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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

True bravery!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h

“They sponsor this? Fuck them. No, really. Fuck them—I mean it. And you can quote me on that.”

At fairgrounds full of young men, the government sets up shop to hire immigration agents.

How the Border Patrol uses rodeos to recruit

At fairgrounds full of young men, the government sets up shop to hire immigration agents.

www.motherjones.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13h

We are Amphifa.

AMPHIFA:

Amphibians Against Fascism.

Black and green flag of a Portland protest frog.

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 8h

Happy birthday. I have great admiration for you and the work you do.

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 8h

It's the guns.

Hate-filled people will always be among us, but we don't have to make their murderous goals so easy to achieve.

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 11h

Shootings at Alcorn State University and Jackson State University on Saturday bring the death toll for this weekend's shootings across five Mississippi counties to nine, with at least 15 injured.

Other shootings hit three Mississippi high schools on Friday night, including two homecoming games.

Nine Dead, at Least 15 Injured in Shootings Across 5 Mississippi Counties

Six people are confirmed dead and at least 12 others injured in three separate shootings in Mississippi on the night of Friday, Oct. 10.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

Anyone who sees videos like this and tries to explain it away is someone who feels sure that they will never be meaningfully abused by state actors.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12h

ICE attacks cemetery workers trying to help a man in the Des Plaines river www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUmUjPs/

Caught on camera… ICE agents clash with suburban cemetery workers trying to help man in Des Plaines River… #wgn9 #ice #operationmidwayblitz #immigration

TikTok video by WGN9Chicago

www.tiktok.com

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 10h

"ICE Agents Block Detention Entry to Catholic Priests Wanting to Bless Detainees" More of MAGA's anti-Catholic hate. Right wing Evangelicals have long hated Catholics. www.mediaite.com/media/news/i...

ICE Agents Block Detention Entry to Catholic Priests Wanting to Bless Detainees

A group of Catholic priests and congregants marched about a mile to an ICE facility in Cook County, IL, to pray for the detainees but were blocked from entering by federal agents

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12h

This is a good catch. The statutory authorization supposedly being used to transfer R&D funds to regular payroll is, in fact, expired, just like the regular appropriations are also expired.

Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 13h

Not that Trump/Vought/Hegseth gaf, but among other ways in which the law says this may NOT be done:
A) The part of 8005 I've underlined in green says money transferred to another account is "available… for the same time period" as that other account; that other acc't expired on Sept 30.

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 8h

I am so sorry. You deserve the best.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 10h

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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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

🚨 HEY NYC — This clip alone is completely disqualifying. Absolutely humiliating stuff from @andrewcuomo, refusing to condemn Trump for going after NY AG Tish James.

A vote for him is very clearly a vote for Trump.

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 22h

The abject cruelty of this.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 1d

I am struck by how lack of standing seems to so frequently evade court challenge to unconstitutional government actions.

It's an odd thing missing, given that this problem was solved in ancient Athens: for certain matters the entire citizen body ('ho boulomenos,' 'whoever wishes') had standing.

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 9h

They're on to us. We're a state of nothing but liars.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11h

Find a rally. Show up.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 1d

Next Saturday's anti-Trump 'No Kings' protest is expected to be the largest single demonstration in U.S. history.

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 10h

Plausible deniability for Pamela Jo.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

That line, “there’s more that unites us than divides us,” can sound like a cliché. But right now, it hits.

All of us want affordable healthcare. Nobody can afford premiums that triple. Nobody wants to see service members standing in food pantry lines.

Party divides completely fade on these issues.

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 10h

Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

Yes, if a male grifter like Chris Rufo or Ben Shapiro were named the head of CBS News, yes, the reaction would have been just as fierce.

No one is objecting because she's a woman. Jesus, get a grip.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 14h

You think for ONE SEC that a man in her position who was named head of CBS News would be the subject of so much to-do? Come on.

Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 14h

The whole "you should be proud of Bari Weiss because she's a WOMAN entrepreneur" argument reminds me of this comic:

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 11h

Oh, Sally. I love ya but you've got this one dead wrong. She's toxic, as is CBS's new ownership.

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 14h

We’ve had to suffer through Carrie Underwood screeching every Sunday night since 2013. They can handle Bad Bunny for a 30 minute halftime show.

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