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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1h

This is a huge scandal, one of the worst in modern law enforcement and something that is astoundingly unconstitutional and illegal.

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 3h

same, heron. same.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah so this is breaking through. The 20b to Argentina and family farms are going under because they can't sell to their markets and the president closed USAID is not something that's just going to get shoved under the rug.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

VARNEY: Some Iowa farmers are frustrated because Trump is putting $20b into Argentina to bail them out. They're worried that the administration is focused on foreign financial aid at the expense of American farmers.

BROOKE ROLLINS: The president's focus remains 100% on America first

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Schnickelfritz 🍻 @schnickilfritz.bsky.social · 6h

If he leaves now, Stephen Miller can still make it back to Transylvania in time for Halloween.

Schnickelfritz 🍻 @schnickilfritz.bsky.social · 16h

You can take Bob out of the South Side, but you'll never take the South Side out of Bob

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 23h

America has no kings. That’s kind of the whole point.

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 17h

As a dad one thing I love to do is to get the show on the road

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SCARE-cat 🐈‍⬛ @thatmerecat.bsky.social · 22h

He's feeling spicy because da bears won. I bet he watches Ben Johnson post game speeches and gets hyped.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Schnickelfritz 🍻 @schnickilfritz.bsky.social · 22h

Frankenstein's monster to villagers: Get those pitchforks ready.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "We're just at the start. We're going to go into other cities that we're not talking about purposely. We're getting ready to go in."

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

Republican officials have spent years psy-oping themselves into thinking that there are no sincere, good faith liberals or progressives anywhere in America. So no wonder they're totally unequipped to deal with a large crowd of normal people waving American flags.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn Reflections. The South Branch of the Chicago River thirteen years ago this week for Wayback Wednesday.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1d

Go visit the Prairies in June, when for scores on scores of miles you wade knee-deep among Tiger-lilies

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Schnickelfritz 🍻 @schnickilfritz.bsky.social · 1d

It really does depend on the gardener. Some will say absolutely not, while others aren't as steadfast. Most people who choose to reduce their lawns do so to benefit their local ecosystem, and it's hard to beat local natives in that regard.

That said, it's all up to you! Plant what makes you happy.

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Full of Contempt @m-theory3.bsky.social · 2d

This is the nation that we are now. This nation is unbelievably sick.

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Franken-Pattern @franken-pattern.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly the conversation that we need to be having.
Pritzker is on the money here:

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"I do think he needs help, and I don't think anybody around him on a day-to-day basis wants to get him any help, because they have more power based upon his diminished capacity."

@jbpritzker.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 2d

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, world!

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Speaker Mike Johnson just said he's completely fine with ICE agents shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and roughing up journalists.

I'm sure he'll tell us soon about how it's the Democrats who are waging a war on religion and free speech though.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 3d

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2d

Warming waters cause corals to “bleach” when these organisms expel symbiotic algae that provide nutrients, oxygen & vibrant colors.

The latest global bleaching event - researchers estimate >84% of the planet's coral ecosystems have been affected since Jan 2023 - has made it clear the crisis is now.

nature

NEWS

12 October 2025

Coral die-off marks Earth's first climate
'tipping point', scientists say

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world.

By Jeff Tollefson

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 2d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻 @punkonbuslives.bsky.social · 2d

Bring your army; but, I think, you'll find
They've not prepared for us.
- Coriolanus (I, 2)

The Portland protest frog stands up to a line of POS ICE goons.

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Schnickelfritz 🍻 @schnickilfritz.bsky.social · 2d

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Schnickelfritz 🍻 @schnickilfritz.bsky.social · 2d

O-line looking good, looks like they spent their time on bye well.