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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Chekhov's Reassignments

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

Breaking news: Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement.

The large number of reassignments reflect a vast reshaping of the agency and could put other priorities at risk.

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

wapo.st

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16h

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

WWWWWWWTTTTTTTTTFFFFFFFFF!!! bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Brinkman @meeshdreams.bsky.social · 8h

I cried. What a great read.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19h

"It turns out that the United States Constitution has one major flaw: Impeachment does not work." www.thebulwark.com/p/is-this-wh...

Is This What ‘Late-Stage Democracy’ Looks Like?

What if the Constitution *is* a suicide pact?

www.thebulwark.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is using our tax dollars to buy Argentine pesos to bail out the country's failing libertarian economy.

My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.

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Brinkman @meeshdreams.bsky.social · 13h

And when you see so many people who function without it … pretty telling for those of us who struggle with the effects of shame.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

Trump has hired over 100 fossil fuel insiders to staff his administration and advance the industry's agenda.

Is it any wonder why his Big Ugly Bill contains more than $40B in new subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil?

The Secret Behind High Gas Prices

Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 14h

caaaaaaan I interest you in Denmark’s groundbreaking national agriculture, nature, and climate policy, agreed to in 2024, with a Ministry of Green Transition established to implement it?

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 17h

Thiel going completely insane so publicly is so gauche. At least Howard Hughes had the dignity to become a shut-in.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 19h

There it is: $20 billion for Argentina at the same time they’re taking markets away from our farmers.

But no $ for health insurance for Americans?

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Mamady @mamady.bsky.social · 1d

I’m off to Nepal - hiking & reconnecting with nature. 
Leaving you with a few of my favorite mountains! (Minus Mt. Fuji) 🫣

Catch you all again in Nov.
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#photography #scape #eastcoastkin #nature #coloraday #BWFri #art #stunday #landscape #mountains #classicmono #blackandwhite #b&w #monochrome

A black and white photo of Salkantay Mountain in Peru. Its icy summit looms above a stark, rocky valley, mirrored perfectly in a still patch of meltwater, all beneath a partially cloudy Andean sky.

Face to face with natures raw power, under a canopy of stars, Volcán de Fuego pours incandescent lava down its flanks as a brooding column of ash ascends.

From the summit of Mt. Rinjani on the Indonesian island of Lombok, the rising sun paints the ridges gold while the mountain’s shadow pierces the horizon, forming a fleeting pyramid in the sky. A still, blue crater lake and a smaller volcano can be seen below.

View atop Huayna Potosí (6,088m / 19,974ft), where a snow covered mountain peak reveals jagged dark rocks piercing the thick white snow. The foreground showcases a vast expanse of Penitente ice formations. A carved path used by hikers is visible across the bottom.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 1d

I just want to live in a world where kids learn civics and history in school and words mean things.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16h

Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

I guess they didn’t like Trump’s new 100% tariffs on China today, added on to the previous tariffs.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 16h

This is dedicated to those who believed DJT and legacy media coverage that Project 2025 was nothing to be concerned about.

Also, this isn’t legal.

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 16h

This is fascism. This is a police state. Masked men with guns in unmarked cars are driving through residential neighborhoods during the daytime looking to kidnap women and children.

Resist this. Never normalize this or else these fascists thugs will some day be used against you and your family.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 16h

You are not The Exception to the fact trauma impacts the human nervous & endocrine systems in predictable ways; & you won't be the first survivor in the history of trauma to figure out how to recover while still invalidating your pain & ignoring your needs.

Sorry, not sorry.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17h

A producer and editor for WGN-TV was violently forced to the ground this morning by two Border Patrol agents, before having her hands cuffed behind her back, during an ICE action in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Debbie Brockman has worked for the local television station since 2011.

WGN-TV producer violently detained during Chicago ICE enforcement action

A DHS spokesperson said that Debbie Brockman was placed under arrest for ‘assault on a federal law enforcement officer,’ claiming the WGN employee threw objects at the agent.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 16h

Your bullies & abusers quite intentionally programmed the idea into you that you don't have any problems that you didn't create or attract yourself. They very much want you to let them off the hook & take the hit for them, if you would be so kind.

I recommend not being so kind.

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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 19h

anyway, free Palestine, release the epstein files, vote yes on 50.

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FindAnOpening @findanopening.bsky.social · 1d

#Yosemite #Landscape #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 1d

I was sleeping with my mum's end of life carer. We had snuck off when my mum died alone. In some ways I'm riddled with guilt. In others it was my mum that joked about us fancying each other. We are still together. So I feel like it was her plan all along. My last gift from her.

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