Claire
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lb395.bsky.social
From what I've heard from a friend who works in special ed. administration in Texas, it seems like a lot of educators are breaking right now. Burning out, yes, but also having actual breakdowns.

Republicans are gleefully doing incalculable, generational harm.
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unraveledpress.com
Broadview police chief Mills and ISP were examining some documents last night before targeting one protester in a small, completely non-disruptive crowd for a bag search. Looks like they're brushing up on ~policy~
Chapter 10: disorderly conduct Police chiefs meeting
lb395.bsky.social
Nobody voted for Stephen Miller.
lb395.bsky.social
Abusers empowered and encouraged to openly be exactly who they are.
boycottcitizens.bsky.social
On the left, a graphic commonly used to depict the dynamics of abusive relationships. On the right, an adaptation showing how those dynamics are at play now.

It's a regime of abusers at its core.
A black-and-white diagram titled “Power and Control Wheel.” At the center is a circle labeled “Power and Control.” Surrounding it are eight segments describing abusive tactics:

Using Coercion and Threats – threats to hurt her, leave, commit suicide, report her, drop charges, make her do illegal things.

Using Intimidation – making her afraid with looks, actions, smashing things, destroying property, abusing pets, displaying weapons.

Using Emotional Abuse – putting her down, name-calling, making her feel guilty, humiliating her, playing mind games, making her think she’s crazy.

Using Isolation – controlling what she does, who she sees and talks to, limiting outside involvement, using jealousy to justify actions.

Minimizing, Denying, and Blaming – making light of abuse, not taking concerns seriously, denying abuse, shifting blame, saying she caused it.

Using Children – making her feel guilty about children, using children to relay messages, using visitation to harass, threatening to take them away.

Using Male Privilege – treating her like a servant, making all big decisions, acting like “master of the castle,” defining men’s and women’s roles.

Using Economic Abuse – preventing her from working, making her ask for money, giving allowance, taking money, hiding or controlling family income.

Around the outside ring are the words “Physical Violence” and “Sexual Violence.” A graphic titled “Power & Control” modeled after the domestic violence Power and Control Wheel, but adapted to authoritarian regimes. The center shows the words “Power & Control” with a hand holding puppet strings. Eight surrounding circles describe methods of control:

Using Economic Abuse – tariffs, lawsuits, cutting funding, refusing payments, withholding aid, punishing dissenters, targeting labor.

Using Coercion & Threats – threats of economic harm, investigations, litigation, exile, imprisonment, violence, or death.

Using Intimidation – deploying law enforcement, military, paramilitary, raids, arrests, beatings, cheering violence.

Using Psychological Abuse – spreading propaganda, disinformation, name-calling, gaslighting, attacks on press, “fake news” claims.

Using Isolation – sowing distrust, us vs. them mentality, surveillance, scapegoating, controlling communication.

Minimizing, Denying, & Blaming – denying wrongdoing, shifting blame, dehumanizing, claiming violence is needed.

Using Children – framing policies as child protection, indoctrinating youth, controlling education, firing dissenting educators.

Using Privilege – elevating in-group, enforcing hierarchy through white supremacy, misogyny, rigid gender roles, pseudoscience, or religion.

The border of the graphic is labeled “Violence” on all sides.
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cwebbonline.com
OK, Pete Hegseth’s an idiot. He left out the word “training” when he said we’re building a Qatari Air Force facility. So I get why people were confused after his announcement yesterday, but I keep seeing folks repeat some version of “Qatar is building an airbase in Idaho.”

That’s not happening.
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.
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therealjackhopkins.bsky.social
They have to have a backup plan to the "dangerous immigrants" narrative. They have one. They've literally created a "terrorist group" out of thin air. I mean, you can't be having free and fair elections with "enemies from within," like the "Antifa Terrorist" group running around. It's a pretext.
lb395.bsky.social
Genuinely out of thin air. Noem is out there talking about it as an existential threat, but DHS wasn't talking about it at all until after both the EO & NPSM-7 dropped.

Now on to the part where they repeat it a thousand times a day.
boycottcitizens.bsky.social
I reviewed more than 2,600 DHS tweets going back to May 9.

Over that period, this was the very first mention of 'antifa.'

September 26, the day after the issuance of NSPM-7.

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Screenshot of a tweet from @DHSgov on Sep 26: "Antifa-aligned domestic terrorists have NOWHERE to hide: Under @POTUS Trump and @Sec_Noem, DHS is upholding the rule of law and will hunt you down and deliver justice. 

Dozens of Antifa-aligned left-wing violent extremists who have attacked law enforcement and launched a wave of violent riots throughout the United States have already been arrested:"
lb395.bsky.social
He seems personally offended that any woman would alter her body in a way not intended to make herself more attractive to guys like him.

Totally normal. Very cool.
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rbreich.bsky.social
Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
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maggietokudahall.bsky.social
Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.
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peoplesfabric.com
Based on all the social media reports, today may have been the busiest Friday for ICE activity that we’ve seen since this surge started.

With hundreds of police now protecting ICE’s facility for them, presumably ICE is able to deploy more agents to snatch people.
lb395.bsky.social
Corporate media: "Ok, but maybe this time they're telling the truth.
Blue and white graphic with red text reading “DHS lied about” in blue, followed by a list of names and phrases in red: Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Kilmar Abrego García, Andry Hernández Romero, Neri Alvarado Borges, Rep. LaMonica McIver, Los Angeles, Jaime Alanís, Sen. Alex Padilla, Portland, Brad Lander, George Retes, Francisco Longoria, Chicago, Silverio Villegas González, Miramar Martinez, taking the “worst of the worst,” and everything.
lb395.bsky.social
DHS lies about everything.
boycottcitizens.bsky.social
Your daily reminder not to take a single word DHS says on faith.

CC: Legacy media
Blue and white graphic with red text reading “DHS lied about” in blue, followed by a list of names and phrases in red: Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Kilmar Abrego García, Andry Hernández Romero, Neri Alvarado Borges, Rep. LaMonica McIver, Los Angeles, Jaime Alanís, Sen. Alex Padilla, Portland, Brad Lander, George Retes, Francisco Longoria, Chicago, Silverio Villegas González, Miramar Martinez, taking the “worst of the worst,” and everything.
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boycottcitizens.bsky.social
Your daily reminder not to take a single word DHS says on faith.

CC: Legacy media
Blue and white graphic with red text reading “DHS lied about” in blue, followed by a list of names and phrases in red: Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Kilmar Abrego García, Andry Hernández Romero, Neri Alvarado Borges, Rep. LaMonica McIver, Los Angeles, Jaime Alanís, Sen. Alex Padilla, Portland, Brad Lander, George Retes, Francisco Longoria, Chicago, Silverio Villegas González, Miramar Martinez, taking the “worst of the worst,” and everything.
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boycottcitizens.bsky.social
I reviewed more than 2,600 DHS tweets going back to May 9.

Over that period, this was the very first mention of 'antifa.'

September 26, the day after the issuance of NSPM-7.

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Screenshot of a tweet from @DHSgov on Sep 26: "Antifa-aligned domestic terrorists have NOWHERE to hide: Under @POTUS Trump and @Sec_Noem, DHS is upholding the rule of law and will hunt you down and deliver justice. 

Dozens of Antifa-aligned left-wing violent extremists who have attacked law enforcement and launched a wave of violent riots throughout the United States have already been arrested:"
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unraveledpress.com
Happening now: we're at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago.

CCSO + Broadview police are telling protesters + press they can't stand on the west side of 25th Street for any reason.

We asked what the precise public safety issue is. They just said they're anticipating cars coming through.
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reverendjesus.com
I didn't think we'd get here, but damn, it turns out "you can't shit here" is a really good weapon against the fascists
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dearsarah.bsky.social
At a Boyle Heights hospital in Los Angeles, hospital administrators are allowing ICE agents call the shots—& are interfering in medical decisions & blocking doctors from properly treating detainees who need emergency care.

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At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say
Doctors say administrator directives allow immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and compromise medical care.
flip.it
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cajunblue.bsky.social
🚨Garden Grove, CA, today. There ARE better ways to make money, FFS.
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cwebbonline.com
Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.