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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 9h

Congrats, MAGA, you’ve owned the Libs—and all it’s cost you is a functioning government, a working democracy, human rights, national peace, economic stability, affordable groceries, affordable healthcare, qualified leaders, and global standing.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/congratula...

Congratulations, Trump Supporters, You've Owned the Libs

Well, Trump Supporters, as a member of the woke radical Left, it kills me to say this, but you win.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

"She said to me after that - Samantha, 21 years old - all my life I've prepared for this moment. All my life, my mom, 53 years old, who was just going to get meat for a stew, has told me one day this could come."

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social talks ICE with @timmiller.bsky.social on The Bulwark Pod

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 16h

Ruben Gallego told me that "They teach in war all plans go to s*** when we first hit contact." This happened with Mike Johnson's gambit on the gov't shutdown. "I think they didn't realize that we weren't going to fold, and they didn't have a plan B after that."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Mike Johnson is getting squeezed on all sides amid the government shutdown

The mild-mannered, pious Johnson has so far avoided an internal rebellion in the House amid the shutdown. But, Eric Garcia writes, his luck might be running out

www.independent.co.uk

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 8h

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hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 18h

We Are So Lucky To Have Each Other During These Difficult
Times.Day After Day, Night After Night, Have Cultivated
A Wonderful Community

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 11h

Have you ever wondered if mental health professionals, privately among themselves, marvel and commiserate over the fact that such a significant percentage of our country has become a toxic mix of arrogant, ignorant, and bonkers?
I will answer that for you.
Yes. Yes, we do.

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Carrie @carebear620.bsky.social · 1d

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kennedykamila.bsky.social @kennedykamila.bsky.social · 8h

Do this in Portland too!

Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 18h

𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐂𝐄/𝐂𝐁𝐏 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭.

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Audrey Sargent @stoutheartstudio.com · 8h

Oh I could not resist drawing both of these male and female Kajil Pheasants for #Birdtober! I love how they look like they’re making a courtly bow to each other. Lol.

Probably closer to an hour and a half in #Procreate.

#birds #SciArt #BirdArt #DailyChallenge #ArtChallenge #DigitalArt

A male and female kajil pheasant with one leg forward sort of bow to each other. The male on the left has blueish tones and a large, flamboyant tail. The female on the right has a mostly brown and white tipped feather pattern with some blue tones at the edge of the wing and her tail. Both have red patches surrounding their eyes.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13h

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 8h

Not a lawyer, so I'm not familiar with contemporary discourse on the topic, but there oughta be a cost imposed on law enforcement when an arrest doesn't result in charges.

It was a wrongful arrest. That should be illegal. THAT should result in charges against the arresting officers.

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 13h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Jake Hamby @jakehamby.bsky.social · 11h

So he took the bribe money, he got appointed to a new White House job presumably requiring a high security clearance that he shouldn't have received for being under investigation for taking bribe money, and then presumably he didn't report the bribe money on his income taxes. Three potential crimes.

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 17h

'The second red flag is even more alarming': Ex-watchdog disturbed by Homan bribery case

www.rawstory.com

'The second red flag is even more alarming': Ex-watchdog disturbed by Homan bribery case

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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AuntBunny @auntbunny.bsky.social · 8h

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Jean Pocket @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 1d

Oop… Mike Johnson yet again being caught lying…

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 8h

A surprisingly hopeful perspective from a reporter who asked random folks on the east coast how they were doing, learned we’re all having a really bad time, and chose to highlight the shared humanity in that.

Seyward Darby @seywarddarby.bsky.social · 10d

"We’re traveling nearly 2,000 miles on I-95 from Miami to Maine, and pausing at virtually every rest stop. Our project is simple and vast at once: to ask fellow travelers where they’re headed, and where they think America is going too."

New from @atavist.com.

magazine.atavist.com/2025/america...

I’ve Gone to Look for America - The Atavist Magazine

Conversations and revelations about an ailing nation along Interstate 95.

magazine.atavist.com

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 14h

Sheriff Chris Davis from Humphreys County talks about the plant and the people.

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iamsalome.bsky.social @iamsalome.bsky.social · 8h

Greg Abbot is such a tool!!!!!

bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 11h

Governor Greg Abbott has ordered the removal of all rainbow sidewalks in Texas.

TikToker Kim Abrahamson Moore responded to the news with this pic of her driveway.

#LoveIsLove #Resist