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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 26

“In February, a 36-year-old man swallowed 20 over-the-counter pills. In March, a 37-year-old detainee ingested cleaning chemicals. Two weeks later, a 41-year-old man was found cutting himself.”

Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social · Jun 25

The details are horrifying—overcrowding, no beds, pregnant women going through crises, suicide attempts. I urge people to read the story and share it (and this one is in front of the paywall!) www.wired.com/story/ice-de...

'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...

www.wired.com

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Kristin @legaleagle7223.bsky.social · Jun 26

I’m really hopeful that this isn’t a coincidence.

Baltimore Banner Sports @sports.thebaltimorebanner.com · Jun 25

For the second year in a row, the Orioles are hosting Pride Night for a game against the Texas Rangers

The Rangers are the only team in MLB to not have their own Pride Night

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 26

a man in a blue shirt is saying i want you to get the word out there

ALT: a man in a blue shirt is saying i want you to get the word out there

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · Jun 26

Nothing but respect for my president.

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · Jun 26

My 9-year-old apparently feels bad that Aussies and Kiwis are stuck with Christmas in summer. He proposes ditching Leap Years. After seven and a half centuries, the calendar will have shifted enough so that the folks Down Under would get Christmas near the winter solstice, as we Northerners do now.

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Marc Channick @marcchannick.bsky.social · Jun 25

Any excuse to repost an all-time Bluesky banger

Brendel
@brendelbored.bsky.social
Eric Adams is amazing because when he won every media person was leaping over each to go "this is the normal sane leadership that the political left doesn't understand normal sane Americans crave" and then every day since that Eric Adams has been like "Leprechauns are real and I'm going to cook one"

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 26

Telling people their votes were stupid is never a good strategy for changing their future votes.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Jun 26

This is some weird shit

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 26

a man applauds with the #schitts creek logo behind him

ALT: a man applauds with the #schitts creek logo behind him

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 26

“if everyone would just fall in line we could lead them”

- democrats for the past decade essentially

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 26

I’ve never been a big Bernie supporter, but the idea that his criticism of democrats has done more damage than our inability to tap into his popularity is one of the major reasons we’re in this fucking mess.

Bernie didn’t beat us, we did that ourselves.

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Mighty Apollo @mightyapollo.bsky.social · Jun 25

The self pwn is pretty epic.

Thomas Chatterton Williams
@chatterton.bsky.social
My sister-in-law grew up in the Soviet Union.
One thing I can say with 100 percent certainty is l'm not *ever* going to be shopping at a government-owned and -operated grocery store when I'm in New York City O
June 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM & Some people can reply
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Kris Wernowsky @kriswernowsky.com •1h
Fun Fact: 17 states currently have state-run liquor systems. And it seems to work just fine.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams @chatterton.... • 1h
Liquor sells itself
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Kris Wernowsky@kriswernowsky.com • 1h
Yes. Unlike food.
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kylie, themeny of the state (pumpkin),,, @kylie.hater.club · Jun 25

I just had the most “girl what” moment reading that

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 25

the solution is obvs to sell the land to developers

that’ll fix everything

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 25

“excessive federal control of public lands”

lmao

Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · Jun 25

yikes

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · Jun 25

NEW: ICE carried out arrests at an L.A. courthouse this week, a long derided tactic many fear will chill witnesses from coming forward. Court officials say they were "absolutely blindsided." My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...

ICE arrests at L.A. courthouse met with alarm: 'Absolutely blindsided'

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents intercepted defendants at a Los Angeles courthouse on Tuesday afternoon, sparking fears that such actions will deter people from serving as witnesses o...

www.latimes.com

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · Jun 25

the best part of this is that Ackman said he woke up depressed but then came up with this great idea, and the great idea is just to fund one of the other guys in the race

George Pearkes @peark.es · Jun 25

Lol he's pivoting to Adams, incredible.

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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · Jun 25

It's very very funny when American news outlets panic over stuff like baby boxes which are very normal in other western countries (Like Scotland) as if its a brand new communist terror threat unheard of throughout the globe.

'FREE STUFF FOR BABIES???? LIKE STALIN????'

Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Jun 25

Will no one stop this maniac who wants to make life easier for people?!?!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 25

MAMDANI'S SOCIALIST PROMISES: BABY BASKETS TO NEWBORNS

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 25

Apparently men can have nipples showing but heaven forbid women show a belly button.

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Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Here's a fun thing that a top donor to Andrew Cuomo's super PAC just told me.

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 25

a man is smiling in front of a netflix ad

ALT: a man is smiling in front of a netflix ad

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 25

summer is *commie* darth

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 25

Disney staffer told this woman she had to buy a $45 tank top to cover her sports bra.

Her husband was wearing a stringer that exposed significantly more skin.

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Woman Says Disney Staffer Told Her She Was 'Improperly Dressed'

YouTube video by Inside Edition

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 25

this really is the dumbest of all timelines

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NATO's Rutte denies calling Trump 'daddy' | REUTERS

YouTube video by Reuters

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 25

A man in Texas was arrested for impersonating an ICE agent and robbing people who appeared to be Hispanic. youtu.be/pVlFHP8ofNQ?...

Man Arrested, Accused of Impersonating ICE Officer

YouTube video by KPRC 2 Click2Houston

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erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social · Jun 25

“We had everything, the size of the cherries, we had the quality — perfect scenario," said Erik Zavala, director of field staff at Blue Bird, a growers co-op in Wenatchee, Washington. “Now, everybody's asking, 'What the hell happened? I mean, where are the pickers?'”

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A 'perfect' season for Washington's sweet cherries turns sour because of deportation fears

It was supposed to be a banner year for Pacific Northwest cherries. Cherry production is estimated to be about 10% above last year’s, the fruit is high quality, and California’s shorter-than-usual sea...

www.kuow.org

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