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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 7h

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 5h

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

Or as the New York Times puts it: “Mr. Trump's budgetary maneuvering appeared unorthodox…”

Mr. Trump's budgetary maneuvering appeared unorthodox, even though it may spare more than 1 million active-duty service members from the financial hardship of missing a paycheck next week. It was not clear how much money the administration had at its disposal, and how long it could rely on accounting moves to pay troops during the shutdown.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 8h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 4h

“I’m 15! I’m not resisting!”

ICE agents in Illinois dragged a teenage girl from a car, slammed her face-down, and knelt on her neck.

This is what state-sanctioned terror looks like in America. #BlueSky #NewsSky

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The Sound of Rain ❌👑 @amenokoe.bsky.social · 4h

Mutual aid will be invaluable as they remove essentials from our lives to force us to our knees, to beg them for scraps as they build golden ballrooms on our graves. Remember the old balsa wood engineering projects in school? No matter how weak we are alone, a good structure will give us strength.

Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 8h

The mutual hub is one of three big updates coming. In every way, we are going to try to counter everything they do, through resistance, boycotting and helping each other get through this. Subscribe to the substack for ongoing support.
open.substack.com/pub/psychope...

Mutual Aid Update

We thought the mutual aid hub could wait.

open.substack.com

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Jesse💙💙💙💙 @journeyled.bsky.social · 4h

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 4h

Now this
Not only Texas, all over our Country
Students and teachers
Curriculum Project 2025
So upsetting Alan.
(ht @sifill.bsky.social ty)

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Tara @sebbrover.bsky.social · 3h

Happy to say I am still boycotting Amazon. We lived a long time without it. We can live again without it.

Come on people. Fight. Don’t let them rule your life.

Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 1d

The opposite of Kid Rock is Neil Young. Boycott Amazon. For the love of God.
psychopete1.substack.com/p/step-1-adm...

Step 1: Admit We Were Powerless Over Amazon

Notes from the Apocalypse — broadcast by me from 25 years in the future.

psychopete1.substack.com

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Natty🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🏐🏈🐕🐴📎 @grillnatty.bsky.social · 13h

Alford gets owned by

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 4d

This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Lauren Eastwood @leeastwood.bsky.social · 2d

That’s terrifying! What a f’in world. I can’t even say that it’s ironic, because AI is so ubiquitous. I’m a hater too. I am raging against that machine. 😡

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Adolfo Neto @adolfont.github.io · 2d

I tried to listen to a blog post on Google Chrome for Android, and instead of "reading" the transcript, Chrome played an AI-generated podcast episode (Notebook LM style) with two fake persons discussing the text. I hate that.

This was the text anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

I Am An AI Hater

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.

anthonymoser.github.io

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Johnny Heldt @heeersjohnny.bsky.social · 6d

Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"We’re creating something dangerous to the country: A masked monster of law enforcement uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."
In Germany they called it the Gestapo.
#maddow

Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea

I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.

www.motherjones.com

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 2d

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Leslie A. Larson @lesliealarson.bsky.social · 2d

Truth!!

Laura Haynes👩‍🔬⚾️🐾💙 @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social · 3d

This is great news: Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Check the timestamps. On CNN’s website, the uploaded interview starts at 2:52. On their YouTube page, the upload starts at 2:47. The “plenary authority” comment by Miller was at 2:41, as shown in my side-by-side video post. CNN should be reporting on what Miller said. It’s news!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Glen from So Cal @glenc.bsky.social · 3d

What he's saying is that the President has power over everything and that no one else has any power.

The Constitution was specifically written so that this wouldn't happen.

They're destroying our country to create an authoritarian dictatorship.

Wake the fuck UP!

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller accidentally blurted out that Trump had "plenary authority" on TV today.

They're going for full-scale dictatorship.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...

Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracies Started Flying.

www.nytimes.com

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3d

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 3d

America is in crisis.

So it's a small relief that the rest of the world is actually getting remarkable stuff done with energy. We just passed a huge milestone globally!

Now back to work on America.
billmckibben.substack.com/p/something-...

Something extraordinary just happened

But of course there's a but. Or two.

billmckibben.substack.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

#KYsen

@politico.com
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 5d

If I Ran the Media™
Fewer stories on:
—How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging
—How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY]
—How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up

More of:
—Which points of resistance are actually working
—What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of
—Real-world tariff/immig effects
—ETC

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