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Dave "Just the Facts" Amiott

@damiott.bsky.social

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Satirist and freelance proofreader. He/Him Southern California. Listen to my podcast about Dragnet here: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-the-facts-and-more--6200114

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Dave "Just the Facts" Amiott @damiott.bsky.social · Mar 20

Netiquette tip, gang-

If you're going to tag my joke, "like" my joke as well.
That way I'll know that you're playing along.

If you don't "like" my joke but you tag it or comment on it anyway, I can only assume that you disliked my joke and felt the need to try to improve it.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Dave "Just the Facts" Amiott @damiott.bsky.social · 2h

I'd go with MEET DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE.

I remember disliking it the least, and being impressed by the stunt work of Karloff's body double.

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Dave "Just the Facts" Amiott @damiott.bsky.social · 2h

OK, but how many of you knew they there is another, different Headless Horseman?

The Headless Horseman (novel) - Wikipedia share.google/TWcPnHBALiVI...

The Headless Horseman (novel) - Wikipedia

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Dave "Just the Facts" Amiott @damiott.bsky.social · 2h

Varney doesn't make the list? Harsh.

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Chris Ahuja for Congress @chrisahuja.bsky.social · 3h

It’s not enough to beat Trump or MAGA extremism. We have to rebuild the Democratic Party from the bottom up—powered by workers, not corporations. Rebuild democracy so every working American has real power, not just a vote. #AhujaCongress2026 #CA32 #RetireBradSherman

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 1d

The nation’s biggest private prison company — accused of human trafficking — is asking the Supreme Court to make it immune from lawsuits.

Their argument? Corporations should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

The Lever @levernews.com · 1d

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

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Gary Gehman @glgehman.bsky.social · 8h

All you peacenik liberals wringing hands over what to do: Yes, of course, vote. It's your primary responsibility as a citizen.

But now more than ever, fulfill your second civic responsibility: Serve on juries. Never has it been more imperative to thwart rogue injustice.

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dillo (yakubian mamba) @dillo.media · 2d

mcdonal is doing the monopoly thing again and if you didn't know, it's considered a sweepstakes which means they need what's called an "alternative method of entry" for people who don't want to pay. you can request free game pieces (which occasionally are free food) 5 times per day here

Alternate Method of Entry || Get Started

Monopoly Game at McDonald's

amoe.playatmcd.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 15h

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 12h

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ICE abducted a 15-year-old autistic boy during a bathroom break and kept him hidden for nearly a week.
His mother thought he was missing. Even local police couldn’t find him because ICE never told anyone they had him.

He was selling fruit with his mom when he asked to use the restroom.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 6h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 10h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Dave "Just the Facts" Amiott @damiott.bsky.social · 1d

I've been thinking about this scene from The Naked Gun (2025) a lot lately.

Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) asking "Since when do cops have to follow the law?" from THE NAKED GUN (2025)

Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) asking "And who's going to arrest me? Other cops?" from THE NAKED GUN (2025)

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 8h

I'm sitting here thinking about having a 15 daughter being chased down and abducted by masked men while the local police watch and let them carry her away to god-knows where w/zero accountability

we have to understand that girls are in severe danger of sexual violence from anonymous ICE goons

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Dave "Just the Facts" Amiott @damiott.bsky.social · 6h

Richard Kiel as Frankenstein's Monster!

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 9h

Update: Eight people are confirmed dead and at least 10 others injured in three separate shootings in Mississippi on the night of Friday, Oct. 10.

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Six Dead, At Least 12 Injured in Three Mississippi Shootings

Six people are confirmed dead and at least 12 others injured in three separate shootings in Mississippi on the night of Friday, Oct. 10.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Your Friend Michael @michaelpg.bsky.social · 6h

Newt Gingrich and Mitch McConnell will die rich and happy and the only people who will remember how much they paved the way for Trump are nerds like us.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 6h

Corporate media has completely ignored that since January, the number of 287g agreements between ICE & local police has gone up nearly 4X. We need to repeal these.

I'm a human rights lawyer. I wrote this piece on how to protect ourselves from ICE fascists.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-to-pro...

How To Protect Your Immigrant Neighbors From ICE Raids

Answering common FAQs on countering ICE raids, and providing 7 meaningful ways to better protect our immigrant and undocumented neighbors

www.qasimrashid.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

RIP to one of the comedian greats.

I adored Diane Keaton and respected her steadfast commitment to remaining unmarried.

She knew herself. She knew what she wanted. And she empowered many of us to remain happily single.

www.ctvnews.ca/entertainmen...

Reports: Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 79

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of 'Annie Hall,' 'The Godfather' films and 'Father of the Bride' whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, h...

www.ctvnews.ca

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AxeDame @axedame.bsky.social · 6h

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evanrosskatz

"I'm really glad I didn't get married. I'm an oddball. I remember in high school, this guy came up to me and said, 'One day you're going to make a good wife.' And I thought, 'I don't want to be a wife. No.

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evanrosskatz Style. Range. Presence. Poise. Fearlessness. Eccentricity. Originality. She had it all and then some. The world won't spin the same without you, lovely Diane.

aimeelouwood Distraught

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ᑕ ᕼ ᓰ ᗷ 〇 ᒪ 乇 @chibole.bsky.social · 17h

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 11h

So the Dems need to be clear again that any FMer carrying out direction to implement mil paychecks in the absence of appropriations will be subject to anti-deficiency act criminal penalties, because to be clear even with the reconciliation slush fund BS there is no way to legally so this, period

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Dave "Just the Facts" Amiott @damiott.bsky.social · 7h

Alt text, please.

Dave "Just the Facts" Amiott @damiott.bsky.social · 8h

Diane Keaton isn't in a lot of "Radio Days", but man is she good in it...

youtu.be/BvW9nB8uEHc?...

Diane Keaton: "You'd be so nice nice to come to"

YouTube video by Ricardo Leitner

youtu.be

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 9h

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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