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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16h

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇

(Published Dec. 2024)

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...

www.propublica.org

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 15h

I am also using "smart" narrowly here. Yes, if you want to hire someone to teach Austen, you want someone who gets that context.

But it's not a sign of good character, and anyone trying to shame you for not appreciating the classics is just Simpsons Comic Book Guy with a liberal arts degree.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 16h

Middle aged women, they are fucking done with it. Aunt Deb from Friends of the Library is to the left of Zohran

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 19h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 23h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 23h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16h

At about 0:55, a couple in a nearby car gets out and hurries away with an infant in a carseat to try and escape the tear gas:

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 19h

Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 16h

a demon gets its boobies every time a woman steals and gets away with it. amen .

𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒚 grace @acab4cutie.top · 17h

an angel loses its wings every time a man gets praised for doing something the average woman does every day

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 17h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Lyss @savsion.bsky.social · 16h

That picture just KILLS me

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 18h

they locked her up in clark county because the clark county sheriff’s office are ICE collaborators

pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 19h

grateful portland has risen to the challenge so far in peacefully protesting the ICE facility and that nationally we're all cheering on the frogs but I think it's important to make sure everyone is aware that the ICE goons aren't exactly being peaceful in return

www.koin.com/news/portlan...

www.koin.com

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 18h

Glad to see the "Chicago rat hole" (rodent-body imprint) of January 2024 Internet fame was studied more, but just to add my $0.02: Many folks missed the tracks leading away from the body imprint, meaning the squirrel (not rat) fell & splatted in wet concrete, but then walked it off. 🧪🐿️🐾

Photo showing the outline of small rodent body as a negative (concave) impression in sidewalk concrete, with left two limbs clearly defined but missing the upper right limb (arm) and only part of the right rear limb (leg); a thin tail is implied by a pointed imprint behind the main body imprint. The photo is labeled with "Direction of rodent movement" and a red arrow pointing to the upper right of the photo, and a red circle is around a set of rodent tracks in the upper right near the body imprint, labeled as "Rodent tracks."

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

You can get that PROTECT TRANS YOUTH t-shirt, designed by @tombofnull.bsky.social, from @greenpeapress.bsky.social! Proceeds benefit Huntsville's Free LGBTQ+ Closet!
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Protect Trans Youth — Green Pea Press

Due to the very sudden influx of orders of this product, we are currently working to restock low quantities. We must have gone viral, y’all! Please sign up to receive a restock notifications. Thank yo...

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 18h

by this time next year, we want ICE agent to be one of the most miserable, soul destroying, hated jobs in america, we want parking enforcement to look like a dream job by comparison

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 18h

the thing is, all that knock off amazon operator gear you bought to look tough and scary just looks fucking silly when you are being gyrated at by someone wearing an inflatable frog costume and being mooned by a naked bagpiper on a unicycle, it just doesn’t work, the self image cannot hold

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 19h

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 1d

I'm just crying this is so damn accurate.

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Young Republicans say they love Hitler. But what does that tell us about their politics?

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

these people know how extreme they are

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Lyss @savsion.bsky.social · 18h

Def expecting lower scores there! Last night was crazy. Much more used to 1-run games with this crew :)

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Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 21h

"Mungia’s concurrence highlights how the U.S. Supreme Court’s precedents rest on white supremacist foundations and employ white supremacist language in order to further white supremacist goals."

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 22h

wrote about last week's super interesting tribal sovereignty decision in Washington Supreme Court

one justice wrote a standalone concurrence basically saying 'the court applied the law correctly, but also the law is terrible and it's our responsibility to say so'
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

A Washington State Supreme Court Justice Condemns Federal Indian Law as Racist and Awful

"Each time a court cites a case that has as its foundation such racist fallacies, it is incumbent on us to call out that racism, even if just in a footnote."

ballsandstrikes.org

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 1d

Just in case I've not made it clear, I believe everybody on the planet should get free healthcare.

Yep, those people too.

Some folks aren't down with socialised medicine, and that's their opinion. This is mine.

Ask me about my stance on UBI....

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Arozagayna @gaychel.bsky.social · 21h

One of my Aunts is left handed and my Grandma found out the teachers were tying her left arm behind her back and forcing her to write with her right hand. She walked down to the school and bitched them out so bad it never happened again. We have a lot of lefties in the fam, all women too.

Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 21h

Fun fact: Until around 100 years ago "only" 2-3% of people said they were left-handed.

Today it's around 10-12%.

It's not because babies suddenly became 4x more likely to be left handed, it's because TEACHERS STOPPED SMACKING US WITH A HICKORY STICK & FORCING US TO WRITE WITH OUR RIGHT HANDS.

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MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · 1d

Introducing posterior launch angle 😅

(MLB x @GoogleCloud)

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Lyss @savsion.bsky.social · 21h

EVERY long time Mariners fan knows to not assume anything until the final out is recorded.

Seattle Sports @seattlesports710.bsky.social · 1d

“The #Mariners’ potential this October seems limitless,” MLB Network's Jon Morosi says, but even with their 2-0 lead, he also cautions that the ALCS could look very different when it gets to T-Mobile Park.
sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-...

Morosi on Seattle Mariners: ALCS may not be same at T-Mobile

The Seattle Mariners decidedly have the edge in the ALCS, but MLB Network's Jon Morosi has reasons to be cautious about the next few games.

sports.mynorthwest.com

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Lyss @savsion.bsky.social · 21h

I still call the Mariners ballpark Safeco or the safe.

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