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Liz🌼🌷or Mrs Ant 🐜 @aliz1.bsky.social · 8h

…”To them I say: may you someday be judged not by your good fortune, but by your worst hour. And may you receive exactly the mercy you were willing to extend to this boy.”…

Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 8h

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“The United States of Amnesia and Chains: The Deportation of a Child”

When a 13-year-old boy is kidnapped by ICE, it’s not “law enforcement” — it’s the state declaring that cruelty is the point.

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 8h

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Why targeting immigrants hurts the economy and more with Justin Wolfers

Listen now | "Who thinks America's problem is too many scientists?"

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 8h

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Federal Firings: Rushab Sanghvi talks Trump's retaliation against government workers

"This is a political game and that's not permitted."

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 8h

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The Right had a lock on the internet. Not naymore.

As the shutdown drags on, Democrats find their digital footing while Republicans struggle to control the narrative.

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 8h

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Whistles and Horns: Lynn Sweet on Chicago's response to ICE & No Kings Day

"The city is unified in its support of the Democratic officials who run this place."

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 8h

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“The United States of Amnesia and Chains: The Deportation of a Child”

When a 13-year-old boy is kidnapped by ICE, it’s not “law enforcement” — it’s the state declaring that cruelty is the point.

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 8h

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Trump's October Surprise: A Peace Deal in Name Only

NEW ANALYSIS: A hostage deal dressed up as a peace agreement cribbed from Biden that Trump delayed while 20,000 died

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 8h

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His Excellency gets an early start on Festivus

Trump, master of grievances, is dismayed at how he looks on new Time magazine cover

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 9h

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The green card law that holders should start paying attention to

The Green Card rule, dormant for decades, is being revived by Trump officials enforcing stricter immigration documentation laws.

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 9h

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Full list of airports refusing to show Kristi Noem's shutdown video

Multiple airports have refused to play Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's video, due to various laws and policies.

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 9h

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Trump Hosts Argentina’s Leader as U.S. Moves Ahead With Bailout

President Javier Milei visited the White House on Tuesday after the Trump administration agreed to provide Argentina a $20 billion lifeline.

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 9h

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Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire Kills at Least 16, Official Says

The death toll was expected to climb from the blaze, which also included a nearby chemicals warehouse.

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 9h

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ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 12h

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Supreme Court conservatives decry case as 'troubling and tragic' — before dismissing it

The Donald Trump-allied group America First Legal was denied review of a civil case that alleged staff at a Colorado school failed to inform parents about an optional after-school club meeting — and t...

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 16h

US Soybean farmer: This is caused by this administration, and it’s having a negative major consequence on not only farmers, but also on American factory workers..."

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 12h

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 12h

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 21h

YAY ❤️! We Need More Latina
Women in Our Government, Congrats Helena Moreno.......

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maegutz.bsky.social @maegutz.bsky.social · 1d

I will never shut up!

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 12h

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Irenic Bro @irenicbro.bsky.social · 15h

"We're saving God from Colin Kaepernik" is a pretty good distillation of Republican thought

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."