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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 2d

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Cameron Rasmusson @camras.bsky.social · 8d

If you can't see the clear religious parallels, it's just because you lack Thiel's scalpel-sharp media analysis.

The Ecce Homo scene from the Jesus of Nazareth miniseries featuring Robert Powell as Jesus.

Something called Luffy from that One Piece thing. I don't know, I haven't seen it.

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Cameron Rasmusson @camras.bsky.social · 10d

I'm a simple man. I see a Silent Hill Wiki Circumcision Meltdown reference, I repost it. Easy as that.

Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 11d

The medical journal where RFK learned that circumcision causes autism.

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Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13d

So since I'm annoyed let me say a few things today.Some folks have been writing about Christian Nationalism and apocalyptic right wing movements for YEARS here in the US. YEARS. Do we get to have a platform in major mags and newspapers... rarely.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14d

Is the irony of the president’s friend buying something called “the free press” and immediately installing a government truth compliance officer lost on everybody?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14d

Breaking News: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and appointing Bari Weiss, the news site's co-founder, as the editor in chief of CBS News. nyti.ms/4gUnu5D

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Cameron Rasmusson @camras.bsky.social · 16d

Imbuing your opponent with the spiritual power of a suffering saint is a choice.

An image from the film The Passion of Joan of Arc portraying Joan in the Christ-like mode of a suffering saint.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17d

If you’re an Islamophobe you don’t get to complain about antisemitism

And if you’re an antisemite you don’t get to complain about Islamophobia.

It’s really that simple.

(So many shameless hypocrites around.)

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 18d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14

By Tyler Cowen

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Cameron Rasmusson @camras.bsky.social · 21d

I had no idea, and this could be extremely helpful for both paying work and hobbyist work. Always wanted to dabble in JSTOR!

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 21d

Didn’t know this! Do you know how many years I pined for jstor access! Yes I am a giant nerd who pines for academe leave me alone with my papers and books

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21d

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 21d

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

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Mzwandile Poncana @mzwandilep.bsky.social · 22d

"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
- Steven Jay Gould

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 24d

Many people and institutions that fight back are winning.

This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 24d

Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 27d

RIP Claudia Cardinale, the biggest badass in a movie that stars Charles Bronson

Claudia Cardinale in Once Upon a Time in the West

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🎃Tom Wambsgans’ Second Wife, PhD @drwambsgans.bsky.social · 28d

This is an A+ Frankenstein joke and I really love it.

10/10, no notes.

The print version of The Onion, bottom of the fold: the headline is “Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic”. The subheading is “media mogul vows to defeat her most dreadful creation.”

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Cameron Rasmusson @camras.bsky.social · 27d

Disney and corporations like it have been ruining America long before Kimmel ever got booted. They should suffer along with the rest of us.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28d

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now."

ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 28d

To be clear: this entire “we’ve got to run more pro-lifers” insanity is because literally a week ago polling showed that Democrats would prefer politicians like AOC and Mamdani over Jefferies and Schumer by, let me emphasize this, a 20 point fucking margin.

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Poll: Capitalism is out … and socialism is in

The movement is gaining popularity among Democrats, a left-leaning group found.

www.politico.com

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 29d

This is the way. Re-pledged to PBS, as well.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · Sep 20

This article really hits home: in my youth, Chicago was such a great city for a curious and budding cinephile. It wasn’t just the Siskel Center or the Music Box Theatre or Facets — it was a strong critical community that could help guide one’s viewing choices. It’s heartbreaking to see that go.

The Last Film Critic: Chicago and the Slow Death of the Professional Movie Review

50 years after Roger Ebert was the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize, Chicago is emblematic of the stark decline in film criticism.

www.pastemagazine.com

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kháris spice 🦇✨🗡️ @kharis.draws.pics · Sep 18

I am begging everyone. Take 15 minutes a day to support all the journalists, authors, bookstores, libraries (by reading, sharing, donating, etc) who provide publications that are not afraid to criticize this adm*nistration.

Stay informed and educate your peers.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Sep 17

Don’t let this make you quieter.

Get louder.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · Sep 16

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Cameron Rasmusson @camras.bsky.social · Sep 16

I will die if it actually makes it in the game 😂

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Cameron Rasmusson @camras.bsky.social · Sep 16

Really need The Witcher 4 to have a Gwent joke along these lines.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 15

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.

We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

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Cameron Rasmusson @camras.bsky.social · Sep 14

This is the perfect framing, I think. Unifying, mobilizing, and laser focused on the true source of our problems.

Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · Jul 26

James Talarico: “The only minority destroying America is the billionaires. We are focused on the wrong 1%. It’s the billionaires and their puppet politicians. The biggest divide in our politics is not left vs. right, it’s top vs. bottom.”

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