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The Onion @theonion.com · 23h

Chicago ICE Raids By The Numbers https://theonion.com/chicago-ice-raids-by-the-numbers/

$50,000:
Sufficient incentive to treat fellow human beings this way

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 6h

Trump is so right on this one.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 17h

This is fucking amazing

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

The non-military version of "stolen valor."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h

I never gossip. Except to save a soul. Or a conversation. So you won't catch me repeating the rumors about JD Vance and Erika Kirk.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22h

King Charles III on Thursday stripped his disgraced brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicted him from his royal residence after weeks of pressure to act over his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://to.pbs.org/4qBKquU

King Charles III strips Prince Andrew of titles, evicts him from royal residence over Epstein ties

Effective immediately, Andrew will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and not as a prince, and he will move from his Royal Lodge residence into “private accommodation.”

www.pbs.org

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem is lying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

children no longer being safe trick-or-treating on american streets because of the president is where we're at

How Chicagoans Are Helping Kids Have A Safe — And ICE-Free — Halloween This Year

Neighbors are organizing indoor trick-or-treat events, candy drives and candy dropoffs to protect vulnerable families. Two Logan Square blocks that attract thousands of trick-or-treaters may shut down...

blockclubchicago.org

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 1d

We spoke to dozens of survivors, read thousands of pages of court and police records, identified 200 alleged church abusers across decades.

Our investigation reveals a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence, complacency & cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.

Read it here:

Assemblies of God churches shielded accused predators — and allowed them to keep abusing children

NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.

www.nbcnews.com

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

Disappointingly little media attention being paid to this alarming new study. Instead, we're hearing about Bill Gates "tough truths" [read b.s.] downplaying the climate crisis.
We are living in #DontLookUp

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 2d

"22 of Earth's 34 'vital signs' are flashing red, new climate report reveals — but there's still time to act" | Nice article on our new #Bioscience article by @saschapare.bsky.social for @livescience.com: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

22 of Earth's 34 'vital signs' are flashing red, new climate report reveals — but there's still time to act

Earth's systems are nearing tipping points that could plunge the planet into a "hothouse" regime — but there's still time to prevent that from happening, scientists say.

www.livescience.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

And over here, children, we see the three-year running mean global surface temperature anomaly reaching a new record high.

And over there, look children, it's a category 5 hurricane devastating Jamaica.

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

NEW VIDEO: "Top 10 Tips For Being a Conservative Christian"

Tip #11: "Judge poor people for being on SNAP instead of helping them when they are without food. Glory!"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0A4...

Top 10 Tips For Being a Conservative Christian

YouTube video by Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian

www.youtube.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

The president had a MRI but won't say why.

He had bruises on his hands but wouldn't say why.

He just had an 'annual medical' even though he already had his annual medical.

He got shot in the ear but has never released the medical records relating to it.

How is any of this ok?

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think we should talk about climate change anymore, we should talk about kitchen-table issues. Like how climate change will destroy your kitchen table and everything else you have

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 3d

Climate deniers getting ready to claim that climate change did not make the damage from Hurricane Melissa worse.

This is misinformation.

Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive

a lot of climate misinformers don't want you to understand this

www.theclimatebrink.com

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Ballrooms and Breadlines @ambientquiet.bsky.social · 3d

newrepublic.com/article/1596...

#libertarians #lmao

The Town That Went Feral

When a group of libertarians set about scrapping their local government, chaos descended. And then the bears moved in.

newrepublic.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d

They’re bad people but they are also the weirdest fucking people in the world.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 3d

Hegseth refuses to meet US troops with beards during South Korea trip: report

www.independent.co.uk

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

If I could Being John Malkovich my way into Trump’s brain for an hour, I’d announce that shit sandwiches are America’s new national dish, just so we could all watch toadies like Ken Paxton loyally scarf down poop hoagies on the Fox and Friends couch.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...

Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d

Between the tariffs, the immigration crackdown, and cuts to SNAP, Trump is creating a mass crisis in U.S. farming. And a lot of this stuff can't be walked back. Chinese markets for Argentine soybeans won't just switch back when Trump TACOs again. Bankrupt farmers can't just bounce back next year.

Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 4d

Not only is it going to be a hunger crisis, it's going to be a farm crisis. All those gallons of milk bought from dairy farmers, all the produce, all the on sale ground beef and packs of chicken that are paid for by SNAP are subsidies to farmers who don't qualify for commodities subsidies.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 4d

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d

New from me:

Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong.

This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.

Accusing Jordan Silverman

A D.C. teaching assistant was accused of molesting up to 15 kids. Multiple law enforcement agencies cleared him. But his nightmare was just beginning.

radleybalko.substack.com

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 4d

A president so stupid that one of the great intellectual achievements of his life is “passing” a dementia screening. A president so narcissistic that he can’t stop bragging about passing that dementia screening as evidence of his immense genius.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…

The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 4d

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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