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Rachel Kambury

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Rachel Kambury @rkambury.bsky.social · Mar 17

I wrote this for the 75th anniversary of the "end" of World War II. it's relevant always, but especially in light of this "administration" redacting history that will not be forgotten as long as I live:

75 Years On, We’re Still Fighting the Battles of World War II

“The war never ended,” I tell people. “It just went underground.”

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Greg Jaffe @gregjaffe.bsky.social · 18h

"The public has a right to know how the government and the military are operating."

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

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...

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 21h

Government shutdowns offer a rare opportunity to un-submerge the submerged state. Something Democrats could/should be doing is every day of shutdown, pick some agency and focus on it for the day. Highlight what it does and what we're losing each day their staff are furloughed.

Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d

A park employee, who spoke with SFGATE on the condition of anonymity to protect their job, said they know of only one wilderness ranger working the entire park. And technically, that person is not even a ranger, the employee said, but a volunteer.

SFGATE @sfgate.com · 1d

"It's the Wild Wild West."

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 11h

And this is why, y'all, we have got to protect our whimsy during these trying times.

Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 11h

These inflatable frog suits are taking me out but they are also...healing to watch? I'm upset about what's happening in Portland but laughing is letting the stress out.

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 6d

Ireland and the Grapefruit Ladies: #TheMoreYouKnow #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 14h

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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CLJohnson @cjenergy.bsky.social · 12h

When this era is over, don't forget the businessmen who were complicit in crimes against humanity, dumping immigrants in torturous African prisons. After WWII, the U.S. tried German corporate executives who cooperated with the Nazi horror. (IG Farber trial at Nuremburg below)

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 12h

Lol Ghana hit them with a “thanks in advance!”

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13h

Ghana’s foreign minister just posted this to X:

“The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US Department of Homeland Security.”

Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa &
@S_OkudzetoAblak
X.com
The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US
Department of Homeland Security.
We have also followed with satisfaction that DHS has today taken the appropriate steps to inform Garcia's lawyers and amend court submissions to reflect the fact that Ghana cannot be an option for Garcia's deportation.
The Mahama Administration will continue to be transparent and truthful to Ghanaians at all times.
For God and Country E
anana was premature
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LAURA ROMERO
Fri, October 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM PDT|
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 13h

the president of the united states who has access to unprecedented levels of intel and up to the minute daily briefings is instead making statements based on fox news broadcasts from 2020 that his staff has convinced him is happening right now

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 18h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 16h

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 17h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 15h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 21h

October Yeats

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Spike Friedman @spikefriedman.bsky.social · 16h

My reaction to literally everything happening (public health edition)

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 15h

the Portland Protests, annotated

פינחס יוסף מונד @pymundgenealogy.com · 1d

Frogs? Talmudic
Toads? Not Talmudic
Chickens? Talmudic
Turkeys? Not Talmudic
Weasels? Talmudic
Ferrets? Not Talmudic
Camels? Talmudic
Elephants? Eh, hardly Talmudic
Big Bird? Very, very Talmudic

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 15h

the republican majority leader with a clear vision for the democratic party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 17h

Ms. Rachel taking up Mr. Roger’s mantle.

Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 18h

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Aug 30

It's never a bad time to bring up that we

a b s o l u t e l y

have the resources and ability to provide housing, food, clothing, healthcare, and education to everyone at no direct cost to the individual; and we just choose not to do it.

Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Aug 30

People should just get paid six thousand dollars a month to exist. You may have counterpoints and things to consider about this idea but let me just get ahead of them: shut up

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 18h

you ever think about how weird email is? we're all basically sending texts from our computers, often with people we know well, yet still addressing and signing them like we're writing 18th century letters

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