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Friend of Nature @anylength66.bsky.social · 26m

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 16h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

Friend of Nature @anylength66.bsky.social · 4h

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Friend of Nature @anylength66.bsky.social · 14h

SCOTUS better not let him get away with this.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

I’m starting to think Trump might not know what the fuck he’s doing on all this trade war stuff.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

Mamdani: I run against a disgraced former governor who, in this moment, has chosen to issue a statement in which he cannot even say the name Tish James, nor the name Donald Trump.

If you cannot say Trump’s name today—how will you stand up to him tomorrow?

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Friend of Nature @anylength66.bsky.social · 16h

Pam Bondi is lying to you.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

The Trump administration is REALLY allowing Qatar to build an air base in the US after they did a $5.5 billion golf resort deal with Trump and gave him a jet.

MAGA can take their ‘America First’ flags and wipe their asses with them. He is Trump First, and you are suckers.

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 16h

We’re eight days away from #NoKings Day, and over 2,500 protests planned in all 50 states and across the world.

October 18 is going to be the biggest day of nonviolent protest in US history — because Courage is contagious.

social.demcast.com/s/7vcqeY2D

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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 19h

Are we great yet?

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Friend of Nature @anylength66.bsky.social · 16h

The White House is lying to you.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 19h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Friend of Nature @anylength66.bsky.social · 20h

This is illegal.

Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 20h

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Friend of Nature @anylength66.bsky.social · 20h

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 20h

If the Republicans want to refer to the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party, would it not make sense for the Dems to refer to the "pedophile wing" of the GOP?

I'm just thinking out loud.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 21h

In my newsletter this week, I call bulls*** on Ubisoft’s decision to cancel a game because killing Klansmen is now frowned upon in this establishment.
Uhh, also the plot to bomb the Supreme Court and the vindictive stupidity of the James indictment.

But mainly freaking Ubisoft

The Plot That Could Have Deranged America

In his weekly newsletter, Elie Mystal explores everything from the foiled plot against Supreme Court justices to the ongoing plot to foil mail-in voting.

www.thenation.com

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 21h

This is the guy they should arrest for incitement of violence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Friend of Nature @anylength66.bsky.social · 21h

No Kings responds 👇🏼👇🏼
Find a protest near you.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 21h

Trump thanks Putin for saying he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

This is INSANE

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Friend of Nature @anylength66.bsky.social · 21h

I hope it's 20 million.

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Friend of Nature @anylength66.bsky.social · 21h

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 21h

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... big if true

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 21h

The Trump DOJ has insisted for months that the third country removal of Abrego Garcia would be handled like any other case. Now an admin official testifies that the White House was directly involved in picking Uganda. I believe this is the first confirmation of White House involvement in AG's case.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 21h

Schultz: "We were notified that Uganda was the country."

Q: Who notified you?

A: So I was told from the [White House] Homeland Security Council?

Asked whom, Schultz says: "I spoke to Matt Ochoa."

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Friend of Nature @anylength66.bsky.social · 21h

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h

NEW: A $915 million contract to fly immigrants out of the country was awarded to a brand new firm with DHS ties. A rival say it’s “unlawful.”

Massive DHS "self-deportation" contract challenged as secretive and "unlawful"

The “rushed” deal worth up to $915 million was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.

www.motherjones.com

Friend of Nature @anylength66.bsky.social · 21h

"Abortion on demand...."
Wake up women!!!!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "