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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1h

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ICE abducted a 15-year-old autistic boy during a bathroom break and kept him hidden for nearly a week.
His mother thought he was missing. Even local police couldn’t find him because ICE never told anyone they had him.

He was selling fruit with his mom when he asked to use the restroom.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 3h

Contrasting the WW1 experiences of western journalists and Serbian refugees during the Great Retreat of 1915. Foie Gras and roast duck for the former, starvation and hypothermia for the latter.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 10h

Friends,

Winter is coming. Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure will increase.

Russia has ramped up drone production and is changing its attack tactics. There will be blackouts in winter. #Kyiv will be Russia’s main strategic and symbolic target⤵️

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TsarReed @tsarreed.bsky.social · 3h

Probably doubles as an a cappella busking group.

🌀🌊🌲C H E R Y L 🐾🌻🫏 @cheryldogmom.bsky.social · 11h

Portland Frog Brigade
#mycity
#fuckice

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Just to be clear, this is EXACTLY what Pete Hegseth said, word for word, on video in a formal announcement:

“We’re signing a letter of acceptance to BUILD A QATARI AIR FORCE FACILITY at the Mountain Home Airbase.”

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Genevra Charsley, Flanders Battlefield Tour @flandersbtour.bsky.social · 9h

Restoration work being carried out on the Buttes in Polygon Wood therefore is currently off limits to the public walking up there. The cemetery is still accessible to the public.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 13h

Their goal is revenge against every scientist who told them something they didn't want to hear or made them feel inferior by knowing more than they do.

Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · 15h

WTF is their goal? Small government means every man for themselves when the next catastrophe hits? What is the point? Government isn’t a business, it’s a service for the people. You’re saving minimal money with these cuts and only hurting literally everyone

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h

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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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

To the extent that it is true that federal money covers healthcare for illegal immigrants, it's because Congress and Ronald Reagan back in the 1980s understood it would be monstrous for it not to.

Illegal Immigrants Are Already Getting Health Care Under Donald Trump

The program financing ER care for illegal immigrants has been around for four decades, and not even Trump wants to take it away.

www.thebulwark.com

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TsarReed @tsarreed.bsky.social · 7h

Sorry it hurts them. But they literally voted to hurt others without remorse or a second thought. Can’t believe it can happen to them.

LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 7h

He can bail them out this year, but their future is gone—the punishment the Trumps deserve, but their supporters get it instead. That's how it always works.

TsarReed @tsarreed.bsky.social · 7h

gop like, wtf?! Dems always fold. What’s happening?

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 7h

Democrats refuse to fold over shutdown as Republican outrage builds

www.theguardian.com

Democrats refuse to fold over shutdown as Republican outrage builds

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Reminder: Trump vaccinates himself 👇🏽

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

🧑‍🌾 WASH POST: “The Trump admin said its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices by cutting off labor supply… threatening the stability of domestic food production & prices for 🇺🇸 consumers.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 10h

“In Schöneberg, theatres, cabarets, and clubs catered to homosexuals, lesbians, transsexuals, and Berlin’s liberated sub-culture. The Nazis attempted to eliminate all traces of that sub-culture, but today the district is once again a centre of gay life.”

www.slowtravelberlin.com/nollendorfpl...

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TsarReed @tsarreed.bsky.social · 11h

Imagine having to hide neighbors from jack-booted thugs (in this case masked). Where have we heard of that before?

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

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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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 14h

It is difficult for me to express how disastrous this is.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h

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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TsarReed @tsarreed.bsky.social · 11h

Congratulations (again!) to the LV Aces!!! 🍾🍾🍾🍾

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18h

One Battle After Another

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 22h

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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TsarReed @tsarreed.bsky.social · 19h

I’m sure in the coming months he’ll say he received an imaginary Nobel Peace Prize……

Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 19h

Trump is very upset that he can't get a Nobel Peace Prize for ending imaginary wars

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Q: The Nobel Peace Prize was announced this morning. Your thoughts?

TRUMP: Which one?

Q: The Nobel Peace Prize. Your thoughts?

TRUMP: I made eight deals, transactions of wars

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 20h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h

Ballard Partners is helping companies cash in on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Clients of a Trump-connected lobbying firm keep landing no-bid ICE contracts

Ballard Partners is helping companies cash in on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

www.motherjones.com

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Sara Sanchez @bcbsara.bsky.social · 23h

Janet Mills would be 85 by the time her term ended. For the love of democracy I am begging the Democrats to stop believing the answer to the current fight is the gerontocracy.

This isn't about previous statewide appeal. It's about change and fighting for the future. Let the next generation lead.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins, AP sources say.

Maine Gov. Mills will announce challenge to Sen. Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say

Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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