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Jyn Erso @jynersoshope.bsky.social · 5h

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Belize signs 'safe third country' agreement as part of Trump's immigration crackdown

The small Central American nation of Belize has signed a “safe third country” agreement with the United States.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Indivisible Oregon @indivisible-oregon.bsky.social · 12h

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14h

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Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

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Jyn Erso @jynersoshope.bsky.social · 6h

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US appeals court says Trump can take command of Oregon troops though deployment blocked for now

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can take command of 200 Oregon National Guard troops.

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Jyn Erso @jynersoshope.bsky.social · 23h

9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules Trump can deploy National Guard troops to Portland The Trump administration may deploy National Guard troops to Portland, the judges decided Monday.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

cc: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 3d

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇

Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.

Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

Rolling Stone excerpt about Montana’s ballot initiative to combat Citizens United

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"This is a picture of a militarized American agent forcing his way into a private residence to abduct an illegal immigrant and deport him to his country of origin. When it was taken in April 2000, American conservatives were incensed by it."

Elián González, Trump, and What Happened to “True Conservatism”

Toward a quantum theory of politics.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings, Portland, Oregon

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

Fairhope, representing Alabama and doing us all proud! And ma'am, if you need a lawyer, I can probably find a few.

thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

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Jyn Erso @jynersoshope.bsky.social · 2d

👍🏻😎🇺🇸

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

This really is a GREAT sign!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero

Tell me again which side is violent?

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Jyn Erso @jynersoshope.bsky.social · 2d

Downtown Taos NW

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Jyn Erso @jynersoshope.bsky.social · 3d

No Kings Day 😎👍🏻🇺🇸

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 3d

🎯🎯🎯

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

For generations, people around the world have used color to show collective strength in the face of oppression. The #NoKings movement is no different. Yellow is our shared signal, bright, bold and impossible to ignore, a reminder that America's power belongs to our people, not to kings.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 3d

the US government has arrived on bluesky

4 panel comic

Panel 1: A group of people just having a lovely time. Everyone is laughing

Panel 2: An absolute Federal Agent appears in the middle of the group laughing like an obnoxious robot

Panel 3: The group quickly disperses, leaving the gross creepy agent by himself

Panel 4: The agent touches his ear and says “arrest their moms”

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

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Jyn Erso @jynersoshope.bsky.social · 3d

If MI6 & MI5 and King Charles II know what the truth is why is Speaker Johnson & MAGA afraid? #ReleaseEpsteinFiles

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Jyn Erso @jynersoshope.bsky.social · 3d

If MI6 & MI5 and King Charles II know what the truth is why is Speaker Johnson & MAGA afraid? #ReleaseEpsteinFiles

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Prince Andrew gives up his Duke of York title as Epstein allegations refuse to fade

Prince Andrew says he is giving up his royal title of the Duke of York after his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein returned to the headlines.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4d

I urge our nation to use this weekend's No Kings marches as a declaration of independence against the tyranny and lawlessness currently running this country.

Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community.

THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 5d

There’s more of us than there are of them. They can’t control us. They can’t stop us from voicing our dissent. Thugs and thuggery is not a winning future, even if they think so. See you at No Kings.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

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