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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 14h

Notice how bystanders start whistling the moment the Gestapo leave the car--a warning to the vulnerable and a call to action for those ready to exercise their rights to record government agents, protest said agents, and petition the government for redress (in person!).

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 16h

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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bigsteven.bsky.social @bigsteven.bsky.social · 14h

I never called it a genocide, I know people are going to quibble over the technical definition.

I believe it’s one of the biggest war crimes I’ve seen in my years. And yes, I do view many of the actions as intentional decisions by some of the Israeli leadership.

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bigsteven.bsky.social @bigsteven.bsky.social · 14h

It’s easy when you know you’ll get no serious pushback.

Also, they’re aware their voters aren’t going to watch CNN, MSNBC, or any other “traditional” media outlet..

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 19h

It's amazing how public officials who willingly go on TV to talk about these issues can claim ignorance about the very things they've come on to talk about, and it's treated like a legitimate answer.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Jim Jordan after he's played clips from videos of ICE brutalizing people, including American citizens: "I don't know the specifics of those examples you gave. What I do know is these ICE agents are under tremendous pressure ... I think they're doing a good job."

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bigsteven.bsky.social @bigsteven.bsky.social · 14h

“The devastation is irrelevant without loss of life.”

As someone who has both planned, executed, and debriefed military operations, this is a woefully ignorant statement.

The idea of secondary, tertiary, and long term impacts of this level of destruction have to be accounted for.

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bigsteven.bsky.social @bigsteven.bsky.social · 17h

You can see the devastation from the plethora of commercial overhead imagery that is available to anyone…that is not a question.

The death toll is certainly up for debate, but there are plenty of studies done (outside of Gaza ministry) that come close to those numbers.

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bigsteven.bsky.social @bigsteven.bsky.social · 18h

Wait…what now?

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19h

“Salis told the Guardian that Hungary’s use of the term ‘antifa’ was a way of ‘stigmatising whoever dissents, whoever doesn’t agree with the regime’. She added: ‘If being anti-fascist means dissenting with his regime, of course I am an anti-fascist.’”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists

Netherlands and Hungary move towards designation as draft resolution reportedly backed by 79 MEPs in 20 countries

www.theguardian.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

They cannot talk about the shutdown without lying.

There is no connection between troop payments and federal employee layoffs. Zero.

They are paying the troops with multiyear R&D allocations within DOD. This is also illegal by the way! But completely disconnected to the layoffs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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Motria Oleksiyivna, PhD @motria.bsky.social · 1d

We voted for this!

Don Lemon in Chicago, talking to a Ukrainian-American, US citizen, his cousin was scooped up "From Ukraine but he's in America like for 16 years. 'They pulled some Ukrainians off the street as well?' Everybody man."

Source: Instagram share.google/OH1HUCwuPYd0...

Don Lemon on Instagram: "ICE detained his cousin — a legal U.S. citizen — right off the street, and now he has no idea where he is."

23K likes, 730 comments - donlemonofficial on October 10, 2025: "ICE detained his cousin — a legal U.S. citizen — right off the street, and now he has no idea where he is.".

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Searching for Jackie Merlos: What happened when the Trump administration disappeared an immigrant mother and her four U.S. citizen kids

Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway

Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disappeared an immigrant mom living in Portland and her four U.S. citizen children.

www.rollingstone.com

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 1d

“Without U.S. Studebakers (trucks), we would have had nothing with which to pull our artillery." - Georgy Zhukov

A fleet of Studebaker trucks, provided by American lend lease to the Soviet Union, near Moscow in 1944

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

At least 6 vehicles racing through a quiet suburban neighborhood; multiple agents, all of them armed and masked.

the excessive response plus the violence against this 15 year old girl is outrageous.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 1d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 1d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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bigsteven.bsky.social @bigsteven.bsky.social · 1d

The dumbest god damn thing I’ve read today.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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bigsteven.bsky.social @bigsteven.bsky.social · 1d

Huh…odd this didn’t filter down to my unit.

Never got brought up…even in an email.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

This is insane. I feel like I’m going insane when I’m watching this. Not just the fact that it’s clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not pro-Hamas. I'm not 'antifa' (other than thinking fascism is in fact, bad). I dont hate America. I've spent my career supporting the U.S. military.

But I'll be out on the 18th, because I support our Constitution, our freedoms, and the rule of law 🇺🇸

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d

You would think maybe one media outlet could not only assert that this isn't true, but also make a big, multi-day story out of the fact the U.S. president believes a perfectly fine, major American city is a burning, dystopian hellscape

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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

Imagine that

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"She said to me after that - Samantha, 21 years old - all my life I've prepared for this moment. All my life, my mom, 53 years old, who was just going to get meat for a stew, has told me one day this could come."

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social talks ICE with @timmiller.bsky.social on The Bulwark Pod

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