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Ed @peaceandpaine.bsky.social · 10h

"We're gonna take away this program that demonstrably benefits voters and give Democrats credit for its existence in the same stroke."

This idea is so lopsidedly against the GOP's own interests that if you told me the guy who came up with it looked like Chuck Schumer with a mustache, I'd believe it

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 10h

honestly impressive how committed they are to losing a shutdown fight

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10h

prediction: this will not work

www.axios.com/2025/10/14/t...

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12h

So like this is funnier and more offensive than anything anyone else said about Kirk that got them fired

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 14h

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 13h

This was in a country with *far* more degraded democratic norms than in the US at present, where the caudillo had far power over the military than even the hypothetical worst-case scenario on paychecks, and where the use of military force against civilians was orders of magnitude more normalized.

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 13h

No, they didn't. The command of the Chilean military looked at the man who had had *de jure* and *de facto* near-absolute control over the state for the past 17 years and said "No, the people have spoken, you are no longer in charge and we will not serve or protect you any further."

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 14h

The command of the Chilean military were selected for loyalty to Pinochet above all other qualities, and I believe were forced to swear a personal loyalty oath to him. This is about as absolute of a control over the armed forces as you can get in a country. So obviously they obeyed, right?

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 14h

Something that I think people need to consider is that when Pinochet lost the 1990 referendum he refused to cede power and ordered his military to rally and oppress the people. Pinochet had full unilateral control of the military with no meaningful legal checks. He wrote their paychecks.

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Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 14h

So beyond the blatant illegality and impossibility of this, this would run about $15b a month. Even assuming a Musk or an Ellison, how long does said “great gentleman” feel obligated to cover the costs?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 13h

lmfao

people are gonna lose their minds over this, but reminder that grandpa just says things

they transferred unobligated FY25 RDT&E funds into nonexistent FY26 MILPERS account in direct violation of the Constitution, that's bad enough

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Jess @georgiajess.bsky.social · 16h

*looks up from ripping a massive line* “we’re saving god”

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Jess @georgiajess.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah I read a quote saying that coffee is basically a probiotic soup. It’s really good for the gut microbiome

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 18h

Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means

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Jess @georgiajess.bsky.social · 1d

He said that troops are getting a paycheck on Wednesday and it’s unclear if that shit is even happening

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Jess @georgiajess.bsky.social · 1d

I had a baby without an epidural (willingly) and near the end I was screaming and flailing around like I was possessed. Expecting women to go through that multiple times is fucking inhumane

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

The Treasury Secretary declares himself to be pro-monarchy, and promises to punish the entire country if the people exercise their First Amendment rights.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 1d

I now realize that for my entire adult life, I've had a very narrow conception of what "supporting and defending the Constitution" means. Standing on business when armed agents of the State are knocking on your door is way more important, by a country mile, than anything I did overseas

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

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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Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 2d

If we really put our heads together and keep the evening of December 24 clear, I am convinced we can Christmas Carol this man.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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not an art thief @famousartthief.bsky.social · 2d

we’re looking very strongly into cutting a deal for purgatory. some people are saying limbo, i’m not familiar with it but some people are saying that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Jess @georgiajess.bsky.social · 2d

Totally normal thing to be fixated on after your *second* yearly checkup

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 2d

i mean, the administration needs to deport him somewhere where journalists won't go and where he will die as quickly as possible

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

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

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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francisco varela fan club @paleopragmatist.bsky.social · 2d

We are going to win

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

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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Jess @georgiajess.bsky.social · 2d

Not to mention, their own supporters would be in the crosshairs. My mom is a three time Trump voter filly immersed in Fox News agitprop, but she would throw herself in the line of fire to protect me, her extremely liberal daughter.

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Jess @georgiajess.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw a video of a bunch of elderly white people standing up and cheering the concept of a Nuremberg 2.0. This regime simply cannot erase our democratic traditions by mass murdering every wine mom that shows up to an ICE protest. They may try, but it won’t end well for them.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 2d

No it's 100% illegal and I really wish that guy would delete that post because the guy from xitter he's screenshotting is a former Mike Johnson advisor who is either unsurprisingly dumb or knowingly lying

You can't reprogram funds into an appropriation ("color of money") that doesn't exist

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