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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment.

This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/

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Callies Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things @calliedot.bsky.social · 1d

I do think it would be amazing if hundreds of protesters just showed up dressed like ICE. They’d be absolutely baffled, they’d have no way to tell who’s who. They’re all dressed in off-the-rack Cabelas clothes since they don’t seem to have a standard uniform so it’s easy.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 6h

Reporters: stop using the deferential term "detaining" when talking about ICE goons' abduction of innocent people from US streets. You proper term would indeed by "abduction", but if you want to pretend neutrality you could use "capture", which at least says nothing about the captors' motives.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2h

Fat Satan got his COVID booster shot yesterday. If he doesn’t listen to his Trumpshit-crazy HHS Secretary, why should we?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6h

Turns out protest alone was never what changed things, it was protest *plus media coverage of protests*, which prompted officials to respond to protests, which increased public awareness of protests, etc.

If the protest happens & corporate media simply ignores it ... it's inert.

ineptitudinous.bsky.social @ineptitudinous.bsky.social · 7h

Six out of eight of the largest mass-movement protests in US history have happened since 2017. You wouldn't know this from most media reporting, and you sure af wouldn't know this from the way either major party has reacted.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 2h

🤦🏻‍♀️

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2h

Venezuelan officials, hoping to end their country’s clash with the U.S., offered the Trump administration a dominant stake in Venezuela’s oil and other mineral wealth in discussions that lasted for months, according to people close to the talks.

Venezuela’s Maduro Offered the U.S. His Nation’s Riches to Avoid Conflict

Venezuela’s autocrat had proposed allocating his country’s oil wealth and other natural resources to the U.S. and ending deals with American adversaries to appease President Trump.

nyti.ms

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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 5h

I say B💩!!!
Trump claims that Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado called him to say she had accepted the prize in his honor. 🙄
How pathetically sad is that?

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Shamontiel @shamontiel.bsky.social · 8h

U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reassigning hundreds of employees across several of its agencies to assist in the Trump administration’s broad immigration crackdown and will dismiss staffers who refuse to comply, according to news reports.
techcrunch.com/2025/10/10/h...

Homeland Security reassigns 'hundreds' of CISA cyber staffers to support Trump's deportation crackdown | TechCrunch

News of the reassignments comes at a time when the U.S. is facing a wave of hacks targeting private industry and the federal government.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 6h

Cult.

Gaslighting.

Sick.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Witkoff, flanked by Jared and Ivanka in Tel Aviv, says "may god bless Donald J Trump, the greatest president the world has ever seen"

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Mynameis...Miro @zg4ever.bsky.social · 19h

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-short...

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed

The scale and scope of federal data and statistics that have been...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 1d

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 9h

“President Trump then took a call from King Charles, who admitted the Queen should have chosen him to ascend the Throne.”

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 21h

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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Indivisible Oregon @indivisible-oregon.bsky.social · 1d

“You know, I never thought that renowned puppy killer Kristi Noem would be so afraid of protesters wearing frog costumes and chicken costumes,” Morillo began, “but here we are.”

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

“There is no terrorism happening here,” the council member told CNN.

Portland council member makes CNN anchor laugh with snarky response to Kristi Noem claims

“There is no terrorism happening here,” the council member told CNN.

www.oregonlive.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

Imagine that

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 1d

Release the Epstein Files.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

One thing we've learned from the American judicial system: The first 34 felonies are on the house*.

*Terms and conditions may apply. See prosecutors for details if you're not white. Or rich.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

By Erick Galindo

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 1d

More Than Half of Senate Democrats Help GOP Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill www.commondreams.org/news/2026-ndaa

While Ripping Trump Authoritarianism, Over Half of Senate Dems Help GOP Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill | Common Dreams

Senate Democrats are blasting Trump's increasingly authoritarian behavior and congressional Republicans for shutting down the US government to preserve devastating healthcare cuts, but over half of ...

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1d

I'm thinkin' more like Libation Day

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“Is this the start of a Liberation Day Two?”

@nytimes.com $SPX
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

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brent is Saw Gerrera-pilled @therealbrent.bsky.social · 1d

It’s so unbelievably funny that “America First” is bailing out Argentina and giving Qatar an Air Force base in Idaho.

Like you cannot make this shit up man lmao

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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