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OlySherry @olysherry.bsky.social · 5h

The base remains under U.S. jurisdiction, and this is seen as a training partnership rather than a separate base controlled by Qatar. This agreement reflects close U.S.-Qatar defense cooperation but does not involve a foreign military base on U.S. soil in Montana or elsewhere.[bbc +4]

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Kelly Jelly 🪼 @kellybdevoe.bsky.social · 13h

Chicago knows national media pays barely any attention to us, but man, I really hope people see what these thugs are doing to us, and that’s solely because Chicago Hates Trump, nothing more

Pritzker knows it, and so did the judge who set the TRO yesterday

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Kelly Jelly 🪼 @kellybdevoe.bsky.social · 13h

The way WGN reports on these people in the last few weeks has been absolutely excellent, and they are a damn Nextstar station now

A WGN producer to arrest is a feather in their cap

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 5h

They are trying to flip some republicans before they swear her in‼️ RELEASE THE FILES‼️

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 11h

Oh, I’m still gonna regret this, but it’s true.

The way the alt left talks about the Democratic Party is the same way they talk about Israel.

The Israeli government does something evil therefore the entire country, every single person in it, is also responsible.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 11h

26 Senate Democrats vote on something that contains an awful provision, therefore all 20,000 elected Democrats, give or take, are held responsible.

It doesn’t work with Israel and it doesn’t work here. Stop holding people accountable for something they didn’t do.
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 11h

Highlight the people who are doing the right thing. Talk about the 20 Senate Democrats who did do the right thing, lift them up. But when you hold people accountable for something they didn’t do you are giving the people who did the wrong thing more power.

Stop it
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 6h

I think a lot about how Michelle Obama remarked on regularly being in rooms with the most powerful and wealthy people in the world and her chief takeaway was that they're just not that smart

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thee Matador 🇺🇸👟 @flushthechumps.bsky.social · 5h

🎵 mayy-beeee / I don’t really wanna knoooooowwww 🎵

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 5h

Great news, everyone, the Mortality and Morbidity people got fired

We're all going to live forever

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 8h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Captain Suboo baja blast: the falafel lobbyist @coolranch4lyfe.bsky.social · 6h

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 13h

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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 13h

Trump and Republicans forced a shutdown and went on vacation.

Democrats are fighting to cancel the cuts, lower the costs, and save health care.

A graphic with a blue background and a photo of a nurse holding a sign. The text in white and blue text says,"Republicans unleashed chaos when they forced a government shutdown. Americans have a clear message: CANCEL THE CUTS! LOWER THE COSTS! SAVE HEALTH CARE!"

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Ben Monreal @benmonreal.bsky.social · 1d

In the 1950s, National Geographic wanted Kodachrome nature photography that really popped in print. One trick was to put foreground subjects (hikers, etc.) in bright colors; it was called the "red shirt school". Dick Lasher's Pinto makes this the greatest red shirt school photo of all time.

Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow, we will talk about this photo.

A red Ford Pinto hatchback angles across a narrow gravel forest service road, a blue enduro motorcycle on a rear hitch carrier. Tall firs frame the view. Beyond them, a towering ash cloud from a pyroclastic density flow billows skyward. Photo by Richard Kent Lasher, May 18, 1980.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 7h

Look, I get critiques of *how* someone conducts an interview.

But Wilson’s congregants include the Sec. of Defense, who invited a pastor in Wilson’s denomination to lead the first of a recurring worship service at the Pentagon.

If anything, it’s odd it took this long for outlets to interview him.

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 11h

Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

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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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 8h

Press needs to assume everything McLaughlin says is a lie. On Saturday within an hour or so of it happening, she was tweeting about the woman they shot and
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 10h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 8h

Imo, this is pretty effective. Out of sll pf the protests, the frogs are the best.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 9h

I love this image.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 10h

Fearless journalists & vigilant residents are telling Chicago's story. The shocking images show ICE agents out of control, people in danger AND people standing strong. Don't look away from this unprecedented abuse of federal power. My latest:

jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/fearless-j...

photos taken in Chicago over the past few weeks showing ICE agents, and Chicagoans reacting including a man with a flag walking through tear gas clouds, a pastor being sprayed with tear gas, an ice agent pointing a gun out a window, a bike messenger being chased by ICE

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 8h

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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NPR @npr.org · 19h

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 14h

Jeffries was asked today:

"If Republicans were to commit to putting forward a vote on extending the ACA subsidies, would that bring Democrats to the negotiating table?

His reply? "Republicans have zero credibility, zero."

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olive consumer's ambulatory skeleton @machete.gay · 14h

As the shutdown extends, the rhetorical utility of a 94-style Contract With America becomes significantly greater.

Democrats need something material they can point to and say, "These are the perfectly reasonable points Republicans are refusing to do their jobs for."

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