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MerryGhouled
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MerryGhouled @merryghouled.bsky.social · 9d
Tell us again how this woman rammed ICE? Tell us again how the woman in the white truck rammed the ICE vehicles behind her?!? Tell us again HOW DID SHE RAM ICE BEHIND HER AS THEY RAMMED HER OFF THE ROAD! bsky.app/profile/iwil...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9d
ICE ramming a civilian car, then shooting them. They claimed 10 cars surround the agents. Where are they?
Happened in east garfield today

Disclaimer: I am merely sharing what I have read about this incident.
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 22h
Five Lessons for a New Age of Great-Power Competition

How the struggle between democracies and autocracies is reshaping global politics – and what the past reveals about the future.

open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
Five Lessons for a New Age of Great-Power Competition
How the struggle between democracies and autocracies is reshaping global politics – and what the past reveals about the future.
open.substack.com
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 14h
The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2h
White colonizers nearly killed all the buffalo to extinction, for pure bloodsport.
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 15h
Governor Newsom just signed my bill to increase incarcerated firefighter pay 700% to the federal minimum wage.

Anyone who puts their life on the line to protect others is a hero and deserves both our gratitude and to be compensated justly.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 31m
Private equity acquisition of hospitals have led to an increase in deaths among emergency department patients receiving Medicare, according to a recent study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study
Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals
www.theguardian.com
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12h
Solidarity is the only way
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 2h
This is why the inflatable costumes works so well -- it works the same way calling them "weird" or "creepy" did. It disrupts their narrative, and makes them seem pathetic rather than cool-and-cruel.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h
You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3h
Source: margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-media-...
The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here's why.
Plus: Watch George Stephanopolous pushes JD Vance with follow-up questions, cringe at Bari Weiss's pep talk to CBS journalists; and more
margaretsullivan.substack.com
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3h
This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point
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Court Watch @courtwatch.bsky.social · 13h
“…the judiciary is implementing an antiquated approach, which seeks to limit the impact of future cyber incursions but severely restricts the public’s access to court-approved unsealed documents in the process.”

www.courtwatch.news/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Chief Justice “Stonewalls Congress" on PACER Hack, Senator Says
The Courts sidestep a congressional request for independent review. Post-hack procedures have significantly reduced transparency in the judicial system.
www.courtwatch.news
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21m
I assume that was the goal.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h
wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.
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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 17h
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 3h
Jesse Watters tried to make a protester he dubbed "Antifa Kermit" look menacing. I added the words of Secretary of Homeland Security describing Antifa along with some footage of Antifa protesters from an ABC affiliate Local 10 News. The music is royalty free.🎶🪩💃🕺
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[email protected] @blueangie.bsky.social · 1h
Texas among most dangerous U.S. states, study finds www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...
Texas among most dangerous U.S. states, study finds
Only Mississippi and Louisiana fared worse in the new analysis, which looks not just at crime stats but factors such as workplace and road safety.
www.sacurrent.com
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 2h
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cartoon drawing of someone standing in a frog costume against a yellow background and ‘radicallysunny’ printed on its belly. in white letters, it says: United we stand divided we croak
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2h
JPMORGAN EXEC SAYS WE HAVE A LOT OF ASSETS OUT THERE ENTERING BUBBLE TERRITORY
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NPR @npr.org · 5h
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 1d
In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
www.wweek.com
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 2h
what kind of person zip-ties children
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 1h
This new Pentagon press policy is not good for our press or our military.

And I’m saying that as a former soldier who knows the importance of a free press.
www.thebulwark.com/p/locking-do...
Locking Down the Pentagon Press Is Dangerous
Pete Hegseth’s proposed restrictions would harm the people whom both the military and the press are meant to serve.
www.thebulwark.com
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1h
From a source at the Defense Department, supervisors are badgering employees to make sure they absorbed Hegseth's grand address:

"We (DoD) were forced to confirm to our supervisor that we watched / read Hegseth's Quantico speech (sent to us on Friday). He began checking up within a business day."
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 1h
Trump, an authoritarian to his core, repeatedly sought the investigation, prosecution, and imprisonment of his political foes throughout his first four years in the White House.
www.mediamatters.org/washington-p...
Blaming the left for Trump's weaponization of law enforcement means pretending his first term didn't happen
www.mediamatters.org
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1h
“Policy says reporters cannot obtain or solicit any information the Defense Department does not explicitly authorize. Any media who does not sign by 5 p.m. Tuesday has 24 hours to turn in their media credentials and clear out.”

Absolute fucking abomination.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing
The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 2h
Since 1776, Americans have promoted democracy just by existing. Human rights and the rule of law are in our founding documents. The dream of separation from a colonial empire is built into them too. Our aspirations have always inspired others, even when we did not live up to them ourselves.
The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark
For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.
www.theatlantic.com
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h
Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3h
Saturday is going to be huge, boisterous and joyful: “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never protested before. This is a place for you if you believe we don’t do kings in this country.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social to @maddow.msnbc.com

Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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