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Fighter Fran @fighterfran.bsky.social · 1m

Will ICE do this? I don't think so.

Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 4h

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 7h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Phoenix Rising @62walterp.bsky.social · 5h

Say what you will do as you please the only way to rid America of its current situation is with a GENERAL STRIKE no way around it folks !!!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24m

ICE GOONS attempts to arrest an individual at their residence in the suburbs of Chicago.

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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 10h

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✶ ✶ Heather ✶ ✶ @callunablue.bsky.social · 8h

Always remember:

“If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention, then that’s what I’m going to do.” - JD Vance.

This should be presented to every judge in the courts as a reminder.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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CousinIT aka SevenBowie @cousinit.bsky.social · 9h

Trump’s Plan to invoke the Insurrection Act (which he has wanted to do during his last term, and since the moment he stepped into office on Jan 20th 2025) open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Trump's Plan

To invoke the Insurrection Act

open.substack.com

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 1d

Reporters: stop using the deferential term "detaining" when talking about ICE goons' abduction of innocent people from US streets. You proper term would indeed by "abduction", but if you want to pretend neutrality you could use "capture", which at least says nothing about the captors' motives.

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Fighter Fran @fighterfran.bsky.social · 10h

Horror story after horror story & nothing, no one, no federal authority, nothing to stop these NOEM/ICE illegal thug activities, false arrests, no due process, no Amend. 4, no rule of law, just crimes against humanity. WTF. Why can't we stop this? US military needs to step up & save Constitution.

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 12h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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💙💙🤔CJ🤨🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 @cnice59.bsky.social · 1d

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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 1d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22h

This Is Fascism

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Fighter Fran @fighterfran.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, they ARE afraid of election integrity. Paying Thiel's Palantir et al billions to work on voter suppression, gerrymandering, election systems rigging, not to mention their hard-on salivating for plenary authority, the Insurrection Act, Martial Law.

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 22h

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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Fight for right @bluewind55.bsky.social · 1d

A local 'Non-Fox ' affiliated news media has asked Bondi, NUMEROUS TIMES for specifics of these arrests, names, crime committed etc., AND NO ANSWER...as ALL maga maggots react when confronted with a question THEY CANT ANSWER! BECAUSE there ARE NO FACTS in these alleged arrests!! ITS ALL BULL-SHT!

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Fight for right @bluewind55.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi IS LYING!!! Claiming over 500 arrested in Memphis since Wednesday!! WHERE are they housing these arrests? I HAPPEN TO KNOW there's NO facility in Memphis or nearby that can hold that many!! AND NOT ENOUGH personnel to handle the flow...IN A FEW DAYS!! I KNOW OUR JAILS ARE ALREADY OVERCROWDED!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Fighter Fran @fighterfran.bsky.social · 1d

huh? who's sowing panic?

Fighter Fran @fighterfran.bsky.social · 1d

He doesn't know how to govern, and he is NOT governing. Vought at OMB & Proj2025 w/its Cabinet enforcers, and the likes of Homan and Miller, are in the driver's seat.

Fighter Fran @fighterfran.bsky.social · 1d

Witkoff's a disaster, RU-asset, no skills, nothing, a zero, like all the tRUmp/Vought/Proj2025 Enforcer Cabinet & the Millers & anyone in the Regime. All liars all the time.They are trying to propagandize us but we have to let them know we know they only lie, a cult of scumbag POS liars.

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 1d

Heads-up. Share this everywhere. ICE has created a fake "Stop Ice" app. They're trying to ensnare people to enter their information, so they can go after them.
Do NOT use stopice./org.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Fighter Fran @fighterfran.bsky.social · 1d

Glad you finally see it for what it is.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Fighter Fran @fighterfran.bsky.social · 1d

All liars, all the time. Nothing but BS, about war-ravaged cities, about everything, about antifa that's not even an organization, and they need to know we know it. We don't buy their damn propaganda.