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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 57m

This really captures the nexus of cruelty and corruption at the core of MAGA:

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 2h

Probably a good time to remember that one thing every leader feared throughout history was their own troops going without pay.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6h

The US military stops getting paid from next week.

White House has, for now, ruled out legislative fix for military pay

Over 1 million military paychecks could go unfulfilled on Oct. 15.

www.politico.com

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 2h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 1h

Unlike Iceland, Japan’s feminist gains later faced organized backlash. After the Basic Act for a Gender Equal Society was passed in 1999, conservative groups and politicians began targeting “gender free” education and local equality ordinances.

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1st vs. 118th: On Gender Equality, Japan and Iceland Took Different Roads - Unseen Japan

The Emperor of Japan asked Iceland's president a very good question recently: Why is your gender gap so much smaller than ours?

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 1h

It's a theory like gravity

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 6h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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Academic Anarchy🏴 - Antifa Founder @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 1h

If the law explicitly states they are allowed in, and are not being allowed in, why haven’t any of these congress people sued?

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 6h

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

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Nebraska Examiner @nebraskaexaminer.com · 1h

ICED OUT? The Douglas County sheriff’s proposal to rent Omaha-based jail space to the federal government for migrant detention appears to have hit a dead end with a majority of the Douglas County Board.

From Cindy Gonzalez:

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Sheriff proposal to lease Douglas County jail space to feds for migrant detainees appears iced out • Nebraska Examiner

The Douglas County sheriff's proposal to lease Omaha jail space to the feds for migrant detainees appears iced out.

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Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 10h

Now with #AltText

A black background has white text at the top that says “amphifa.” Two flags over each other, common antifa flags, have a black flag and a green one. An image of a green frog facing left with a blue ascot sits on the black flag. Circling the flags is the text, “amphibians against fascism.”

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2d

Frog and Toad looked into a mirror.

“We look brave,” said Frog.

“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 1h

Let’s see the video.

DHS also just claimed in appeal of LA Press Club’s lawsuit that a reporter “shot” an officer. I suspect false statement to court. Not only does “victim” officer’s report not say he was shot, the alleged reporter doesn’t exist in dozens of videos I reviewed from scene. 🤔

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 7h

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1h

#BREAKING | Israel is bombing in Southern Lebanon

Israeli occupation warplanes bombard Al‑Musaylih area heavily in southern Lebanon.

More than Ten Israeli airstrikes hit the outskirts of Tebnine town in southern Lebanon.

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Rachel Haimowitz @rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social · 1h

God it's been just over a year and I was still reduced to tears by reading about Helene and our community's incredible response to it. I guess that's not a trauma--or, in its wake, a spiritual uplift--that's going away anytime soon.

Anyway #WNC is fucking incredible come visit us.

Josh Stein @joshsteinnc.bsky.social · 12h

Reader’s Digest ranks Asheville as the Nicest Place in America! Come check out Asheville and the rest of western NC to see all they have to offer. www.rd.com/article/ashe...

When Hurricane Helene Hit, Asheville, North Carolina, Banded Together—And Became 2025’s Nicest Place in America

After a devastating hurricane, residents rallied together … and provided a blueprint for what real cooperation and kindness look like.

www.rd.com

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Steve Saidemonster @smsaideman.bsky.social · 1h

I hate Christian nationalism, but I love it getting shoved into Vivek's face.

If you ally with white supremacy, they will eventually realize you aren't white.

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1h

Vivek was apparently shocked to learn that the kids in Charlie Kirk's TPUSA groups are Christian Nationalists who will never accept him. They want the entire country to be white Christians, and the very idea that he could hold a position of power offends them.

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Surprise! Vivek Ramaswamy’s Turning Point Event Derailed by Racism

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

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 2h

New Orwellianism just dropped

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Chris Ahuja for Congress @chrisahuja.bsky.social · 1h

LA’s young people are paying the price for decades of greed. No one can live with dignity when rent eats your check and gas drains your wallet. It’s not enough to fight Trump—we need a party that fights for working people. Shoutout to Sofia for leading by example. 👏 #AhujaCongress2026

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Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · 2d

There was a Kristi Noem video on the monitors at airport security this morning and I mourned Orwell.

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Eugene Lassowski @atoutlemonde.bsky.social · 1h

If fucking RIDICULOUS that this even has to be done. Fuck Trump. Fuck ICE. Fuck Trump. Fuck MAGA. Fuck Stephen Miller. Fuck Trump. Fuck Kristi Noem. Fuck Mike Johnson. And FUUUuuuUuuUUUCK Trump.

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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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 5h

You break it, you own it. Kudos to @akalhan.bsky.social.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10h

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 1h

Reminder: the President may be allowing his secretary to undermine access to vaccines for others and promote anti vaccine misinformation, but he himself is fully vaccinated, including this year’s flu and Covid vaccine.

In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say.

Letter saying President Trump got his annual flu and Covid vaccine.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 4h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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One Amahira, MA @oneamahira.bsky.social · 3h

That's silly, everyone knows actual ICE agents wear fatigues and tactical vests with sneakers

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Judith Butlerian Jihad @pghguy.bsky.social · 4h

this is what it takes. we're here now folks, there is not a "if the nazis came" it's "they're here and your mettle will be tested now"

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 7h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 5h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 6h

There may be a ceasefire but families in Gaza have lost almost everything and are having to rebuild. Mahmoud has a new baby arriving soon too ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 17h

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mahmoud. Mahmoud was a computer engineer doing web development before this. He’s lost his job and home (and many coworkers) and is in a tent with his family including his children Zeina, 6 and Zane, 2. His wife Malak is 7 months pregnant.

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