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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 14h

DAILY MEMO: In New Tactic, ICE Kidnaps Random Bystanders Near Foiled Raid Sites 🧵 2 Parts

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Arizona fRight Watch 🎃 @azrww.bsky.social · 12h

Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet responded to the harassment their organization contributed to that forced Rutgers professor Mark Bray to flee the country. The full statement is long, but here’s how he ended it:

Good riddance to him and good luck, Spain.
America and Rutgers are better off without him. But it begs the question: Why is Rutgers employing an advocate for political violence? He should be immediately fired and the university should disavow his vile, un-American ideas.

Archive: https://archive.is/5nf3L

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 19h

Just landed (still on plane!) after three days in San Francisco.

I stayed in the Tenderloin, most infamous crime ridden part of town.

Walked around a LOT. Alone. At night.

I was fine.

Felt safer than I remember, just a lot of stores closed.

What’s a billionaire with armed security so afraid of?

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 19h

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Academic Anarchy🏴 - Antifa Founder @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 18h

If the law explicitly states they are allowed in, and are not being allowed in, why haven’t any of these congress people sued?

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 23h

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 18h

A story indistinguishable from those depicted/dramatized in all the WWII / Holocaust movies and plays and novels we grew up with

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Arizona fRight Watch 🎃 @azrww.bsky.social · 20h

Kevin Pyles was arrested on felony charges related to violent threats he made towards a Phoenix synagogue. This briefly hit local news following his arrest but, thanks to court record requests and some digging, we were able to confirm Pyles’ affiliation with the neo-Nazi group Goyim Defense League.

LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH @lcrw.bsky.social · 20h

NEW from LCRW: @azrww.bsky.social covers a Phoenix-area neo-Nazi AI slop-poster obsessed with Goyim Defense League agitprop who's facing charges for threatening a local synagogue.

COURT RECORDS: GOYIM DEFENSE LEAGUE FANBOY ARRESTED FOR THREATS ON SYNAGOGUE | Left Coast Right Watch

A Phoenix area neonazi fan of the Goyim Defense League is set for a hearing next month after being arrested for threatening to target a local synagogue

leftcoastrightwatch.org

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 17h

Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 18h

Let’s see the video.

DHS also just claimed in appeal of LA Press Club’s lawsuit that a reporter “shot” an officer. I suspect false statement to court. Not only does “victim” officer’s report not say he was shot, the alleged reporter doesn’t exist in dozens of videos I reviewed from scene. 🤔

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

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growingfamily.bsky.social @growingfamily.bsky.social · 15h

I don’t know how medical professionals are going to be able to treat patients without the information they require from the CDC. The CDC is sometimes our only warning system about certain diseases.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 17h

"All [13 people arrested in Boston on Oct 7] were to be charged with inciting a riot, a felony charge that is also known as 'promotion of anarchy,' with origins in early 20th-century fears of anarchist violence. If convicted, they could face up to 3 years in prison."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Boston Prosecutors Invoke Law Used Against Anarchists to Charge Protesters

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 21h

Everyone, I’m just <sniffs> I’m just so proud of us all.

We finally did it.

LibsOfTikTok finally targeted me.

<single tear rolls down cheek>

I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long <unfolds acceptance speech> and first I want to thank everyone who made it possible: Harambe, Kony2012, my fa

A post from failed real estate agent and local ghoul Chaya Raichik aka LibsOfTikTok targeting me. Text of the post reads:

“Leftist CA State Assembly candidate Chris Kluwe, who promotes the harassment of ICE online, was ARRESTED at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting earlier this year.

Chris was protesting a proposed library plaque that featured a phrase similar to ‘Make America Great Again’

Chris called MAGA a ‘Nazi movement’ before leaving the podium and approaching the council member, where he was grabbed by police and carried out.

This unhinged lunatic wants to be an elected official…”

Thanks for the free advertising, Chaya!

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Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 1d

Now with #AltText

A black background has white text at the top that says “amphifa.” Two flags over each other, common antifa flags, have a black flag and a green one. An image of a green frog facing left with a blue ascot sits on the black flag. Circling the flags is the text, “amphibians against fascism.”

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 21h

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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treekisser @treekisser.bsky.social · 17h

Fuck you, Marc Benioff.
#NationalGuard #EatTheRich

techcrunch.com/2025/10/10/s...

Salesforce CEO says National Guard should patrol San Francisco -- stunning his own PR team | TechCrunch

Though Benioff's shift mirrors Silicon Valley's broader accommodation of Trump, the exchange offered a rare glimpse of just how far that repositioning can go. The question now: will other Bay Area tec...

techcrunch.com

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 1d

From outside, appears LAPD fired their PR person for... doing her job?

(Irony: I'm quoted criticizing her for NOT doing her job in past. Which was a real problem!)

The alleged "leak" sounds like coordinating media access for a press conference. That what they're supposed to do. And ... gone!

Hmm.

LAPD spokesperson resigns after U.S. attorney complains about alleged leak, sources say

Jennifer Forkish, the LAPD’s public information director, said she resigned Thursday. Sources familiar with her ouster said the acting U.S. attorney contacted LAPD leaders alleging a suspected leak fr...

www.latimes.com

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Cannonball Adderall @leupp.bsky.social · 3d

Has anyone made a gif of him thrusting his hips at the ICE goons yet?

The Portland Protest Frog standing up to a group of weak fascist jackboots

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 3d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Con @elperiodico.com

Mark Bray: 'Esta Administración Trump es más fascista y autoritaria. Necesitamos resistencia de masas'

El historiador, profesor en la Universidad de Rutgers y autor de ‘Antifa’, se exilia con su familia en España tras ser víctima de ‘doxing’ y presiones del grupo de Charlie Kirk y recibir amenazas de m...

www.elperiodico.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

i did this interview with tish james in 2022. it was the first interview she'd done about having an abortion. she's a real one.

www.teenvogue.com/story/tish-j...

TV: Back in May, when the memo was leaked, there was this big rally in New York, and I was in attendance when you shared publicly for the first time that you had an abortion when you were first elected to the city council. Could you tell me a bit about your experience?

TJ: Listen, I had an abortion. It was a personal decision between me, my doctor, my God, and no one else. It was at the time when I was a member of the New York City Council, beginning my career as a public official with a lot of demands on my schedule. As a single woman, it was best for me. I do not believe that this should be a decision that anyone else should make [for others]. And I did not make it lightly.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 1d

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: The U.S. says it's sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor Gaza ceasefire deal.

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and private sector players, U.S. officials say.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Senator warns that NSPM-7 is fueling a secret watchlisting effort targeting Americans
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/senator-wa...

Senator Warns of Trump's Secret Watchlist for Americans

NSPM-7 finally gets Congressional attention

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Two new FTP resources that were shared this evening:

1. Friends of the Library 101 - www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#fo... - created by FTP volunteers and designed by FTP steering committee member @kruttika.bsky.social - learn about from Friends of the Library groups are and do.

Resources — For The People

www.librariesforthepeople.org

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

👀A Rutgers professor who teaches an anti-fascism class was blocked from leaving the US hours > Trump’s “Antifa” roundtable w/ Jack Posobiec who has called Bray a “domestic terrorist professor.” TPUSA at Rutgers has called him an “antifa member,” a claim he denies. He’s received death threats. 1/

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

My takeaways from Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (embargo lifted):

1. Tech is building the "machinery" of the Antichrist. D'oh!

2. The Antichrist is defined by "velocity" ("acceleration," eh?)

3. The Antichrist will be Gen Z (weird numerology stuff about the number 33)

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

News: I have obtained full transcripts of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Lectures (as have multiple other journalists).

They were supposed to be embargoed until 9 a.m. tomorrow, but Reuters has a story up. (They may have gotten them from a different source)

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

www.reuters.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

The Senate has just passed the military NDAA containing 2 anti-trans provisions: a surgery ban using federal funds (dependents too), and a sports ban on military academy spaces.

This will be the STARTING point for negotiations with the House, which has even worse provisions.

Only 20 Dems opposed.

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