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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 11h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Jon Ip @bruin.bsky.social · 14h

Someone is writing about it so I can share if it’s ever published.

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Jon Ip @bruin.bsky.social · 15h

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USS Cochrane - Wikipedia

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Jon Ip @bruin.bsky.social · 16h

I reunited my wife and her family with the captain and a sailor of the American battleship that rescued their boat in their escape from communist Vietnam in 1980.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Oh, we've entered the ‘shooting priests’ phase of the Glorious Trump Revolution. Good to know.”

- @therickwilson.bsky.social

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

If you’re not alarmed yet you’re not paying attention. 🇺🇸

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 3d

Benny Johnson posted a AI video depicting himself as a costumed, pro-ICE Batman punching an Asian woman

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 5d

The regime’s playbook:

Launch militarized raids in America’s cities to provoke a reaction.

Then claim the reaction is insurrection to justify even more authoritarian action.

The regime is using state-sanctioned violence to create a crisis.

There is no justification for violence by anyone.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 5d

It was clear from the beginning that ICE staffing up was going to be a full employment program for racists, barroom bullies and wife beaters

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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 5d

Today, I drove an hour and a half with my wife and a couple friends to pick up a neighbor who was summarily, inexplicably arrested by ICE at a check-in ten days ago and then just as inexplicably released, 100 miles from home today. It was a happy occasion, all things considered, but...

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 4d

I still don’t get how this is basically a non-story but Biden being old and diminished was a generational scandal. You worry about a president losing their faculties in large part *because* it might empower some lunatic like this! That’s the concern!

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 5d

Miller’s apparent elevation to shadow president and his seeming intent to declare an end to the constitutional order would, in any other administration, be treated as a executive branch meltdown that was immensely embarrassing for the president and requiring Miller’s immediate removal

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Gabi 雪 @gabimccauley.bsky.social · 4d

Those pesky Elders, don't let that osteoporosis fool you.

ICE are nothing but thugs. Notice how they go after a lot of people who can't fight back?

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 6d

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.

"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6d

The kids are all right.

And they aren’t falling for right-wing shutdown talking points either. Trump and Republicans should be worried about these future voters.

I just hope the so-called “grown-ups” do even a fraction of the research this young woman did. Google it.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

“.. If victims disobeyed an order .., Taylor and Brannon punished the victims with public humiliation, .. sleep deprivation, physical assaults, and threats of divine judgment in the form of sickness .. and eternal damnation.”

@craigtimes.bsky.social #Florida
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 8d

We believe healthcare is a right for every American.

But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies.

Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 10d

It's telling that J.K. Rowling singled out Emma Watson as the Harry Potter star to unleash her fury on, when Harry Potter himself, Dan Radcliffe, has spoken up more forcefully on trans rights.

Watson released a single statement in 2020 saying "[I] see you, respect you and love you for who you are.”

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 10d

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has hit out at Emma Watson in a lengthy statement on X, saying: “She has so little experience of real life she’s ignorant of how ignorant she is.”

J.K. Rowling Brands Emma Watson “Ignorant” in Lengthy Post Defending Anti-Trans Stance: “She Has So Little Experience of Real Life”

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has hit out at Emma Watson in a lengthy statement on X, saying: “She has so little experience of real life she’s ignorant of how ignorant she is.”

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 10d

"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 14d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13d

“Our study has lessons for public figures and institutions. They, especially politicians, must lead in curbing misinformation, as their misleading statements are quickly amplified by the public”.

This was the conclusion of a study of online misinformation, as the U.S. government lies to us daily.

Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of misinformation

New research reveals misinformation’s real-world impact, including poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm.

theconversation.com

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