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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 2h

The FBI director is flying his girlfriend around on private government planes while FBI agents go without paychecks and families prepare to go hungry as SNAP benefits are being suspended

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15h

Patel's girlfriend performed at Penn State last weekend. A government jet arrived at State College Regional Airport, according to its FAA registration, with an address listing the FBI HQ. The plane then flew to Nashville, where his girlfriend lives.

All on the taxpayer’s dime.
trib.al/TBvPo7A

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Liz @stayathomecommie.bsky.social · 10h

Yes and I’m confused what data they are using. Are they saying they have a photographic database of every US citizen or everyone who is here illegally or what?

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 10h

International air travel—especially packed flights—fueled flu, COVID-19 spread during pandemic, researchers say www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/int...

International air travel—especially packed flights—fueled flu, COVID-19 spread during pandemic, researchers say

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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bufordthegreat.bsky.social @bufordthegreat.bsky.social · 10h

She is absolutely right, that’s the point. To terrorize so we are all afraid. We can’t be afraid, we have to speak out, even if it’s just to point out the cruelty.

Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 14h

I guess that's the point. Terrorize so brazenly that everyone is afraid. This woman. Her terror was real. Her desperation. Her sorrow. She was being ripped from her family. Forced away. And we all stood there. I did nothing but film it and shout. And shake and cry.

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 14h

Now I'm about to get on a flight and I'm sitting here in my helplessness not sure what to do. It feels farcical to pretend that everything is normal. Hug each other please. Choose love.

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 14h

I had to sit down. I couldn't stop shaking and crying. Other women came up to me after and asked to hug me. I think they felt traumatized too. The abuse and horror these men inflicted on that woman extended to everyone watching it. Ostentatious shows of power to make everyone feel disempowered.

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 14h

I guess that's the point. Terrorize so brazenly that everyone is afraid. This woman. Her terror was real. Her desperation. Her sorrow. She was being ripped from her family. Forced away. And we all stood there. I did nothing but film it and shout. And shake and cry.

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 15h

I can hear myself saying "Have mercy! She's a human being!" I was scarcely aware that I was speaking. After they dragged her away, I shouted into the airport something like, "This is cruelty! How can we stand this?" Whatever I said, it tore out of me. And I was immediately afraid I'd be arrested too

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 15h

I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

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ann @annpersand.bsky.social · 10h

Pierre Le-Tan (“Interior, The Interrupted Reading” from the book Interieurs-Exterieurs, 2010)

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Valentine @valent6228.bsky.social · 10h

The Lady of Shalott (c.1875) - John Atkinson Grimshaw #symbolism #literary_painting

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 10h

And here I thought it would be the infected monkeys

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11h

BREAKING: Trump orders the Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992.

Trump orders Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons 'immediately'

The U.S. voluntarily halted nuclear explosive testing in 1992, though it has the ability to resume tests at a site in Nevada.

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 10h

This is the reason why we need to get vaccinated so we don't get numerous viral infections and re-infections and end up with heart disease and/or stroke.

Seriously, there are vaccines for flu, COVID-19 and shingles. A few jabs will do your body good.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

A number of viral infections, including flu, Covid-19 and shingles, are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study affirmed.

Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack

A new analysis adds to the research about the link between viral infections and heart disease.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 12h

📣 IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY TURN IT INTO A COMMUNITY PANTRY ASAP IF YOU ARE ABLE

In view of the SNAP crisis, providing pantry stable items to those in need. Please take what you need and leave what you can, no perishible items please.

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Aaron Cohen @unlikelywords.bsky.social · 2d

We were lost in Spain and my wife asked for directions at a gas station. A trucker said, "In life, my love, we are all lost" and then had us follow him to the exit we needed. I think of it when I take a wrong turn. (Sounds better in the original Spanish "En la vida mi amor todos estamos perdidos.")

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 3d

do you ever have things that someone has said to you that live forever in your head (non-serious edition)? some older boomer hippie guy said “hahmmus gives you fahts” to me 26 years ago at a free fridge and i think of it every fucking single time i buy hummus to this day.

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CM Janeese Lewis George @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social · 13h

I was on the ground earlier today at the Petworth Metro Station after I received troubling reports from neighbors about IRS Criminal Investigation agents working with Transit Police to interrogate riders on WMATA buses.

A photo of Metro Transit Police and agents from IRS-CI boarding a WMATA D4X (Silver Spring) bus pulled over on Georgia Ave. NW at New Hampshire Ave. NW. A Metro Transit Police SVU is parked in front of the bus.

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bufordthegreat.bsky.social @bufordthegreat.bsky.social · 12h

It’s like they all let it happen. The Biden years leading up to this were just a facade of normalcy. True norms would have meant the crooks faced the music. It is bewildering.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 12h

“Acting on a mix of principle and caution…officials under former President Joe Biden made a series of decisions that significantly delayed and ultimately may have hampered the federal criminal investigations into President Donald Trump, according to a new book.”

This is not principled or cautious.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 12h

If you are not at risk it is your civic duty to tell these guys they are embarrassing worms if you see them patrolling a supermarket to arrest people that the government is intentionally starving

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits

www.foxla.com

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 12h

Arnoldo Carrillo and his sister Sarai say their father, mother and 14-year-old brother, who is a U.S. citizen, are still being held in custody after immigration agents raided their Gary home last week.

Dad, mom, and U.S. citizen son, 14, still held in custody after Gary immigration raid

Arnoldo Carrillo and his sister Sarai said they were sleeping in from a church retreat that weekend when their father, Rosario Carrillo Lopez, took their 14-year-old brother to school on Oct. 13 at…

www.chicagotribune.com

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

OK folks, here's the deal. Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads and has ignored asks to stop. It's time to tell them we won't stream fascism - by cancelling our subscriptions. Here's how to get started: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16h

NEWS: Pentagon directs states to form rapid response units to target protests, DHS uses fake videos as basis for sending in military, Democrats warn of Trump declaring national emergency over elections, and more.

A major news update. Spread the word. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

BREAKING: Pentagon Directs All 50 States to Form National Guard Rapid-Response Units to Target 'Civil Unrest'

Pentagon directs states to form rapid response units to target protests, DHS uses fake videos as basis for sending in military, Democrats warn of Trump declaring national emergency over elections

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13h

what stage of capitalism is this

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits

www.foxla.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

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bufordthegreat.bsky.social @bufordthegreat.bsky.social · 17h

Yes why the face paint? Who were the merchants?