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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 8h

Remember, though, it will hurt Kristi Noem's feelings if you call them secret police.

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.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18h

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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Lawrence Connolly @lawrenceconnolly.bsky.social · 8h

Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)

Pretty late when this owl showed up in near darkness.

Images edited in Lightroom. #birds 🪶🦉

Nikon Z6 III, FTZ, NIKKOR 600mm f/4 D II

f/4
1/3 sec
ISO 1600

Boston, MA
Formerly 🇺🇸

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 9h

Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
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Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10h

Amen

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11h

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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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 9h

Fighting for the independence of the judiciary matters. We know this is true, because Trump is trying to take it away. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

When they Bukele the Courts

When Kilmar Abrego Garcia was first deported to El Salvador and his lawyers went to court, arguing an immigration judge had previously prohibited it, Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff,...

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 15h

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 9h

I remember when people were debating if Israel would actually strike a single hospital while they were leveling an entire civilization

Complete and total destruction of Jabalia camp in Gaza

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 11h

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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Lawrence Connolly @lawrenceconnolly.bsky.social · 9h

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 12h

We have barely even sniffed around the insider trading crimes of the WH and its friends

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

Imagine that

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

One evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries consoles another evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries for not getting an award for which neither evil man is even remotely deserving.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 12h

The least surprising news ever. But also thank you to @robevansgdn.bsky.social & @direthoughts.com for shining a light on how two Silicon Valley lobbyists have joined forces to advance their billionaire-funded techno-accelerationist agenda into the heart of UK govt.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed. The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy. Continue reading...

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Ron Stonebear Shields @stonebear4747.bsky.social · 12h

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12h

Another one

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 13h

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

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 13h

Donald Trump is engaged in the biggest cover-up in American history – and he's threatening members of congress to be complicit in his crimes.

Release the Epstein files.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12h

The joke is on Trump. The ethnic cleansing is simply being moved over to the West Bank.

Who in their right mind would believe the Israelis— under Benjamin Netanyahu—about *anything*?

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 15h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 17h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

Imagine that

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 17h

Hard to find a more obvious example of the journalism adage “If someone says it’s raining outside and someone else says it isn’t, your job is not to quote them both, your job is to go outside.”

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 19h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17h

This is it. Very glad to see this full-throated welcome to queer people — and recognition of trans people’s history — from Zohran Mamdani in the closing month of his campaign and on National Coming Out Day.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h

The biggest news story of the week that you may have missed is the real possibility that TikTok will go MAGA. Subscribe now to have all of Democracy Docket's premium content, including my exclusive newsletters, sent straight to your inbox. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 17h

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 17h

Looks like Mass. and other Northeast states picked a good time to set up a regional public-health system.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

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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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 17h

This is staggering. “The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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