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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 5h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 10h

Remember that all of this is in defense of a detention center where people are being held in horrible conditions after being kidnapped off the street for no reason.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 10h

Again today, local police outside Broadview just aggressively arrested more protesters. Tough to tell exactly how many, but looks like 3-4 people were just detained.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 2h

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 8h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 6h

I’m sick of pointing this out but JB Pritzker, governor of Illinois, put these cops here and bragged about it and wants to be president @govpritzker.illinois.gov

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7h

Nixon’s crimes look like harmless high school pranks compared to the now-daily unprecedented illegal & unconstitutional crimes being committed daily by this president & his staff

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 8h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 9h

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Midwestphoto - Troy Freund @midwestphoto.bsky.social · 8h

WHAT THE GODDAMM?!
What Clara said.
@democrats.org

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 14h

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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MonoRants... The Boys Podcast @monorants.bsky.social · 10h

I'm generally down for anything Darick does, but come on! It's got sci-fi, it's got zombies, it's got dinosaurs. The only way it could be better is if I was already reading it.

Beaver Bones Darick @darickr.bsky.social · 1d

THE NEWS IS LIVE! @tomtaylormade.bsky.social and I are co-creating a book about time travel and Zombie Dinosaurs called "NECRETACEOUS" for @dc.com 2026 relaunch of the VERTIGO label! Colors by the always awesome @diegorodriguez.bsky.social

Come for the zombies, stay for the DINOSAURS!

Cover for Necretaceous #1 https://www.dc.com/blog/2025-10-09/dc-unveils-ten-bold-new-comic-book-series-in-its-dc-vertigo-imprint-for-2026

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 10h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Midwestphoto - Troy Freund @midwestphoto.bsky.social · 10h

Oh no! CRAP. 😢

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10h

Diane Keaton was one of the absolute greats, in movies of course, but also in displaying and popularizing a personal fashion that befit modern women. people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The Oscar award-winning actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' ...

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Midwestphoto - Troy Freund @midwestphoto.bsky.social · 10h

KISS YOUR HOMIES GOODNIGHT

💙FoolAmongstMany💙 @foolamongstmany.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah well I'm not gonna not...

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Midwestphoto - Troy Freund @midwestphoto.bsky.social · 11h

Speak up ERRYDAYabout Johnson’s bullshit, @democrats.org @wisdems.org.

Ambassador Luis G. Moreno (ret) @ambassadormoreno.bsky.social · 14h

For pipsqueak Mike Johnson to basically say that protesting this administration is the equivalent of being a terrorist is obscene and terrifying. And for those of us (myself and many friends and colleagues) who personally experienced real terrorism-highly insulting.

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 1d

hell yeah

Cover of the classic children's book Frog And Toad Are Friends.

Drawing of Toad, a brown toad, sitting on a bench, dressed in a green jacket and slacks. He is reading a book to his friend Frog, a green frog dressed in a brown jacket and slacks. They are surrounded by green plants and mushrooms. There is a silver Caldecott Medal in the corner.

Text has been altered from original. It reads
Fiftieth Anniversary
Frog and Toad Are Antifa
by Arnold Lobel

Commemorative Edition

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Midwestphoto - Troy Freund @midwestphoto.bsky.social · 12h

Gah, Bondi is such a pile of crap!

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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 14h

"Depends on who you ask" framing is one of the most grating tics in modern political journalism. Objective reality exists and your job is to describe it.

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 16h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Russ @pappyparki.bsky.social · 2d

Lankford is lying. Trump can't use tariff receipts to bail out farmers. Only Congress can spend money. There is no method to transfer funds from the Treasury to USDA to pay farmers for Trump & Republican's failure & betrayal of American farmers. Also, GOP has gov't closed. So there's no one to pay

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sen. Lankford: "We're now at a critical moment. The president is using tariff dollars to be able to prop up the women, infants, and children fund that's out there."

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 15h

Pretty sure "heart of a 65 year old" was bait to lure the press away from vaccine denial enabler got his shots.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

maybe some of these guys just *like* extra innings

it is just an observation if i loved doing something i would also not want it to end

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

yes. reward those district judges that have defended the republic. and also use this as an opportunity for general court expansion

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Midwestphoto - Troy Freund @midwestphoto.bsky.social · 1d

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Elliot 🥕 @nameoftheyear.bsky.social · 1d

LOSING MY MIND AT THE PHONE NUMBER ON THIS BUS IN FRONT OF ME

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Ben Abrahamse @babrahamse.bsky.social · 1d

1 abolish ICE
2 everyone who works for ice can never work for the government again
3 nationalize all of them ill gotten money that Trump has stolen from the American people
4 use that money to make the victims of ice restitution

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

as someone who worked at the CDC, the way they’ve targeted these illegal firings are pretty much what i would do to inflict maximum damage to what remains of our nation’s federal public health infrastructure. a hostile takeover of the agency

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a neat trick they teach in authoritarianism school: If you purge the people who measure the effects of your policies (BLS, MMWR), you can just claim everything's great, and nobody can prove how much damage you're doing.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Midwestphoto - Troy Freund @midwestphoto.bsky.social · 1d

THIS IS FOCKING UNACCEPTABLE.
@democrats.org

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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HockeyDad @mouserincincy.bsky.social · 1d

He’s says this while dressed like an anorexic boss hog.

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