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Empathy @constant-tummyache.bsky.social · 11h

James Talarico calling out fake Christians

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barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 43m

Correct. And some of them get pepper sprayed.

barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 45m

That’s the founder :)

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h

‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle

His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings – and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan’s. Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

The Democratic Attorneys General Association established a Legal Defense Fund for exactly this moment: when its members — including AG Tish James—are targeted by the Trump administration for political prosecution.

Donate here.

Donate to DAGA's Legal Defense Fund

The Democratic Attorneys General Association has launched a defense fund to help defend Democratic attorneys general and their staff who are targeted for political retribution by the Trump administrat...

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barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 4h

Good

Reuters @reuters.com · 8h

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding.

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barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 5h

What a great patriot! So many American Products! I am sure he will share his earnings with us.

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barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 5h

This is not gonna go away on its own. It’s already too extreme to get fixed endemically. Especially with all the funding and the complete media ownership by the right wing.

barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 5h

🤔 from el Salvador to US to Uganda to Ghana… what a major fiasco

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

Ghana’s foreign minister just posted this to X:

“The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US Department of Homeland Security.”

Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa &
@S_OkudzetoAblak
X.com
The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US
Department of Homeland Security.
We have also followed with satisfaction that DHS has today taken the appropriate steps to inform Garcia's lawyers and amend court submissions to reflect the fact that Ghana cannot be an option for Garcia's deportation.
The Mahama Administration will continue to be transparent and truthful to Ghanaians at all times.
For God and Country E
anana was premature
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LAURA ROMERO
Fri, October 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM PDT|
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barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 6h

Bad timing I say. Couple more days and he would have signed a peace treaty with the Portland Frogs.

barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 6h

It’s called censorship. If you don’t know there is a problem, why would you protest?

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barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 6h

Good to know what’s the line. Because pedophilia didn’t cut it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Grab the popcorn.

barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 6h

🎯 that’s what Schumer, Jeffries etc need to aspire to be.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 12h

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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 ... "

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barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 6h

All these happening with the Frogs today and I forgot to mention: Release the Trump Epstein Files. Now.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7h

Trump's secret police open fire against the Portland Frogs. The amphibians stand their ground, impervious to the pepper shots.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 5d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 6h

So MAGAts you wanted them out. Is this HOW you wanted it done?

Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 15h

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 6h

Smells Nazi to me

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10h

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...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 8h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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A.J. @andynear70.bsky.social · 1d

This is "Project 2025."

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barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 7h

This will be the symbol of resistance for the years to
come

Thy Magvs Nikola @thymagvsnikola.bsky.social · 8h

Y’all have a frog too? Heck yeah! Dance against tyranny!

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barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 7h

Hell yeah Chicago Frogs 👊

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 11h

And he’s a dancing machine. Passersby are either delighted or just move on like they see dancing frogs on Clark Street every day.

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barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 7h

Schiff is on the indictment list

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

barkol.bsky.social @barkol.bsky.social · 7h

I wonder what prompted their decision

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

"The University of Zurich said the married couple, who currently work at MIT, would join its economics faculty …. [They] will be moving … at a time when experts are warning that Trump's cuts to research funding and attacks on … freedoms could lead to a brain drain …."

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