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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 1d

It's #LetFreedomReadDay! Take at least ONE action today to defend the freedom to read. When we all #UniteAgainstBookBans, we can make a difference. All you need is 5 minutes to make an impact! #BannedBooksWeek

🧵 Check out the thread below or UniteAgainstBookBans.org/LFRD/ for some ideas 👇

The freedom to read is under attack. Let's do something about it. Let Freedom Read Day. Banned Books Week. UniteAgainstBookBans.org/LFRD/ Unite Against Book Bans.

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 1d

These teachers, friends, and neighbors are so inspiring.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/n...

These Students Are Scared. Friends and Teachers Are Their Protectors.

www.nytimes.com

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 3d

You don't think the people who are draining the swamp deserve to be secretly paid for their work?

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

By floating false allegations of violence, Trump wants to scare people away from exercising their constitutional rights. We won’t let him succeed.

Don’t let this smear distract you. The best response to attacks on our rights is to exercise our rights. That means showing up in huge numbers on 10/18.

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 3d

As it turns out, Republicans love Big Government

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 3d

"I wish the war were just a dream I'd wake up from and see my parents next to me," said 14-year-old Deena Al-Za'arab, who lost both of her parents.

"I have to keep it together for the sake of my siblings," she added, "because now I must raise them."

Gaza war has killed an estimated 20,000 kids. CBS News meets many more orphaned, and "always scared."

CBS News meets young Palestinians who've lost their parents to Israel's war with Hamas, who say they're scared, and know "life will never be the same."

www.cbsnews.com

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 Some of what white male American citizens did 🚨

👉 Pacific Palisades fire
👉 Assassination of Charlie Kirk
👉 Church shooting in MI
👉 Assassination attempts against Trump in PA & FL
👉 Home invasion attack on Paul Pelosi
👉 Assassination & attempts against MN legislators
👉 U of Idaho murders

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d

House Republicans aren’t even in DC as the Trump Shutdown wreaks havoc on everyday people. We’re pushing vulnerable GOP representatives to call for a bipartisan deal to save healthcare. If you’re represented by a Republican, demand that they get back to work and end this government shutdown. 👇

CALL NOW: Tell GOP Representatives to get to work and end this shutdown

indivisible.org

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4d

It's almost as if a movement that began with lusty chants of "lock her up" in regard to the opposition party's candidate for President in 2016...combined with a refusal to honor the results of the election...has morphed into a cult of unaccountable, authoritarian power.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 4d

The president of the United States wants his political rivals to be jailed. A handful of Republican members of the House and Senate could stop this blatant authoritarian abuse of power if they wanted.

Trump baselessly calls for Pritzker, Chicago mayor to be jailed

The state and city sued the administration Monday over the deployment of troops to Chicago.

www.axios.com

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 5d

" … you see the administration meet in Spain and they talk about TikTok instead of farming … our clock is tick-tocking away. And the farther we go into this season, the more we're going to lose. And China should have been buying our beans already and they're not. It's like crickets."

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 5d

Gaffner says farmers like himself, who overwhelmingly voted for President Trump, are caught in the crossfire.

"We can't help but feel very anxious of wondering why it's taking so long to get this resolved," Gaffner said.

Soybean farmer who backed Trump feels strain of China's boycott amid trade war

With harvest season underway, farmers like Scott Gaffner are worried about what comes next amid a Chinese boycott of American soybeans.

www.cbsnews.com

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 5d

Can you imagine if Republicans put even 1/10th the amount of energy into fighting for affordable healthcare (or protecting free speech)?

Ken Paxton announces ‘undercover’ investigation into antifa groups

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called transgender ideologies a "cancer" in a news release announcing his office will attempt to infiltrate leftist groups...

www.dallasnews.com

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 5d

In case you didn't see this www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls

Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said ICE agents are draining the resources of his department and the community by making false 911 calls.

www.cbsnews.com

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 5d

If you don't believe this is part of a white supremacist agenda, look at the stats for Europe compared to the rest of the world. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August

The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.

www.nytimes.com

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 6d

ICE is out of control in Chicago. Please pay attention to what is happening here:

“Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.”

apnews.com/article/chic...

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

apnews.com

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 6d

Sorry I shut down the government and that your healthcare costs are going up. You see, I was super busy planning a party for myself and my friend's private business using taxpayer dollars. -Trump

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 7d

the hardest part of living in Portland is having your house burn down every single night and then having to rebuild it during the day. the amount of money i spend just in drywall is insane.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 8d

They complain about fiscal responsibility but spend taxpayer money on this cruelty. Open the government and get people access to affordable healthcare!

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 8d

These white supremacists are abusing the power of the federal government to bully an American business because a US citizen is performing at a halftime show. deadline.com/2025/10/kris...

Kristi Noem Calls NFL “So Weak” For Choosing Bad Bunny For Super Bowl, Ensuring ICE Will “Be All Over That Place”: “They Suck, And We’ll Win”

Although the teams have yet to be determined for Super Bowl LX, Kristi Noem seems to be betting on ICE against the NFL.

deadline.com

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Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (AFT 5017) @ofnhp.bsky.social · 11d

Kaiser used to stand for excellence in healthcare. Now executives are proposing cuts that mean longer waits and shorter visits. Safe staffing = safe care.

📩 Send a letter to Kaiser CEO Greg Adams and demand he protect our care: actionnetwork.org/letters/an-o...

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 8d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 8d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies

U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.

www.reuters.com

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 10d

Mario was covering the No Kings protest when he was detained. This is an open effort to suppress and intimidate the press and a horrifying miscarriage of justice.

ACLU @aclu.org · 10d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Pulin @pulin.bsky.social · 10d

So about those Epstein files that Trump is hiding from the public

Donald Trump's ex-spiritual adviser pleads guilty to child sex abuse

Morris is the founder and former senior pastor of Gateway Church, one of Texas's largest evangelical congregations.

www.newsweek.com

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