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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 10h

@mit.edu has done an incredibly important service to the nation by being willing to be the first school to reject the administration's "compact."

President Kornbluth focuses—and she's right—on the principle that "scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."

The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 21h

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 15h

iCE and Trump lose big in Chicago.

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Losing My Perpsicacity, October 10, 2025

ICE and Trump lose big in Chicago

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, no.

She's way too smart and savvy to do anything of the sort.

Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 7h

Dammit.

RIP

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 10h

In the past, the first DHS statement in these situations has been a lie meant to make them look as innocent as possible.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 10h

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13h

The US is going to host a Qatari air base in Idaho which is somehow fine but Mexican immigrants are somehow not

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10h

the democrats had a majority multiple times and they didnt do any of that shit, unfortunately

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 11h

ICE went after rideshare drivers at O’Hare today, according to statement from Illinois Drivers Alliance

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 10h

Senator, do you get paid to spread ridiculous lies like this, or do you do it on your own volition?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 8h

Fuck and no.

Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 8h

Woof!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 10h

Trump is trying to deploy the National Guard to Oregon, claiming that the state is a battlefield and troops are needed to protect federal agents who are attempting to enforce immigration laws

Meanwhile, at the ICE facility in Portland, it’s

Cry “havoc” and let slip the axolotls of war

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Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado revived Venezuela's opposition reut.rs/46JQOsi

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado revived Venezuela's opposition

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, a 58-year-old industrial engineer, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Over the past two years, she has reenergized a politically disengaged population after more than a decade of economic and social collapse.

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Holly 🇺🇸🦅 @msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 10h

She's a journalist and things are escalating.

ICE is Trump's private militia and they are covering their identities by wearing masks.

Under his orders they are committing unlawful acts.

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 9h

This should lead every news report tonight.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Derrick ♎ 🟧 🟦#BLM 🏳️‍🌈 @spawn03.bsky.social · 13h

America First, amirite?

www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho

The move is a sign of increasingly close ties between the U.S. and Qatar.

www.cbsnews.com

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 9h

Excuse me?

realKyleKeegan @realkylekeegan.bsky.social · 13h

Why is Trump so pro-Hamas? We should look at deporting him.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

UPDATE: The @nytimes tells Hegseth to pound sand on his new policy to restrict how reporters cover the Pentagon

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 9h

I hope they do and I hope the judge brings down the hammer on them...and not just the ICE guys who committed the act itself.

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randy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social · 10h

as a journalist it's hard to understand why every single publication in the country isn't leading with this - news orgs either band together now or this will very soon be the norm

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Grant Smith @grantmeaccess.bsky.social · 10h

Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection.

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 11h

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 9h

lmao

Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 9h

There is not a single thing I like about or agree upon with John Bolton. Nothing.

Also

I hope he kicks Donald Trump's ass in court and comes out of the fight smelling like a rose.

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