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bobbie lee swagger @spottieangel.bsky.social · 14h

he will make a fool of himself. 😮‍💨

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bobbie lee swagger @spottieangel.bsky.social · 14h

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Temu Tisha Campbell @thatgirlbamz.bsky.social · 18h

When you ask me stupid questions.

bobbie lee swagger @spottieangel.bsky.social · 14h

debate? everything is in shambles and they want to subject us to this??

stop playing in our faces. get. to. WORK.

Politico @politico.com · 17h

Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will debate Wednesday on C-SPAN.

The yet-to-be-scheduled showdown will take place on “Ceasefire,” hosted by our Dasha Burns.

Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries will debate on C-SPAN

The yet-to-be-scheduled showdown will take place on "Ceasefire," hosted by POLITICO's Dasha Burns.

www.politico.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Sbooks @bemorelikeharper.bsky.social · 22h

The virus is still interested in you.

Joad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 2d

I am not interested in living in a society of Universal Public Masking and neither are most people. This ask is not reasonable, and the invocation of solidarity in service of it is ridiculous.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Australian minister cited US influencer's public comments downplaying the Holocaust and making Islamophobic remarks.

Far-right US influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia

Australian minister cited US influencer's public comments downplaying the Holocaust and making Islamophobic remarks.

bit.ly

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 1d

Here is the Vice President defending adults who said they love Hitler, want to rape their enemies, put their political opponents in gas chambers, and that Black people are monkeys. Just to name a few.

Are these those Christian values JD Vance talks about?

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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bobbie lee swagger @spottieangel.bsky.social · 23h

the nation this country has always been.

Full of Contempt @m-theory3.bsky.social · 1d

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

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

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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NPR @npr.org · 23h

More than 1,300 staffers at the health agency got notices they were fired — but more than half were reinstated. The cuts will hobble some divisions, employees say. n.pr/4n1JBbJ

With new cuts at CDC, some fear there's 'nobody to answer the phone'

More than 1,300 staffers at the health agency got notices they were fired — but more than half were reinstated. The cuts will hobble some divisions, employees say.

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Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 1d

ANOTHER SAD REMINDER: Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.

White men saw the largest job increase 一 365,000 一 among
groups.

Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.

White men saw the largest job
increase 一 365,000 一 among
groups.

According to an analysis of the most recent labor statistics by
Katica Roy, a gender economist

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 1d

New from me at @therealnews.com: I am reporting from the ICE demonstration in Portland as federal officers escalate violence against demonstrators, and the threat of national guard troops could ignite the mass demonstrations.
therealnews.com/violence-at-...

Violence at Portland’s ICE facility is coming from one side: the officers

“People of all ages showed up on Sunday, some of which had a small picket line going, others blowing bubbles and using their voices to condemn [law enforcement’s] behavior. But it doesn’t matter what ...

therealnews.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

This thread is…concerning.

(I get more understated the more alarmed I am.)

Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · Aug 1

In a two week period:

Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.

Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.

Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah

A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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should be scared by this blatant attack on someone
standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief
Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said in a statement.
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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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bobbie lee swagger @spottieangel.bsky.social · 2d

not reading fiction is unfortunate. 🤷🏾‍♀️

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Maria Langholz @marialangholz.bsky.social · 7d

Chicago native Chance the Rapper in DC: “FUCK ICE.”

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bobbie lee swagger @spottieangel.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Birthday!! 🎉🥳

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 3d

Obligatory post in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. Have a blessed one (unless you're a racist, then you can go to hell).

Bad Place characters in two panels
Top panel: Fun fact: Columbus is in the bad place
Bottom panel: because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Aqua Tofana @thepettymessiah.bsky.social · 3d

My uncle is still in need of funds for Kidney transplant.

Please donate and/or share.

gofund.me/c7d89f6c6

Donate to 1965 Kidney Donor Willie Needs Your Support, organized by Rickie Gary

Hi, my name is Willie F. Pride Jr. and I’m in need of your help for my kidney … Rickie Gary needs your support for 1965 Kidney Donor Willie Needs Your Support

gofund.me

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4d

They’re actively working to resegregate housing, and our “allies” refuse to name racism while they’re doing so...

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 4d

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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