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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 11h

It’s important to understand that the demonization of ‘Antifa’ isn’t just about kneecapping the enemies of MAGA. It’s about creating an opportunity to bring down the law-enforcement apparatus on anyone who dares dissent.

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 17h

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12h

Making people afraid to be affiliated with antifascism—making people afraid to be associated with groups and people that actively oppose fascism—is some bleak shit.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 7h

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 9h

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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Russ McNamara @mcnamarawdet.bsky.social · 7h

What is there to be done with this? This cannot be reformed.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 9h

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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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 8h

Meal Team Four 👇

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

A small number of demonstrators attempted to protest/march in the street.

Massive number of ISP troopers in riot gear responded by blocking 25th, threatening arrest, shouting into megaphone about an unlawful assembly.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h

A helicopter with its transponder turned off circles overhead.

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 12h

Activists have got to understand - Cameron Higby is human garbage, but by doing this you are only making him wealthy.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h

We walked away from that, but seems like it diffused for now/he got the footage he wanted of ~being surrounded~

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 14h

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WGA Urges CBS News Staffers to Not Respond to Bari Weiss Info-Seeking Memo Until Company Provides Details on Purpose of Her Email (EXCLUSIVE)

The Writers Guild of America, which represents employees at CBS News, told members at the company to not respond to an email sent to staff by Bari Weiss, The Free Press founder who this week was appoi...

variety.com

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 14h

Writers Guild rightly tells members not to respond to Bari Weiss

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/wga-cbs-news-staffers-not-respond-bari-weiss-memo-1236546038/

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 14h

I will be posting a lot more tips for activists now - especially related to intelligence work - on this account, from now on

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 15h

When people wonder how Epstein continued to have powerful friends even after everybody knew, consider that a Nazi salute followed by blithely starving children and cutting off their life sustaining medicines wasn’t a deal breaker for anyone in power positions.

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Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 17h

EXCLUSIVE: A cell-site simulator, commonly referred to as an IMSI-catcher or "Stingray," may have been used at the ICE facility in Portland.

Analysis of cellular signals in the area showed phones receiving abnormal spikes in requests for their unique identifiers. san.com/cc/exclusive...

Exclusive: Fake cellphone tower likely surveilled protesters at Portland ICE facility

Law enforcement officials may have deployed a secretive cellphone surveillance technology last weekend at Portland’s ICE facility.

san.com

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 1d

It will never not amaze me that this moron became President

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 1d

Poso's whole military record (with a few redactions) is here, courtesy of @ericlevai.bsky.social. The pages are not in chronological order, be warned.

The Slate article gets one thing wrong - Poso didn't separate from the Navy til late 2018.

Navy Intelligence Officer Jack Posobiec

Eric Levai made this request to U.S. Navy of the United States of America.

www.muckrock.com

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 1d

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 1d

She already destroyed CBS News in her first week on the job

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 1d

ah, a Noem-Kavanaugh collab

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 1d

Red Dawn but they just let them build the military base.

https://time.com/7324968/qatar-idaho-air-force-facility-hegseth-trump/

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 2d

these people are actually out of their fucking minds and im so sick of being told we need to pretend otherwise

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 2d

It's official — a court ruled that the public's interest in knowing if Elon Musk has a security clearance and access to classified information outweighs any potential privacy interests.

Great FOIA ruling in favor of the @nytimes.com.

storage.courtlistener.com

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 2d

I forgot about that - weird how it totally disappeared once Trump won!

Will Carless, USA TODAY @willcarless.bsky.social · 2d

As federal troops act almost without impunity in America’s cities, it’s worth noting that, not long ago, many conservatives claimed that sheriffs and local police chiefs should have ultimate legal jurisdiction — not the US government.

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