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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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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Average Citizen ✊🔥💙 @averagecitizen.bsky.social · 1d

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

Average Citizen ✊🔥💙 @averagecitizen.bsky.social · 1d

how can they ALL be this stupid???

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Average Citizen ✊🔥💙 @averagecitizen.bsky.social · 1d

uh oh

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

www.theatlantic.com

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Average Citizen ✊🔥💙 @averagecitizen.bsky.social · 1d

🎶 Memories 🎶

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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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Average Citizen ✊🔥💙 @averagecitizen.bsky.social · 1d

loser

Average Citizen ✊🔥💙 @averagecitizen.bsky.social · 1d

holy fuck

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

How much does Fox News pay if you go on one of their shows and claim to be a "Former ANTIFA Member"?

Because I'm ready to spill tea on the Real-Housewives-level shenanigans that go down in the 72-story ANTIFA corporate headquarters. Especially by the lab assistants on the Molotov Cocktail floor.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 3d

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4d

A leaked White House draft memo suggests that the Trump administration is actively considering stiffing as many as 750,000 federal workers by denying them compensation while furloughed amid the ongoing government shutdown.

How to win friends and influence people.

www.rawstory.com/trump-267416...

Leaked memo shows Trump plans to stiff 750k shutdown workers

A leaked White House draft memo suggests that the Trump administration is actively considering stiffing as many as 750,000 federal workers and denying them compensation while furloughed amid the ongoi...

www.rawstory.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Grijalva: The frustration for me is that it seems as if Speaker Johnson is not willing to swear me in because our politics are a little different, or because I’m going to be the 218th signer—he can just continue to drag this along with no end in sight.

That is not a foundation of our democracy.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 4d

What we learned today from the Bondi hearings; Tom Homan kept the $50,000 bribe and Donald Trump is in the Epstein files with half-naked women.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

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

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 4d

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Another tragic accident.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5d

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 5d

Trump very clearly stated what he would do when given the chance. People like this are admitting they didn't listen.

The question is, okay, now that you acknowledge this, what will you do to help fix the problem?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 5d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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