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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 10h

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 3h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 7h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

NEW: Leticia James is innocent! And ICE violated a court order on video! My latest on @meidastouch.com is here! www.youtube.com/live/8oJvw7F...

LIVE: Trump Case Against NY AG IMPLODES INSTANTLY with NEW PROOF

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

www.youtube.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

It was an honor to join Sunday services at the Historic Union Baptist Church in Harlem this morning. My thanks to Reverend Brian D. Scott for the conversation and welcome.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 16h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Desert Dweller @tischtak.bsky.social · 7h

California is full-up on tech bro whores, and blood red dipshits.

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Kyle Ruggles 🇨🇦 @kyleruggles.bsky.social · 7h

Yup...

It may offend some, but it's true.

The Most Dangerous Thing In The Western Hemisphere

YouTube video by Second Thought

youtu.be

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 1d

This is gross

Gordon Ramsay thinks it’s cool

the families of Bostonians murdered and/or addicted by Bulger and Flemmi do not

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/11/m...

‘Whitey’ Bulger poster greets patrons at Dorchester bar once owned by man he killed - The Boston Globe

The image was part of a restaurant makeover by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay featured on a television series over the summer and intended to embrace the history of the building.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Desert Dweller @tischtak.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, FFS.

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 13h

🚨🚨🚨The intensity here is indescribable. The reference post (to follow) indicates the gravity being similar to that of “Bloody Sunday.” A harrowing parallel. 1/2

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Desert Dweller @tischtak.bsky.social · 8h

...and yet Schiff is one of the biggest AIPAC vote payola recipients in the Senate, and he voted to pass the crypto scam GENIUS Act which mainly benefits Trump, specifically.

UGH!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13h

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Desert Dweller @tischtak.bsky.social · 8h

It's hard to speak clearly when your benefactor's d!ck is in your mouth.

Desert Dweller @tischtak.bsky.social · 8h

As a former Catholic, and now atheist, I'm buoyed by Pope Leo's words and leadership.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

He speaks like a poet.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 8h

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 12h

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫,

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 14h

The President using the military as his personal police force to intimidate American citizens is deeply un-American. This is the behavior of an autocrat. Full stop.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

A major coastal storm is headed our way tonight and into Monday, which is likely to bring heavy winds and rainfall. Please take precautions!

Report locations of downed trees at NYC.gov/311 or call 311. Report power outages to 1-800-75-CONED.

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 9h

Fox News and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race

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Sparky MD/PhD @neurospark.bsky.social · 14h

I’m in Chicago. I awoke to a faint noise of people screaming. People screaming… and cow bell. It’s the war ravaged Chicago, marathon day.

Marathon runners 🏃‍♀️ on Lasalle st heading north around mile 4. Sears tower in the distance.

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