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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 1h

Going to be honest, it’s been really really rough this month and I have about $60 in my bank account. If you like me, now is a very very good time to donate.

venmo.com/u/ACatWithNews

Also as a reminder, there’s links to subscribe for free or to pay. There’s no paywall.

Venmo | Sean Beckner-Carmitchel

Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.

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NorCal Resist @norcalresist.bsky.social · 1h

Support a migra observer whose vehicle was rammed by ICE for literally no reason. There’s video showing how malicious this was.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-le...

Donate to Help Leo Replace Truck and Cover Medical Bills, organized by Leo Martinez

On 10/16 while legally observing Ice agents, a volunteer of VcDefensa, Leo… Leo Martinez needs your support for Help Leo Replace Truck and Cover Medical Bills

www.gofundme.com

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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 4d

Why would you tell the newspaper that your wife left you because you bought a cybertruck? And why are we not getting articles from her perspective instead. I bet she's doing great now!

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

The Tony Blair Institute is heavily backed by Larry Ellison & was “involved in plans to create a new ‘Trump Riviera.’” That vision “envisages creating a ‘blockchain registry for land’ to underpin the construction of up to 8 ‘AI-powered, smart planned cities on the inner side of the Gaza Ring.“ …1/

Pro-Trump Tech Billionaires Are Poised to Cash In on Gaza's 'Peace' Deal

Documents show Tony Blair’s Ellison-funded institute designed Gaza’s recovery plan on data-driven lines echoing Oracle-Palantir war systems.

bylinetimes.com

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 15h

it’s a pretty good newsletter so far, even if i do need eye bleach after reading it

≥ What's the Tea?
Trump kept trying to get his 'Project 2025' architect laid!
Over the weekend, Zeteo's newest political reporter, Swin Suebsaeng, sent me the latest scoop he's got from inside the weird Trump administration and, well, wait for it:
By mid-2024, Donald Trump and Project 2025 architect Russell Vought were talking on the phone fairly regularly. But it often wasn't about policy. Trump - when he had downtime from campaigning and plotting his fascist presidency - appeared preoccupied with getting the recently divorced Vought laid, two knowledgeable sources tell me. Trump spoke to Vought, a self-described Christian nationalist who's now one of the
president's most hardline enforcers, about the
"gorgeous" and "beautiful ladies" who roam
Trump's club, Mar-a-Lago, so often that it
"weirded out" some of his advisers, in one source's words. Trump offered to be Vought's wingman. And Trump spoke crudely of all the
"pussy" that Vought would surely get as the president's favorite "bachelor."
OK, now I need to go take a shower. Ugh!

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 9h

A Border Patrol official just told a federal judge that no agents have been disciplined for their conduct in Chicago.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 11h

Ellis: Have any Border Patrol agents been disciplined in connection with a use of force?

Harvick: Not that I know of, your honor.

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Patrick Doyle 🇨🇦 @patrick.doyle.lol · 8h

Sorta.
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DouglasGEck @douglasgeck.bsky.social · 9h

This picture is 8 months old...
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From the LeopardsAteMyFace community on Reddit: A handful of protestors were out today, some with megaphones, coming to terms with their choices

Explore this post and more from the LeopardsAteMyFace community

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Alien Super Show @aliensupershow.bsky.social · 10h

40 is the new 14 if you’re a “Young Republican”…
Ft: Congressional Candidate IL-09 @katmabu.bsky.social

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 8h

ICE is once again targeting rideshare divers at O’hare parking lots. The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights says that multiple people have been detained. This is at least the third incident in the last few weeks involving ICE and rideshare drivers at O’hare.

ICIRR alert in which they describe ICE arrests of rideshare drivers at an O’hare lot.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 4h

“Ingraham and Donald Trump Jr. are among the directors of “Colombier Acquisition Corp. III,” a special-purpose acquisition company which is seeking to raise $260 million in an initial public offering in order to acquire another company, according to a registration statement filed with the SEC”

Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 10h

Fox News star Laura Ingraham spent years railing against the purported corruption caused by Hunter Biden's business interests. Now she’s going into business with Donald Trump Jr.

Star Fox host Laura Ingraham is now in business with the president’s son

www.mediamatters.org

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 4h

Dissenting Judge Graber, on 9th Cir, calls on public to "retain faith in judicial system" while she begs full court to overturn the panel ruling permitting federalization of National Guard in Portland. Full court asks for briefs on whether to rehear case en banc by Wed midnight

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 8h

"ICE has also purchased spyware in recent weeks that enables it to remotely hack into smartphones and extract data, even if the phones are locked or communication is over encrypted apps."

ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa

Iris scanners, facial recognition apps, phone-hacking software and cellphone location data are among the agency’s recent technological purchases.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2h

This was originally found and reported on by @mattheweadie.bsky.social:

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: I've obtained TWO emails sent directly from AIPAC on Aug. 21 and Sept. 15 fundraising for State Sen. Laura Fine in IL-09

Both emails include links to a hidden webpage called "pro-Israel Network" with live (and hidden) donation pages. But the homepage to the site is dead

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2h

Yes, AIPAC. I do support human rights. Thanks for noticing!

A fundraising email sent by AIPAC that says:

Dear [REDACTED],
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has announced her retirement, and Illinois' 9th District will have an open primary for the first time in decades. Wasting no time to enter the race is anti-Israel detractor Kat Abughazaleh, a 25-year-old "social media influencer". Kat does not mince words when it comes to her thoughts on Israel and the bond between our two nations. Her radical foreign policy agenda includes:
• Calls for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and labels Israel's presence in the West Bank as an "illegal occupation".
• Baselessly blames Israel for the deaths of "tens of thousands" of Palestinians, without recognizing Hamas' initiation of the conflict on 10/7/23.
• Promotes the International Criminal Court, a biased, antisemitic institution targeting Israel under the false guise of justice.
And she's not just loud, she's well-funded - Abughazaleh has already raised nearly $1,000,000, positioning her as the financial frontrunner in the early stages of this race. If we don't act now, she could win.
She poses a direct threat to our mission and the future of Israel's security.
Fortunately, we have a fighter of our own: Illinois State Senator Laura Fine.

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: I've obtained TWO emails sent directly from AIPAC on Aug. 21 and Sept. 15 fundraising for State Sen. Laura Fine in IL-09

Both emails include links to a hidden webpage called "pro-Israel Network" with live (and hidden) donation pages. But the homepage to the site is dead

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 3h

The site appears to be using Democracy Engine LLC as the vendor, meaning they may be able to skirt FEC requirements to 'earmark' the donation, but what's also clear is that donors are being sent this link from AIPAC driving donations without any transparency of that happening

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Distribute Aid @distributeaid.org · Aug 10

It's only a matter of time before the next major disaster. Except this time, FEMA might not show up at all.

The @distributeaid.org team has your back. Do you have ours?

Get your game bundle and get our 6 aid hubs in the US filled up before disaster strikes!

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The Disaster Preparedness Bundle main flier. Play games, save lives!

The charity games bundle runs from August 9th - 24th, and features 22 games from 12 creators! Check the link in the post to get it now!

It shows a pug chilling on a beach playing a Switch in a folding chair under a beach umbrella, with a shipping container an a pallet of aid in the background. There's a few cute crabs scuttering about, a drink in a coconut with a lil drink umbrella, and an innertube and beach volleyball on the shoreline. Tropical plants frame the scene.

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 5h

We've filed a complaint with the International Olympic Committee opposing Starbucks's 2028 Olympic partnership.

"[SBWU] contends... that Starbucks’ treatment of U.S. workers looking to unionize... — as well as allegations of forced labor abroad — conflict with the Olympic Games’ code of ethics."

Unionized baristas want Olympics to drop Starbucks as its 'official coffee partner'

A Starbucks workers union filed a complaint with the International Olympic Committee, challenging the chain's role as the 2028 Games' 'official coffee partner.'

www.latimes.com

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Idaho Prison Project @idahoprisonproject.bsky.social · 23h

There has been an ICE raid in Wilder, Idaho. Several individuals of varying legal statuses have been detained. The impacted families are in immediate need of legal assistance. There a fund to assist families separated due to immigration actions. Donate here: givebutter.com/ifaf

Idaho Familias Assistance Fund

By Idaho Organization of Resource Councils

givebutter.com

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Boise Autonomous Solidarity Hub @bigbash.bsky.social · 4h

“The government came in full force, military-style, helicopters, drones and arrested and handcuffed, everyone … including children,” Morales told reporters at a news conference. “No person, no Idahoan, no American should ever accept whenever a government does this to its own people.”

Idaho Capital Sun @idahocapitalsun.com · 4h

At a news conference Monday organized by the ACLU of Idaho, advocates said that everyone attending the venue in Wilder was detained, children were zip-tied, and people were struck with rubber bullets.

After FBI raid in southwest Idaho, advocates denounce ‘military-style’ tactics and detaining kids • Idaho Capital Sun

Advocates said that everyone attending the venue in Wilder was detained, children were zip-tied, and people were struck with rubber bullets.

idahocapitalsun.com

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 16h

This week’s Posting Through It spends some time looking at MAGA’s struggle to convince the public that Antifa is a major threat, featuring a call-in from @dlj.bsky.social. Then we look at “The Turner Diaries” and speak to the son of the neo-Nazi who wrote it.

www.patreon.com/posts/141120...

046: Looking for Terrorists Under My Bed feat. Kelvin Pierce | Posting Through It

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Fight @ifight4them.bsky.social · 4h

I'm not Vern; you can stop being 'earnest' with me. Yeah! That one's real good.

Fight @ifight4them.bsky.social · 4h

No, I'm not being earnest with you. I'm being HONEST with you. Where do you think we are? Tess of the Dobervilles land? Knock it off already.

Fight @ifight4them.bsky.social · 4h

No, I'm not being earnest with you. I'm being HONEST with you. Where do you think we are? Tess of the Dobervilles land? Knock it off already.

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William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · 8h

Denial is a troublesome problem. Fascism isn't really a surprise; it's helped shape what US society is today. For @prismreports.org, I wrote about how refusing to accept the reality of how we got here aids fascist growth. We have to confront many contradictions.
prismreports.org/2025/10/20/a...

Another way out: How denying reality aids fascism

Fascism doesn’t just thrive on hate—it also feeds on denial. As institutions crumble and history is rewritten, the refusal to confront reality becomes one of the most dangerous political acts of all

prismreports.org

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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