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Em @emwils.bsky.social · 2d

The frogs are hands down among the most powerful political iconography of this century

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 3d

Death row inmate Robert Roberson's execution, scheduled for next week, has been stayed following a ruling by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. bit.ly/3IO5Nbx

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Em @emwils.bsky.social · 3d

I can't fix the structural asymmetry in our media ecosystem but here's a gift link! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

One woman's quest to reclaim the ugly history of Black maternal health

Artist Michelle Browder's Mothers of Gynecology project is an act of resistance.

www.motherjones.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

JUST NOW IN MEMPHIS — Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social announces his run for Congress: “Believe in me, because I believe you deserve the best. It’s about US.”

Full: www.facebook.com/share/v/1A8A...

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Em @emwils.bsky.social · 5d

New York City is so lucky to count this man among its own.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 5d

On this awful second anniversary of October 7th, as we come out of Yamim Noraim (the days of awe) and begin Sukkot, we need to conduct cheshbon ha’nefashot, an accounting of souls.
open.substack.com/pub/bradland...

An accounting of souls

You don’t get to t’shuvah just by accounting. You have to earnestly commit not to keep causing harm, and start working for repair.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 6d

Frodo: I wish it need not have happened in my time.

Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Frodo: I think that having a historical scope that wide can make the present too deterministic.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d

Social media sites where people in the US get their news from:

Facebook 38%
YouTube 35%
Instagram 20%
TikTok 20%
X 12%
Reddit 9%
Nextdoor 6%
WhatsApp 5%
Threads 3%
Rumble 2%
Truth Social 2%
Bluesky 2%

Source: www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f...

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 9d

America enters a new, dark chapter: "Kavanaugh Raids" on entire buildings and neighborhoods, a chapter surely to be remembered as infamously as we now view the "Palmer Raids" of the first Red Scare. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...

Welcome to the Era of "Kavanaugh Raids"

ICE crosses another big, important line.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Bryce Maschino @bmaschino.bsky.social · 9d

It's only going to get worse

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 9d

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11d

Breaking News: The organizers of a flotilla trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza say Israel has intercepted some of their boats.

Activists Say Israel Has Intercepted Boats Headed to Gaza With Aid

The vessels are part of a flotilla carrying activists, including Greta Thunberg, who are trying to deliver humanitarian goods and protest Israel’s war.

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Lee Hedgepeth @leehedgepeth.bsky.social · 16d

Will Berry opposed the execution of Geoffrey West, the man who took his mother's life. Alabama suffocated him anyway. Read the full story here.

'We Pray He Gains Peace': Over Objection of Victim's Family, Alabama Executes Geoffrey Todd West

Will Berry opposed the execution of his mother's murderer. Alabama suffocated him anyway.

www.treadbylee.com

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Em @emwils.bsky.social · 17d

Overwhelmed by Mr. Berry's bravery, keeping him, Mr. West, and their families in my heart today, and in awe of my friend @leahanelson.bsky.social for continuing to steadfastly add stitches of humanity to the gaping wounds of alienation and cruelty.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17d

William Berry has urged Alabama officials to stop the execution of his mother's killer, Geoffrey West. Over the years, Berry said the lessons of a hard life pushed him toward forgiveness and has argued that West's scheduled death penalty would bring neither justice nor closure.

Son of Mother Killed by Geoffrey West Urges Alabama to Halt Execution

William Berry has urged Alabama officials to stop the execution of Geoffrey West, arguing that it would bring neither justice nor closure.

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Death Penalty Action @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social · 17d

"When I go to Holman, I want to speak with Mr. West heart to heart. I want to tell him I forgive him, that my mother forgives him, and that God loves him."

🗞️Read more of Will Berry's inspiring testimony of forgiveness 👉 thespectator.com/topic/dont-e...

Don't execute my mother's killer, I forgive him

I do not want the state of Alabama to kill Geoffrey West who shot and killed my mother while robbing the gas station where she worked

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Lee Hedgepeth @leehedgepeth.bsky.social · 17d

Will Berry is opposed to the execution of the man who took his mother’s life. Here’s what he told Alabama’s governor. www.treadbylee.com/p/justice-de...

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Spooky Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 17d

Please watch this

Lee Hedgepeth @leehedgepeth.bsky.social · 17d

Will Berry is opposed to the execution of the man who took his mother’s life. Here’s what he told Alabama’s governor. www.treadbylee.com/p/justice-de...

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Spooky Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 17d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

He Forgave His Mother’s Killer. Now, He’s Fighting to Spare the Man’s Life.

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18d

As @timmiller.bsky.social says: “irresponsible & sick”

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 19d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Politics and Health @politicshealth.bsky.social · 25d

Fire Kilmeade.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 26d

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

257. The Commission recommends that all Member States:
(a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip;
(b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide;
(c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law;
(d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide;
(e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:
(a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants;
(b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26d

PSA: If you haven’t yet, it may be a good idea to get your COVID shot this week.

Reports suggest that CDC may further restrict COVID vaccine access to people aged 75 and up, unless you have an condition.

The committee that advises the CDC on vaccines meets this Thursday.

RFK Jr.’s CDC may limit COVID shots to 75 and up, claim they killed kids

A battle is brewing over mRNA vaccines, which could intensify backlash against Kennedy.

arstechnica.com

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · Sep 10

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

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