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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

Manly men brutalize, terrorize a teen girl

Redsky @redsky.pirhoo.com · 3h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4h

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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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 6h

America has gone downhill since they took God out of casual chain dining. 🇺🇸⛪️

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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 8h

Very clever of way of him to advocate for massive tax increases on billionaires

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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 1d

This Sunday: The Original Nepo Baby

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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 1d

The new Plane Train announcements at Hartsfield-Jackson are wild. Concourse A as in Andre Dickens; B as in Beltline transit needs more study; C as in Cop Ci .. I mean a very advanced police training center; D as in Dickens comma Andre.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

News footage from Portland shows a calm, tranquil city. But an AI video that Stephen Miller texted to Donald Trump shows the city as a burning hellhole. The truth may lie somewhere in between.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 1d

They're doing politics the right way.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

From @theathletic.com: Turning Point USA, the organization founded by the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, announced that it will be hosting its own Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, to rival the NFL’s choice of Bad Bunny.

Turning Point USA, group founded by Charlie Kirk, announces Super Bowl halftime counterprogramming

Turning Point USA is calling its Super Bowl halftime show a celebration of "faith, family and freedom."

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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 2d

Performative Mailchimp

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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 2d

That's a good band name (ducks head and runs away)

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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 2d

My periodic reminder to Atlanta and Georgia people on Bluesky - suggest yourself or others for this list. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 2d

Sorry, but there's no way survey people evolved from survey monkeys.

Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 2d

I Biketobered to Movember.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

“According to a New York Times tracker of Mr. Trump’s cuts, agencies where racial minorities and women were a majority of the work force, such as the Education Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, were targeted for the largest work force reductions or complete elimination.”

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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 2d

I remember visiting Atlanta in 1997 and being gently corrected after pronouncing it like I’d just spotted a conquistador.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

Annals in sane-washing. When I checked NYT, WSJ, Politico, and WaPo for a story abt how Trump invited PizzaGate guy to the White House and declared an end to the First Amendment, this single story that mentioned it was on top of WaPo. Now it's buried.

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A story headlined, Trump builds case for deploying National Guard to Chicago, Portland The president said he would pursue designating antifa a "foreign terrorist organization" and called for Democratic officials in Chicago to be jailed.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday looked to bolster his public case for deploying the National Guard to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, cities where he claims Democrat politicians have failed to protect journalists and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from people whom he sees as left-wing domestic terrorists.

Trump said during a televised meeting at the White House that he would pursue designating antifa as a “foreign terrorist organization” — a label that would allow for key financial and legal penalties because foreign entities are not protected by the First Amendment. Proponents of antifa — a political protest movement composed of unaffiliated groups — militantly oppose fascism, right-wing ideologies and are often anti-capitalist or anti-state.

Trump also repeated a call he had made earlier in the day for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats, to be jailed, accusing them without evidence of “failing to protect” ICE officers who have been sent to the city.

His statements and other remarks given by top aides during a 2½-hour event laid out a legal and moral case for the administration’s push to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities. Designated foreign terrorist groups can face financial sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department. The Justice Department can prosecute supporters under enhanced charges of providing “material support” to a terrorist group.

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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 2d

Arrested for being Iranian: How a war in the Middle East gave ICE new targets at home prismreports.org/2025/10/08/i...

Arrested for being Iranian: How war in Middle East gave ICE targets at home

After the U.S. joined Israel’s war against Iran in June, ICE arrests of Iranian immigrants surged, data shows

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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 3d

The thing I love most of youth soccer? The user-friendly websites!

Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 3d

"DANCE LAUGH CREATE DREAM BELIEVE."

CNBC @cnbc.com · 5d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 3d

Can someone who's good at AI help me with something? I'm able to make the weeping chimps at Jane Goodall's funeral hug each other, but Paul McCartney and Angela Merkel look way too young.

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Andisheh Nouraee @andisheh.com · 3d

A little thing I did that made me happy - I got my bicycle tuned up by a professional. The bike rides like newish again. becyclesrepair.com

BE Cycles | Mobile Bike Repair

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 3d

Hey guys. It's your boy J Edgar here. I have something new that I'm really excited to share with you—it's called COINTELPRO and I really think you're gonna love it

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 3d

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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