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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 4h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 6h

I think what's bothering me about all these statements I'm seeing from politicians that are variations of "Israeli hostages and Palestinians are returning to their homes, yay" is that Israelis are returning to their homes and Palestinians are returning to uninhabitable post apocalyptic rubble.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h

Leaked messages from leaders of Young Republican groups obtained by Politico:

They referred to Black people as monkeys and "the watermelon people" and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

www.politico.com

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 2h

ICE raided a building in Chicago-using Blackhawk helicopters and flash bang grenades

Destroying people’s homes-including US citizens-before dragging them out

Detaining children in zip ties

Arresting 37 based on Stephen Miller’s lies

All for 1 person who is allegedly connected to Tren de Agua

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Jeff Turner 🦋🌈🦋🌈@loveneverhate @loveneverhate.bsky.social · 11d

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DiscoElastico @discofornow.bsky.social · 17m

20000 murdered children. You're a troll or a nazi

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1h

Korol is a US citizen. Her family hasn’t heard from her since she was taken, public charges haven’t been released—what crime did she even commit? 2nd-Degree Woodwinding?—and there has been no explanation for her “renditioning” across state lines.

We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 4h

SWEAR HER IN‼️🔥

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 4h

Two dozen masked ICE Federal Secret Police, who are kitted out like they are going to war, kidnap a local and brutalize the community.

Toward the end of the video, they throw a gas cannister that almost hits a baby. 😟

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 27m

Vance, miserable liar that he is, referred to these bigoted, Nazi-flavored Young Republican posts as a "college group chat."

But most of the quoted in the Politico article are GROWN ADULTS with JOBS.

ADULT REPUBLICANS RUNNING A REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION.

Filth.

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

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 10h

Kansas Young Republican chair William Hendrix has locked his Twitter account after Politico reported his leaked n-word texts

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Q: How is this rescue package America first?

TRUMP: It's really meant to help a good financial philosophy where Argentina can be successful again

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13h

Stephen Flynn,
"Let us not forget that access to aid is essential"

"Access for world's media is essential"

"Access for investigators for crimes against humanity is essential"

"A two state solution is essential"

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 13h

I've always said that war is not about numbers or equipment.War is about people, their stories,their lives

The faces you see here are rescuers from Odesa region.Russia attacks Odesa a lot.The rescuers have to deal with the aftermath

None of us chose war.It's been brought upon us and we do our best

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 18h

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Human☮ @4humanunity.bsky.social · 9h

Someone told him a “wartime president” gets reelected, so now he’s trying to drag us into war with Venezuela.

Under international law (UN Charter, Art. 51), force’s allowed only in self-defense. No war. No threat. Just 6 men killed for a tweet. That’s not strength, it’s lawless.