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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

FACT: In July, Marsha Blackburn voted for the largest cut to SNAP in the history of the program.

Now, 700,000 TN children, seniors & people w/ disabilities are going to miss meals and she’s pretending to care b/c she’s running for Governor.

She thinks your too dumb to remember

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Yikes…

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Deirdre @dlpr.bsky.social · 11h

This is not false reporting, especially when there is video evidence.

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting."

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

If judges can refuse to officiate gay weddings, gay defendants should be able to refuse to be heard by those judges. If they can’t be compelled to perform the most heteronormative of functions, why would anyone believe they are capable of putting their biases aside for something with higher stakes?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"If I were a commander today, I would not sign an NDA like the one reportedly being circulated in the Southern Command theater. Not out of defiance, but out of respect for the oath I took to support and defend the Constitution."

Why Commanders Don’t Sign NDAs

Existing rules and laws applying to military secrecy are sufficient—and asking officers to sign NDAs is deeply inappropriate.

www.thebulwark.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

A long-deranged and deeply depraved man with a pronouncedly and acceleratingly deteriorating mind announces that he intends to play with the large arsenal of nuclear weapons he controls.

But it's okay, because he's not seeking a third term.

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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 1d

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the artist formerly known as 'that guy' @oh-that-guy.bsky.social · 1d

New York City, 1974 | Elliott Erwitt
Gelatin silver print

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

Obviously California has issues but this defense of their policies by Newsom is worth watching.

TN is a low tax state - for the top. regressive for the bottom. our services and laws punish working people also (bottom in infant & maternal mortality, poverty, school spending, violent crime, etc..)

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 1d

To the surprise of no one who has ever commanded Soldiers.
Looking at you Hinesville, Nolanville, Radcliffe et all.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto

She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card

Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.

She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.

It’s retaliation & it’s wrong

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1d

DHS deceptively spliced images from different cities and times in videos sowing fear about "chaos" in Chicago and Washington, D.C., a WaPo investigation found.

DHS used footage from years ago, half the country away, or even in international waters, the Post found.

🎁 🔗 wapo.st/4nuDGwf

wapo.st

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 1d

"For reasons that have nothing to do with informing, educating and entertaining, but are likely instead about some team’s target stats, the BBC decided to actively tell millions of people they should be frightened by asylum seekers. Brilliant work."

Newsletter's out.

Clickbait Will Kill Us All

This week: a brief rant about news values; some stuff that probably shouldn’t be taught in schools; and a journey planner for your trip to early modern Europe.

jonn.substack.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

The federal government keeps labeling everyone they go after as cartel members — and it keeps being proven false. These are the same people we’re supposed to trust when they execute people at sea under that very justification?

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 2d

Sibling abuse is an unspoken threat — even (and sometimes especially) in homeschooling families.

Understanding Sibling Abuse in Homeschooling

Sibling abuse is an unspoken threat — even (and sometimes especially) in homeschooling families.

rlstollar.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

And everyone who screamed about Hunter is silent.

Endless corruption.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

Utah has just approved a 1,300-person “mega camp” for homeless individuals,This camp lacks transportation, features locked units, and even imposes forced labor.

They refer to this facility as “work-conditioned housing,” but we simply call it what it is: modern-day internment.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is the tenant from hell

In 2023, a university in Milwaukee was sold a building at a deep discount to turn into an academic center

BUT

ICE was a tenant

BUT

ICE's lease was up and it was supposed to vacate "within months"

BUT

ICE refuses to leave

www.404media.co/ice-is-using...

ICE Is Using a University Building as a Deportation Office and the University Says It Can't Do Anything About It

The Milwaukee School of Engineering is largely powerless to kick ICE out of a building it wanted to turn into a new academic center, according to audio of a meeting obtained by 404 Media.

www.404media.co

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

We’re sensing a pattern

(And they’re all afraid to blame Trump’s policies)

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E* @finny8.bsky.social · 3d

Gift Link. Very worth reading.

#ai #knowledge #information excellent #journalism from @theatlantic.com

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Age of De-Skilling

Will AI stretch our minds—or stunt them?

www.theatlantic.com

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 5d

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 5d

NEW: Don Trump Jr.--after helping pick top Pentagon officials to join his dad's administration--has now become an investor and advisor to Pentagon drone builders. This as President Trump orders Pentagon to buy more drones. A NYT investigation of this latest conflict.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal

www.nytimes.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 4d

Avigdor Liberman is a member of the Knesset, by the way.

This has always been OUR genocide. Israel doesn't control us and never has. We control Israel.

He alleged that the IDF cannot carry out any strike in Gaza without American approval. Any attempt to reduce humanitarian supplies also requires American approval. He claimed that everything is being managed from an American operations room in Kiryat Gat.

Liberman said American drones are monitoring Gaza in real time, and that the IDF is operating under the command of that operations room.

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