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Lamont Price @lpizzle.bsky.social · 3h

Soup almost done

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7h

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 · 8h

"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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John Payant @jpayant70.bsky.social · 6h

lol!

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John Payant @jpayant70.bsky.social · 6h

Sorry, JB, I spelled your name wrong.

John Payant @jpayant70.bsky.social · 6h

That’s one I’ll never forget. The scum of the earth, that one was. Glad he’s finally dead.

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John Payant @jpayant70.bsky.social · 6h

The man who would go absolutely (and rightfully) bullshit if someone said anything about his condition has the unmitigated balls to take shots at Pritzger’s physical condition? Fuck Greg Abbott!

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 6h

ICE keeps telling and showing us that they'll arrest/detain/brutalize anyone anywhere for any reason (gripping a steering wheel too tight?), but a lot people still aren't convinced that such injustice done to one endangers all.

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 2d

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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John Payant @jpayant70.bsky.social · 6h

That loser is still whining about the goddamn milkshakes.

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Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve seen this posted a few different places - as somebody over a decade sober this would piss me off and I would cease contact with that sister.

It’s not funny - nor a joke - this is abuse.

Tik tok post where a young man was served rum cake at a five year olds ?!?! Birthday party and not told. He was also five years sober and didn’t know it was rum cake until he ate it.
Vile shit

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 10h

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

That's right. Laugh right at these sweaty losers and double down on the peaceful protests against them.

Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 10h

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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WNBA @wnba.com · 8h

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WNBA @wnba.com · 8h

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 9h

Hegseth sucks. The Qataris suck. But we aren’t giving Qatar an airbase in Idaho. It’s building dorms etc. at an existing base to train them on F-15s we sold them, just like Singapore already has there. Common arrangement we have with lots of countries. This one was already being planned under Biden.

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John Payant @jpayant70.bsky.social · 8h

Perfect day for it!

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John Payant @jpayant70.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you. Barry won’t see this but hopefully some people do.

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Yeet Kune Do @yeetkunedo.bsky.social · 11h

I want you all to see how cryptocurrency is being normalized as if it’s not a Ponzi scheme run by wealthy people who want a very complicated system of extracting more wealth from desperate people who have little wealth and nowhere else to turn to.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 12h

Morgan Stanley will now allow crypto investments in any type of account, including retirement accounts.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 11h

Trump has less than 40% approval and Republicans have convinced themselves you need to pay people to protest his policies

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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iiiiiiiiit's gem! 💎 @gemcitygem.bsky.social · 11h

Portland 🤝 Moses
"we will stop evil with more frogs"

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 23h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah you wanna win the seat for all of the reasons but I really don't love the idea of a 79 year-old freshman Senator. I really wish Democrats would stop doing this. bsky.app/profile/carl...

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

(AP) — Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year, according to two people familiar ..

@apnews.com #MEgov
apnews.com/article/main...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Mamdani: "Trump ran on 3 promises - punishment of his political enemies, easing cost of living crisis, & mass deportation. It's that second promise that brought so many to his campaign. And yet he's unable & unwilling to deliver bc he's beholden to the very billionaires that are profiting off of it"

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 13h

While you’re at it, give Scott Baio an Oscar for best actor

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Geoff Free ✊️✌️ @profg-off.bsky.social · 13h

The Nobel Peace Prize recipient ladies and gents.

Trump should’ve gotten it. Maybe then people would see what a joke it is.

Caio Almendra @caioalmendra.bsky.social · 14h

Fun fact: Maria Colina Machado SUPPORTS Donald Trump sinking fishing boats off their coast.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 15h

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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Caio Almendra @caioalmendra.bsky.social · 14h

Fun fact: Maria Colina Machado SUPPORTS Donald Trump sinking fishing boats off their coast.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 15h

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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