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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 1h

From a long 🧵about an old Roman Catholic tradition, the Eucharistic Procession, this one to the ICE facility in Broadville, IL.

JD Vance is the kind of Catholic that nauseates those of us trained by Holy Cross Nuns and Brothers.

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 5h

Because boy, howdy, nobody knows ritual and symbolism like the Catholic Church, and having it turned squarely back on the Very Bad Catholics who have been the public standard-bearers of wielding it for evil for so long is really good to see.

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garyhageman.bsky.social @garyhageman.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe we have found the reason for bailing out Argentina. ICE goons will need a viable place to flee to.

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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 6h

I feel like this is pretty toxic.
bsky.app/profile/lagu...

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 9h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Kirk (Antifa Social Secretary™️) Murphy 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 ❌👑 @kirkmurphy.bsky.social · 8h

"How eager they are to be slaves"

-Emperor Tiberius on the Roman Senate
(as [mis]quoted by Gore Vidal)

Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 8h

A disciplinary body for New York lawyers is putting off an ethics probe into major law firms’ deals with President Donald Trump.

Law Firms’ Trump Deals Escape NY Lawyer Ethics Investigation

A disciplinary body for New York lawyers is putting off an ethics probe into major law firms’ deals with President Donald Trump.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 7h

Lost custody of your kids during your divorce because of your domestic violence conviction?

Join ICE, mask up & take ‘em back!

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 9h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 6h

Hey incels, want to get even with all those girls who ignored you? Join ICE! Money and slapping teenage girls around. What a great deal.

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 9h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 6h

This from the guy who shipped busloads of people wearing light coats to Chicago in bitter winter weather and dumped them into far off suburbs with no warning.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Greg Abbott tells Pritzker to "stop complaining and do some pushups"

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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 6h

That chyron though: Fox demands Democrats enter Fox Bizarro World.

Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 11h

Don't ask the Blue States for our hard-earned tax money either. We need it to buy food that your stupidity makes more expensive.

Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 11h

The free market will solve all their problems. Just ask any right-wing economist.

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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 11h

Stephen Miller's response: Kidnap more Brown People.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 15h

No shit.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 12h

It’s true! They are reporting 500, 600, 800, in some cases 1,000 or even 1,500 percent less about his physical and mental health!

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 12h

American Mogadishu. How many cities has Donald Trump abandoned to warlordism?

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 12h

He's on Blue Sky: bsky.app/profile/grah...

I only know what I've read in the Boston Globe and a couple of other places, who seem hopeful. But it's telling that Schumer was reported to have encouraged Mills to run. He's never right.

bsky.app

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the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 5d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 12h

I usually refer to them as John Roberts and the Fash Five.

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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 12h

There was already a strong candidate, much younger, Graham Platner. Why didn't Schumer back him? For the same reason he doesn't support Mamdani.

Establishment Dems punch left. They punch young. They are killing the future of the party.

www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...

Can a Maine oyster farmer defeat Sen. Susan Collins and save the Democrats?

In the few weeks since announcing his run for Senate, political outsider Graham Platner is drawing big crowds and raising lots of money. But Maine's incumbent, Republican Sen. Susan Collins, is no eas...

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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 13h

Geriatric Democratic politicians seek to add to their number.

Mills is 77.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/n...

Maine Governor Mills to launch campaign to challenge Susan Collins - The Boston Globe

A center-left Democrat, Janet Mills has occasionally clashed with progressives in the state legislature, but this year, she made national headlines for her high-profile clashes with President Trump.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 23h

That doesn't even qualify as a Susan Collins strongly worded letter.

Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 23h

Looks like John Roberts and the Fash Five will have to write a whole new set of facts to save Trump and his henchmen.

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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 23h

Seriously perverted people.

Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 1d

#privacy

The #trump #epa Followed Up on an Unusual Request About #abortion Pills

Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency found that they could develop methods to identify traces of the #medication in #wastewater — a practice long sought by the anti-abortion movement.

#law […]

Original post on masto.ai

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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: the Zucman Tax, 2% of net worth on households with a net worth above 100 million Euros (about $1118 million), is supported by 85% of the French in a recent poll. That includes about 75% of Le Pen supporters.

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Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 1d

Senator Doctor Cassidy doesn't care.