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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13h

A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week

He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared

They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him

Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility

They kidnapped a disabled child!

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🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 18h

A Black child’s meltdown is seen as aggression 😕
A white child’s meltdown is seen as a cry for help 🙂‍↔️
This double standard costs lives, opportunities, and dignity.
Listen to Black autistic voices.
Believe our experiences ♾️

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Marie Laveau's Modern Day BS Killer & Eater of 🍬 @youraibabydaddy.bsky.social · 12h

Correct.

🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 18h

A Black child’s meltdown is seen as aggression 😕
A white child’s meltdown is seen as a cry for help 🙂‍↔️
This double standard costs lives, opportunities, and dignity.
Listen to Black autistic voices.
Believe our experiences ♾️

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 8h

Come teach with me for @resistanceschool.bsky.social !!

Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 14h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Marie Laveau's Modern Day BS Killer & Eater of 🍬 @youraibabydaddy.bsky.social · 14h

Harris had a whole plan for seniors, including paying up to $30k a year for reimbursement for a relative to be a caretaker for them.

But...they didn't want this.

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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 16h

See? This is some of the passive aggressive bs BW have been telling y’all about for years.

At least she admitted the quiet part out loud…she’s envious.

NVM BW have been preparing our homes since the orange demon took office...we should feel ”lucky” for being prepared 🫠

babyblueboomer.bsky.social @babyblueboomer.bsky.social · 21h

Aren't you lucky to have that option? And to have a freezer full of food! Seniors on this thread are envious ... we don't have Instacart or Doordash...what a luxury!

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

🚨🚨🚨Hunger strike at concentration camp in El Paso because a staff member told detainees that the food may have been responsible for the camps most recent death. 1/2

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 20h

By the way ICE in this video is driving a $100k luxury SUV. They’re literally gangsters with a $100 billion dollar budget, which, like any gangster, they have used to buy themselves luxury cars and guns. Pretty soon they’ll start gold-plating their weapons, because why not

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 23h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Marie Laveau's Modern Day BS Killer & Eater of 🍬 @youraibabydaddy.bsky.social · 20h

Thats not a plan. That's a tool. Protesting is a tool, just as strikes and boycotts are.

This would be as if a client came to my practice just venting, but I don't create a treatment plan w/measurable objectives that focuses on how to complete the long term goal they will not get better.

cjcarpenter @cjcarpenter.bsky.social · 20h

I've had that thought too. But the answer (from Zizek or maybe Marx?) is that the walking around creates a platform and superstructure for political action. "The work" is creating solidarity and a sense that the individual is not alone (isolation being an objective of the oppressor).

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 20h

If you were recently terminated as part of the layoff, please reach out to www.centerforemploymentjustice.com.

Terminating federal employees for purely political reasons is illegal.

CEJ- Advocates in the Workplace

www.centerforemploymentjustice.com

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Kristen @nvkristen.bsky.social · 18h

Spoiler: it’s Taylor Swift 🤦🏻‍♀️

Kristen @nvkristen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the issue you have with media outlets in the year of our lord 2025? Um… alright.

Kristen @nvkristen.bsky.social · 18h

I really want to know more about this because 🤨🧐🧐 news3lv.com/news/local/o...
The story is just bringing the racists out of the woodwork. And the event does not seem at all in touch with what my Black friends and neighbors are doing/thinking/saying. Am I missing it?

Organizers call for Black men to unite in powerful march at Kianga Palacio Park

A powerful call to action is resonating across the valley as the 1,000 Black Men March is set to take place this Saturday.Organizers are urging Black men to "s

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Marie Laveau's Modern Day BS Killer & Eater of 🍬 @youraibabydaddy.bsky.social · 1d

That white adjacent shit never turns out the way you think it will lol.

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 1d

Black people told y’all they’re never letting you in no matter how much they’ll use your own racism to their benefit. Theirs. Not yours. Ever.

Sucker! 😜

Surprise! Vivek Ramaswamy's Turning Point Event Derailed by Racism - The New Republic

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Surprise! Vivek Ramaswamy's Turning Point Event Derailed by Racism — The New Republic

Event attendees asked Ramaswamy why he felt he could be the governor of Ohio even though he isn’t Christian.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 1d

The president of the United States is getting flu and COVID booster shots but telling YOU that you shouldn’t and that removing access across every state via the pharmacies.

PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT
THE WHITE HOUSE
MEMORANDUM
October 10, 2025
TO: KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT
CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY
SUBJECT: President Donald J. Trump Completes Comprehensive Follow-Up Evaluation at
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
President Donald J. Trump successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluation today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The visit was part of his ongoing health maintenance plan and included advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventive health assessments conducted by a multidisciplinary team of specialists. These evaluations were performed in coordination with leading academic and medical consultants to ensure optimal cardiovascular health and continued wellness.
Comprehensive laboratory studies performed in conjunction with the visit were exceptional, including stable metabolic, hematologic, and cardiac parameters.
In preparation for upcoming international travel, President Trump also received preventive health screenings and immunizations, including annual influenza and updated COVID-19 booster vaccinations.
President Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health. His cardiac age-a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG-was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age. He continues to maintain a demanding daily schedule without restriction.
SUMMARY: President Donald J. Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

Should’ve defunded the police like we instructed smh

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

RIFed:

OHR - Office of Human Resources

…. did I get this right?
Like… can you even eliminate the OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES?

🤯

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Kristen @nvkristen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the issue you have with media outlets in the year of our lord 2025? Um… alright.

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MsBrownMilf @jojojolie.bsky.social · 1d

If you read up on the history of Venezuela, the US has always had their hands, feets, toes, etc in their country.

CMON YALL JUST READDDDDD.

Reading helps keep away you becoming a vegetable in your old age. It keeps them brain synapses going!!

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

FYI, all law enforcement already treats Black Americans this way. Welcome!

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 4d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 1d

NEW ICE recruits get $50,000 sign on bonuses and are eligible for student loan forgiveness

But your active duty military starving?

Yikes.

Gommy @gommyatthebeach.bsky.social · 1d

Deplorable much? Our military has to line up at a food bank bc they haven't gotten paid bc of the govtshutdown!!! And I'm REALLY not interested in anyone saying it's the Dems fault! Wake up!!!

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Patrick Doran @patrickdoran.bsky.social · 2d

I found this map showing which states used Dominion Voting Machines in the 2024 race. With an election denier as the new owner of Dominion which is now Liberty vote, I definitely would advise all states to get out of their contract with them & find a new one.

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