza, we will need to ask ourselves what did he give them in return.

That’s the main question. And I dare to say, it’s a question of national security.

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