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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 1d

THIS SHOULD BE CONCERNING TO EVERYONE

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 4h

A new Portland character has entered the chat at the ICE facility….meet The Unipiper!

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Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 9h

For real.

If you were loud for Jimmy Kimmel, crank it up for Letitia James.
Authoritarian bullies count on silence to get away with it; make some noise and have her back!

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride

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Postcards for America @postcards4usa.bsky.social · 13h

Zohran Mamdani speaking on National Coming Out Day.
“It is not enough to have Pride just in one month of the year - we have to stand up for New Yorkers every single day.”
“We have to do more than protect.
We have to celebrate.
We have to cherish.”
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11h

Trump’s fraud stunt with the tariffs on China, cost the US economy $1.65 trillion, which was wiped out in seconds.

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 9h

10.18.25
We will be there BECAUSE we love America and democracy, contrary to comments made by Mike Johnson stating his lying opposite.
Guess what, Mike? We will be loud, proud, & peaceful because-
WE.HAVE.HAD.IT.WITH.YOU!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

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Harry👊🇺🇸🔥 @scondrasht.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem is afraid of a bunch of furries in Portland, Oregon. 😂
That’s the funniest shit you’ll ever hear. 😂

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 6h

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h

Giving up? LOL. We're just getting started.

October 18th, Everywhere

#nokings

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 6h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 14h

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Ruben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 4h

Oralè Resister
No Kings Protest March
Oct 18 NATIONWIDE
Vamonos Together
We will defeat the
Mad King!
#NoKings #NoKingsLA
#5050SoCal #USDemocracy

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6h

Worth your time.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5h

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 7h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 5h

That asshole fired all the people who help kids with disabilities in education.

Fuck him. Fuck everyone who enabled him

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 8h

Do you see where this is headed?

Tweet from Jordan Weissmann: “Asked for an example of a group that had funded a violent protest, Trump named ActBlue and Indivisible, which I think pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the goals here.”
Below is a screenshot of an article excerpt detailing that neither George Soros nor Open Society Foundations fund protests, and noting that the White House named liberal groups like ActBlue and Indivisible in relation to violent incidents.

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franklin1337.bsky.social @franklin1337.bsky.social · 6h

Being serious for a second, I am trying to get Donald Trump awarded the Ignoble peace prize for 2026 to show him that the world thinks he is a sad pathetic loser. Spread the word, especially if you have scientist friends

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Ig Nobel Nominations

How to Nominate Someone Want to nominate a deserving person (or team) to win an Ig Nobel Prize? Please send the pertinent info to <marc ATTTTTT improbable DOTTTTT com> Spirit and Philo…

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 12h

Black women make up 12% of the federal workforce. The largest representation of their labor.

And Trump is firing, firing, firing.

Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 12h

Trump claimed that immigrants were “taking Black jobs,” but even after he deported 350,000 immigrants this year, 300,000 Black women lost their jobs. Black unemployment, overall, has soared to 7.5% under Trump, while white unemployment has dropped to 3.7%.

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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🦋 Frankie 🦋 @frankiemillie10.bsky.social · 10h

More of this. Cut the mic, cut the bs

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 8h

The most dangerous form of government is theocracy.

Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 9h

In #Odesa, the choir and audience continued the performance in the shelter of the Philharmonic Theater despite a Russian attack.

📹: y.krasinskyi

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franklin1337.bsky.social @franklin1337.bsky.social · 7h

🚨 Mission improbable 2026 !!! 🚨

Was it enough for Donald Trump to not get the Nobel Peace Prize? NO!! Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to help Donald Trump win the IGNOBLE peace prize in 2026! Show him that the world is officially laughing at him!

improbable.com/ig/about-the...

Ig Nobel Nominations

How to Nominate Someone Want to nominate a deserving person (or team) to win an Ig Nobel Prize? Please send the pertinent info to <marc ATTTTTT improbable DOTTTTT com> Spirit and Philo…

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8h

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10h

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

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