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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 6h

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

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 9h

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.

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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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David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 9h

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This is a producer for WGN Chicago.

This is Putin-style autocracy.

WATCH

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15h

Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.

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Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

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Chipmunk Whisperer 🌴🥥🏝️ @chipmunkwhisperer.bsky.social · 4d

Pastor David Black, First Presbyterian Church, being pepper-sprayed outside ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Stephen F. Knott @stephenknott.bsky.social · 7h

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augustadsays.bsky.social @augustadsays.bsky.social · 7h

More than 600 sold last month, that is a lot of frogs to kiss!
www.amazon.com/JINSTABAG-In...

Amazon.com: JINSTABAG Inflatable Costume Adult Frog Full Body Deluxe Funny Air Blow Up Costume for Men Women Halloween : Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry

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W. Ralph Eubanks @wralpheubanks.bsky.social · 7h

On January 24, 2025, Switchyard gathered dozens of writers, radio producers, nonprofit leaders, educators, and thinkers at their headquarters in Tulsa to collectively imagine—and reckon with—what the next four years will be like. Proud to hve been a part of it.
www.switchyardmag.com/issue-5/demo...

Is This the End of Democracy? — Switchyard

By The Editors

www.switchyardmag.com

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Linda Monk @lindarmonkjd.bsky.social · 5h

It's a meme! Better than spilling tea.

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 6h

Well played bluesky, well played.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 14h

Portland is doing well making clear the ridiculousness of the military takeover.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 12h

Thou shalt not shoot priests in the head. I shouldn’t have to say this.

Thou Shalt Not Shoot Priests in the Head

I shouldn’t have to say these things.

www.thegodpodcast.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 11h

Authoritarians rule based on fear.

Ridiculing them this way weakens their propaganda.

It matters.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 17h

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Linda Monk @lindarmonkjd.bsky.social · 5h

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 10h

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Linda Monk @lindarmonkjd.bsky.social · 5h

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Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · 8h

MIT Engineers’ Drinking Song: “we don't give a damn for any old man who don't give a damn for us!”

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Alexis Coe @alexiscoe.bsky.social · 14h

Why might Trump suddenly schedule a second “routine” physical?

Surely this White House — the one that calls itself the most transparent in history (except for, you know, Epstein 👀) — will tell us everything.

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Alexis Coe @alexiscoe.bsky.social · 13h

On a related note www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 5h

So proud to have written the teacher guides for two of the most powerful and favorite graphic novels with my family and students. www.scholastic.com/content/dam/...

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Linda Monk @lindarmonkjd.bsky.social · 1d

She would be the necessary 218th signer to the discharge petition requiring the Epstein files to be released. #sschat

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Grijalva: The frustration for me is that it seems as if Speaker Johnson is not willing to swear me in because our politics are a little different, or because I’m going to be the 218th signer—he can just continue to drag this along with no end in sight.

That is not a foundation of our democracy.

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Linda Monk @lindarmonkjd.bsky.social · 1d

And justice to Epstein's victims.

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