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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 12h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 10h

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💖💄 Aoife ♿💖 @aoiferocksitout.bsky.social · 12h

Please share widely! Urgent!
Please help our friend @maedayj.bsky.social stay housed!
Today is the deadline, eviction process will start if Mae can't get this done today!
Mae does so much work for our communities, especially her work with @chronicloaf.bsky.social.
If you can't help, please share! ❤️🌸

Mae_DayJ @maedayj.bsky.social · 1d

If I cant raise $975 today I’ll likely be facing eviction this month

I’m out of time

Please help if you can!🙏🏽💚

$maelee21
V: @ Maelee-Johnson
PayPal.me/maeleeJ
ko-fi.com/maedaej

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 10h

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💖💄 Aoife ♿💖 @aoiferocksitout.bsky.social · 12h

Please share widely! Urgent!
Please help our friend @maedayj.bsky.social stay housed!
Today is the deadline, eviction process will start if Mae can't get this done today!
Mae does so much work for our communities, especially her work with @chronicloaf.bsky.social.
If you can't help, please share! ❤️🌸

Mae_DayJ @maedayj.bsky.social · 1d

If I cant raise $975 today I’ll likely be facing eviction this month

I’m out of time

Please help if you can!🙏🏽💚

$maelee21
V: @ Maelee-Johnson
PayPal.me/maeleeJ
ko-fi.com/maedaej

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Ellie Noctis @ellienoctis.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly we have one last day to pay for my mom’s chemotherapy ($800) she was having troubles to breathe due to symptoms of fibromyalgia and cancer! Pls help us! This is an emergency!
@chronokatie.bsky.social
@catespice.bsky.social
@karriehiggins.bsky.social @trance.bsky.social @robfromchicago.com

Ellie Noctis @ellienoctis.bsky.social · 1d

We have until friday morning to pay for my mom’s chemotherapy ($800)! Not being able to pay for it means that she wont be able to get any treatment until next year which is a higher risk for her life! Pls we beg your help to save her!

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY

ko-fi.com/ellienoctis/...

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 13h

Please tell me I am not related to Palisades guy. We have an entire Rinderknecht wing of the family. 😦

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

I am .. dare I say? ... excited about this essay.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2d

Man…man.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...

“Why Sergio?”: Deportation ends 36-year dream for celebrated Waco chef

Sergio Garcia built a wide following for his regional Mexican cuisine over the decades, becoming a favorite of the White House press corps visiting Waco during the Bush presidency. Then in March, ICE ...

www.texastribune.org

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh how miserable. I hope you get relief soon.

Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

He said since the damage was so close to previous dental work, it seemed like something got missed. I don't know about that. My EDS & epilepsy & pernicious anemia teeth are a Whole Lot, but ... whatever, I'll take it.

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller fake freeze frame and yet universities and school districts and hospitals and newspapers and way too many dems are still fawning all over these freaks.

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 2d

Here is where to donate to make up this funding shortfall after Trump's threats and help Black & biracial students in Cedar Rapids with college readiness:

www.theacademysps.com/donate/#End-...

Donate - The Academy For Scholastic and Personal Success

Donate Your contribution now will help create leaders for our future. You can make a difference. 2021 Year-End Contribution Yes, I will support The Academy SPS programs. My tax-deductible year-end gif...

www.theacademysps.com

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 2d

Trump threatened CR School District funding unless they cut funding for The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success .... and the school district caved.

See next post for where to donate to The Academy.

www.kcrg.com/2025/10/01/c...

Cedar Rapids nonprofit has funding pulled due to executive order

Facing a sudden loss of school district funding due to federal threats, a Cedar Rapids nonprofit is seeking new ways to generate income.

www.kcrg.com

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 1d

My dentist repaired a tooth for free today. Cool. The 'tism did not appreciate Unexpected Numb Face, but I can't complain. Plus, it's next to the Indian market so I got my cardamom, finally!

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Writer/Artist#StopFemicide 🇨🇦 @writerartisteh.bsky.social · 1d

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

I see a lot of people saying that a person charged with a crime deserves the chance to prove their innocence.

Please stop doing this because you have it backwards and this is really important.

It is ALWAYS the government's burden to prove a person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 2d

Someone should ask what Miller was doing between 2021 and 2025, why David Horowitz recruited him to the foreign policy team of the Trump campaign, why the Democrats never followed through on their 2017 investigation of alleged lies on Miller's SF-86 clearance forms, but no one asks real questions

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

WATCH — @whitehouse.senate.gov : “What became of the $50,000 in cash in that Cava bag? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?”

AG PAM BONDI: *LASHES OUT aggressively, avoids answering entirely* 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 2d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 2d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 2d

Here is where to donate to make up this funding shortfall after Trump's threats and help Black & biracial students in Cedar Rapids with college readiness:

www.theacademysps.com/donate/#End-...

Donate - The Academy For Scholastic and Personal Success

Donate Your contribution now will help create leaders for our future. You can make a difference. 2021 Year-End Contribution Yes, I will support The Academy SPS programs. My tax-deductible year-end gif...

www.theacademysps.com

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Karrie @karriehiggins.bsky.social · 2d

Trump threatened CR School District funding unless they cut funding for The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success .... and the school district caved.

See next post for where to donate to The Academy.

www.kcrg.com/2025/10/01/c...

Cedar Rapids nonprofit has funding pulled due to executive order

Facing a sudden loss of school district funding due to federal threats, a Cedar Rapids nonprofit is seeking new ways to generate income.

www.kcrg.com

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