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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · 8h

I am officially beginning my research into Liberty Vote — a company owned by a Republican billionaire — and its acquisition of Dominion Voting Systems.

I promised I'd looked into it, and I'm going to today. Stay tuned in the coming days for an article with what I find.

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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · 18h

Link: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8A5GqeN/

MSNBC Senior National Correspondent @Jacob Soboroff is on the ground in Chicago as federal agents continue their aggressive immigration operation. While in the town of Cicero, Illinois, a predominantl...

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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · 18h

This is sickening. A man came out & said that during the #SouthShore #ICE raid, he hid a terrified 7-year-old girl under his bed after she ran to his door crying. When it was over, residents found maps and door stickers showing who lived where. They are literally marking homes the same way Nazis did

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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · 18h

This is the face of a young girl who just found out from a recording that her mother was kidnapped by ICE while simply walking down the street to get groceries. My heart is broken. #kidnapped #ice #dhswatch

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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · 18h

This is sickening. A man came out & said that during the South Shore ICE raid, he hid a terrified 7-year-old girl under his bed after she ran to his door crying. When it was over, residents found maps and door stickers showing who lived where. They are literally marking homes the same as Nazis did.

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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · 18h

From threads, a look at wartorn #Portland today.

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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · 23h

A 15-year-old autistic boy went missing in Houston. Police found him. They never told his mother. They gave him to ICE instead. He's still not home. #HoustonTX #Autism #Autistic

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Missing Autistic Teen Was Kidnapped by Houston Police & Handed to ICE

A 15-year-old with autism disappeared in Houston. His mother searched & filed a missing persons report. Instead of returning him, police classified him as an undocumented minor & gave him to ICE.

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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · 1d

I loved this song 8 years ago, and I love it now.

"Are you lonely? Up there in Utopia? Where nothing will ever be enough? Happily numb? So comfortable, we're living in a bubble, bubble. So comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, trouble."

Katy Perry - Chained To The Rhythm (Official) ft. Skip Marley

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

I love this image.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

Good night, friends.
Tonight was deeply painful.

We at CDC do this work because we care.
It’s long hours, often feeling overworked and not enough pay, but we do it because we want to make the world a better place.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

DAILY MEMO: In New Tactic, ICE Kidnaps Random Bystanders Near Foiled Raid Sites 🧵 2 Parts

If you appreciate reporting like this, please consider becoming a member, buying some merch, or dropping a dime in our fundraiser so we can continue to bring you this information.
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Indie at INN #NoneOfTheAbove #JournalismIsNotACrime @indiemediatoday.substack.com · 1d

a MUST READ by @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social
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Aspen is innocent and no one deserves to be treated inhumanly like she was. She is facing 33 years for simply riding in an RV. The driver has also professed her innocence. Please help our friend
@halobenson.bsky.social!

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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · 2d

Pete Hegseth says Qatar will build an air force base for its fighter jets on U.S. soil in Idaho. Guess the jet wasn’t “free.” Trump traded American national security for a shiny gold souvenir from Qatar. Turns out, in The White House, money talks.

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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · 2d

Before the 2024 election, the next government was already being built in secret. Oracle, led by billionaire Larry Ellison, worked with Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation to build a private database of Trump loyalists called the Presidential Personnel Database.

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The Real Power in America? People You Can’t Vote Out

This is what happens when billionaires, churches, and politicians team up to overthrow the country.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 3d

Upload your scanned ID they said. It will be fine they said.

404 Media @404media.co · 3d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

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The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 2d

Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

By Erick Galindo