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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14h

At a massive military parade attended by foreign leaders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rolled out his nuclear-armed military’s most powerful weapons, including a new intercontinental ballistic missile he may be preparing to test in the coming weeks.

North Korea displays new long-range missile at military parade celebrating Kim Jong Un’s leadership

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un showcases his military's most powerful weapons at a massive parade attended by foreign leaders.

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 14h

The union representing many employees at CBS News told the workers to ignore an email from new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, warning any reply could lead to their ouster.

Union tells CBS News staff to snub new Trump-backed editor in chief: report

The union representing many employees at CBS News told the workers to ignore an email from new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, warning any reply could lead to their ouster.Weiss, a conservative, was appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News earlier this month following Paramount’s $150 million purchase of T...

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 14h

How Orwell Helps Us Remember Truth

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How Orwell Helps Us Remember Truth

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14h

Because they were totally about to start enforcing Sharia Law in Florida.🙄

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

The cost of homeowners and auto insurance in FL is insane, but Republicans are always laser focused on the important distractions from all that stuff.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14h

This administration definitely would jail the people hiding the little girl in the attic

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14h

Are American citizens being disappeared? Yes.

Are American citizens who are veterans of the US Armed Forces being disappeared? Yes.

Without warrant or probable cause—solely based on skin color—Trump goons captured and caged a citizen veteran for days.

This is a fascist regime.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 14h

Leaked memo from top DHS official suggests 'no legal barrier' to crack down on protesters

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Leaked memo from top DHS official suggests 'no legal barrier' to crack down on protesters

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Today Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise called these No Kings rallies antifa terrorism. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Top Signs from No Kings Protests

So many great ones to choose from, but here are my top pics of signs/photos from yesterday’s No Kings protests.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 14h

1 dead and 2 injured in shooting in Miami, Florida.

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The TrumpRussiaGuide 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumprussiaties.bsky.social · 14h

Reactions: Turning Point USA Announced An All-American Halftime Show

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Turning Point USA Is Hosting Its Own Halftime Show, And The Internet Has THOUGHTS

I think I lose a couple of years off my life every time I have to say this, but obviously, the reminder is needed: Puerto Rico is a territory of the US. It's common sense, I fear.

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Connor Lynch @connorlynch.bsky.social · 14h

Ok I think we have enough facts now. Contempt! Contempt! Contempt!

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 17h

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WGN employee detained amid ICE activity on Chicago’s North Side, later released

YouTube video by WGN News

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Connor Lynch @connorlynch.bsky.social · 21h

Seems like a violation of the TRO but we’ll need more facts to establish that

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 14h

'What a disgrace': Trump roasted for getting COVID jab while admin fans anti-vax flames

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'What a disgrace': Trump roasted for getting COVID jab while admin fans anti-vax flames

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h

This really captures the nexus of cruelty and corruption at the core of MAGA:

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14h

Friday night Tequila tweet: I’m so fucking sick of how divisive Trump & his people are. Here she is, using her official government office for political/partisan purposes. To trash Democrats. It’s wrong, it’s illegal, & it’s a really shitty thing to do. I’m fucking sick of them trying to divide us.

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 14h

President Donald Trump's physical results were released on Friday night, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt boasting that he is in excellent health and his heart is functionally 14 years younger than his biological age.

'What a disgrace': Trump roasted for getting COVID jab while admin fans anti-vax flames

President Donald Trump's physical results were released on Friday night, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt boasting that he is in excellent health and his heart is functionally 14 years younger than his biological age.But the report also said Trump received a COVID booster vaccine — ...

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 14h

George Conway highlights the two most 'important words' from Trump's White House physician

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George Conway highlights the two most 'important words' from Trump's White House physician

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14h

For scoops like these and more, subscribe to and follow along at my new professional home: @zeteo.com

TGIF.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14h

Either that or they'll show nothing and not even mention it, so he'll think nobody came.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 14h

What old footage will Fox show Trump during the next No Kings day to convince him it’s a coast to coast inferno?

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elijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 14h

If things haven't gotten bad enough for you to join protests yet... if your threshold hasn't been crossed... what in God's name do you need to see?

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

But that’s no excuse for not showing up.

Show up to a protest on the 18th. It’s a way to stand up and be counted for the proposition that what these people are doing to your country is not right, not acceptable.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

On the 18th we need to be vigilant for increased violence and provocation by both law enforcement and counter-protestors, both of which will be used to try to justify more violence and authoritarianism.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

Trump is Nixon with no capacity to feel regret or shame, and enabled by a party and Congress that won't put the country first. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-nixo...

Trump’s Abuses of Power Show We Didn’t Learn Much From the Nixon Era

That failure is implicit in nearly every frame of a new documentary about Katharine Graham.

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