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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 16h

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

While people continue to struggle to get FEMA aid approved after their lives were destroyed by natural disasters.

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belleoftheblog.bsky.social @belleoftheblog.bsky.social · 9h

What do you mean by that?

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 13h

I know something about aircraft pricing, and when you "need" to get updated avionics, safety equipment etc.

This is grotesquely wasteful, unnecessary, and self-aggrandizing.

No Kings. Also, no cosplay Marie Antoinettes.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

www.nytimes.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13h

#NoKings Manhattan

ARROOOOOOOO

chewbacca at a no kings rally holds up a sign with yodansaying "you must unlearn what you have learned" beneath that is trump in a imperial officer uniform and the text says "stand against a real life imperial
tyrant"

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 12h

June feels like years ago, not four months

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 5

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?

LUTNICK: Generally 10%

DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%

LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff

DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12h

The Trump administration just ordered two Gulfstream luxury private jets for Kristi Noem at a cost of over $172 million.

This comes as Americans can barely afford groceries.

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belleoftheblog.bsky.social @belleoftheblog.bsky.social · 12h

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belleoftheblog.bsky.social @belleoftheblog.bsky.social · 12h

My favorite sight in Chattanooga today was Space Ghost, out here fighting for democracy. #spaceghost

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

🇬🇧🔥Ironically, LONDON is kicking off #NoKingsDay 💪🏽

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belleoftheblog.bsky.social @belleoftheblog.bsky.social · 12h

This makes me teary!

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14h

They don't think they're public servants.

They think they're kings, princes, dukes, and barons. They control the government, and that makes them royalty, and that means our money should be used to buy them planes and gold-plated toys and gilded ballrooms

tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 14h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

www.nytimes.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Looks like the Russians like his Russia tie. It’s not red-white-blue either. It’s red-blue-white. Like the Russian flag. For a meeting with Zelensky.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 14h

#NoKings Miami!

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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 16h

When America Said, 'No Kings'
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

When America Said, 'No Kings'

A reminder of the grievances. And the values that made America.

open.substack.com

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belleoftheblog.bsky.social @belleoftheblog.bsky.social · 13h

Some of my favorite signs from Chattanooga:

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13h

Wow, lots of American flags and peace . Sure doesn’t seem like people who hate America you absolute embarrassment Speaker Johnson

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

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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Alyssa Milano @alyssamilano.bsky.social · 2d

My husband’s ballot came in the mail. Mine did not. I looked into why and…

I was purged from the voting roll.

PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

We’re not a serious country anymore.

Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 1d

So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

In response to HuffPost’s query about who suggested Budapest, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, “Your mom did,” and White House communications director Steven Cheung replied: “Your mom.”

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

“At a moment when U.S. forces are building up across the Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela are at a boiling point, the departure of our top military commander in the region sends an alarming signal of instability within the chain of command...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

As you read this...the story’s still unfolding...and every new leak points toward a truth the administration hopes you’ll ignore.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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belleoftheblog.bsky.social @belleoftheblog.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone else watching The Morning Show?

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2d

Ireland is taking its cue from Australia by banning Candace Owens for eternity. “We haven’t had snakes here in thousands of years - why invite one in.”

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