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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 6h

“I’m 15! I’m not resisting!”

ICE agents in Illinois dragged a teenage girl from a car, slammed her face-down, and knelt on her neck.

This is what state-sanctioned terror looks like in America. #BlueSky #NewsSky

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · Sep 10

$118bn was spent funding police forces in the U.S. in 2018, according to the Security Policy Reform Institute. It collectively makes American police forces the world's third-most expensive military organization, after the U.S.'s official armed forces and China's. 2/

U.S. policing budgets would rank as the world's third-highest military expenditure

$118bn was spent funding police forces in the U.S. in 2018, according to the Security Policy Reform Institute. It collectively makes American police forces the world's third-most expensive military or...

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 14h

NBC:
"A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days."
Pay attention, kids
We're not going to get accurate #s from the CDC anymore
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Lincoln’s Kayak 🫘 @lincolnskayak.bsky.social · 1d

How many horcruxes do you think Stephen Miller has made so far?

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 14h

Occupied DC yesterday
FreeDCproject.org

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

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 1d

DC!

Join @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for a discussion of his book RECONSIDERING REPARATIONS with Jenice L. View, hosted by @teachingchange.bsky.social

Wednesday, October 22nd at
@busboysandpoets.bsky.social

RSVP to attend: www.teachingforchange.org/reconsiderin...

Reconsidering Reparations: Author Talk with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò - Teaching for Change

Join us on October 22 at 6:30pm at Busboys and Poets (14th & V) to hear from author Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, in conversation with Jenice L. View, on his book, Reconsidering Reparations: Why Climate Justice ...

www.teachingforchange.org

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

🎯 @markwarner.bsky.social
🎯 @kaine.senate.gov
This is why Virginians call bullshit on your fake tears re ACA premium hike. You side with defense & insurance industry donors not voters. Instead of fighting for #MedicareforAll Dems share guilt of 68k medically preventable deaths per year.
SHAME

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

what's odd is in my NoVA neighborhood is it's the 1st gov election since Kaine's that there are next to zero yard signs out for either candidate

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

This thread👇👇👇

Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 1d

Thread 🧵

The administration pushed back hard after Trump was denied the Nobel Prize, suggesting that the President has "a humanitarian heart."

I have some doubts....let's explore why by returning to some of the other actions that Trump has taken in his second term

Trump will “continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives”, he wrote. “He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will.”

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1d

Good morning from Greenbelt, Md.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorneys will argue in federal court for his release from immigration detention. Now feds want to send Abrego to Ghana.

Reporting live.

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

You do realize we all know that the ACA problems & 68000/yr preventable deaths are also the result of Democratic electeds having sided with the insurance industry donors, not voters? Had you fought for us we could now be enjoying universal health care like the rest of the world has. #MedicareforAll

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

@abigailspanberger.com "We've got some politicians in VA who say they're for workers—but still defend the so-called “right-to-work” law. I don't care what party you're in. If you're not willing to stand up & repeal this anti-worker law, then don't come asking for our support come election time."

Labor leader: It’s time to repeal so-called ‘right-to-work’ in Virginia

“Right-to-work” isn’t about freedom or choice. It’s a corporate scam dressed up in red, white and blue.

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

Right now ALDI has an enameled cast iron bread dome for $29. Compare to Le Creuset at $300, in cream or blue. I've had one for a few years. Cannot beat price and way easier than sliding a proofed loaf into a standard dutch oven, though ofc that works!

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 2d

At a Boyle Heights hospital in Los Angeles, hospital administrators are allowing ICE agents call the shots—& are interfering in medical decisions & blocking doctors from properly treating detainees who need emergency care.

flip.it/ImWek3

At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say

Doctors say administrator directives allow immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and compromise medical care.

flip.it

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: An @theintercept.com analysis finds that almost all Republican-led states — 23 of the 27 with Republican governors — have deployed National Guard troops in support of Trump’s war on immigrants or military occupations of Blue cities

theintercept.com/2025/10/09/r...

Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities

An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.

theintercept.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 2d

Thousands of people disappeared, ethnic pogroms in multiple cities, entire national security apparatus has been turned inside out, illegal murder campaign in the Caribbean, higher edu & science gutted, and the economy wobbling as trade has been devastated for a decade, but cracks are finally showing

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 2d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 2d

You do realize we all know that the ACA & rural health care problems you're crying about are the result of Democratic electeds having sided with the insurance industry donors, not voters? Had you fought for us we could now be enjoying universal health care like the rest of the world has. #faketears

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 2d

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

Back in January, as the last ceasefire was being hammered out, Kushner quietly doubled his stake in an Israeli finance firm that bankrolls construction in illegal settlements across occupied Palestinian land.

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 2d

Do you see now why Americans demand universal healthcare like most of the rest of the world has? Like we subsidize right now for Israelis? 🤔

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 2d

The accountability has to also come from you, @markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov @beyer.house.gov
#vadems

The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 2d

Israel has repeatedly violated every major ceasefire agreement in the past two years. The world must not allow Israel to do it again.

This ceasefire will mean little if it isn’t coupled with accountability for Israel’s crimes and lasting freedom for Palestinians.

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 2d

#abolishICE #Baltimore

URL Media @url-media.bsky.social · 2d

The “arrest first and ask questions later” reality forces families to spend immense energy on safety planning, rights rehearsals, and preparing for potential detentions, fraying the very foundation of community well-being (via our partner @baltimorebeat.bsky.social) baltimorebeat.com/indiscrimina...

Indiscriminate ICE arrests have left Baltimore’s immigrant communities in a constant state of fear and anxiety

Highlandtown sidewalks tell a much different story today than they did a year ago. Shops that once bustled with conversation sit emptier; families who once roamed the streets have now retreated. The d...

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 2d

Eugene, it's not a war it's a US-taxpayer-funded genocide. We don't consent. And Israel controlling 53% of Gaza tells us this is a nonstarter re equal rights for Palestinians. US must call for end to Israeli occupation & apartheid if peace is truly sought.
#freepalestine #defundgenocide

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 2d

Eugene, speaking of hostages, 3,544 Palestinian hostages are held by Israel as "administrative detainees," jailed indefinitely and charged with zero offenses. This is made possible by US taxpayer support.

FREE PALESTINE🇵🇸❤️‍🔥🙌

#endapartheid #defundgenocide
#freepalestine

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