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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 4d

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · Jun 3

I compiled some thoughts on the strategic implications of Ukraine’s audacious “Operation Spiderweb”

A lot of folks are talking about the immediate impact, but I wanted to focus on how this strike will reverberate globally.

Unlocked for everyone.

www.patreon.com/posts/130512...

The Day the Bombers Burned: How Ukraine’s June 1 Drone Strike Rewrote the Rules of Warfars | Angry Staffer

Get more from Angry Staffer on Patreon

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13h

“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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Raccoons Hourly @raccoonhourly.bsky.social · 2h

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2h

Two dozen masked ICE Federal Secret Police, who are kitted out like they are going to war, kidnap a local and brutalize the community.

Toward the end of the video, they throw a gas cannister that almost hits a baby. 😟

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2h

As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.

The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own

As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.

www.motherjones.com

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 2h

Cartoon: America Last

www.dailykos.com

Cartoon: America Last

twp.ai

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NWresistance @nwresistance.bsky.social · 15h

Hartford #Visibilitybrigade this am! Someone took a little video! Nokings.org this Saturday!
@rbreich.bsky.social @rbhubbell.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @ctriverhuddle.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @takeactionct2017.bsky.social

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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 3h

“The incurable condition of being a little bitch” vibes

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Misha Lawless @mishalawless.bsky.social · 3h

White trash? Oh, wait. You meant rubbish!

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 5h

A Facebook group that shared information on sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Chicago area was taken down by Meta following pressure from the Justice Department, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes

The Facebook page ICE Sighting-Chicagoland amassed over 70,000 members in recent weeks as the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” has ramped up in Chicago and the suburbs.

trib.al

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Misha Lawless @mishalawless.bsky.social · 4h

"I accidentally summoned a demon!"

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 4h

"Pharaoh called in his wise men & sorcerers. The magicians of Egypt did the same thing by their spells: each man threw down his staff & they all turned into snakes."
Exodus 7:11-12

This is the 'Pharaoh's Serpents' demonstration, by YouTuber NileRed.

It uses toxic mercury(II) thiocyanate (Hg(SCN)2)

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Misha Lawless @mishalawless.bsky.social · 4h

I can only guess, since the majority of them are also millionaires, they are either complicit or complacent.

Misha Lawless @mishalawless.bsky.social · 4h

The SILENCE of Congressional Democrats when our cities are being harassed, children are being torn from families in handcuffs, & a group of white christofascists run our country into the ground is deafening.

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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 1d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 8h

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · May 29

SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda."

My report:

State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’

The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.

www.thehandbasket.co

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

Last post of the day. Learn how to protect yourself.

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 4h

Planning a trip to Italy? My newest guidebook, "Rick Steves Rome, Florence & Venice," hits the shelves today: store.ricksteves.com/shop/p/rome-...

I've spent a lifetime exploring these cities, and this book includes all my favorite tips and discoveries. Happy travels!

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 5h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Shout out to all those people who thought we were nuts for saying that every GOP staffer under the age of 30 is a Nazi.

‘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.

www.politico.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”

But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.

Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

www.msnbc.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 11h

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 10h

Jane Manners, a constitutional historian & member of the Brennan Center’s Historians Council, filed an amicus brief in Grundmann v. Trump, a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s removal of the chair of an independent federal agency as unconstitutional. bit.ly/42BNtJl

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Misha Lawless @mishalawless.bsky.social · 4h

The SILENCE of Congressional Democrats when our cities are being harassed, children are being torn from families in handcuffs, & a group of white christofascists run our country into the ground is deafening.

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J Lynne Prikosovits @jlynnearizona.bsky.social · 8h

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