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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 8h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

Seen in Maywood, Illinois

Handwritten sign on parked car dash that reads ZIP TYING CHILDREN IS FUCKING WRONG

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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks to Larry Ellison and the Dems who allowed this to happen at AIPAC’s request.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah. TikTok is out. It's an arm of the ruling fascist party at this point.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

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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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 8h

Please get out in the streets on October 18th, #NOKINGS DAY.

Do not give them fear. Show them our strength and power.

They must answer to us.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 9h

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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Peter Schurman @peter415.bsky.social · 7h

Shame on him.

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 7h

What a crock of shit from Marc Benioff — who appears willfully ignorant of news and facts and so thirsty for approval and attention from the Trump tech bros (who in the past mocked him relentlessly) that he is soiling himself in public www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 10h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 13h

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Peter Schurman @peter415.bsky.social · 13h

Take these offensive, useless electronic billboards off our public sidewalks.
@adenaishii.bsky.social @taplinterry.bsky.social

www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/10/i...

Revenue from ad kiosks on Berkeley sidewalks falls far short of company’s claims

An advertising firm told Berkeley each of its "smart kiosks" would generate more than $26,000 in revenue. They actually made $5,000.

www.berkeleyside.org

Peter Schurman @peter415.bsky.social · 13h

Also in 2008

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h

Democrats has a trifecta in 2021 and did not do any of these things. Maybe Dems should be taking notes on power politics here.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 17h

MIT stands up to the Trump regime. 👏🏼

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Peter Schurman @peter415.bsky.social · 16h

We’ve already been having a wave here, haven’t we?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs are multiplying

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 1d

Trump deserves no credit for this ceasefire - even in a backhanded way. He could have stopped the war this entire past year. If you have to thank someone - and there is little to be thankful for given the ruins of Gaza - please thank the global protest movement.

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Peter Schurman @peter415.bsky.social · 1d

Seismic, and appropriate.

49% shift overall

>70% shift among Dems.

Shifts this big in just two years are unheard of.

As genocide should be.

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Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 2d

It's truly brilliant how the American state is run by what I can only describe as a small group of child rapists doing everything in their power to dodge even theoretical accountability.

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2d

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Carolyn Barthel ❌👑 @carolyncbarthel.bsky.social · 2d

“If you execute an unlawful order, you will go to jail. You cld go to jail for the rest of your life.”
Yet we shld do everything we can to let our military know that if they risk their careers & even their freedom to protect the Constitution, we'll stand w them.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that this coming 9 days before the largest peaceful protest in modern American history is absolutely intentional. We will not back down. Trump and Miller can lie, smear, and threaten all they want. They will lose. No Kings, No Kings, No Kings. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 1d

there was a ceasefire when trump came in. he let israel blow that up, let famine spread, let his goons murder starving people, before using the power he'd had since he took office. grotesque to call this peacemaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-mideast-visit-israel-gaza.html

(from the nyt obvi) With Mideast Deal, Trump Is on the Brink of a Major Diplomatic Accomplishment

For President Trump, success in brokering a cease-fire is the ultimate test of his self-described goal as a deal maker and a peacemaker.

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 1d

"America’s homeowner population has stopped growing," per Redfin.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I think the next Democratic president needs to use the EXACT tools that SCOTUS has handed Trump. Don't leave room for any distinctions.

Impound funds for deportation. Give ICE the USAID treatment. Refuse to collect government-backed debt. Purge MAGA loyalists from the executive branch.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

YES! MORE OF THIS! Thank you Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold from Oregon’s National Guard 🙏

Source: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

#Oregon #Portland #50501Movement

@WinterPolitics1
The Oregon national guard general says if the Oregon National guard were to be deployed they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters not ICE.

And a photo of the Oregon National Guard General

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

It's awesome how "center concedes to right wing framing, loses to right wing anyway" is a story you can find everywhere ever

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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