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Julie Goldberg @juliegoldberg.bsky.social · 8m

Which countries are staying sane, democratic, and chill right now?

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 9h

I think bar associations really have a role to play in this revolting state of affairs. The arguments are in such blatant bad faith, the people making them should be shunned by their peers.

Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 10h

The case against Comey is beyond weak. The case against James is worse. It is based on a lie, and they know they're lying because exculpatory evidence that contradicts the indictment had already been presented to a grand jury in another jurisdiction. Everyone involved with this needs to be disbarred

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

The conventions of political reporting today are not well equipped to handle this concerted use of pretexts for instrumental purposes and the bottomless bad faith they employ. Grasping the industrial-scale deception at the core of MAGA politics is essential. 6/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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stealingsand (Mia) @stealingsand.bsky.social · 47m

"EA holds on to enormous repositories of information about their customers, mined from device logs, as well as from financial micro-transactions, closed-circuit chatrooms and telecoms, and every aspect of gameplay, which can be personalized, micro-targeted, and/or customized by machine-learning..."

Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 1d

"If you believe, as Ellison does, that Americans will be better off when they are subjected to 'supervision at all times,' then buying microvideo platforms, enterprise software, streaming services, cable networks, gaming developers, & internet publishers is just buying supervision capacity."

The Ellisons Are Beta-Testing Big Brother.

If your feeds, subs, streams, games, and sports don't ensure you are on your "best behavior," your school and its EdTech partners will.

theamericanvandal.substack.com

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 2h

That's why so many young men's votes were moved on an issue that Trump couldn't change if he tried: their resentment that feminism has made it easier for women to hold out, rather than settling for a mediocre and unsatisfying guy. Trump can't change that.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 10h

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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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 9h

this is more than just marching in full regalia to Broadview and praying outside of it

this is very deftly trapping ICE into the position of having to literally - LITERALLY, to them - turn Christ away from the door

any Catholic ICE officer was probably shook, I’m really not exaggerating

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 9h

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 15h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 13h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 11h

I am completely on board with this project of documenting and not forgetting:

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 12h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 10h

💯 this! I knew exactly how & where I could hide up to 30 kids to protect them from a shooter in the library. Not only did I work in fear of a shooting, but dreading that it would happen during lunch, when 120+ kids would be there. And parents dared to call me a pornographer, pedophile & groomer.

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 12h

The grooming accusations are even more offensive because of the epidemic of school shootings.

Every educator in this country has decided if, when, and how we'd give up our very lives to shield your children. Some of our colleagues around the nation have paid the ultimate price...

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13h

But in case you missed it, Fr Dowling's statement takes the time to make it explicit: "Father, forgive the ones who do not know what they are doing. Have mercy on the souls of those who know exactly what they're doing."

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 12h

Absolutely.

Also, how often has a kid, teen, or young adult told a teacher, counselor, professor, coach, or club leader something they're afraid to share with their families?

I've always said that I'm not a radical. I'm starting to realize my first high school students radicalized me 25 years ago.

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 12h

Sex ed for young children focuses on teaching kids what touching is inappropriate and what to do about it, which *fights* child sex abuse. LGBTQ+ inclusion fights bullying.

These bigots call it "grooming" to teach kids to not bully and to report sexual abuse.

That's what's really sick.

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 12h

One of the nastiest things from these nasty pieces of work has been the lie that kidlit creatives, teachers & librarians are somehow grooming kids.

Statistically, a parent, guardian, or other relative is more likely to be the perpetrator: www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/n...

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 15h

I'm sitting here thinking about having a 15 daughter being chased down and abducted by masked men while the local police watch and let them carry her away to god-knows where w/zero accountability

we have to understand that girls are in severe danger of sexual violence from anonymous ICE goons

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 13h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 18h

Did you miss it this week?

I have a new job: president of News Creator Corps. Goes like this.

Via the people now called creators, audiences are migrating to the social layer in the internet stack. Maybe there's a way to move with, rather than against that.

newscreatorcorps.org/2025/10/news...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17h

Also, the US will never support accountability unless we can make this more toxic than it is now, which should involve a concerted effort to make Stephen Miller's pathologies visible, especially now that Trump is feeble and Wormtongue is pushing him to do especially illegal things.

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D. and Joe @boonandstrummer.bsky.social · 1d

My Desi brother will still not learn this crucial lesson: Tokens get spent.

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Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 9d

Soybean farmers who voted for Trump are upset after he gave a $20 billion bail out to Argentina, which helps them stay in business with China. So much for America first huh? 🐆💀

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Julie Goldberg @juliegoldberg.bsky.social · 21h

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Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 1d

This week Vivek Ramaswamy spoke at a Turning Point USA event originally scheduled to headlined by the late Charlie Kirk. But during the Q&A things took a turn as Ramaswamy fielded questions about his Hindu faith…🐆💀

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1d

Psychiatrists/NPs/therapists who could provide off-the-books, no-fee, Zoom-based care for individuals in crisis in ICE-targeted Chicago communities, please email me: [email protected]. Include whether you can prescribe, speak Spanish (or other languages), and available hours per week/month.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 21h

Also because there is a massive mental health care provider shortage- many many people under significant duress are not getting support.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1d

Because of ICE raids in hospitals and clinics, and because powerful healthcare institutions are failing to stand up to fascists, people are not getting what they need. We need to provide other means of ensuring people can access care.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/i...

Allowing ICE in hospitals is a public health catastrophe in the making

Allowing ICE to conduct raids in hospitals and medical clinics is not only cruel; it is a public health catastrophe in the making, writes Eric Reinhart.

www.statnews.com

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