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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 3h

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4h

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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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 6h

This is just unreal. The level of panic in speech pathology groups is off the charts

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 13h

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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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 6h

Mom's 4 Liberty finally realizes they are on the losing end of a 75-25 issue seeing @rweingarten.bsky.social celebrating banned books and just decide to go with, no, no, the liberals are the book banners.

moms 4 liberty tweet attacking "the left" for being the real book banners because Randi Weingarten is celebrating banned book week.

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sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 9h

A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 8h

Does anyone know where this happened? What suburb? Can anyone make out that street sign?

Redsky @redsky.pirhoo.com · 13h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

Link | Subreddit

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

www.reddit.com

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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 9h

god. I love Portland. Such an awesome American city. Iused to visit regularly but now I miss it, that amazing vibe.

we love dogs - noem go home. on a sign above a woman walking her dog at night.

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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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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

So they are adding new wrinkles to the #KavanaughStops

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 4d

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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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 1d

apparently being a billionaire gives you brain worms. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 1d

I'm nominating you next year

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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 1d

you haven't bombed countries because you had a deep feeling of fomo and killed random people in boats to minimize bad news domestically Doug. So you're actually more qualified.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Network news could put this guy on the air during like Lester Holt or the Sunday shows but they don't because they know stories like this would help stop the administration and then the big bet they made on fascism would be for nothing

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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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker says NO KINGS, SHOW UP ON 10/18

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, Pritzker says more Dems must sound the alarm, though he notes some exceptions (like Chris Murphy).

"I am surprised that more leaders have not stood up," he says.

He urges people to join No Kings protests to let the country know something's wrong. 5/5

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"D’Souza, in an act of humiliation rarely seen outside of rent-by-the-hour motels, apologized and promised to 'wash my mouth.'"

Why Is Megyn Kelly Afraid to Take on Candace Owens?

Right-wing media’s old guard is scared of its younger, crazier rivals.

www.thebulwark.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 2d

Virginia Gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D): "she does not think that gay couples should be able to marry...she thinks it's ok for someone to be fired from their job for being gay"

Winsome Earle-Sears (R): "that's not discrimination!"

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 2d

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 2d

Geez...How many Venezuelan fishing boats does a guy have to blow up before they give him a peace prize?

David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 2d

Hot new fusion cuisine: Norwegian TACO www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3d

"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.

Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

zeteo.com

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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 2d

the smoking popes are back!

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 2d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 2d

fleabag from the show fleabag looking horrified and offended (because she shags a hot priest)

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 2d

Our enemies are cowards, and we're going to defeat them.

By frog.

Be it by chicken.

Be it by ballot box.

Be it by shield.

We will win.

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 2d

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The Rutgers TPUSA chapter — whose characterization of a historian there as a “outspoken, well-known antifa member” led to death threats and moving his family to Europe — think *other* people are being “blatantly defamatory.”

Not them, though. They’re doing politics the right way.

Rutgers TPUSA officers slam petition to shut down chapter, ‘Blatantly defamatory’

Alexander Di Filippo accuses Turning Point USA of inciting violence against Antifa handbook author Mark Bray.

www.foxnews.com

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly. "Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans." wapo.st/3VTALll

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

wapo.st

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