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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 5h

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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 6h

Jacob Soboroff is very brave for this reporting. At a time when other news outlets are cowering in fear, he's fulfilling the highest order of journalism, which is truth telling and holding the powerful accountable.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 7h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 5h

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There is something spectacularly stupid about watching a man in full tactical armor aim a sniper rifle at another man’s baloney pony. A rooftop Rambo sweating through forty pounds of gear, laser-locked on a moving target that happens to be democracy

No Kings, No Pants, No Problem

How Portland answered authoritarianism with bare asses and better ideas.

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 8h

Look at what the president is doing: Attacking the judiciary. Attacking free press. Using fear to intimidate. Trying to normalize the U.S. military in our streets.

This is not normal. This is not American. These are attacks on the very pillars of our democracy.

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 18h

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 13h

Obama has spoken so listen! #obama #elections @barackobama.bsky.social

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6h

Antifa is looking for a few good frogs. 🐸

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emlogan.bsky.social @emlogan.bsky.social · 18h

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Lynn (@lynnsauvageau)

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Pelagia @crouchcato.bsky.social · 1h

Unbelievable 🤬🤬🤬

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Full of Contempt @m-theory3.bsky.social · 16h

This is the nation that we are now. This nation is unbelievably sick.

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 4h

We don't need or want these assholes anywhere near Chicago...Go arrest and harass KKKrumpf and the MAGAts at the Capitol and in the cabinet!! www.nbcchicago.com/investigatio...

Tear gas released on Chicago crowd as Border Patrol describes pursuit, crash and arrests

Days after a judge issued an order aimed at reining in federal immigration agents' use of chemicals on protesters, tear gas was used by agents.

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🌟Kullenite🌟 @kullenite.bsky.social · 18h

connor got me a present yesterday and i thought you guys would like it

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OldLadyInAZ 🌵 @oldladyinaz.bsky.social · 6h

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Arizona AG threatens to sue House Speaker over Grijalva swearing-in delay

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is threatening legal action against House Speaker Mike Johnson as she urges him to immediately seat Adelita Grijalva.

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gaslawsandpropofol @sassistheword.bsky.social · 17h

Here's my outfit for Saturday, who's with me?

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 5h

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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · 9h

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 4h

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ICE: Stop Disappearing Immigrants From Attorneys & Family

ICE is secretly disappearing immigrants across the country — transferring people overnight to remote jails where no one can reach them. Families lose contact. Lawyers are shut out. And it’s all happ...

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5h

Some airports around the country are saying they won’t play a video with a message from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on operations to screen travelers.

Some airports refuse to play Noem video on shutdown impact, saying it's political

Some airports around the country are saying they won’t play a video with a message from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on operations to screen travelers.

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 4h

Get off of Grindr for a few hours, swear her in, AND RELEASE THE DAMN EPSTEIN FILES....DO YOUR JOB AND STOP ASS-KISSING!!! civicshout.com/p/stop-the-d...