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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 8h

it’s going to be awkward when ICE accidentally kidnaps Qatari soldiers

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 14h

www.axios.com/2025/10/10/q...

Qatar to build air force facility on U.S. base in Idaho

Laura Loomer and other MAGA figures expressed shock and outrage, but the deal was long in the making.

www.axios.com

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Birthright Citizen @wavewriter.bsky.social · 16h

Read this to study for the future required CITI "Anti-Woke Training Course"

The Onion @theonion.com · 17h

What To Know About NSPM-7 https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-nspm-7/

Q: How does the order define anti-American?

A: They can’t tell you. That would ruin the surprise.

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Victoria Dahl/Victoria Helen Stone @victoriadahl.bsky.social · 1d

Big mistake. Huge.

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 1d

The Rutgers University professor who was doxed, harassed and threatened after being targeted by Turning Point USA has safely departed the country with his family.

Their tickets for their original flight were mysteriously canceled after they cleared security last night.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 2d

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 2d

you can’t even occupy an american city without getting laughed at anymore, because of croak

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 3d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 3d

Josh Hawley and Yale Law School, ladies and gentlemen.

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Birthright Citizen @wavewriter.bsky.social · 3d

This is what I'm here for: www.sltrib.com/artsliving/f...

The Tribune’s food reporter ate at every local restaurant on Redwood Road. Here are her favorites.

I’ve done it. After a year and 10 months, I can finally say I’ve eaten at or gotten takeout from every local restaurant on the Salt Lake County stretch of Redwood Road.

www.sltrib.com

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 3d

It’s always so obvious that Pam Bondi would rather be yelling at a waiter than doing whatever she’s doing

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 3d

And... what would you say... *constitutes* this tradition he's bucking? What exactly is it *constituted* of?

NPR @npr.org · 3d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

Trump’s order to deploy Texas National Guard troops to Chicago is illegal, immoral, and must be stopped by the courts. ICE is already wreaking havoc in our communities. Let’s call this what it is: an invasion by out-of-state troops coming here only with the purpose of tormenting Chicagoans.

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 4d

Got my first ICE call from a friend being detained this morning. They are Asian, here legally but they were detained for hours anyway and then forced to pay $600 before they were let go. Corruption from top to bottom.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 4d

Applications for JamCoders, a 1 month free algorithms & programming camp for Jamaican high schoolers, are now open.

Head over to jamcoders.org.jm#apply. No programming experience required for students.

We're looking for students & teaching assistants.

Deadline January 31.

JamCoders

jamcoders.org.jm

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18d

I'll teach for seven weeks about the intersection of race and mass media development.

This is the course I taught at Columbia University before it was cancelled.

The course includes guest lectures and chances to connect/network with brilliant minds!

www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...

Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series

A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.

www.resistancesummerschool.com

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 4d

Unlike Jesus, I have returned.

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 4d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 4d

The Convicted FElon has finally united the people on one thing.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 4d

Claim: rioters attacked ICE
Truth: ICE rushed at unarmed protesters standing on a patch of grass

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 4d

“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 4d

Israel has killed more than 100 Palestinians since Hamas agreed on Friday to release all captives as part of the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal.

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