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Catherine Zoltan @catherinezoltan.bsky.social · 4h

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Luke Wyman @lukewyman.bsky.social · 53m

Remember when trump 45 was separating migrant children from their parents back in 2017? I recall about 1,000 kids never being located. That's a huge "oopsie!"

Very curious to see how this ICE-scapade will resemble trafficking. It already seems like more and more are slipping by the judicial system.

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andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 1h

💯 there are a very large # of disappeared young girls (and boys) just like the last time Epstein's best bud was president. They view it as a two-fer: terrorize brown ppl and traffick the young ones.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 3h

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

The cruelty is the point

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 9h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

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TheBossRoss @thebossross.bsky.social · 1h

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Those who wonder whether peaceful protest achieves anything: Research of both violent & non-violent protest has shown that -across time & borders- peaceful protest is the more effective of the two. From a sceptic who found herself convinced by her own research:
youtu.be/YJSehRlU34w?...

The success of nonviolent civil resistance: Erica Chenoweth at TEDxBoulder

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h

FUCK ICE FOREVER

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2h

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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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · Aug 31

"Maxwell said that some of the 'cast of characters' around Epstein were 'in your cabinet, who you value as your co-workers' ... Blanche did not pause to ask Maxwell to identify the cabinet members she was referring to." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ghislaine Maxwell hinted at Epstein’s ties to Trump officials – why wasn’t she pressed for names?

Experts raise questions about the DoJ’s interview with the Epstein associate that left questions remaining

www.theguardian.com

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

#MedicareForAll

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

ICYMI — Trump lied that Chicago had “4000” murders, when it’s projected to have 380 this year (way down from last year)

If it’s so bad there why does he have to keep lying about it?

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 1h

They "unfired" the CDC employees when they figured out what a gigantic mistake that idiot Russell Vought had made. The Trump Administration is one idiot show after another. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Leesa Rasp @punkprof.bsky.social · Jul 23

We're withdrawing from UNESCO. UNESCO. May the gods save us all. FFS.
www.npr.org/2025/07/22/g...

U.S. withdraws from U.N. cultural agency over 'divisive social and cultural causes'

U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the U.S. took issue with UNESCO's focus on the U.N.'s sustainable development goals and the decision to include Palestine as a member state.

www.npr.org

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Leery Snail 🐌 @leerysnail.bsky.social · 1h

along with the GOP purchase of Dominion voting systems, makes total sense

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1h

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 50m

ICE zipties children

They rip them from their beds in the middle of the night & throw them in vans

They’ve threatened mature minors & offered them money to self deport or they will go after their parents

They kidnapped an autistic boy

They left David on the side of the road

They must be stopped

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d

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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Bettina Struff #Woke #FBPE #FBPR #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 49m

"By vowing to tackle our “island of strangers” through tougher immigration, Keir Starmer is keeping us all trapped on it – by not offering any solutions to the real reasons that explain our estrangement."

An excellent article on the futility of blaming immigration, by @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · May 26

🔴 How Our Politicians Created an 'Island of Strangers' So They Don't Have to Make Our Lives Any Better

"By vowing to tackle our 'island of strangers' through immigration, Starmer keeps us trapped on it – by not offering solutions to the real reasons for our estrangement" @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social

How Our Politicians Created an ‘Island of Strangers’ So They Don’t Have to Make Our Lives Any Better

By presenting tougher immigration as a solution to people’s discontent, Keir Starmer and others sidestep the real reasons why people feel estranged in their lives – it’s a cynical and simplistic polit...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 48m

School can be challenging for kids with disabilities.

There’s ableism, discrimination and bullying.

Chronically ill kids are just learning what their “normal” looks like, and they need and deserve the support to adapt.

These cuts are going to harm kids in the poorest (and reddest) areas the most

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 5h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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greenmamalama.bsky.social @greenmamalama.bsky.social · 46m

substack.com/@anchorlight...

Great Vid Messages!

This is fascism

Anchor Light Publications (@anchorlightpublications)

Have you ever notice how you can drive by the same trees or signs until you stop noticing them, until one disappears? That's part of the #Project2025 plan. Overwhelming you with constant chaos until...

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John Goodman @johnlgood.bsky.social · Jun 29

#FoxNews lies? Impossible!!!!.... Gavin Newsom sues Fox News over Jesse Watters segment about Trump call wapo.st/3GcDthJ #DominionVoting #Smartmatic

Gavin Newsom sues Fox News over Jesse Watters segment about Trump call

Newsom argues that he was defamed by Fox News’s coverage of a June 6 conversation with the president.

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Jason💙 🇺🇸🗽 🏳️‍🌈🌻 #NoKings Protest Oct 18th, 2025 @jfk74.bsky.social · 2d

The hits keep coming.

#DominionVoting is SOLD. Election rigging by the new owner will commence. #TrumpWillCheatAgain #LibertyVote
www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Dominion, the voting tech company at the center of false 2020 claims, is sold

Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Liberty Vote.

www.npr.org

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6h

ICE IS DISAPPEARING PEOPLE TO WORK CAMPS

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Josy B @josyb.bsky.social · 37m

The Trump administration killed a huge proposed solar power project in Nevada that would have been one of the largest in the world, indicating that the White House plans to attack not only wind power but all renewable energy

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2m homes

Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2m homes

www.theguardian.com

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 13h

Go to stopelectionrigging.com & donate or volunteer today!

Republicans in TX erased 5 Democratic Congressional districts stripping representation from minority communities.

Then MI did it.

UT, NC, FL, LA, KS & IN+ are going to do it too.

If Prop 50 doesn't pass, our 2 party system will die! 🧵

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