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The Democratic Difference @demdifference.bsky.social · 2d

The Stephen Miller-Donald Trump Agenda:

• Masked ICE agents brutalizing Americans
• Price-hiking, job-killing tariffs
• Tax breaks for billionaires
• Epstein cover-up
• Cuts to cancer research
• Skyrocketing healthcare premiums
• Attacks on federal judges who enforce law

TRUMP GOP: BETRAYING YOU, BETRAYING AMERICA

Price-hiking, job-killing tariffs

Massive cuts to health care to pay for billionaire tax breaks

King-like corruption and non-stop attacks on the Constitution

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 2d

1) truthnuke

2) I think it's funny to consider seven months a long time to prep for a complete-and-total overhaul (really abolishment) of the de minimis program

3) UPS did not have seven months to prepare because the Trump admin has changed the de minimis rules like 5 times at this point

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 2d

no quarter given lmao

Matt Stoller & @matthewstoller • 2h
UPS had seven months of warning about the de minimis change, but is still taking packages w/o getting required customs info & is making tariff charge errors.
Nice use of passive voice though!

derek guy
@dieworkwear • 2h
i apologize using a passive voice. i was not born in london to a wealthy bank executive, sent to an exclusive private prep school in new hampshire, and then studied at harvard before larping as a champion of the people. you have to work with my low upbringing.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 2d

HE…IS…THIRTEEN

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. a nagging worry is beginning to grow louder on Wall Street: What if these kinds of collapses, capable of taking bonds from par to cents on the dollar in a matter of days or weeks, are not an aberration after all?” 👀

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedChicago

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. The day after crypto experienced its biggest one-day selloff, everyone in the industry was trying to figure out who was left holding the bag.

“.. More than 1.6 million traders were liquidated, according to data tracker CoinGlass.” 👀

@bloomberg.com #crypto
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The Democratic Difference @demdifference.bsky.social · 3d

What freedom requires:

1776 - Rejecting kings

1865 - Rejecting slavery

1941 - Rejecting fascism

1964 - Rejecting Jim Crow

Today - Rejecting Trump & ICE

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 4d

The collapse of the AI bubble will give us the third bubble driven recession of the century deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-magnif...

The Magnificent Collapse of the Stock and Crypto Bubbles

The third bubble recession of the century will not be fun

deanbaker22.substack.com

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 2d

A few days ago, I wrote up a piece on Republicans routinely forgetting when Biden took office and how the problem seems to be getting worse: tinyurl.com/3bdxp3te

I suddenly wish I’d held off a few more days. (The “Biden FBI” didn’t exist on Jan. 6. Trump was president at the time.)

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d

Utterly evil

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

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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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 3d

www.nbcnews.com/business/con...

Consumer outlook for household finances falls to lowest in over a decade: Survey

The University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment survey showed households feel glum amid concerns about unemployment and inflation.

www.nbcnews.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 3d

“The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.”

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3d

This is our moment to fight back.

It’s about health care for millions of people, and saying we’ve had enough.

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 3d

11 days into a government shutdown.

This is where we are:

Eleven Days Into a Shutdown. This Is Where We Are | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

youtu.be

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

n.pr

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 3d

Portland, last night.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3d

For Trump, the cruelty is the point.

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The Democratic Difference @demdifference.bsky.social · 3d

But, hey, at least his misguided attacks on Lisa Cook didn't result in his Dad and stepmom getting busted for claiming two primary residences for tax purposes.

Oh, wait. www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...

Local tax officials in both states told Reuters that claiming more than one home as a primary residence isn’t generally allowed in their jurisdictions and could be punishable by fines or back taxes. After Reuters contacted tax officials in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, to inquire about the dual claims, Darrin Kraatz, director of assessing, on Thursday said the township “as of today” would revoke the exemption on the Pultes’ residence there.
According to public real estate records, and a resident at the Michigan house on Thursday evening, the home was rented out by the Pultes this year, a move that also violates rules for the exemption. “Revised tax bills will be issued to the Pultes, including all applicable penalty and interest,” Kraatz said by email. He didn’t respond to a follow-up question about the value of any payment now due and Reuters couldn’t determine a precise figure for previous tax payments they have made.

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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 3d

This is the big fight other than health care. Will Congress acquiesce to Trump seizing the power to de-purse?

Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 3d

No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.

Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 3d

Great statement.

Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 3d

No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.

Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d

So, people who have at-risk relatives, or kids, or pregnant women struggle to get the Covid booster.

But Trump can just waltz over to Walter Reed to get his... www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump gets Covid vaccine and flu shot during second checkup of the year

The visit, which the White House described Wednesday as a "yearly check-up," was his second examination at Walter Reed in six months.

www.nbcnews.com

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