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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 5h

FLAMES OUT OF THE SIDE OF MY FACE

there is no forgiveness for these horrors, ever

Teen with autism who was missing for days found in federal custody

A teenager with autism who was missing for days is in federal custody.

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 5h

A teacher in Humboldt Park just shared this with me. Parent volunteers are needed to walk kids and keep them safe.

Sharing here.

If someone can do alt text for me thank you. My anxiety is at 100 right now and I can’t process this all right now.

#Chicago

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[email protected] @lizzard.bsky.social · 5h

Siamese cat cleanse #CatsOfFediverse

Two cats sleeping on my lap in bed looking very cozy

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[email protected] @lizzard.bsky.social · 5h

Disgusting

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1d

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 7h

Credit to @msbtterswrth.altgov.info

Cartoon of a frog with a George Washington style wig with the caption "Give me Ribberty or give me death"

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 8h

"For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row...with women earning 80.9 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2024. That compares to women earning 84 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2022."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office

Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.

www.washingtonpost.com

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wakest 🏴‍☠️ @wake.st · 8h

its important to read the actual words these people are getting deported for... will be interesting to see if this is just a test case or if they are going to try to ramp this up

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23h

These issues have been a part of litigation already this year — over the student visa revocation efforts.

This statement essentially admits that the State Department is engaging viewpoint discrimination in revoking these visas.

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An Argentine national said that Kirk "devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric" and deserves to burn in hell.
Visa revoked.

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just came on here to say charlie kirk can rest in f|
piss and yet again if you have any
empathy at all for people like this you can ahead and remove yourself as my friend. i do not give a f about the death of a person who devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric. it's hot as fut where this man currently is and it's deserved

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A South African national mocked Americans grieving the loss of Kirk, saying
"they're hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom" and alleging "he was used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash."
Visa revoked.
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Neanderthals can't have their cake & eat it... This weekend they went openly anti-black racist & now they're hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom? Charlie Kirk won't be remembered as a hero. He was used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash!
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A Mexican national said that Kirk "died being a racist, he died being a misogynist" and stated that "there are people who deserve to die. There are people who would make the world better off dead."
Visa revoked.
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A Brazilian national charged that "Charlie Kirk was the reason for a Nazi rally where they marched in homage to him" and that Kirk "DIED TOO LATE."
Visa revoked.
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A German national celebrated Kirk's death and attempted to justify his murder, writing "when fascists die, democrats don't complain."
Visa revoked.
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Wenn Faschisten sterben, jammern
Demokraten nicht.

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A Paraguayan national charged that "Charlie Kirk was a son of a b**** and he died by his own rules."
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•@POTUS and @SecRubio will defend our borders, our culture, and our citizens by enforcing our immigration laws.
Aliens who take advantage of America's hospitality while celebrating the assassination of our citizens will be removed.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7d

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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[email protected] @lizzard.bsky.social · 8d

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Two siamese cats sitting on a manual wheelchair, staring intently. the back rest of the chair reads, Para todos todo, everything for everyone

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 12d

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 12d

Dozens of federal agents raiding an entire apartment building with kids in it just to see what they can find. It’s the most egregious abuse of our basic rights as Americans I've seen in a long time, maybe in my lifetime,” says Chris Hayes.

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‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11d

Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...

Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 11d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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taber @kvetch.gay · 11d

a White House staffer was just tapping away all kinds of shit talk in the secret secure Signal chat in a place where someone could take *numerous* photographs of his phone screen undetected and walk them over to the Minnesota Star-Tribune

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 11d

Signalgate 2.0, this time not about plans for attacking Houthis in Yemen, but sending the 82nd Airborne to Portland, Oregon

taber @kvetch.gay · 11d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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[email protected] @lizzard.bsky.social · 14d

Setting up for a drop in collage and decoupage workshop at the SF Disability Cultural Center! Drop by any time this afternoon before 4!

A table covered with arts and crafts supplies

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[email protected] @lizzard.bsky.social · 15d

Imagine throwing an 80 year old man to the pavement for any reason at all. These fake soldiers love to be cruel

www.reddit.com/r/law/s/9zn7...

From the law community on Reddit: California car wash owner tackled, arrested for 'impeding' ICE arrest. Files a $50 million tort claim

Explore this post and more from the law community

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 16d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 15d

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 15d

A very white, and famous, and most deadly immortal monster, Don;—but that would be too long a story.

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 15d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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