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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

According to the victim's attorney, the body camera captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good”
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 11h

And of course govt may cast doubt that "the patient may not have lived even if the nearest ED was open"...
But what is a given: the ED being closed, along w the next nearest ED being closed, made it a certainty that the pt did NOT have a chance for safe and timely care.
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🌸🌺Cindy Alexander Capaldo🌺 @cyn1422.bsky.social · 4h

On site training agreements w allies are common in the U.S.
Hosting other countries @ U.S. Air Force Bases is not new.
We've hosted Singapore in Idaho since 2008, Germans in New Mexico for decades.

The Qatar training facility at an Air Force base in Idaho | AP News
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Things to know about the Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base

When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had reached an agreement with Qatar to build a facility at an Air Force base in Idaho, social media posts ...

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DSP💙#🟦🎗️✡️ @drawstickpeople.bsky.social · 4h

DSP💙#🟦🎗️✡️ @drawstickpeople.bsky.social · 9h

Straight up aligning with HAMAS' Covenant

These are your neighbors if you're in the UK

They're not hiding. They've got their own social media presence

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 13h

⚡️German airlines call to shoot down drones threatening airports.

Germany's airlines are calling for drones that threaten airport operations to be shot down, Der Spiegel reported on Oct. 11. The call to action comes amid a recent surge of unidentified drone sightings across Europe.

German airlines call to shoot down drones threatening airports

Germany's airlines are calling for drones that threaten airport operations to be shot down, Der Spiegel reported on Oct. 11. The call to action comes amid a recent surge of unidentified drone sighting...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5h

Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman, who was thrown to the ground & handcuffed by ICE, has been released without charges

DHS said she assaulted an officer, but eye witnesses claim she didn’t

The lack of charges makes it clear that ICE is lying to try and cover up the fact that they attack the press

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 7h

This is just so very, very illegal. And Republicans in Congress aren’t the least bit interested in controlling the purse. They’re just employees of trump org at taxpayer expense. This is a dictatorship.

Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 10h

Pentagon moves $8 billion from research to pay troops trib.al/G0HMywT

Pentagon moves $8 billion from research to pay troops

Left over R&D funds will be used to pay military members on Oct. 15, the Department of Defense said, following orders from President Trump.

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 4h

Did you know it was several decades before handwashing in hospitals was implemented after it was found to be necessary in 1846? We’re in the same boat today, except w/ airborne transmission—yes, in 2025. Unfuckingbelievable. So unnecessary, maddening, irresponsible, & dangerous. #MasksInHealthcare

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 5h

This isn’t fearmongering — it’s reality. Hospital-acquired COVID can delay care or cost you your health — even your life.

Infection control measures — masks, ventilation, testing, and staff/patient protections — should be standard care in every healthcare setting.

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Prognostic Chats @PrognosticChats

Some day you’ll be in hospital for surgery or chemotherapy or with another illness & a nurse, or doctor or visitor at the next bed, or the patient opposite you will give you a Covid infection & your treatment will get delayed & your life will be put at unnecessary risk.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 14h

How it's going in Chicago

After ICE arrested US citizen and WGN Producer Debbie Brockman

Agents driving the white van cut off and hit another car, swarmed the vehicle at gunpoint, dragged out the driver-who is ALSO a citizen-and arrested her, too

Straight up fascism

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Agentes de ICE chocan contra el vehículo de una mujer y después la sacan a la fuerza para arrestarla. N Paulina St & W Schubert Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

TikTok video by ¿ Qué Pasa ?

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12h

ICE IS DISAPPEARING PEOPLE TO WORK CAMPS

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

ICE has a history of preying on the most vulnerable and abusing people in their custody.

Many have died preventable deaths.

Two disabled people are currently being detained and denied all reasonable accommodations.

It’s eugenics. It’s cruelty for cruelty’s sake.

Disabled People are Being Mistreated in ICE Detention Facilities

Why is no one talking about it? Where's the media? Where's the public outcry? Another example of the pervasive nature of ableism and how society views disabled people as expendable.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h

265 days into Donald Trump's term:

The president's net approval rating is -16%,
down 0.7 points since last week.

39% approve, 56% disapprove, 4% not sure

www.economist.com/interactive/...

Donald Trump’s approval rating

Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump

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citizen190.bsky.social @citizen190.bsky.social · 7h

Reminder: terrorists filmed themselves taking hostages alive and those they murdered into captivity. They murdered many hostages in captivity. Until today, they're torturing and starving the hostages that remain alive. There is no justification for this depravity. #2YrsTooLong #FreeGazaFromHamas

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 14h

🚨🚨🚨A 15 year old opens the door to the vehicle, but ICE monsters proceed to throw her around like a rag doll — because they can. Notice the police drive away, just out of view of the camera. Uploaded ~ 2 hours ago. 1/2

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 7h

20th time I’ve posted this Doonesbury since 2105.

I’m supposed to get a free set of (Trump) steak knives now.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 17h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

NEW: So it IS a second home and not an investment property. Motion to dismiss for abuse of the grand jury process in 3...2...
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In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 10h

I am heartbroken that this is what our country has become. I’m aware we are not what I grew up thinking we are, but we are now definitely an authoritarian monstrous regime!

Democratic Hispanic Caucus of FL Alachua County Chapter @dhcfalachua.bsky.social · 10h

Crimes against humanity are being committed at these “detention facilities “ aka concentration camps. We need to continue to raise this issue. Share it with your friends and family. They need to know the truth!

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 8h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

"Making the rigged election claim to the military now, retroactively, is a half-step. By stating it as fact and forcing the general staff to accept it, he is laying the predicate to make such a claim directly to the military in the future."

“Legal Orders” and Trump’s Military

Authoritarians don’t take power by openly flouting the law. They look for pretexts and legal theories.

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🦄)))🕊️🎗️✡️🐇 #VoteYesOnCAProp50 @melisandra01.bsky.social · 8h

When Jewish people warn people about how much Islamist bullshit is being fed into the k-12 system folks should actually listen. This is no oversight. This is part of a pattern of behavior the Jewish people have been documenting for AWHILE.

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 1d

This is why one of my mantras is 'politics itself can be a biological risk'. Wildfowl migration has already begun in North America, which will mean a significant increase in H5N1 infections in poultry, dairy cattle and humans. Yet politics is dismantling the defence.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

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