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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 21h

So America's reached the "hiding Anne Frank" stage of a totalitarian terrorism.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 3d

"No further questions Mr. President, thank you."

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 5d

Unfortunately they're good enough for many of their constituents, who increasingly hunger for more and more justifications which let them avoid the discomfort of cognitive dissonance and let them stay wrapped up in their fuzzy cult blanket.

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 5d

Yep! Some additional history for the curious: robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-sh...

How the shutdown ends

In the unfriendly skies

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 5d

(I can't tell from your reply, but just in case it wasn't clear, my comment was satire.)

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 5d

Yep, I think anyone on the fence should be considering it.

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Should the left be buying or banning guns?

YouTube video by Off_JaWaggon

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 5d

fellas, it is "woke" to point out when the administration is violating most of the Bill of Rights

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 5d

The orange man-baby overflowed his diaper and now fecal matter is everywhere. This is unacceptable to POTUS.

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 5d

"Hey, imagine I have 1 trillion $1 paper coupons, just like this one, that if you buy from me, I'll be willing to buy it back from you at the same price. Will you buy this one?"

"Uh sure if you'll leave me alone"

"WOOHOO I'M WORTH 1 TRILLION DOLLARS BAABEEE"

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 5d

But maybe, JUST MAYBE, we'll get cheap video game PCs again and this utter destruction of our society will have been worth it.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 6d

Really, truly amazing that OpenAI wants us to believe that they are worth a trillion dollars but also they are so desperate for revenue that they created an infinite SlopTok app that opens them up to a billion lawsuits just so that they can maybe someday make it even worse by filling it with ads.

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 6d

Sure but the supporters of the regime assume they'll be in the 1%. There was even a toadie who gloated that exact point when debating Medhi Hasan on that Jubilee debacle.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 7d

I'm sorry after like a decade of these guys using 'soy' as an insult it turns out their soy was LOAD BEARING???

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 8d

Not as easy as that. The pipeline of selling any such crops will stall immediately unless all farmers agree en masse which crop to change to, only at which point economies of scale may work. More details about that in the first 10 minutes of this video:

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Why U.S. farmers rely on soy (and why they're in trouble)

YouTube video by Adam Ragusea

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 8d

It’s fascism, folks!

Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 8d

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls

Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 9d

from yesterday's stream.

politics isn't sports, and Ezra Klein is an a-historical mess of a human.

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Ezra Klein Misses the Point

YouTube video by Side Burns

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 10d

Nice to know that people newly without jobs, money, healthcare, and a social net won't feel cruelly tormented by food they can't afford since Trump is working hard to ensure grocery shelves will be empty soon too.

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 10d

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cnn.com breaking news

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 11d

100 videos on YouTube! The vast majority since mid-July when I left the Post and we started @lni.media

Thanks for watching! We’re just getting started. youtube.com/@davejorgens...

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 11d

Portland: where ordinary Americans exercise their first amendment rights while unhinged unskilled hired thugs with no self control attempt to start shit as they waste millions of our tax dollars.

Photo by reddit.com/u/Justcoffeeforme/s/1PHaNDKGms

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 12d

There once was a large group of ICE
Who gathered together like lice.
They were all in bad shape,
So their targets escaped.
While they huffed, "We're great! Now they'll think twice."

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 12d

It is! I really am working hard to stay objective in telling the news, truly. But if you’re a racist piece of shit then you’re a racist piece of shit.

Spanky Quigman, Esquire, LLC @spankyq.bsky.social · 12d

Is being able to just up and call people pieces of shit when they deserve it one of the best differences now that you’re independent?

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memory leak @danglingpointer.bsky.social · 13d

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TRIGGERED with Bill Maher | Aamon Animations

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13d

ICE arrested press tonight. They threw a tear gas canister into the press last week. This was not an accident.

Release Steve Held.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 13d

NEW — Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents outside the Broadview immigration facility earlier this evening.

A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.

thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...

Chicago journalist detained while covering protest outside Broadview immigration facility • The TRiiBE

Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents earlier this evening.

thetriibe.com

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