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Don't Wash Your Pits in the River of Sacred Tears @maestraoogway.bsky.social · 1m

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Mary Joy @maryjoy.bsky.social · 2h

I believe that’s the reason Lucifer was cast from Heaven… his advocacy of high marginal tax rate.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h

This is as much a legacy of the War on Drugs than anything else. He has a controlled substance conviction separate and apart from the exonerated murder conviction.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4h

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.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

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

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 3h

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 · 6h

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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Dr. Sandy B @drsandyb.bsky.social · 6h

Now ICE is attacking Chicago PD! Gassed them, why aren't these "federal agents" being held accountable for THEIR reckless violence⁉️
youtube.com/shorts/onCvj...

ICE tear gassed 27 Chicago police officers, Superintendent Snelling says

YouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago

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Don't Wash Your Pits in the River of Sacred Tears @maestraoogway.bsky.social · 4m

Idiots

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 4h

it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone who’s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously it’s good that they backtracked, these are people’s fucking LIVELIHOODS they’re messing with.

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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students-watch.bsky.social @students-watch.bsky.social · 28m

No current Republican dares oppose Trump for fear of losing their jobs. How sad the GOP has sunk to this—electing a dictator & a child as president. But Trump loves being first at everything, so he can add this disgrace to his list.Wonder how much he’s paying this newbie under the table like Stormy.

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AltReclamation 💦 @altreclamation.altgov.info · 1d

Despite it being a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act, the RIFs (reductions in force) have begun.

Reclamation staff: feel free to DM me to share your story if this is impacting you, and you want to share anonymously via this account.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Vought sounds layoff siren: ‘The RIFs have begun’

At least nine agencies appear to be affected.

www.politico.com

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 1d

Got kicked out of my work’s holiday party planning committee for suggesting the theme be “man’s inhumanity to man”

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Don't Wash Your Pits in the River of Sacred Tears @maestraoogway.bsky.social · 7m

What a great story!

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Peachtree Prophet @micfizzle.bsky.social · 25m

When I tell you I had the most amazing, random experience today lmao.

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Don't Wash Your Pits in the River of Sacred Tears @maestraoogway.bsky.social · 4h

😂yes

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Jane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 12h

Stephen Miller Says Trump has “Plenary Authority”. He does not. Plenary authority means ultimate authority that doesn’t answer to anyone else. Our Constitution provides for checks and balances so that no one would have that kind of authority.

Join a NO KINGS protest on Oct 18th. Mobilize.us

Stephen Miller Says Trump Has 'Plenary Authority'

YouTube video by HuffPost

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 6h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 6h

Divest from ICE private prison companies.

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨 Nearly 90% of people in ICE custody are held in facilities run by for-profit companies. Geo Group (NYSE: GEO) and CoreCivic (NYSE: CXW) investors:

Wolf Hill Capital Management: $181 mil stake in GEO

River Road Asset Management: $172 mil stake in CXW

Don't profit from Concentration Camps #DIVEST

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Don't Wash Your Pits in the River of Sacred Tears @maestraoogway.bsky.social · 5h

This is one of the most terrifying things I've read today, and it's been a SH*T news day.

Cole @colemarie.bsky.social · 6h

Oh so we’re just gonna legalize human trafficking now?! Wtaf.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 6h

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 6h

#ResistanceRoots

Today in history, 1906: San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students. Tensions were eased by the “Gentleman’s Agreement,” an informal treaty between the U.S. and Japan signed by Teddy Roosevelt. /1

Japanese family in San Francisco, ca. 1906.

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 6h

OPINION: "I ache that children now know how to barricade doors, that teachers carry more than lesson plans, that parents drop off sons and daughters with bullets in the back of their minds.

"This is not normal ... Other countries have ended school shootings. So can we," Duvalier Malone writes.

Opinion | As Kids Die at School, We Need an Emmett Till Moment

Dr. Duvalier Malone writes about the normalization of school shootings and how immediate action must be taken to stop them.

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AltUSCustoms @altuscustoms.altgov.info · 6h

Oh my god. No. NO. The lies…the sheer scope of the lies they tell. I am SO TIRED of this. So tired.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 6h

Aside from the general appropriations problem, I'm struck by that "two years." It must be some additional time, months or more, since Congress originally appropriated this money.

"To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years."

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 8h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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WE ARE FED UP! @val.sheshed.rocks · 12h

Great news! 24,000 donors have raised over $567,000 within 24 hrs of Letitia James’ indictment. Mamdani also summoned what is known as the sisterhood of Black elected officials in NYC to lend their support. I look forward to her victory. ❤️‍🔥 #Pinks #SheShed

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Letitia James sees a record fundraising surge and Democratic support after indictment | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump saw another one of his opponents indicted — but he also gave New York Attorney General Letitia James her best single day of fundraising in a nearly 30-year political career.

www.cnn.com

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 6h

magine trying to put a woman in jail
bc she had proven to a jury
that you’re a crook.

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 1d

NYC earlier today: Following yesterday's political-motivated indictment of Attorney General Letitia James by the fascist Trump regime, protesters in New York City rallied and chanted "Hands off Tish!" in support of her.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 6h

Well, you see, she said they couldn’t USE them. She didn’t say they couldn’t use them as threats to quell protests.

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