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Popehat Or Danger of Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Someone who saw the evidence in that case and wanted to have dinner with Epstein is not anyone who should be allowed near children.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING

Jeffrey Epstein skied with, had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show

Full Story: bit.ly/4nVTRUe

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Disabled folks feeling guilty for not protesting today: *it is not your fault* that organizers don’t make an effort to make protests accessible and don’t encourage masking

And despite what folks on Bluesky would have you believe, there are MANY ways to resist and protests don’t have to be your way

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

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Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 1d

a cartoon of hyenas with the words no kings no kings la la la la la la

ALT: a cartoon of hyenas with the words no kings no kings la la la la la la

media.tenor.com

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Bea Arthur Chicken @beaarthurchicken.bsky.social · 1d

@annecaprara.bsky.social JB can do better!

We need more of the combo Midwest + Philly energy of brotherly love we come to know from your team

Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 2d

This is hardly a new observation; Katelyn Burns did a piece on this a few days ago ( www.burnsnotice.com/democrats-mu... ). But every day shit like this happens Pritzker is undermining his own position. You can't be outraged at one flavor of state based terror while greenlighting another.

Democrats Must Kill Their Inner Cops

Who needs the National Guard when your state troopers are perfectly willing to crack protester skulls all on their own? Listen, Illinois governor JB Pritzker is not perfect, but he's my guy. Or at le...

www.burnsnotice.com

Bea Arthur Chicken @beaarthurchicken.bsky.social · 1d

I adopted a two pack of ginger kittens. The vet suspects one has FIP (a covid) and watching for now. Does anyone have experience getting their cat diagnosed with FIP and / or treatment? Shes definitely a survivor!

Ginger cat staring away from camera. Sitting on wooden cobbler table in a living room. Blue skies and white clouds beam through the windows

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 2d

This is hardly a new observation; Katelyn Burns did a piece on this a few days ago ( www.burnsnotice.com/democrats-mu... ). But every day shit like this happens Pritzker is undermining his own position. You can't be outraged at one flavor of state based terror while greenlighting another.

Democrats Must Kill Their Inner Cops

Who needs the National Guard when your state troopers are perfectly willing to crack protester skulls all on their own? Listen, Illinois governor JB Pritzker is not perfect, but he's my guy. Or at le...

www.burnsnotice.com

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 2d

So @govpritzker.illinois.gov
you’ll down for a chummy interview & fashion yourself into a hero of the people meanwhile Illinois State Police is HELPING ICE & beating people—again—at Broadview ICE facility, which you have still not attempted to inspect nor have you done anything about ISP violence 👎🏻

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I'm not afraid of Donald Trump — and I won't back down when it comes to protecting my people.

What Trump Is Really Up to in Chicago, According to JB Pritzker

In a new interview, the Illinois governor lets loose on the president’s decision to send troops to Chicago.

www.politico.com

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 2d

Now WeRateDogs is TRIPLING THE FUCK DOWN and talking about how often cops shoot dogs

Screen grab of the WeRate Dogs podcast where they’re talking about cop violence against dogs

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 3d

Look for the helpers: Here's how Chicagoans are supporting their neighbors amid ICE raids.

In collaboration w/ @citybureau.bsky.social: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8

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Bea Arthur Chicken @beaarthurchicken.bsky.social · 4d

This is amazing!

Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 4d

god if I had a house this is so the shit I’d get up to!!!

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4d

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

newrepublic.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious:

- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders

Topics he thinks are not serious:

- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4d

Can AI make the troops leave Chicago and ice stop arresting people who are just trying to get to their jobs?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Bea Arthur Chicken @beaarthurchicken.bsky.social · 5d

Im going to throw money at large bird conservation. We need more apex predators and condors!

I'd spend my time training pigeons to mark on and annoy a few selected people.

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 5d

“Federal agents chased a car through a residential neighborhood on the Southeast Side of Chicago Tuesday, and then intentionally crashed into the car in a risky manuever restricted by some police departments nationwide.”

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

chicago.suntimes.com

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 5d

NEW — For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in a Chicago residential area.

Members of the media, Chicago police officers on the scene for crowd control, and the broader nearby community were also exposed to the tear gas.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

Federal agents gas Chicago’s East Side • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods.

thetriibe.com

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 5d

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

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BORDER PATROC
ICE AGENTS KILL DOG
DURING UNLAWFUL SEARCH, REFUSE TO RENDER AID, AND LEAVE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES

weratedogs This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE.
Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 5d

LIVE: Israel shoots dead at least 9 Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli soldiers kill at least nine Palestinians trying to return to their homes in northern Gaza City and southern Khan Younis

‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 5d

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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Bea Arthur Chicken @beaarthurchicken.bsky.social · 5d

I felt like both of these books were birthed and it was an honor to read.
Also thankful for random books in the laundry room free library

Bea Arthur Chicken @beaarthurchicken.bsky.social · 5d

I believe books find you. Ive had a hard time getting into reading (head swirling) and following book Bluesky realized.... maybe there are books that connect better right now. Thankful for suspense reads The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias and Tananarive Due's The Reformatory.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

“Peace” update: “5 killed by IDF in Gaza despite ceasefire…”

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 6d

Lengthy and thorough, including many previously unreported facts, from agents separating people arrested by race to the real estate fight that led up to the raid.

Heartbreaking, infuriating, fascist as all get-out. People want to live in peace, free of danger. Instead we get this.

South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 13d

NEW: In the weeks leading up to a massive ICE raid at a South Shore apartment building, neighbors saw drones surveilling the area, and teachers at a nearby school regularly saw agents in the neighborhood.

✍️ Jose Abonce for the Weekly and Maira Khwaja for @invisible.institute

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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