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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 6h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 3h

He got the shots that his own HHS is telling you are not necessary

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 3h

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

www.cnn.com

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3h

I saw this, laughed, changed screens and now I can't find it again or I would credit it fully: Someone described Kid Rock, who was apparently attempting to opine on something tonight, as being "the human equivalent of an above-ground pool."

Perfect.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 7h

This Place Has The Juice, Blood Of Christ edition

Dave the Atheist @davetheatheist.bs... • 1h
How about not shoving your cult down our throats. Deal ?
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Ben B. @abominaldrvibes.bsky.social • 1h
I'm agnostic
Dave the Atheist @davetheatheist.bs... • 1h
Which gods are you agnostic about ?
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Chief Joe @chiefjoer.bsky.social · 6h

I can only imagine what Fox would say if Obama opened a Muslim air base in our country. @jvl.bsky.social @radiofreetom.bsky.social

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 15h

Hegseth: I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 9h

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This is a producer for WGN Chicago.

This is Putin-style autocracy.

WATCH

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 15h

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 14h

filing this under my “statements the entire rightwing media apparatus would have a brain aneurysm over if this was even suggested by anyone on the left” folder

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 16h

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 16h

In Trump's America, you're a hell of a lot more likely to be kidnapped off the street and beaten by masked goons cosplaying as ICE agents than you are to be assaulted by an immigrant.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 20h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

No money flowing to USAID and hardly any to PEPFAR despite their duly enacted funding; well north of twenty billion dollars being deployed for other weird hair autocrats. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, treasury secretary confirms

The U.S. Treasury has finalized a financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country’s central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Read the piece: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

www.politico.com

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 1d

After doing a brief theatrical tour, The Onion's very funny 20-minute send-up of true crime tropes is watchable online.
www.avclub.com/onion-jeffre...

The Onion's Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is now available online

www.avclub.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Jason Foote @infjdesign.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

Jason Foote @infjdesign.bsky.social · 1d

Can we get a breakdown on what that’s made of?

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 2d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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