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Joe @westmecklenburg-gegen-rechts.de · 13h

#noKings
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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joel hanes @joelhanes.bsky.social · 3h

Check out the Sunnyvale CA "Public Safety Officer" program, in which candidates must complete training as EMT, firefighter, and law enforcement, and serve in all three roles, before choosing one in which to spend most of their career.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 2d

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 6h

Is there really any doubt at this point who Acting President Miller thinks would be most impacted by a severely broken public health system?

Mr. Trump may not complain about Mr. Miller, but he does occasionally poke at his obsession with immigrants — a hostility that goes far beyond Mr. Trump’s. In one meeting during the 2024 campaign, Mr. Trump said that if it was up to Mr. Miller there would be only 100 million people in this country, and they would all look like Mr. Miller, according to a person with knowledge of the comment. Karoline Leavitt, Mr. Trump’s spokeswoman, denied the account

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 6h

This seems like a good time to remind everyone that Donald Trump’s first appearance in the New York Times was when the Nixon Justice Dept. sued him and his father for refusing to rent apartments to black people.

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 6h

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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joel hanes @joelhanes.bsky.social · 3h

Many charter schools will not accept most special-ed kids.

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 4h

If you saw the recent piece in @nytimes.com claiming that "Spraying round-up on crops is fine. Really." Please read our reply.
@davechapman.bsky.social @ninaelkadi.com @michaelpollan.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Opinion | Debating the Dangers of a Pesticide

www.nytimes.com

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 6h

"Hedge fund Alden Global Capital gobbles up newspapers across America and guts them. No one knows why, until journalist Julie Reynolds investigates. Her findings trigger journalist rebellions at Alden-owned newspapers nationwide."

Full documentary streaming at @pbs.org.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 6h

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California makes history as one of first states seeking to join the International Union for Conservation of Nature | Governor of California

www.gov.ca.gov

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joel hanes @joelhanes.bsky.social · 7h

1. Clarence Thomas is nearly as driven by burning, ichoate resentment as Trump is
2. Kavanaugh is sub-mediocre as a thinker
3. Alito is waging a culture war
3. Roberts thinkis it's wrong that Black folk vote, wants to re-establish Jim Crow

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20h

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 7h

Fox and WSJ Opinion and Facebook and Twitter laid the groundwork.

And that’s Murdoch, Murdoch, Zuckerberg, Musk.

Billionaire ownership of media is the biggest issue we face in democracies today.

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joel hanes @joelhanes.bsky.social · 15h

It's Cleek's Law all the way down

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 17h

Their goal is revenge against every scientist who told them something they didn't want to hear or made them feel inferior by knowing more than they do.

Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · 18h

WTF is their goal? Small government means every man for themselves when the next catastrophe hits? What is the point? Government isn’t a business, it’s a service for the people. You’re saving minimal money with these cuts and only hurting literally everyone

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Patrick Doran @patrickdoran.bsky.social · 1d

I found this map showing which states used Dominion Voting Machines in the 2024 race. With an election denier as the new owner of Dominion which is now Liberty vote, I definitely would advise all states to get out of their contract with them & find a new one.

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 1d

I was writing this anyway, and then the Russian Duma dumped the agreement once and for all.

Lawyers, Guns and Money @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 1d

A Guy Walks Into A Reactor Shop With 34 Tons of Plutonium…

A Guy Walks Into A Reactor Shop With 34 Tons of Plutonium... - Lawyers, Guns & Money

This article is about 34 tons of plutonium that the US government doesn’t know what to do with. The current suggestion is to use it to power nuclear reactors to run all that AI nobody wants. The article lacks historical grounding and thus gets a lot wrong. There’s a story about that plutonium, but it’s […]

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

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 · 1d

"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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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 1d

Looking scared when confronted by masked armed secret police is officially a reason why they can now detain you.

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 1d

"Believe it or not, Hamas was not ready to agree to Gaza becoming a protectorate under the management of Viceroy Tony Blair in October 2024 or January 2025" www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...

The Deal? - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Most any discussion of Israel-Palestine in the United States these days boils down to intra-coalitional warfare. Unsurprisingly, the ceasefire that began yesterday is being weaponized for conflict wit...

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 1d

The important thing is RIFs also cost money in the long run, because all of these jobs will get brought back as contractors or rehired, basically.

This is basically pointless pain and administrative stupidity brought about by a moron.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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