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John Burnham @virginiafrog.bsky.social · 4h

Not just ICE…anyone who works for DHS HQ, or HSI, any admin support/finance/tertiary services…they are all complicit.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 7h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

This Is Fascism

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

Susan Collins is the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which means she has considerable power to influence the administration but she prefers to mumble weak protestations to the media

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 17h

Despite all of Susan Collins’s **concerns**, Russ Vought, who she voted to confirm, still went ahead and fired a boatload of hard-working Americans.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

SUSAN COLLINS, Wednesday: "I've made very clear that I do not believe there should be firings of furloughed workers."

RUSS VOUGHT, Friday: "The RIFs have begun."

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John Burnham @virginiafrog.bsky.social · 6h

Spanberger / Hashmi / Jones are going to be a superb leadership team for our Commonwealth.

John Burnham @virginiafrog.bsky.social · 6h

Saw that column headline, knew that reading Douthat would just raise my blood pressure.

Do people honestly believe this stuff or are they all in on the joke, “wink and a nod” as they chum the water?

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 6h

On NYT Home Page there's a Douthat column w/the headline "Trump's Foreign Policy is Succeeding. He Should Apply It's Lessons at Home." On what planet? Betraying our allies. Blowing up the global trading system. Embracing autocrats. Pulling back support for Ukraine. Helping to support Gaza slaughter.

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Sara Jane La Liberté @sarajanemaki.bsky.social · 6h

www.masslive.com/westernmass/...

Easthampton tenants call on City Council to back solutions to rent increase ‘crisis’

"If I can’t afford my rent, where do I go?”

www.masslive.com

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John Burnham @virginiafrog.bsky.social · 7h

Non-violence is the process of admission to the future that we want…

But that doesn’t preclude being snarky and making fun of the paramilitary cosplaying goons trying to intimidate our fellow citizens and community members.

One can be both non-violent and intolerant of assholes simultaneously…

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 19h

CNN searched for ANTIFA in Portland, here's what they found: Bananas, Frogs, a Unicorn, dance parties, and a guy who doesn't know what any of this is and just wants ICE to leave. (Also look how they treated reporter Shimon Prokupecz.)

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 10h

Illinois State Police issue a final warning to disperse from in front of the Broadview ICE facility, a full 20 minutes before the protest curfew time.

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 16h

The most democratic countries, according to the Economist Democracy Index, 2024.

The U.S. is #28. . . The ranking for the U.S. might be too generous. It might change in 2025! 👇

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

I keep seeing this get posted. The AZ electors were charged a year and a half ago. The AZ Superior Court ENDED the case five months ago. The AZ AG will have to appeal to the AZ Supreme Court or go back and start again with a grand jury. Please stop sharing this.

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 11h

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16h

A Nobel story just popped up on one of my memories feed things. Still makes me laugh.

"They're like, 'Sir, there's something in your bag.'
I said, 'Yes, I think it's this box.' They said, 'What's in the box?' I said, 'a large gold medal, as one does.
So they opened it up and they said, 'What's it made out of?' I said, 'gold.'
And they're like, 'Uhhhh. Who gave this to you?'
"The King of Sweden.'
"Why did he give this to you?'
Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating.'

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Nice recap

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John Burnham @virginiafrog.bsky.social · 7h

I would expand that to all of DHS HQ, ICE, HSI, and any other federal agency that is contributing to these horrors.

And it hurts to say that because I spent my career working with great folks in FBI, HSI, DEA (not ICE, wasn’t part of the CT mission)

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John Burnham @virginiafrog.bsky.social · 7h

My Oura ring tells me that my cardiovascular health is 12.5 years younger than my actual age, and I know the work I put in to try to keep fit etc…not a snowflake’s chance his number is truthful…does he still weigh 239 pounds?

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 9h

I litigated cases against giants that fell when the tech bubble burst and I have seen this coming from miles away. It’s going to be a bloodbath.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 9h

"Sceptics are privately - and some now publicly - asking whether the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be, at least in part, the result of what they call 'financial engineering'. In other words - there are fears these companies are overvalued."

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

www.bbc.com

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John Burnham @virginiafrog.bsky.social · 8h

I confess that I turned the picture upside down…but then I realized this was a follow up to the previous post and not a coded message…

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

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

🚨🚨🚨A 15 year old opens the door to the vehicle, but ICE monsters proceed to throw her around like a rag doll — because they can. Notice the police drive away, just out of view of the camera. Uploaded ~ 2 hours ago. 1/2

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Leasa @fishgirl66.bsky.social · 15h

This is how you write a headline. Finally @cnn.com

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 1d

The military aren’t even getting paid during the government shutdown, right? The National Guard who was deployed to California n Portland they didn’t get paid cuz Taco only deployed them for 29 days, right? Military shouldn’t have 2 go 2 food bank. Our gov should b helping them! #arresttrump

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10h

If James visits the home regularly then it is available to her for personal use, which means it is not a “rental investment property” as defined by the mortgage rider…and therefore negates the central claim of the indictment

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 17h

NYT reports that Letitia James’s great niece lives in the home that is the subject of the indictment.

The niece reportedly testified before a *different* grand jury, telling them that she had lived there for many years without paying rent. James visits regularly.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Letitia James
Indictment
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But in June, IMs. Thompson testified to a grand
jury in Norfolk that she had lived in the house for years and that she did not pay rent, a person familiar with her testimony said. She was not asked to testify again, and the grand jury that voted to indict Ms. James was not seated in Norfolk, but in Alexandria.
The specter of Mr. Trump's revenge campaign has so far overshadowed the facts of the case, given how he has pushed for Ms. James's punishment. For years, he has railed against her on social media, calling her a "crook" and
"corrunt" Last month. he also appointed Ms.

for a peaceful life after years of turbulence in several cities.
The family, Nakia Thompson and her children, have lived at the address ever since, according to two people familiar with the home, and until this week, the plan for a more lacid existence had largely gone as expected. Several times a year, the people said, a great-aunt who had purchased the house in 2020 with Ms.
Thompson in mind would come for an extended stay.
This week, with the filing of court papers some 200 miles north, the plan came to an abrupt end.
The great-aunt - Letitia James, the New York attorney general - was indicted by President Trump's Justice Department. The yellow house,

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 13h

This isn’t about politics; it’s about ownership of the scoreboard. When the scoreboard changes owners, the game changes. The sale no one voted on...and why you should care.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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