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BookWitch 📚 @bookwitchery.bsky.social · 58m

And today, that orchestra should set up outside ICE.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 7h

It looks like it’s getting some national coverage?

Typhoon Halong causes flooding and devastation in Alaska

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 7h

What is going on here? The 3rd video regarding manipulating tik tok

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 6h

If you're scared and want to hide, please hear this:

If you're scared and want to hide, please hear this.

YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

Marine's parents kidnapped at camp
Pendleton

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 14h

We stand in solidarity with Attorney General Letitia James because we know what’s at stake. Democracy cannot thrive when accountability is punished, when integrity is met with intimidation..

#IStandWithLetitiaJames
#Pinks

theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/10/14/t...

The Uncomfortable Truth About How America Punishes Black Women in Power

Attorney General Letitia James faces political retribution for doing her job — exposing America’s fear of powerful Black women.

theblackwallsttimes.com

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 15h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 19h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

ICE spent $800K on vans with stingray tech that collects data from all nearby phones, even yours. These devices mimic cell towers to track locations and intercept communications. Oversight and transparency are needed now.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Republicans declare themselves patriots, then turn around and block the paychecks of the men and women who defend America.

And what’s really wild, some of those same troops keep voting red while getting screwed over again and again.

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 3d

Don't let anyone make you settle for less than the society you deserve! We've lived in peace with nature before and we'll do it again damnit

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CT 50501 @officialct50501.bsky.social · 3d

For protests, but *especially* 10/18:
* Do NOT bring any sort of weapon!
* Do NOT engage with hecklers or agitators
* Do NOT feed the propaganda: avoid the "I am Antifa" or "I'm a paid protester" signs or any suggestion of violence
* DO focus signs on No Kings, Melt ICE, Due Process, Healthcare etc.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4d

Tired of Peter Thiel trying to destroy democracy by forcing his dystopian vision of the world on us?

You can join @purgepalantir.bsky.social, a movement that is protesting the billionaire and his companies.

And @solidaritydept.bsky.social has a full report exposing Thiel that you can share widely:

Peter Thiel - The People's Audit | DOCS

Learn about Peter Thiel's role as Chairman at Palantir Technologies. Net worth: $25.6 Billion. Key threats and impact on democracy.

classsolidarity.org

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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 4d

The Queens of No Kings 👑

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Miss Ann Thrope 🇬🇧🇹🇹 @ltellenripley.bsky.social · 5d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5d

'I'm not fearful, I'm fearless':
NY AG Letitia James responds to indictment

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 5d

It was really cool how the birds behaved during the eclipse, and so neat to see citizen science on it!

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d

I have to fan-girl for a minute here. My friend @rosvall-lab.bsky.social built an app to gather data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse. 10,000+ citizen scientists contributed (including my kids), and the resulting paper was published in Science today!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science

On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...

www.science.org

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Geneva 🇨🇦 @geneva1111.bsky.social · 5d

Listen 👂 this is incredible indeed.

Well done 👏

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 5d

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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Sufian Hilal @binhilal.bsky.social · 5d

Are you sure that a ceasefire agreement has been reached and that the war in Gaza has ended? Violent airstrikes are currently targeting Gaza City, with dozens killed and missing under the rubble?
#Gaza #Ceasefire #Hamas #Israel

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