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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 4h

He did his best with that last minute "peace in the Middle East." I'd like to see the terms of that deal. I don't expect it will last.

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Afra Kroon 🇳🇱 @afrakroon.bsky.social · 7h

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 7h

Sorry, Donnie. But did you really believe you had a chance?

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 13h

As has long been said, you can indict a ham sandwich.

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Michael @dsamichael.bsky.social · 13h

We Americans demand:

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 13h

That's great, as long as communities have room to build.

Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 13h

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-...

What's happening, but zero actual legal analysis.

CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS

CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com

Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 20h

It's still bs.

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 20h

How does she know if she's not in the room?

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 21h

I don't think anyone would say you're being sexist. I don't know why she wasn't prepared to handle the questions with even marginal grace. She gave answers that didn't make sense, so of course there were follow-up questions. It was like watching the Hindenburg go down in flames.

Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 22h

And the scooter won't be available maybe ever, so ... good luck. Anyone remember during the original Obamacare fight a hall of Republicans chanting "Let them die" in response to the uninsured? Here it is in practice.

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 23h

It's not a "policy disagreement." The rules have already been created, and they're being ignored. That's not even a genuine legal dispute. It's a failure to comply in an attempt to erode legal rights, and someone needs to enforce the rules. You know that.

Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 1d

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 1d

www.commondreams.org/news/ice-chi...

House Dems Launch Probe Into ‘Violent’ ICE Raid of Chicago Apartment Complex | Common Dreams

House Democrats launch probe into controversial Chicago raid by federal immigration officials, demanding answers from Homeland Security and Attorney General.

www.commondreams.org

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

This is important.

Immigration Coalition @immigcoalition.bsky.social · 2d

Urgent: Help free Wagner, a beloved community member + asylum seeker, detained by plain-clothed ICE agents outside his Manhattan hearing on 10/6. Despite his lawyer’s objections + his family’s cries, he’s now held at Delaney Hall.

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Image of Wagner and his family on black ground with call to action text. That text will be on following slides.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

NEW: A Ninth Circuit panel temporarily permits the federalization but NOT the deployment of National Guard troops in Oregon, in advance of tomorrow's oral arguments.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In the circumstances here, granting an administrative stay will best preserve the status quo. Prior to the October 4 temporary restraining order, Oregon National Guard members had been federalized but not deployed. The Memorandum
authorized federalization of the Oregon National Guard members. An
administrative stay of the October 4 temporary restraining order will maintain the
federalization of Oregon National Guard members, because that order prohibits
implementation of the Memorandum. Additionally, the second temporary
restraining order has not been challenged or appealed, and it prohibits the
deployment of National Guard members in Oregon. Thus, the effect of granting an administrative stay preserves the status quo in which National Guard members have been federalized but not deployed.
Administrative Stay GRANTED.

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 1d

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 1d

What does he pay attention to? If you don't know where music is, you're missing half of what's going on in so many ways.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 7d

this piece has been in the works a while but honestly i could not have asked for a better foil than ezra klein's interview with ta-nehisi coates. klein longs for peacetime--but you don't get to decide when you're in a fight.

www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 1d

"This is the thing: dooming is itself a liberation from the burden of choice. If everything is ruined forever, if your allies have already forsaken you, if the battle is already lost, you aren't responsible for your choices."

www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Dr. M. Harris-Peyton @drmbhp.bsky.social · May 6

The right-wing attacks on education--the grad student arrests, defunding battles, long-term reputation attacks--are a strategy, and so I've been thinking about what the big-picture counter-strategy is.

And then I wrote an article about it.

Attacks on Higher Ed and the New Illiberal Electorate

The right-wing destruction of American higher education institutions is a strategic move. Liberals need to answer with a strategy of their own.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 1d

Well done! Told people end of last year we needed to go back to pamphleteering and coffeehouses, so I am especially admiring of the points on propaganda and third spaces. As well as the reasoned and important approach to solving the problem.

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 1d

www.liberalcurrents.com/attacks-on-h...

Illiberal, illiterate and ignorant.

Attacks on Higher Ed and the New Illiberal Electorate

The right-wing destruction of American higher education institutions is a strategic move. Liberals need to answer with a strategy of their own.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Carol Armen 💙 @carolarmenesq.bsky.social · 1d

Clearly the beverages are what really got to him.

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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