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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

Live performance of "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield in 1967. The song was written in 1966 in response to the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles. It became an anthem for generational conflict, civil unrest, and later anti-war movements.

"The lyrics are still so relevant."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h

ICE GOONS are harassing two 15-year-old boys on bicycles in Chicago.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 3h

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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terrible towelie @terribletowelie.bsky.social · 2h

drag princess

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aacheson.bsky.social @aacheson.bsky.social · 2h

They use their public outrage as cover for their nefarious activities.

Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · 12h

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 16h

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Just Some Guy @themosersaurus.bsky.social · 2h

Any company that receives US tax dollars should have to issue stocks to every US taxpayer.

Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 4h

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 2h

Jesus.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 14h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

With Larry Ellison in control of TikTok, we now have right-wingers or looney far-right wingers in control of most of the major social media platforms.

Right-Wing Moguls Dominate Social Media. One Legal Fix Can Help Stem the Tide.

Revising Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act would make outlets more accountable for the content they platform.

www.thenation.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

ICE spent $800K on vans with stingray tech that collects data from all nearby phones, even yours. These devices mimic cell towers to track locations and intercept communications. Oversight and transparency are needed now.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

The cruelty is the point

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 11h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Zay The 5’6 Giant @xaviersmith.blacksky.app · 17h

Argentina just received 20 Billion USD.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 7h

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 2h

Trump, Mike Johnson, and the Republican Party are about to get a dose of reality on October 18. Fascism and Trump's Nazification of America will not stand. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 11h

Did our grandfathers bleed in Europe so their grandchildren could be gaslit into defending fascists at home?

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 10h

True story: two ppl by the pool today told me they avoided taking a boat trip off-island because we're near Venezuela and they'd seen the Trump snuff films on X

Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 10h

Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 12h

🧵Billionaire Marc Benioff built a tower that dominates the San Francisco skyline like a giant dick. Apparently he aspires to be a giant dick himself. Crime is way down in San Francisco. No need for Trump to send troops and spread authoritarianism.

Salesforce Tower, visible all over San Francisco and known affectionately as the giant penis.

NYT headline

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

Mr. Benioff, the Salesforce C.E.O. and owner of Time magazine, once supported Hillary Clinton and a business tax for homeless services. Now he’s fully behind Donald Trump

Table of crime rate change from 2024 to 2025 in a number of American cities. San Francisco dropped 14% in violent crime and 29% in property crime.

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 12h

Imagine if you did this in any other journalistic context

"Did the Tigers or Mariners Win Game 5? In Detroit, Depends on the Narrator."

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 16h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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aacheson.bsky.social @aacheson.bsky.social · 9h

Because in 2017 Qatar hadn't yet bribed POTUS with an airplane

Rob Benson 🦋 @robnellie.bsky.social · 10h

aacheson.bsky.social @aacheson.bsky.social · 9h

We are accustomed to being able to get from one place to another and back. What happens when the govt essentially sabotages our ability to fly by gutting the necessary systems?

Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 10h

Wondering if my flight to NYC next week is actually going to…happen. 🙃 But much more important: it’s outrageous that workers are having to work without pay and deal with dangerous understaffing.

The government shutdown keeps snarling air travel. Officials say it could get worse

A dozen facilities saw air traffic control shortages on Monday, delaying flights at several airports. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed "a slight tick-up in sick calls" due to the shutdown.

www.npr.org

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 10h

kidnapping

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Allyship @allyship.bsky.social · 12h

An entire sect of Idaho is fighting to get a part of eastern Oregon to create a larger Idaho, “Greater Idaho,” yet they can't even fight to keep Idaho sovereign as part of it is being given away to Qatar.

This by the guy who invited the Taliban to hang out at Camp David over 9/11 weekend.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 10h

🚨🚨🚨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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