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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 3h

Fentanyl is fully synthetic and made in a lab. The precursor chemicals use to make it aren't controlled, so they aren't hard to obtain. Which refutes the idea of "fentanyl boats", because why would they mail the chemicals to Venezuela, just to have to ship the final (illegal) product 3000 miles. 3/5

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 3h

In a rally outside the U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday, coal miners and their advocates stressed the need to limit silica exposure and protect workers from irreversible health impacts.

Coal Miners and Advocates Plead With Trump to Enforce Black Lung Rule - Inside Climate News

In a rally outside the U.S. Department of Labor, miners and their advocates stressed the need to limit silica exposure and protect workers from irreversible health impacts.

insideclimatenews.org

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 3h

He Tweeted Charlie Kirk “Won’t Be Remembered as a Hero.” The State Dept. Revoked His Visa by @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/10/15/s...

He Tweeted Charlie Kirk “Won’t Be Remembered as a Hero.” The State Dept. Revoked His Visa

Nota Baloyi is one of several people who lost a visa to visit the U.S. because he spoke ill of Charlie Kirk on social media.

theintercept.com

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 3h

Stephen Miller, the Young-Republican-in-Chief

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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kimberly grace @grace8ming.bsky.social · 3h

like, I know he just makes up shit all the time, but things that he repeats like this often have a weird seed in what we are still calling "reality"...

kimberly grace @grace8ming.bsky.social · 3h

does anyone know where he got that "beautiful black woman in a maga hat in chicago begging for the national guard" thing that he keeps repeating?

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kimberly grace @grace8ming.bsky.social · 3h

does anyone know where he got that "beautiful black woman in a maga hat in chicago begging for the national guard" thing that he keeps repeating?

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 4h

Judge Immergut extended the restraining order on troops deployment for another two weeks.

Oregon judge extends temporary block on National Guard deployment to Portland

The order comes as city, state and federal official wait for a ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

www.opb.org

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 6h

SCIENCE POLICY NEWS:

During Yom Kippur, all the members of the High Energy Physics Advisory Committee (HEPAP), myself included, received a letter thanking us for our service and telling us essentially that the almost 40 yo standing federal advisory committee was no more. ⚛️🧪🔭

Why that matters 🧵

DOE Consolidates Office of Science Advisory Committees

Six long-standing committees advising the Department of Energy’s Office of Science have been rolled into one.

www.aip.org

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Truthout @truthout.org · 5h

A new firm will geofence the actual boundaries of every major church and Christian college in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Coloardo and then “track attendees and continue to target [them] with ads” on behalf of Israel. The $3.2 million contract also includes paying pastors to produce content.

New Campaign Aims to Flood Churches and Christian Colleges With Pro-Israel Ads

The campaign is part of a larger $3.2 million contract that also includes paying pastors to produce content.

truthout.org

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 6h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 5h

The aircraft carrying US Secretary of Defense/war/whatevs Pete Hegseth from Brussels declared an emergency before turning around over the Atlantic and heading back toward the UK.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 5h

Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.

Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.

So much for America First.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 8h

A 15-year-old U.S. citizen was taken by the feds for 5 hours after an East Side protest, his attorney said. blockclubchi.co/42FrSzH

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 7h

Wisconsin Rep. Snodgrass (D) slams Republicans for cutting an amendment to release Epstein Files, shortly after they voted to increase sex trafficking penalties.

"Either you're with children and women who have been victims of trafficking and sexual assault, or you are against them."

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 9h

Remember, according to the Republican Justices, it's okay to gerrymander for party advantage, not racial advantage. It's an unknowable distinction, but one that allows the Republicans to okay racist gerrymandering under the guise of political gerrymandering.

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 8h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Remembering Srebrenica @srebrenicauk.bsky.social · 9h

Join our team! We’re recruiting an Operations Manager to lead delivery and support our mission of building stronger, more cohesive communities across the UK.

Apply by noon, Tues 21 Oct: srebrenica.org.uk/jobs/recruit...

Recruitment of an Operations Manager | Remembering Srebrenica

Remembering Srebrenica is recruiting an Operations Manager, who will be responsible for the operations and delivery of the organisation’s work, activities, ...

srebrenica.org.uk

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 8h

Fun Fact: Mifepristone, approved by the FDA 25 yrs ago is still more heavily regulated than 99% of the drugs on market, more than opioids.

"Abortion-on-demand culture" is the label they use to justify taking away this choice from millions of women.

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Republican senators ask HHS and FDA to suspend distribution of abortion drug

'The ultimate goal is to ban abortion everywhere, for everyone, and for every reason,' said the National Women's Law Center's Katie O'Connor.

wisconsinindependent.com

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Ted Cruz called the FBI on me @weareronin.bsky.social · 21h

In Chicago, at a Walgreens, ICE kidnaps a citizen

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 21h

Headline doesn't make clear the point: "The proclamation gives the county the power to assist residents they say have been impacted financially by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action." So it's treating ICE like a natural disaster. Only ongoing, and very unnatural

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 21h

LA County declares a state of emergency as a direct result of the federal government’s raids…

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 21h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 23h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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