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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h

With sound on pls 📢

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

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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kai(la) @itsjustmekaila.bsky.social · 4h

they’re probably showing him ai videos and he thinks it’s real

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 5h

We took the freedom of speech away

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h

Imagine dressing like a Temu Richard Petty and criticizing anyone’s appearance

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 4h

In case anyone missed this

Erdoğa said that Trump ended Halkbank’s criminal case after talks w him. He said that Trump told him “The Halkbank problem is finished for us.”

Halkbank was helping Iran evade taxes and launder billions.

Qatar and now this. The corruption is off the charts

Turkey’s Erdogan Says Halkbank US Case to End After Trump Talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said state lender Halkbank’s legal case in the US is due to be resolved following recent talks with President Donald Trump, prompting bank shares to rise.

www.bloomberg.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h

Presented without comment, the current scene outside Union Station in DC as I got off the train.

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kai(la) @itsjustmekaila.bsky.social · 4h

“i want all the spanish in my mouth i don’t want it in my ears” 😂😭

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

The cost of homeowners and auto insurance in FL is insane, but Republicans are always laser focused on the important distractions from all that stuff.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 9h

Argentina gets $20 billion, Qatar gets an airbase in Iowa, while our soldiers are being fed by food banks. Orgs like Army Emergency Relief are stepping in amidst Trump’s shutdown, and you can make a donation at any of the links in this thread:

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 12h

In a Zoom chat among election denial figures earlier this week that was streamed on Rumble, the head of the election denial organization previously known as United Sovereign Americans said that his organization has been "engaged with multiple US attorneys now."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

🤷‍♂️

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 14h

ICE official testifies that DHS “prematurely” sent Abrego Garcia a notice that he would be removed to Ghana.

Just this morning, Ghana’s foreign minister wrote on X that the country had “directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities” that Abrego cannot be deported there.

Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa &
@S
_OkudzetoAblak
X.com
Ghana is not accepting Abrego Garcia.
He cannot be deported to Ghana.
This has been directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities.
In my interactions with US officials, I made clear that our understanding to accept a limited number of non-criminal West Africans, purely on the grounds of African solidarity and humanitarian principles would not be expanded.
Ghana strongly objects to these misleading media reports.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 14h

Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 14h

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 14h

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14h

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

Trump administration had offered nine universities benefits in exchange for signing on to an agreement to protect conservative voices and use test scores in admissions, among other things. M.I.T. is the first to say it will not sign

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16h

It’s very much Not Great to have GOP leadership describe a planned non violent march as being in service a the “terrorist wing”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h

HA! How much is Stephen Miller a propagandist? He’s saying the building in Chicago raided by DHS, where children were zip-tied and citizens dragged out, was “full of Tren de Aragua terrorists.”

Even DHS’s own account claims just TWO gang members total — and even that is a highly suspect claim!

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18h

Stephen Miller just said that Chicago ICE raid was one of the most successful law enforcement operations ever. I asked Pritzker to respond.

"If this was Pinochet’s Chile, if this was Argentina under authoritarian rule, maybe you’d call it successful," he said. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

The Trump administration is REALLY allowing Qatar to build an air base in the US after they did a $5.5 billion golf resort deal with Trump and gave him a jet.

MAGA can take their ‘America First’ flags and wipe their asses with them. He is Trump First, and you are suckers.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15h

Reposting the video with NO CAPTION.

Good enough? :)

If you have been here for a bit, you must know that I am in no way interested in clicks, likes, and shares. My mission and intention is way more substantial.

Have a peaceful day. Keep your head on a swivel.

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kai(la) @itsjustmekaila.bsky.social · 19h

they asked yesterday for people to do this! here is the mailing address:

Blaise Ingoglia
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Florida Department of Financial Services
200 East Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0301

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kai(la) @itsjustmekaila.bsky.social · 19h

this is the office location but the mailing address is:

Blaise Ingoglia
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Florida Department of Financial Services
200 East Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0301

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

The man was 77 years old and his wife previously organized one of the local ‘No Kings’ protests. All he did was write ‘You Lack Values’ and got an intimidation visit from Desantis’s Gestapo.

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