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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

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 · 4h

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/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1h

this is the classic power move of a manager who works about an hour a day but wants to create the impression they are working from sunrise to sunset

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1h

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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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 1h

Heh

Librarian gets massive payday after firing for refusal to yank LGBTQ books off shelves

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement. According to The New York Times, "Terr...

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🎃Cabin in the Woodsey🎃 @norahwoodsey.com · 1h

Im sorry what the fuck?????

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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CNN @cnn.com · 2h

A judge in Illinois has temporarily blocked federal agents from using certain types of force and crowd-control measures against protesters, after video of a pastor being repeatedly shot by pepper balls during a demonstration outside at an ICE facility near Chicago drew widespread outcry.

Judge orders restrictions on federal tactics against ICE protesters after Chicago-area pastor shot with pepper balls | CNN

A judge in Illinois has temporarily blocked federal agents from using certain types of force and crowd-control measures against protesters, after video of a pastor being repeatedly shot by pepper ball...

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 2h

"Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity" wapo.st/4q5wR6S

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Lee opposes funding Trump’s constitutional crime spree | ❌👑 @lkc2025.bsky.social · 2h

Pritzker is right about No Kings. Get the details at NoKings.org or in NYC at NoKingsNYC.com.

Then text or email 10 people personally — the ones who might not go without your prompt, and ask them to come, too.

Imagine the day after a march double in size!

@bkindivisible.bsky.social

No Kings NYC

On Saturday, October 18th at 11 AM in Manhattan, NYC rises again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

Finally, Pritzker says more Dems must sound the alarm, though he notes some exceptions (like Chris Murphy).

"I am surprised that more leaders have not stood up," he says.

He urges people to join No Kings protests to let the country know something's wrong. 5/5

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

JB Pritzker also talks about his inability to get any top Trump officials on the phone, probably because they *want* this to be experienced as an invasion. He explains why this could make law enforcement officials on both sides *less* safe. Total dereliction. 3/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

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/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h

Huh. Gonna be an awkward day for Secretary of State-National Security Advisor-Acting Archivist Marco Rubio.

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Part of a letter sent by a bunch of GOP members of Congress in favor of granting Maria Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize, which she won today.

The last three paragraphs, before Rick Scott and Marco Rubio's signature, reads:

The Maduro regime's abuses and assaults on the civil society and legitimate
political activity of Venezuelan citizens have caused millions to flee to other countries,
while millions more have had no choice but to remain in the prison Maduro has
imposed on them. The peace of the region has been greatly disturbed by Maduro’s
welcoming of some of the world’s worst actors, including terrorists and dictators who
support him.
It is our firm belief that María Corina Machado’s courageous and selfless
leadership, and unyielding dedication to the pursuit of peace and democratic ideals,
make her a most deserving candidate for this prestigious award. Her efforts not only
highlight the urgent need for international solidarity in the face of aggressive and
expansive authoritarianism but also serve as a reminder of the power of individual
bravery in the quest for justice.

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 7h

Extraordinary that people need reminding of this, but anyone with US relatives - parents, grandparents... - who fought in the US army in the Second World War has relatives who fought against fascism.

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Candace Taylor @candaceetaylor.bsky.social · 2h

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/fi...

Another Controversial Stance From RFK Jr: Working Out in Jeans

The health secretary’s gym habit is a source of curiosity and bewilderment in the fitness world.

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The Click @theclick.us · 2h

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Judge Blocks Federal Agents From Using Riot Weapons on Photojournalists in Chicago

Several journalists have been hit with tear gas and pepper balls in recent weeks.

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Coach D @coachdharris.blacksky.app · 2h

And yet somehow we gotta scroll past a story every week featuring men who are continuously shocked that women want nothing to do with them cause what the hell is this

WIRED @wired.com · 5h

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

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c.c. o'hanlon @ccohanlon.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you, all of you, who have supported our latest appeal either by contributing to it or promoting it. It has, quite literally been life-saving for us and for our youngest, who is now safe with us in Europe.

We wish we could hug you all.

c.c. o'hanlon @ccohanlon.bsky.social · 3d

“We are in a lot of trouble. Our difficulties are multiplying and becoming more complex and challenging. Whatever short- or medium-term plans we have are having to be revised or discarded daily…”

Can you help us, even just with an RT?

Donate to Support a Voyage to Find Home, organized by Liz Cullinane

Hello, my name is Liz Cullinane and for the past four years, I have been inspired to raise… Liz Cullinane needs your support for Support a Voyage to Find Home

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

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Stonewall Veteran Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Has Entered Hospice Care

The transgender rights activist had previously been hospitalized for more than 10 days.

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Gilly @gillyarcht.bsky.social · 2h

‘Now we are broke, the sky was the colour of a dirty nickel, and a mean mountain wind cut down Larimer Street.’
I’ve only ever met one of the people in the article (not Kerouac) and I can 100% guarantee that the backstory to this piece would make a delicious piece of film by whoever directs it

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction

Exclusive: Two-page 1957 manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of beat literature, On the Road A “very significant” unpublished story by Jack Kerouac described as “a lost chapter of the On the Road saga” has been discovered after languishing in the files of an assassinated Mafia crime boss for at least 40 years. The two-page typewritten manuscript signed by Kerouac in green ink is titled The Holy, Beat, and Crazy Next Thing and is dated 15 April 1957, five months before his classic of beat literature, On the Road, was published. Continue reading...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

Pritzker also says ICE's treatment of peaceful protesters has gotten so bad that Illinois law enforcement has to protect them *from* ICE.

"We’ve got Illinois State Police standing in between ICE and the protesters," he says.

This is the America Miller wants. 4/

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 2h

Truth.

NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 22h

We’re watching an entire political party actively protect the single most infamous sex-trafficking operation of our time.

This isn’t just silence—it’s complicity at the highest level.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

As @ProjectLiberal points out — it Seems Senator @MarshaBlackburn has no clue what doxxing is (or free speech)

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 3h

today's random theater photo:

Flora Robson and Michael Redgrave as Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth (1948)

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 3h

Black families tend to have strong preferences against nursing homes, usually driven by concerns of inadequate care. Seeing that Black nursing home patients have significantly worse outcomes, and that they are driven by *within-nursing home* differences in care, confirms this suspicion.

NBER @nber.org · 3h

Nursing home value-added for black patients is 30 percent lower than for white patients, with most of the gap reflecting differences within, rather than across, nursing homes, from Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, @nealemahoney.bsky.social, and James C. Okun www.nber.org/papers/w34324

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