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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 9h

Zohran is speaking at my synagogue. These folks are outside.

Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 7h

So a leopard is warning us about that other leopards may eat our faces because they are eating his, even though he is a leopard.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 8h

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 11h

We really need to see more of this on legacy media.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 13h

This is the point

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 14h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 14h

Russell Vought embodies the radicalization of the conservative movement; his example captures how far removed from democratic politics the Trumpist Right is. Vought is convinced to be fighting a noble war against a vast leftist conspiracy that has supposedly taken over the country.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 14h

Vought, we are told, is a pious man who never curses. Ok! Not a word about his Christian nationalism; instead, one of the most influential political platforms in the world chooses to perpetuate the number one fallacy about the modern Right: That this is all about “small government.”

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 15h

The deportation order derives from the crime of which he has now been exonerated.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 14h

This is attempted murder and the officers involved should be charged accordingly.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

According to the victim's attorney, the body camera captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good”
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 1d

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 1d

For gods sake, arrest them, @govpritzker.illinois.gov! Uphold the law.

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 1d

“The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.”

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

This is as much a legacy of the War on Drugs than anything else. He has a controlled substance conviction separate and apart from the exonerated murder conviction.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1d

The amount of grief, information overload and unease we are all experiencing in cycle after cycle is affecting us all in different ways.

Fascism is incredibly cognitively invasive and manifests in waves through our lives.

We must learn to treat ourselves with grace as the noise increases.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

This year, I've had so many productivity issues. Whole days lost, deadlines completely blown I've been trying to figure out what's wrong with me

Yeah, so for the last 48 hours I decided to tune out the news and concentrate on an article and surprise surprise: it was the fascism this whole time

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

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profhuq.bsky.social @profhuq.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Prize winner praises Trump, a fascist. 🤢 www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/t...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado praises Trump after White House criticizes snub

Some of Trump's Republican allies have called for him to get the Nobel Peace Prize, though the nomination deadline passed early in his current term.

www.cnbc.com

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 1d

Ramaswamy, like many caste privileged Hindus (see Usha Vance), believes that his tradition of aristocratic hierarchy would make him more palatable to whiteness.

leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 1d

New Republic: Vivek Ramaswamy was the headliner at a Turning Point event at Montana State. He was asked repeatedly by a hostile crowd why he thought he could adequately participate in electoral politics when he was non-White and non-Christian. He hadn’t thought the leopard would eat his own face.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

The conventions of political reporting today are not well equipped to handle this concerted use of pretexts for instrumental purposes and the bottomless bad faith they employ. Grasping the industrial-scale deception at the core of MAGA politics is essential. 6/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

Frustration toward SCOTUS building even among Republican judges. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

DeHaas served as the Chair of NCOSE's Board, funneling money from his Christian porn surveillance app into the fight to ban adult content and sex work.

He called internet porn "the perfect sin" and the work of Satan.

Screen shot of NCOSE Board of Director showing DeHaas

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 2d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 2d

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 2d

To be clear, this was a kidnapping and the agents should be charged.
www.fox26houston.com/news/missing...

Houston: Missing teen with autism reportedly in ICE custody

The family of a Houston teen who went missing tells FOX 26 that he had been in ICE custody for days.

www.fox26houston.com

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Frogtifa @frogtifa.bsky.social · 2d

Huge shoutout to George Soros for funding our supporters with suits and pee bottles.

Here’s to a successful False Frog Operation In Portland, Chicago, and any city that oppressors invade.

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 2d

This kind of terror will be with all of us for generations. The federal government is effectively engaging in domestic terrorism.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 2d

Being invaded by Canadian super hogs doesn’t seem that bad in comparison to everything.

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