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Michellemybelle @michellemitch.bsky.social · 4h

We’re beyond the point of being surprised. Shocked yes, but surprised no.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 7h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

Imagine that

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Michellemybelle @michellemitch.bsky.social · 5h

This is all so predictable and disgusting. My MAGA sister just told me the other day that Trump’s children are very successful and have done it on their own. Yeah sure just like Trump made his money all on his own. How can she possibly believe that? Because she’s MAGA

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

Michellemybelle @michellemitch.bsky.social · 5h

This description is pretty much how I described Trump to my MAGA sister when she asked me why I didn’t like Trump. She looked at me like I’d lost my damn mind. I truly believe there is nothing he can do to lose her as a super fan.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions

"It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”

Michellemybelle @michellemitch.bsky.social · 6h

Every one of these people killed in Mississippi last night were just as important to their family and friends as the murders that get a lot of media attention. My heart goes out to their families.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 6h

Four died in a mass shooting at a homecoming game in the hometown of Kermit the frog in Leland, Mississippi, last night.

Two others died in a shooting at Heidelberg's homecoming Friday night.

Another Mississippi campus saw a shooting last night in Rolling Fork. Unclear if there were casualties.

Six Dead, At Least 12 Injured in Three Mississippi Shootings

Six people are confirmed dead and at least 12 others injured in three separate shootings in Mississippi on the night of Friday, Oct. 10.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 7h

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 6h

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Michellemybelle @michellemitch.bsky.social · 7h

The power trip that ICE is on is real

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h

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.”

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 7h

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 23h

That sound you hear is plaintiff lawyers popping champagne corks and DOJ lawyers groaning.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Michellemybelle @michellemitch.bsky.social · 8h

Both the ballroom and this Arch are just another way Trump is attaching his name to something gaudy & repulsive. I’m just waiting to see where the big statue of Trump will be placed, because we know that’s probably coming soon & he’ll be sure it’s bigger than Lincoln.

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 9h

fortune.com/2025/10/10/b...

A little good news this Saturday Morning
Without fanfare the former Mrs Bezos always delivers
I admire her so much
DIVERSITY,EQUITY, and INCLUSION
This will help so many students
Billionaires with a heart
Thank you MacKenzie
Why doesn't the media report on this?

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott doubles down on DEI with $42 million donation | Fortune

In a signal to nonprofits and boardrooms, the Yield Giving philanthropist is backing diversity and equity with no‑strings grants—building on more than $19 billion she’s distributed in five years.

fortune.com

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 9h

This is because Trump is LYING

He is telling LIES to provide excuses to injure, terrify, and kill Americans

He is a LIAR

It is all Trump DOES:

He LIES

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Michellemybelle @michellemitch.bsky.social · 9h

I will never get tired of Lawrence calling out Trump with brutal honesty.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 9h

"It would be powerful if folks from Dallas stand up for Chicago and folks from Chicago stand up for Dallas, so that narratives like 'Texas invades Illinois' can't take hold. Cities are not invading each other. The federal government is attacking Americans."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 9h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

#NoKings #NoKingsDay

nokings.org

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20h

I don’t have a fucking clue. We’re really in the upside down when she’s the GOP rep that’s making sense right now.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

The man was 77 years old and his wife previously organized one of the local ‘No Kings’ protests. All he did was write ‘You Lack Values’ and got an intimidation visit from Desantis’s Gestapo.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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