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Aaron Lanterman @aaronlanterman.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah but Biden never complained about “DEI.”

Aaron Lanterman @aaronlanterman.bsky.social · 6h

Frank Miranda, a U.S. citizen was arrested by ICE and held for hours without explanation. The ICE officer threatened: "We’re gonna put you in cuffs or you’re gonna get the dog."

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Aaron Lanterman @aaronlanterman.bsky.social · 6h

And these assholes have the gall to complain about "DEI."

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Aaron Lanterman @aaronlanterman.bsky.social · 6h

And these assholes have the gall to complain about "DEI."

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Aaron Lanterman @aaronlanterman.bsky.social · 1d

Perfect synopsis of why it would be absurd for Trump to receive the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

Nobel Peace Prize Official Apologizes to Trump

YouTube video by Zeteo

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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 1d

Such important commentary from @jeremymberg.bsky.social “remaining quiet is…misguided. Silence may protect an institution from becoming an early target, but history shows that it increases the likelihood that that institution (and many others) will be become targets over time” tinyurl.com/5yzk4k5t

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

Leaders are underestimating the risks of not fighting back

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

It is very telling that behind Trump stand senior HHS officials. They literally stand behind the most obvious falsehoods, which tells you all you need to know about how much faith you should put in any statements they make about the science of public health

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

We live in a country where the government honors insurrectionists who sacked the Capitol, and defines peaceful protest, even before it occurs, to be terrorism.
They know their position is weak, they know they are unpopular, which is why they are seeking to stamp out dissent.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Sam Ulmschneider @samulmschneider.bsky.social · 1d

Bouncing paychecks for uniformed military, even temporarily, is one of the danger zones that national governments shouldn't even play with. The shutdown is not - hasn't ever been - good, but unpaid troops are sort of thing that underlay the problems which we had a little convention in 1787 about.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"The University of Zurich said the married couple, who currently work at MIT, would join its economics faculty …. [They] will be moving … at a time when experts are warning that Trump's cuts to research funding and attacks on … freedoms could lead to a brain drain …."

www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...

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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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Aaron Lanterman @aaronlanterman.bsky.social · 2d

I feel called out... www.facebook.com/reel/7753270...

2.6M views · 419K reactions | This place used to be fun. Now it takes about 3 minutes before I get so enraged I log off for days at a time. #comedy #engagement #news | Tomb Hell

This place used to be fun. Now it takes about 3 minutes before I get so enraged I log off for days at a time. #comedy #engagement #news.

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 3d

• The vast majority of National Guard members have day jobs or are enrolled in school.

• Close to half of them are parents.

• They are being deployed in their own country while the public overwhelmingly opposes it.

• They are not even being paid due to the government shutdown.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Aaron Lanterman @aaronlanterman.bsky.social · 2d

That would be funny. What I don't understand, then, is why Trump's so desperate for them to not be released?

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 2d

You know what I think would be the absolutely funniest outcome of the whole Epstein Files thing?

They get released and Trump's name is nowhere to be found except in incidental mentions that don't show any criminality.

And people realize that Johnson and the MAGA loons just ASSUMED he was involved.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 4d

It was incredibly moving to hear Prof Nickel and other non-citizen professors testify in court about the ways in which the arrests and deportations of students had affected them and their colleagues. So grateful to them for their integrity and courage. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Aaron Lanterman @aaronlanterman.bsky.social · 3d

Have you put out any similar calls about working in men's offices? Or is it only female legislators that get this treatment?

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Aaron Lanterman @aaronlanterman.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone who works at a university needs to read this, top to bottom.

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 4d

"Any university leader who signs on to this compact would betray everything good and solid about the university and would do deep and permanent harm to the United States and the world." @sivav.bsky.social

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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