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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 11h

This is what ice is doing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 13h

Painful to hear the fear in her voice as she says, "let them know." And as others have noted, this seems to violate Judge Ellis's order issued just yesterday about arresting journalists & also about unnecessary physical force. (See 1(a) and 1(h) of order). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Ian Nathaniel Cohen @incspotlight.bsky.social · 11h

That’s what I get for trying for a semblance of healthy eating…

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Ian Nathaniel Cohen @incspotlight.bsky.social · 11h

Lox and lettuce on a plain bagel. Maybe with few capers.

Actually, any smoked fish will do nicely.

(I have food texture sensitivity issues that make it hard for me to eat stuff like cream cheese and whitefish salad.)

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15h

If you want to understand why the ICE facility in Portland is such a hotbed of protest, this story is all the context you need...

Sean Woods @seanwoods.bsky.social · 16h

"They disappeared her." This story from @timdickinson.bsky.social is so upsetting. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway

Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disappeared an immigrant mom living in Portland and her four U.S. citizen children.

www.rollingstone.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14h

Haven't they been doing this since the beginning of DOGE? Feels like it's a rebrand of the same shit.

BTW you don't go announcing like this if you're really in control. This is supposed to scare people or get likes from MAGA turds online.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 15h

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 1d

just a squad of depraved fuck-ups from top to bottom

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18h

“Over the next two weeks, she received two separate notifications from UPS that her personal mementos had not cleared customs and as a result had been ‘disposed of’ by UPS.”

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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Debrianna Mansini-I’m Spartacus @dmansini.bsky.social · 17h

Trump and the Republicans are killing Americans

Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 1d

MedPage Today: 'Medicaid Work Requirements Will Devastate People With Invisible Disabilities'

— ME/CFS and long COVID patients must qualify as "medically frail"

by Laurie Jones

www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Opinion | Medicaid Work Requirements Will Devastate People With Invisible Disabilities

ME/CFS and long COVID patients must qualify as 'medically frail'

www.medpagetoday.com

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 17h

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Ian Nathaniel Cohen @incspotlight.bsky.social · 18h

Ah, good ol’ classic Frank Moo-ller…

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · Jun 29

Trump calls Tisha James Peekaboo because it's an old time racist term meaning "uppity educated black woman" and hoping no one knows it, and then the media tries to cover it up any way they can.

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 21h

Sandra Bland was murdered for being calmly defiant.

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky is an excellent place for finding new books to read. Starting this one right now. Instead of, you know, sleeping.

Alex White @alexwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, I know that everything is terrible right now, but I also have to make money, so I'm going to tell you that A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe is on SUPER SALE this month! Just $1.99!

Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Ship-Edge-Un...

Bookshop (Buy indie!):
bookshop.org/p/books/a-bi...

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers Book 1)

A washed-up treasure hunter, a hotshot racer, and a deadly secret society. They're all on a race against time to hunt down the greatest warship ever built. Some think the ship is lost forever, some t...

www.amazon.com

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Ian Nathaniel Cohen @incspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

Go Cubs Go
Go Cubs Gooooo…

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Mr. Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 1d

Oof! This is not good. Baker & Taylor is a big distributer for libraries. I don't know if there are any other distributers that can take up the slack by the end of the year. americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/10/08/b...

Baker & Taylor to Cease Operations | American Libraries Magazine

Despite measures to continue operations and preserve pending contracts with libraries, the book distributor Baker & Taylor will shutter.

americanlibrariesmagazine.org

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Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 2d

He just said it. 100% unironically and unmistakably.

“We took the freedom of speech away.”

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

This indictment of Letitia James is not a prosecution; it is a politically-motivated persecution. Donald Trump is using a weaponized Department of Justice to punish a public servant who dared to hold him accountable. This sham proceeding is a direct assault on the Rule of Law.

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 1d

My career is listening to people who flee places that get increasingly unsafe. A few months of "wait & see" can make a world of difference for safety & prospects. I've lived under authoritarianism myself.

Leticia James getting indicted, Mark Bray trying to flee & being stopped.

This is not okay.

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 1d

Without provocation, masked federal agents indiscriminately shoot peaceful protesters with rubber bullets from the rooftop of the Portland ICE facility.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Jack Posobiec spread antisenitic hate on Twitter for years, including tagging Jews with triple parentheses.

JD Vance wrote the forward to Posobiec’s book, Unhuman.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

Brett Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/mass-depor...

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Adam Mullen @amullen1988.bsky.social · 1d

Hey YouTube, stop showing me AI slop videos. I never want to see it. Stop pushing it on me. Instead, show me content created by real humans who have worked hard on their videos, art, music, and projects.

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