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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

An overjoyed Dolly subsequently got to present Whitney with a Grammy for her cover of I Will Always Love You: youtu.be/2vScYVGUZJo?...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

Dolly has said she was in the car the very first time she heard Whitney’s cover and was so overwhelmed she had to pull over: people.com/music/intere...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

Dolly Parton on Whitney Houston and her legendary cover of I Will Always Love You ✨

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 7h

Oh it is definitely spooky season 🥰

The Boulet Brothers Dragula @bbdragula.bsky.social · 4d

Join us TONIGHT for the premiere of The Boulet Brothers Dragula Titans S2 only on Shudder and AMC+!

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 9h

This kind of partisan political message, under the guise of a public service announcement, is illegal on several levels.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 9h

There it is, folks.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 9h

Do you think Miller sets it up for him the way you might ready cartoons for a toddler?

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 9h

The old man is not okay—but we knew that already. This bizarre ramblings have gotta make you wonder what the actual president, Stephen Miller, is showing him on his iPad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 9h

The old man is not okay—but we knew that already. This bizarre ramblings have gotta make you wonder what the actual president, Stephen Miller, is showing him on his iPad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 11h

Trump has gone totally mad. It's 25th Amendment time all day, every day. He's living in a totally invented, fictional world. And he's old and in ill-health.

It's outrageous, reckless, choose your word that Republicans haven't done more to deal with this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 11h

Bad Bunny’s Spanish “prompted an outraged Greene to demand a new law be passed to make English the official language of the U.S.”

“I want to let you know I’ve worked on a committee with this woman,” said Rep. Ocasio-Cortez. “I’ve seen her try to read.”

HuffPost @huffpost.com · 11h

“She may have just learned acetaminophen this week,” Ocasio-Cortez quipped.

AOC Says Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘Can Barely Speak English’ Amid MAGA’s Bad Bunny Rage

“She may have just learned acetaminophen this week,” Ocasio-Cortez quipped.

www.huffpost.com

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 11h

“She may have just learned acetaminophen this week,” Ocasio-Cortez quipped.

AOC Says Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘Can Barely Speak English’ Amid MAGA’s Bad Bunny Rage

“She may have just learned acetaminophen this week,” Ocasio-Cortez quipped.

www.huffpost.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 12h

“The first book that all children will receive in the mail, addressed to them, is The Little Engine That Could.”

“When kids are about to turn 5, the last book sent to them will be Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! to mark the next chapter of their learning journey.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 12h

“Any San Francisco kid under the age of 5 can get a free book mailed to them every month under a new partnership announced Friday by city officials and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library” 📚 www.kqed.org/news/1205569...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 12h

“Any San Francisco kid under the age of 5 can get a free book mailed to them every month under a new partnership announced Friday by city officials and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library” 📚 www.kqed.org/news/1205569...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13h

“When I was first starting Imagination Library, I had to talk him into helping me, but he loved it … especially when he heard kids call me the Book Lady. Deep down I think he was prouder of me for that than anything I ever did.” tucson.com/life-enterta...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13h

Dolly’s Imagination Library was inspired by her dad’s inability to read or write.

“He was the smartest man I have ever known,” she said, “but I know in my heart his inability to read probably kept him from fulfilling all of his dreams.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13h

Nothing but respect for MY Nobel Prize winner, Dolly Rebecca Parton 🦋

Since inception, Dolly’s Imagination Library has inspired a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five.

Total books gifted to kids: More than 300 million 📚

imaginationlibrary.com

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

imaginationlibrary.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13h

Nothing but respect for MY Nobel Prize winner, Dolly Rebecca Parton 🦋

Since inception, Dolly’s Imagination Library has inspired a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five.

Total books gifted to kids: More than 300 million 📚

imaginationlibrary.com

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

imaginationlibrary.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

Doubt.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 14h

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."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14h

“Video of the arrest taken by an onlooker showed ICE agents handcuffing Brockman after they forced her to lie on her stomach. As the agents were detaining her, Brockman told the onlooker her name and asked him to let her employer, WGN, know what had happened to her.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14h

“A longtime TV news produced at Chicago-based station WGN on Friday was forcefully pinned to the ground and then hauled off in an unmarked van by masked federal agents.” www.commondreams.org/news/ice-chi...

ICE Pins Chicago TV News Producer to the Ground, Hauls Her Off in Unmarked Van | Common Dreams

WGN producer Debbie Brockman forcefully arrested by ICE agents in Chicago. Video shows aggressive tactics used in the arrest.

www.commondreams.org

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14h

“A longtime TV news produced at Chicago-based station WGN on Friday was forcefully pinned to the ground and then hauled off in an unmarked van by masked federal agents.” www.commondreams.org/news/ice-chi...

ICE Pins Chicago TV News Producer to the Ground, Hauls Her Off in Unmarked Van | Common Dreams

WGN producer Debbie Brockman forcefully arrested by ICE agents in Chicago. Video shows aggressive tactics used in the arrest.

www.commondreams.org

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14h

“This isn’t just my story. It’s a warning. Because if it can happen to me, it can happen to any one of us.”

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

I’m a U.S. citizen who was wrongly arrested and held by ICE. Here’s why you could be next

OPINION: “No matter your race, background or beliefs — none of us should have to fear being silenced, detained or dehumanized by the very government meant to protect us.”

www.sfchronicle.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14h

“Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in his opinion that: ‘If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.’

My story shows that isn’t true.”

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14h

“I got out of my car and tried to explain that I was a U.S. citizen and an Army veteran just trying to get to my job. They didn’t care.” www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

I’m a U.S. citizen who was wrongly arrested and held by ICE. Here’s why you could be next

OPINION: “No matter your race, background or beliefs — none of us should have to fear being silenced, detained or dehumanized by the very government meant to protect us.”

www.sfchronicle.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

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 · 15h

"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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