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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 9h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 12h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 16h

Excellent piece by @mjtoma.bsky.social pulling together everything that has happened in the last week. newrepublic.com/post/201625/...

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 8h

Judging from viewership of other videos they posted today, the interviews with Clinton and Rice went over like a lead balloon.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 8h

The revolution will be inflated

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 11h

News agencies are missing the point that he was going to do this anyway.

Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 11h

Rump was laying off massive parts of the government before the shutdown, and promised EOY reductions in February.

If an abusive person regularly beats their spouse, then they'll never need a reason to do it again. And it's not the victim's fault.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 18h

Dang, it could have been Chuck Shumer 😉

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 2d

I hope someone is looking into the connection between the landlords, building management, and the Feds.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 1d

NIH is researching a single R shot followed by a bag of M&Ms

Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 1d

I grew up in St Louis, and to be fair, if you take the 2nd exit after the Arch, make two hops, slide to the left, slide to the left, then slide to the right, you'll be on Bourbon St.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 1d

The protagonist propagandized by his own propaganda.

"Hoist with his own petard." -Hamlet

Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck finding those unicorns

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EDC 🇺🇦🇮🇱 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 2d

The train track to nowhere. Covered Bridge #Photography

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 3d

New Sky, who this?

Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 3d

Be gone, Snivellus

An extremely close-up shot of a large, dark green snake with bright yellow eyes and prominent fangs, its body coiled on a polished wooden table. The snake, Nagini from the Harry Potter series, is the central focus. Several people in dark robes are seated or standing around the table in the background, out of focus. The scene appears to be from a movie.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 3d

I wish the DC Metro had a dining car

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d

We don't know anything yet.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 3d

They also think it's okay to restrict health-care for trans people

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 3d

That and ensuring Congress's Constitutional power of the purse is not handed off to the Executive

Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 4d

A 2023 report by NewsGuard, a service that rates news reliability, found that vtforiengpolicy dot com spread false claims, including conspiracy theories about the Hamas-Israel conflict. www.newsguardtech.com/press/brand-...

vtforiengpolicy.com

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 5d

A Pileated Woodpecker passing by overhead.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 5d

HedWEB and the Angry Inch

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 5d

I loved the ship boss battles in this game and there were far too few of them.

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RPGFan @rpgfan.bsky.social · 5d

Happy 25th anniversary to Dreamcast RPG #SkiesOfArcadia, which was launched as Eternal Arcadia in Japan today! It doesn't get much more classic than this, with the Blue Rogues hoisting their flag against the Valuan Empire. Read our review below!

Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/skies...

Graphic featuring Skies of Arcadia artwork.

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