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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 14h

ICE are not to be trusted.

I don’t care your citizenship status.
I don’t care your skin color.
I don’t care who you think you’re connected to or what your job is or what cameras are recording.

They are evil.
They will commit evil upon your community.
Do not abide.

Stay fucking dangerous.

This is chop. He was shit and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door “looking for migrants after receiving a tip.” He was put in a bathroom, but an agent broke in, opened the bathroom, and shot him. None of the agents rendered any aid.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 13h

This is no more lawful than if Iran / North Korea / whoever blew up a couple American yachts in the Mediterranean for suspected drug trafficking. On the legal spectrum it sits in the middle of a Venn diagram between overt acts of military aggression, state-sponsored terrorism, and simple murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 18h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 16h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 20h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · 25d

Testing a theory:

reskeet if "every ICE agent will be unmasked and tried for their crimes" would get your vote

Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · Sep 8

CAN I GET A 'FUCK ICE' IN CHAT

Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · Jun 15

ICE is only as old as the Kangaroo Jack movie and neither needed to exist

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ConstantineDTW, Jewish Kirby @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 2d

Have had this happen, make sure you stay on your toes, cuz everything about it is wrong.

ConstantineDTW, Jewish Kirby @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 2d

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ConstantineDTW, Jewish Kirby @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 3d

The Catholics are mad.

Also low key awesome that the guy is Father Dowling.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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ConstantineDTW, Jewish Kirby @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 3d

Will anyone do anything? Doubt it.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 3d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

ConstantineDTW, Jewish Kirby @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 3d

A number from 2016 that covered the 8 years before that. He is making up his own facts to justify his actions and his cronies nod along.

Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 3d

1) In a press conference yesterday, Trump justified calling troops into Chicago by saying, "Do you know they had over 4000 people killed in Chicago... they had 4000 people murdered over a very short period of time."

www.reddit.com/r/illinois/c...

Where did he get that number? Funny answer...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Religious leaders here are not mincing words. They have repeatedly used the word "evil."

"Detention and deportation are acts that wound the body of Christ, and deny the dignity of God's people."

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ConstantineDTW, Jewish Kirby @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 3d

Took them nearly a year to do anything the opposition party in a regime like this should do. Better late than never, I suppose.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 5d

He was definitely hired *because* he's this kind of person, not in spite of it.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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ConstantineDTW, Jewish Kirby @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 5d

I hope this isn’t just bluster. If he could have started this whole thing with words like this, I’d feel a lot better. It’s good words, but it needs to turn into good actions.

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ConstantineDTW, Jewish Kirby @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 5d

Ted Cruz teetering on this too.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 6d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 6d

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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onion person @junlper.beer · 6d

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 6d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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ConstantineDTW, Jewish Kirby @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 7d

The high school in my son’s district is shut down today due to a social media threat against a student.

The email about this was in my inbox before I got up so I read it while still bleary eyed, and thought it was on the elementary school. Thankfully not.

But Christ, the same district.

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Outrun Gaming @outrungaming.com · 7d

oh we are so back

Image of decorated Turkish sport shooter Yusuf Dikeç aiming superimposed powerwash nozzle from FuturLab's "PowerWash Simulator"

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ConstantineDTW, Jewish Kirby @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 8d

@ginpu.newgrounds.com THE DATE IS NIGH

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 8d

PowerWash Simulator 2 releases Oct 23rd (PS5/Xbox Series/PC/Switch 2/Game Pass) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrFe...

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ConstantineDTW, Jewish Kirby @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 8d

Reach the children quietly,
For someday sons and daughters
Will rise up to fight while we sit still

—Mike & the Mechanics

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 9d

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

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ConstantineDTW, Jewish Kirby @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 9d

My god, they have the biggest batch of incompetent fools in the DOJ now, don’t they? Only job requirement: love Trump and be willing to do whatever he says.

Again, how do these people pass the bar, let alone get licensed.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 9d

Judge: How could bringing in NG from CA not be in direct contravention of TRO I issued yesterday?

DOJ: TRO related only to Oregon NG

Judge: You are an officer of the court. Aren't defendants clearly circumventing my order?

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the haver of it🔞 @taylortitmouse.bsky.social · 15d

if you have democrat rep/senators i recommend calling and reminding them you will never vote for them again if they bend the knee on this. shutting down the government is the correct choice. that is the exact phrasing in my 3 calls and it took 5 min total

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 16d

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned

The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.

www.thepinknews.com

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ConstantineDTW, Jewish Kirby @constantinedtw.bsky.social · 9d

I'm getting there, but now I have a problem! I'm getting choked up, and tears are forming every time! Why, you may ask? Joy! They NAME-DROPPED AGAHNIM. Most of the lyrics are about LTTP, a game that's been so huge to me for thirty years.

So yeah, I'm all choked up and can't get the words out!