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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 7h

A typhoon hit the west coast of Alaska and several homes and communities have been washed out. Most of the communities are indigenous, so…no press coverage.

They also can’t count on FEMA.

Sad and ridiculous.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 11h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

This shutdown is proof that Trump and his MAGA Republicans don’t care about the American people.

They don’t care about federal workers who aren’t receiving paychecks, they don’t care about your flights, and they don’t care about Americans being able to afford health care.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

The first wave of missed paychecks from the government shutdown is likely to hurt the economy in many communities.

The longer other services remain shut off, the more the shutdown’s effects will spread.

The pain from the government shutdown is about to hit the public

Federal officials are bracing for the worst effects of the ongoing government shutdown to collide with the U.S. economy this week as missed paychecks and the absence billions of dollars of government ...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kym Camryn @kymcamryn.bsky.social · 3d

👏🏻 😂 👏🏻 😂

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 3d

10 October 1913 | Norwegian Jew, Samuel Nachemsohn, was born in Oslo. A salesman.

In #Auschwitz from 1 December 1942. He perished in the camp on 22 January 1943.
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Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

Black and white portrait of a man in a light-colored shirt, looking thoughtful.

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Pamela Dolby @pdolby.bsky.social · 3d

Portland frog costume will win Halloween this year. You heard it here first

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration is REALLY allowing Qatar to build an air base in the US after they did a $5.5 billion golf resort deal with Trump and gave him a jet.

MAGA can take their ‘America First’ flags and wipe their asses with them. He is Trump First, and you are suckers.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 5d

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 4d

9/ If you’re a MAGA and you SUPPORT what ICE is doing, you’re a bad person and hate the Constitution—you want an authoritarian federal government without due process.

You’re a Big Government goon.

But *some* MAGAs may realize that demanding a huge TAX HIKE to make states do federal work is insane.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

Michael Wolff: I've seen the pictures of Trump with Epstein's girls. Here's what's in them.

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Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: A federal judge in Illinois just BANNED Kristi Noem's goons from using force or threats against Chicago reporters. 👏 Even better, if Kristi doesn't prove she gave ICE the order within 7 days, she may face criminal charges. 💪 THIS is how you do it!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

fucking WOOF

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 5d

Donald Trump had his annual physical examination on April 11, 2025, at Walter Reed. This Friday, he’s scheduled to have his *annual* physical again — less than six months later. Something isn’t right.

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 5d

💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Sigfreid Skaldrup @sigfreidskaldrup.bsky.social · 5d

NBC, CBS, ABC, Wall Street Journal, Fox, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and a host of others responsible for bringing fascism to America.
You are no longer
"Legacy Media"
You Are
The Collaborators.

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zensoul.bsky.social @zensoul.bsky.social · 6d

#ProudBlue “We don’t need a warrant… f–k off,” one of them responded. The agents also said that it did not matter what her citizenship was and alleged that she was impeding an investigation.”

ICE while arresting an American citizen.

No. One. Is. Safe!

www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2025/10/06/w...

Waukegan mayor intervenes after Border Patrol arrest of woman turns physical outside Waukegan City Hall

The Waukegan mayor intervened after U.S. Border Patrol agents forcefully arrested a woman, who is reportedly an American citizen, outside of the Waukegan City Hall Monday afternoon.

www.lakemchenryscanner.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7d

Reminder that we still don’t know what happened to the 1,000 immigrants who went missing from Alligator Alcatraz.

Their families and attorneys can’t locate them.

They’ve been disappeared.

People are still being sent to that horrible place without any due process.

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madison! @madepn.bsky.social · 6d

here is my first rendering of the bread scale of triviality (any suggestions welcome; I love thinking about bread)

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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 6d

We will remember

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10d

In order for the United States to become a party to the International Criminal Court and have our officials be subject to trial at The Hague, the US Senate would need to ratify the Rome statute by a two-thirds vote. Let’s start running on that.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 6d

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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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 7d

Kristi Noem is simultaneously claiming she’s in a “war zone” while complaining about the restrooms.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 7d

MORE: Minutes after this happened, video emerged of ICE officers on the roof of a facility in Portland firing rubber bullets at protesters outside the facility—not on facility grounds—who were merely standing and looking at the building.

No violence, no crimes, no disruptions. They were fired upon.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: Stephen Miller—both Trump Administration capo and de facto head of DHS, ICE, and DOJ, has just declared that peaceful protesters are "street terrorists." Under an executive order signed by Trump just days ago, that means he is saying that all protesters in America can be arrested on sight.

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 7d

Newsom says he’s on the verge of quitting the National Govs Association: “should not be difficult … regardless of partisan affiliation, to agree that politicizing our states’ Natl Guard and deploying… over the objections of the home-state Governor,harms the interests of states”

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#Agirlfrommass🦋 @bxrgrl.bsky.social · 9d

Oh I like this idea 👍

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