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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3h

Um ... maybe if you're Jesus.🤷‍♀️

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 4h

Trump: Literally, you walk over from Iran to Qatar. You can walk it in one second. You go, boom, boom, and now you're in Qatar.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 3h

These are Crimes Against Humanity. Moreover, this is also wanton sadism. And sadism never exists in isolation – it's always accompanied by sociopathy-psychopathy (ASPD). The Republican party is institutionalizing-normalizing Antisocial Personality Disorder.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 9h

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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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

Unsure how many times I have to repeat it, but health care shouldn’t be for-profit.

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 13h

Drug Rehabs Lure In Patients for Insurance Money—Then Leave Them on the Street

Operators promise high-end treatment, help addicts sign up for insurance then pile on charges for little in return, say former patients and insurers.

www.wsj.com

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 2h

Neither of them knew what Habeas Corpus means...

we are in good hands..

Seth Meyers Roasts Trump for Trying to ‘Punt’ Habeas Corpus Question to Kristi Noem: ‘She Doesn’t Know What Habeas Corpus Is Either’

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h

NEWS: Seven hostages have just been received by the International Red Cross from Hamas in the Gaza Strip, all walking upright on their own

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 1h

This reality is collapsing..

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 1h

brilliant..

At least 57 Russian regions (more than half) are facing a fuel crisis after Ukraine stepped up drone attacks on oil refineries, BBC Russian reports

newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/over-ha...

Over half of Russia's regions hit by fuel crisis after Ukrainian drone strikes - BBC

newsukraine.rbc.ua

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 5h

Truly disgusting

ICE detained an autistic 5 year old girl in Leominster, Mass

Using this child-a US citizen-as bait to lure her father-who has lived in the country for 20 years-out so they could arrest him

How do these people live with themselves

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AmrWut/

A Leominster family who has lived in the United States for more than 20 years said federal immigration agents held their 5-year-old daughter, who is a US-citizen and autistic, in custody outside their...

TikTok video by The Boston Globe

www.tiktok.com

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 5h

New Report: Employers in the USA Have Stolen Over $50 Trillion From Workers Since 1975

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 6h

👀

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6h

Hamas announces that it will not disarm.

What exactly is Trump celebrating tomorrow?

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.

ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

www.propublica.org

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 5h

When did "we" find this out? Pretty wild that Jack Smith went to Florida to plant evidence a few months before he was assigned to the case. This is very DEEP deep state stuff going on here.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Eric Trump: "Sure enough, we find out that Jack Smith is planting manilla folders on the office of my father ... "

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5h

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Childless Dog Lady @donotsurrender.bsky.social · 5h

I don’t mind those on food stamps buying a bag of chips or even a 6 pack of cokes. Telling them they can’t is the same as telling them they don’t deserve the same as those who don’t need food stamps and that is just flat out unChrist-like in my opinion.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

If Johnson fully assumes the role of grand Republican villain—a distant second to Trump, of course—he would be the first speaker to don the mantle of national partisan villainy since Nancy Pelosi. An accomplishment. ICYMI @cheetah.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/mike-johns...

Mike Johnson Is Becoming the New Liberal Bogeyman

The low-key House speaker’s success and defiance are turning him into a prime political target.

www.thebulwark.com

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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...

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 13h

A pillar of American values is that the legal system treats everyone equally. The indictment of James Comey makes a mockery of that idea. bit.ly/46TyPOR

Comey Indictment Shows Danger of Subservient Prosecutors

The political prosecution of a presidential enemy has left the government with a seemingly unwinnable case — and a justice system tainted by politics.

www.brennancenter.org

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 13h

If human beings had a thousand souls, JD Vance would happily sell all of his. Then, sneering through his beard, he would tell you you're a loser for not doing the same.

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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 13h

Action Alert: @joycewhitevance.bsky.social explains one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote. "[F]lood the zone with common sense about voting." https://protdem.org/473cz56

Don't forget our guide to what makes an effective public comment. https://protdem.org/44iTPiu

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

STEPHANOPOULOS: ProPublica reported that several members of the Trump administation have similar questions about their mortgages

VANCE: ProPublica is basically a left-wing blog

S: Do you dispute the facts they reported?

VANCE: I haven't read it. I have no idea. I certainly question the source

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

Bullshit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Baldwin: Our farmers are facing incredible headwinds. A lot of the fertilizer inputs come from Canada. Those have shot up because of tariffs. About a quarter of all farmers use the ACA for their health care coverage. This president is just contributing to the headwinds that our farmers are facing.

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Childless Dog Lady @donotsurrender.bsky.social · 13h

Not only are the GOP trying to roll back your health care - they are coming for your sick leave too.

apple.news/ADyAlQGpnT1u...

Republicans Aren’t Just Gutting Health Care. They’re Taking Your Sick Leave, Too — Rolling Stone

GOP-controlled legislatures have rolled back and narrowed voter-approved paid sick leave policies

apple.news

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