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RepJackKimble @repjackkimble.bsky.social · 9h

Portland is burning, people!

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 8h

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 9h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 12h

reminder to check your kid’s trick or treat candy this year to make sure there isn’t any ai in it

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 10h

I want to add this, because if you haven't been in this situation, maybe you don't know. When a cop in riot gear is shoving you and yelling "GET BACK," there's usually nowhere to actually get back to, because there's a crowd of people behind you and you literally can't move at the pace they want.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 12h

state police continue to push protesters down 25th street. at one point, cops swarmed a group of people and pushed them to the ground.

multiple people arrested.

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 10h

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 14h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 9h

Separate campus shootings here in Mississippi this evening: Authorities say one person is dead and two others wounded at Alcorn State University. Meanwhile, about 70 miles northeast of that incident, a child has been hit by gunfire in the tailgate section of Jackson State University stadium.

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Jerry Newmark @jerryn13.bsky.social · 8h

Vought said he wanted to traumatize the civil service workforce, so I think this is intentional. Whack everyone and then restore a fraction of the folks who were RIFed when there's pushback. Mission accomplished.

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Susie Madrak Ω @susiemadrak.bsky.social · 9h

In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing.
About the dark times.

-- BERTOLT BRECHT

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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 10h

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 12h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 19h

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Jerry Newmark @jerryn13.bsky.social · 9h

Since I mentioned it, here's a bit from the Chuck Berry tribute. Nona Hendryx really nailed it.
#MutualMusic
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Vernon Reid w/Nona Hendrix

YouTube video by Robin Dimaio

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

This government is a well-oiled machine that’s definitely not suffering from internal power struggles hastily papered over as technical mistakes

The employees "were sent incorrect
notifications, which was fixed last night and this morning with a technical correction," a senior administration official said. "Any correction has already been remedied."

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Jerry Newmark @jerryn13.bsky.social · 9h

Only raunchier 😀

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 10h

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

Edie Falco on 30 Rock:
I MISSED THE VOTE ON A BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL WHALE TORTURE.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15h

The best and the brightest

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

Someone gonna get fired …. @kenwhite.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social

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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 9h

They aren't actually conservative in any meaning of the word.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 13h

In ways above and beyond simply having a conservative GOP majority (which after all had already been the case for decades), they're just outright bad at the job. They're thoroughly unimpressive, even incompetent, as jurists, in ways that are not historically normal for the Supreme Court.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 10h

Morbidly funny because it's cut off from the rest of the city by the interstate. You're calling in the national guard to defend the world's biggest highway rest stop.

ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 10h

We're sending squad-sized elements to secure the Bass Pro Shop

Screencap of an AP article

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — National Guard troops patrolled in Tennessee’s second-largest city for the first time Friday while soldiers in Illinois were engaged only in planning and training after a judge handed a loss to the Trump administration and blocked their deployment to the Chicago area.

At least nine armed Guard members began their patrol at the Bass Pro Shops located at the Pyramid, an iconic Memphis landmark, about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from historic Beale Street and FedEx Forum, where the NBA’s Grizzlies play

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 13h

The thing about the Roberts Court is they're not evil geniuses, because they're not geniuses.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 20h

“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Jerry Newmark @jerryn13.bsky.social · 10h

You need to hear the original version
#MutualMusic
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Aimee Mann/Ted Leo - “This Is Gary” (Christmas version of “Voices Carry”) 11/30/2024 City Winery NYC

YouTube video by EverythingConcerts

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Jerry Newmark @jerryn13.bsky.social · 10h

She was the lead singer in 'Til Tuesday

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Jerry Newmark @jerryn13.bsky.social · 10h

And finally, this band opened for the Drive-By Truckers this summer and they were a hoot. They may never break big but they're a lot of fun.
#MutualMusic
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Thelma & The Sleaze @ The Fabulous 40 Watt 2/15/25

YouTube video by Athens GA Live Music

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Jerry Newmark @jerryn13.bsky.social · 10h

Another opener on a multi-artist bill that the Old 07s headlined and the Drive-By Truckers also played.
#MutualMusic
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American Aquarium - "Casualties" (Live From The Ryman)

YouTube video by American Aquarium

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Jerry Newmark @jerryn13.bsky.social · 10h

Forgot the #MutualMusic tag on this

Jerry Newmark @jerryn13.bsky.social · 10h

Going way, way back there was a festival at Nelson's Ledges racetrack headlined by ELO & The Steve Miller Band with J. Geils, Elvin Bishop, and this new band we had never heard.
youtu.be/AZTo3iJng7U?...

Magic Man

YouTube video by Heart - Topic

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Jerry Newmark @jerryn13.bsky.social · 10h

There's Low Cut Connie. He was the opener for an Americanafest show that the Jayhawks headlined and included a killer Chuck Berry tribute.
#MutualMusic
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Low Cut Connie - "Don't Get Fresh" (Recorded Live for World Cafe)

YouTube video by World Cafe

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Jerry Newmark @jerryn13.bsky.social · 10h

Going way, way back there was a festival at Nelson's Ledges racetrack headlined by ELO & The Steve Miller Band with J. Geils, Elvin Bishop, and this new band we had never heard.
youtu.be/AZTo3iJng7U?...

Magic Man

YouTube video by Heart - Topic

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