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every political reporter knows that the jay jones text are on the tame end of how politicians talk in private, not to mention tamer than how trump and his associates talk in public

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Daniel Larison @daniellarison.bsky.social · 19h

In his foreign policy, Trump launches illegal attacks, murders people, and starts pointless and destructive trade wars. Is that what Douthat wants at home? Because he’s already getting it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Opinion | Why Can’t Trump’s Domestic Policy Be More Like His Foreign Policy?

www.nytimes.com

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Adrian Randall @anidealhusbando.bsky.social · 9h

don’t mess with Chicago priests named Father Dowling

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 18h

All of this being said, if you're a federal employee who is not an ICE agent you're right to be pissed and I'm sorry the American people have collectively failed you. I wouldn't blame you at all for just fucking off under this admin.

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 17h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 15h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 1d

Qatar gave Trump the luxury 747 that he wanted and now we are LETTING THEM BUILD A MILITARY BASE ON US SOIL

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d

As @propublica.org reported, "at least three of Trump’s Cabinet members call multiple homes their primary residences on mortgages."

No indictments for them, because this is how a fascist regime works. "For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law."

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 2d

BREAKING: NY State AG Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia

State Attorney General Letitia James has reportedly been indicted for alleged mortgage fraud.

www.cityandstateny.com

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 2d

Time lapse of a Border Collie sheepdog doing his job!

👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

#bluesky #animals #wildlife #animals #dog #dogday

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 3d

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3d

NEW: A report from pro-voting groups warns that if the Supreme Court rules to gut a key safeguard against racial gerrymanders this term, it’ll be “enough to cement one-party control of the U.S. House for at least a generation.”

GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 3d

You will soon stalk, hunt, and take down Prey in theaters:

reactormag.com/prey-predato...

Prey Is Finally Getting the Theatrical Release Director Dan Trachtenberg Says It Was Made For - Reactor

The 2022 film is showing as part of a Predator double feature.

reactormag.com

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Adrian Randall @anidealhusbando.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, voters

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 3d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Eric Canete @ericcanete.bsky.social · 4d

Angry cats.

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Adrian Randall @anidealhusbando.bsky.social · 3d

“I heard grownups talking about something called ‘beer goggles’ that sounds similar to magic lenses!”

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Rowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 4d

The Online Safety Act could have pushed for age verification without sharing PII. Instead it's resulted in more sensitive data being shared with more third-parties.
discord.com/press-releas...

From Discord's update on their beach:
The unauthorized party also gained access to a small number of government‑ID images (e.g., driver’s license, passport) from users who had appealed an age determination. If your ID may have been accessed, that will be specified in the email you receive.

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Every Spider-Verse Frame @spidrvrseframes.bsky.social · 3d

[Into the Spider-Verse, 0:57:03, Frame 82075]

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 4d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 4d

One of the most iconic symbols in Miami Beach is gone after crews with the Florida Department of Transportation removed the rainbow crosswalk from Ocean Drive on Sunday night.

Rainbow crosswalk removed from Miami Beach amid protests

The Florida Department of Transportation ordered cities to remove pavement art in August, saying the decision was about safety and having consistent roadways.

nbcnews.to

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Jeffrey Vagle of the Carcosa Vagles @jvagle.me · 4d

“We could hear them laughing.”

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Stephen Soldz @ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social · 4d

Professor Flees to Europe After Turning Point USA Calls Him Antifa, Leading to Death Threats for Him and His Family
newrepublic.com/post/201448/...

Professor Flees to Europe After Turning Point USA Calls Him Antifa

Rutgers University professor Mark Bray no longer feels safe at home.

newrepublic.com

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Kristen Arnett @kristenarnett.bsky.social · 4d

thought to myself “what if there was smaller skeleton trapped inside a larger skeleton, that would be pretty spooky” and then realized i was describing a pregnancy

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Hourly Gerard Way @hourlygerard.bsky.social · 4d

Gerard Way

Art School Sketchbook 11
(Photo of battered sketchbook with a little mermaid sticker, a sticker that says comic books: enjoy the art of reading, and a sticker that says Nancy Drew-Songs For Girls)
11:05 PM . Oct 7, 2013 • iOS

Gerard Way

Back of sketchbook 11
(photo of the sketchbook back, decorated with a sticker that says Nancy Drew-Songs for Boys)

11:13 PM • Oct 7, 2013 • iOS

Gerard Way

"@/juliathorpe_: what's the obsession with Nancy drew?"
It was my punk band at the time

11:15 PM • Oct 7, 2013 • Tweetbot for iOS

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 4d

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The police chief of Nebraska's largest city acknowledged Friday that police nationwide are more likely to pull Black people out of their cars at gunpoint than other racial groups as Omaha grapples with
growing outrage over champion boxer Terence "Bud" Crawford being ordered out of his car at gunpoint only hours after the city held a
downtown celebration in his honor. "Quite frankly, that is generally a true statement. The number of stops are disproportionate. That is nationwide," Police Chief Tobb Schmaderer said at a news conference to address an internal investigation
into Crawford's traffic stop.

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