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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 11h

ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.

The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.

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ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17m

This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.

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Jay @pescado70.bsky.social · 22h

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I. Blade Daily @ibladedaily.bsky.social · 12h

So the American government at this moment is 50% cult, 50% criminal enterprise, 0% functional.

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Silicon Curtain podcast @siliconcurtain.bsky.social · 15h

Right-wing authoritarian populism is gaining sway around the world, across Europe and in the UK, such as Farage’s latest pop-up populist party Reform. The Kremlin seeks to leverage populism and finances extremist movements, politicians and contrarians. youtu.be/d9GrMaZ6eR0

Populist Alignment or Agents of Foreign Influence - How Great is the Threat?

YouTube video by Silicon Wafers

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

An honor to receive the endorsement of
of nearly a dozen Black clergy leaders in Crown Heights today, including Bishop Orlando Findlayter.

I’m grateful for their support, and this powerful and humbling prayer.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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Charlotte Crist @touchesky.bsky.social · 4m

Voting Rights Abuses and Gerrymandering…An Art Form!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

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DCReport @dcreport.bsky.social · 13h

Brace yourselves: the economy is entering choppy waters. Growth is cooling, wage pressure persists, and external risks are surfacing.

This isn’t a crash prediction—it’s a reality check by @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social

👉 www.dcreport.org/2025/10/14/r...

Reality Check: With the Economy, We're In for A Rocky Ride

Pulitzer-winning journalist David Cay Johnston warns that the U.S. economy has stopped growing, with small businesses shedding jobs and trade collapsing.

www.dcreport.org

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 18h

ICE is torturing detainees
While the acts themselves already constitute torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, the patterned, state-directed, and concealed nature of ICE’s restraint practices could — under international legal definitions — meet the threshold for crimes against humanity

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1h

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h

Combat vet defends worker being detained without warrant by men in plain clothes with no ID

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 18h

🚨We need your help!🚨

The Election Assistance Commission might implement the same barriers to the ballot box the SAVE Act would impose.

These potential voter registration rule changes could impact 69 MILLION married women who have changed their last name. 🧵

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

“.. Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues ..”

@nbcnews.com
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 18h

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[email protected] @blueangie.bsky.social · 23h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

A precondition for Republics to transition to autocracies is the politicization of the military. It is why the political & military leaders of the country have been so vigilant to keep partisanship away from it. But this admin is dismantling that concept. www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics

For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used ...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

NO. It's fundamentally inappropriate for the @dscc.bsky.social to form a fundraising committee with Janet Mills. What happened to staying OUT of the primaries?

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20h

I'm not afraid. Come and get me, Donald.

I will stand up for the law and the Constitution. That’s what we do in the State of Illinois.

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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 17h

Electricity costs are increasing nationwide, but the idea that clean energy drives up prices? The data clearly doesn't support those claims. States that added renewables fastest generally have lower electricity costs.

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