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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 11h

That the networks don't have a live feed from Portland running in the corner is journalistic malpractice.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 11h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 14h

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.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Mike Jopek @mikejopek.bsky.social · 11h

'suck it up' the next rate increase #mtpol

PSC approves rate increase for 89,000 Montana-Dakota Utilities natural gas customers

"I don't want to say 'just suck it up,' but its sometimes it's a hard world," one Public Service Commission analyst said Tuesday.

missoulian.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

This Newsmax host compares the ordination of a PC(USA) pastor to a Universal Life Church online ordination.

PC(USA) ordination requires a three-year masters of divinity, passing an ordination exam, and a host of presbytery requirements.

The Presbyterian tradition is older than the U.S.

Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 15h

A Newsmax host defended ICE agents shooting a minister in the head with a pepper ball by falsely claiming he was “actually an antifa member masquerading as a pastor.”

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 14h

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.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 11h

Inflation hits again

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 14h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 12h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 10h

Can’t talk about fascism online, it’s too triggering

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 10h

Remember how Fisher said politics would be increasingly medicalized

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Kevin Verhoff @kevinverhoff.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely wild that the leftist response to people like this woman is: "Your family shouldn't have to live like this. We have a plan to make it better." and the republican response is: "Fuck you. We're never going to raise taxes on the rich" and for some reason the latter is the compelling message

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Republican C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party,and I'm very disappointed in you, because you have the power to call the House back. You refuse to do that just for a show."

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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · 2d

MAGA lawmakers regularly share its content. Elon called it "one of the best accounts on X." It's run by a Macedonian who has never set foot in America — and who illegally donated to a U.S. congressional campaign.

Great stuff from @jsweetli.bsky.social:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

www.rollingstone.com

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

i fuckin’ knew it

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 2d

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

Europeans getting another lesson in how Trump always moves the goal posts.

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

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Aisha K. Staggers @akstaggers.bsky.social · 3d

Dems, this is your shutdown message for today! They have money to bailout the president of Argentina who is literally doing stunts and shows (he can't fund his own bailout ticket sales look pretty good), while letting Americans foot the bill AND pay higher premiums on their health care.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3d

The guy we are saving with $20B bailout

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enots406.bsky.social @enots406.bsky.social · 3d

Oh. My. God.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Scott Edgar @scottedgar.bsky.social · 3d

My theory is that there's a huge market for rebranding conservatism as centrism (or heyerodoxy or whatever), because there are a lot of people who politically or culturally conservative, but who are put off by a lot of the aesthetics of the modern conservative movement.

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Scott Edgar @scottedgar.bsky.social · 3d

"I'm a middle-aged white guy who thinks MeToo went too far, but MAGA ball caps and AI slop with eagles soaring is ugly and beneath me."

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 3d

ICE is literally shooting priests like it's 1905 or some shit

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 3d

not only is the whole "the left is organizing against us" thing just bullshit for suppressing speech and dissent, its also hilarious because if you've spent 10 seconds on the left you can see there isnt the power to organize a bake sale let alone an antifa plot to take down the govt

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?

I talked to him yesterday.

He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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Public Land Lover 🦋🌲🦬 @publiclandlvr.bsky.social · 3d

"The federal shutdown that started Oct 1 left large swaths of public land accessible but unstaffed as Congress members fought over the 2026 budget. That temporary situation could become the new normal, according to plans published by the Trump administration."

mountainjournal.org/shutdown-smo...

Shutdown Smokescreen? Public Lands Furloughs Could Become Layoffs - Mountain Journal

Trump administration leaders planned more job cuts before budget impasse closed federal government

mountainjournal.org

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Listeria monicytogenes 😱🦠 @pkpd-babe.bsky.social · 3d

I know this is spurred by a recent JAMA piece, but I have seen this type of piece many times over the past several years, and it is a disgusting framing to shift climate change blame to the people suffering its consequences rather than the actual perpetrators.

Breathe on, guilt-free, MDI-users.

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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