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Anna Carey @annacarey.ca · 47m

I need folks to recognize that if anybody can be forced to prove their citizenship at any time or risk arrest and disappearance, then you could also be asked to do so, and that means you are *already in* the "papers, please" phase of this authoritarian project.

Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 1h

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 17h

I think I need to log off. I think you do, too. C’mon now. Let’s hold hands. Offline we go!

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 17h

As of today, more than 50% of all US federal government shut down days in history have happened during Trump presidencies

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 19h

Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”

Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Michael W. Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social · 22h

#RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
Could yall help me repost this over 50x:
WASHINGTON DC 10/16/15 @ Politics and Prose at Union Market
Thank you!

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

A 3,000-pound, 17-foot-long "DEMOCRACY" ice sculpture is melting away on the National Mall today, a statement from activists and artists on the weakened state of American democracy under the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

A 3,000-Pound Ice Sculpture Of 1 Word Is Melting In Front Of The U.S. Capitol

“It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation.

www.huffpost.com

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📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 17h

The Lindas will have their revenge

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 19h

Uline's owners "have used their wealth to funnel millions of dollars into the most extreme RW politicians & mvmts... contributed $144 million to conservative groups in the 2024 election cycle... donated $4+ million to bankroll anti-abortion groups who pushed to overturn Roe v Wade."
refuseuline.com

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📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 18h

“I’m walkin here!!!”

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Ordinary Rendition @renderjudgment.bsky.social · 19h

"Don't shit on people for doing the thing you want them to" is generally a pretty good rule.

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📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 19h

Poor @faineg.bsky.social needs an auto responder that just says over and over “Musk doing a Nazi. Evergreen”

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📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 19h

LOL

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📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 19h

This. Bring ‘em over.

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📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 19h

Oh Christ. Fanfuggintastic.

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📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 19h

Oh. 😬 what did I miss?

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 19h

Jewish law & Bible scholarship don't think the word in the 10 Commandments for "steal" is about, like, shoplifting.

Look at eg Genesis 40:15, Exodus 21:16 , Deuteronomy 24:7--

the commandment is not to steal people. Don't kidnap.

Though you shouldn't need the Bible to teach you that. #AbolishICE

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📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 19h

Oh GOOD LORD ALMIGHTY YEET ME FROM THIS MORTAL COIL

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📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 19h

Is it because of a threat of demonetization? Looking for confirmation here 😬

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kate b.ooOooO 👻 @katebitz.bsky.social · 21h

a solid 30% of my job is making sure people know:
- you don’t have to let assholes into your event or bar
- you don’t have to talk to assholes especially if they are filming you
- you don’t have to accept assholes in your civic org
- you don’t have to take assholes’ bad-faith inquiries seriously

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 21h

you have the right to not hang out with assholes. you deserve not to hang out with assholes. you are under 0 obligation to socially interact with assholes in your free time.

it is truly terrible that our culture tricked so many people into thinking that they’re obliged to be friends with assholes!

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 21h

we have spent the last decade witnessing a national epidemic of “it should be illegal to not hang out with me just because I’m a mean asshole” behavior

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20h

How do you do, fellow state senators, GOP attorneys, and balding, 31-year-old Hitler enthusiasts?

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 20h

It’s all about wanting to not ruffle feathers with alumni donors. You can email the dean to voice your displeasure. [email protected].

📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 20h

You can email the dean to voice your displeasure. [email protected].

📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 20h

You can email the dean to voice your displeasure. [email protected].

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📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · 20h

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social do you have any back channel connections to Jane Pauley? She’s a very high IU j-school alum. I was also told Mark Cuban is an alum.