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Kristin @klberts.bsky.social · 44m

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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem said that the mayor of Portland cleared the streets and hid the insurrection from her.

Hot take, but if the mayor of Portland has the power and sway to do that, why do we need the National Guard there?

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

If only there were a Nobel prize for narcissism ….

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 23h

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princessiam.bsky.social @princessiam.bsky.social · 1d

Nope, didn’t have either…

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Kristin @klberts.bsky.social · 2h

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 7h

ONLY ONE MAN INCITED AN INSURRECTION IN THE USA!!!!

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 12h

obsessed with the antifascist frogs in Portland, I hope they continue to multiply 🙏

Person in frog costume with poster saying 'frogs together strong'

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Kristin @klberts.bsky.social · 3h

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 9h

🤣🤣😂🐸

Trump announces
5000 % tariff on inflatable frog costumes.

Picture of the Portland protest frog

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 6h

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Kristin @klberts.bsky.social · 6h

Google it yourself.

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America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 23h

Once upon a time in a country that's fading from our minds...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

🤷🏽‍♂️ 🇺🇸 💰

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 23h

But RFK Jr.? He’s different. He’s not just dumb. He’s majestic dumb. Dumb that glows. Dumb with wings. Dumb that makes other dumb look up and say, “One day, I wanna be like him.”

open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

Stupidity Officially Resigns: RFK Jr. to Assume Full Control

In Which I, Stupidity, Concede Defeat to a Man Who Debated Biology and Lost to a Placenta.

open.substack.com

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 20h

They’ve long had it out for Portland.

This is a clip from my now-infamous 2020 conversation with the Portland DA

And a link to the story I wrote after Andy Ngo seemed to take it to heart.

youtu.be/i6ugxEWYkJg?...

medium.com/@philmandelb...

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 18h

This kind of kidnapping, whether it's otherwise law-abiding undocumented workers, or 🇺🇸 citizens, ICE thugs act like they get a bounty per head (they already get a $50K signing bonus), these goons would have been slave catchers back in the day.

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Bynum Demands End to ICE Raids After U.S. Citizen Allegedly Abducted by Masked Agents
Bynum compares ICE’s conduct to U.S. Marshals hunting down Black Americans under the Fugitive Slave Act.
By Anthony Effinger
October 09, 2025 3:34PM PDT

One of the ICE agents who apprehended Frank Miranda, a U.S. citizen, on Oct. 2, 2025 (courtesy of Frank Miranda). (Frank Miranda)

U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-Ore.) called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop abducting her constituents, a week after ICE agents apprehended a Milwaukie man born in California on his way to work and detained him for part of the day.

“These ICE raids are reminiscent of the Fugitive Slave Act, when the U.S. Marshals would hunt down and kidnap Black Americans,” Bynum said in a statement. “That was a dark and shameful time in our nation’s history—we must not allow that to repeat. Masked federal agents aren’t welcome in our state and they can’t keep kidnapping Americans.”

https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/10/09/bynum-demands-end-to-ice-raids-after-us-citizen-allegedly-abducted-by-masked-agents/

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 21h

You’ll never guess who is in charge of the Homeland Security Council….

(Miller. It’s Stephen Miller.)

Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 23h

NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.

DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case

A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.

www.wusa9.com

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Kristin @klberts.bsky.social · 13h

Stop posting this. This is NOT Bondi. Delete your post.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 18h

It’s wild the agents who have videographers following them never seem to have footage of what they claim those they are arresting did

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 20h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 23h

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22h

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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