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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 49m

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 12h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1h

There was a moment, very recently, when the popular sentiment was firmly in favor of addressing police violence and unaccountability; the response from these same politicians was “fund the police.”

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1h

“But the politicians are scared of police violence,” hmm how do you think we feel about it?

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 1h

never would have guessed that our secret weapon in the TERF Wars would be mold infestations but our ally strikes again.

mold, orcas, frog wizards: that’s a popular front baby

Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 2h

The far-right mouthpiece who told young men to clean up their place while in front of his very clearly messy home, now has contracted an illness from all the mold in his home.

If you wrote such a fascist character in a story it would be deemed a silly caricature.

Jordan Peterson diagnosed with chronic condition after exposure to mold

Peterson's daughter said her father has a "genetic predisposition that causes the immune system to have an inability to identify and detoxify mold."

www.newsweek.com

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"Captain" "Ruck" "Cohlchez" @captainruck.bsky.social · 1h

it's hard to think of a better example of "all right-wing politics are projection" than "Peter Thiel going on tour to warn everyone about the dangers of the Antichrist"

"Captain" "Ruck" "Cohlchez" @captainruck.bsky.social · 1h

in less than 60 seconds looking on this site, i've seen three separate remarkably stupid Peter Thiel quotes from the same interview. i assume they're all real?

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1h

Pritzker should be held responsible for the police nominally under his control; that being said, this is going to be a problem for every politician you try to sell us on as a savior. Because everyone of them, and many of their supporters, refuses to actually confront what the police are doing.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Troopers with batons aggressively shoving crowd back.

Just saw two demonstrators arrested.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2h

“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 14h

Look, the purpose of Tron movies isn’t to make money. It’s to teach us all what it’d be like to be inside the computer.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 4h

#OtD 12 Oct 1919 150 Royal Navy sailors mutinied and broke out of their ships at Port Edgar upon hearing they were being sent to the Baltic to fight against the Russian Revolution. The desertion prevented the First Destroyer Flotilla from departing stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8435...

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Maureen Jice @jane.meangirls.online · 11h

lmao

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 12h

Pritzker’s goons shutting down protests at ICE Detention Center in Broadview.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 13h

You best start believing in computers, Mr. Leto. You’re in one.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 15h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 13h

don't forget! fuck the salvation army

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 12h

“Can you explain this gap in your resume?”

Me thinking quickly on my feet to explain the period when I worked for ICE: “I was selling drugs… ,uh, to children.”

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 14h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 15h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 12h

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

Edie Falco on 30 Rock:
I MISSED THE VOTE ON A BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL WHALE TORTURE.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 14h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 15h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Hoon McMunch @biasbe.bsky.social · 17h

damnb you!!!

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Hoon McMunch @biasbe.bsky.social · 18h

joshh O)))
@Nalv
I'm sorry Ms. Jackson (Oooooo)/ 1 am four eels/ Never meant to make your daughter cry/ I am several fish and not a guy

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 19h

I have been buzzing for days now. Thank you Vladdy.

Vlad Guerrero Jr. Saying "Daaaaaaaa Yankees Lose!"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Hoon McMunch @biasbe.bsky.social · 20h

Why would they? He’s fulfilling every dream they’ve ever had

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Hoon McMunch @biasbe.bsky.social · 21h

my only sliver of hope is that fascism is authoritarian and violent precisely because it is brittle and fragile

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