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MeganKCool

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h

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.”

MeganKCool @megankcool.bsky.social · 1h

This sounds bad.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Imagine that

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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 23h

If you’re laser focused on defeating “Antifa,” it’s clear to everybody that you’re “fa”.

MeganKCool @megankcool.bsky.social · 4h

Pay attention Democrats!!! THIS IS THE WAY!!!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

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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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

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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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14h

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

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Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19h

The MSM does not interview community organizers. It's part of why they miss so much of what happens at the local level.

MeganKCool @megankcool.bsky.social · 5h

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Peace Prize Winner Has Supported Trump’s Military Actions in the Caribbean

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

the idea that the only way we can have a primary is to run a 77 year old career politician against a newcomer is a sign of a tragically unimaginative politics

We need retirement from being an elected official to be a thing for politicians

MeganKCool @megankcool.bsky.social · 14h

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Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump for ‘decisive support’

“I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause,” she wrote in a post on X.

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MeganKCool @megankcool.bsky.social · 14h

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Peace Prize Winner Has Supported Trump’s Military Actions in the Caribbean

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MeganKCool @megankcool.bsky.social · 14h

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Peace Prize Winner Has Supported Trump’s Military Actions in the Caribbean

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MeganKCool @megankcool.bsky.social · 14h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Peace Prize Winner Has Supported Trump’s Military Actions in the Caribbean

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MeganKCool @megankcool.bsky.social · 14h

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado hails Trump for restoring ‘democracy and freedom in the Americas’

The Venezuelan opposition leader dedicated her award to President Trump and his “decisive support” of democracy in the South American nation.

MeganKCool @megankcool.bsky.social · 14h

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado hails Trump for restoring ‘democracy and freedom in the Americas’

The Venezuelan opposition leader dedicated her award to President Trump and his “decisive support” of democracy in the South American nation.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize

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Lisa Catara (official)💎 @lisa-catara.bsky.social · 1d

Rock out with your c*cks out, Portland.
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Via womenspf

MeganKCool @megankcool.bsky.social · 1d

I'm old enough to remember last week when Joe Scarborough said trump was "winning" on immigration.

Time after time, again and again Joe Scarborough is wrong and has to walk back or try to justify his previous position on every single issue.

MeganKCool @megankcool.bsky.social · 1d

It wasn't "really bad" in 2020.

MeganKCool @megankcool.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and tie stands next to a man in a red and white shirt that says emirates

ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands next to a man in a red and white shirt that says emirates

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MeganKCool @megankcool.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and tie stands next to a man in a red and white shirt that says emirates

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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