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Rep. Jerry Nadler @nadler.house.gov · 4h

As I previously said, the Trump Administration’s actions in the Caribbean Sea are illegal and unconstitutional.

Today’s military assault off of the coast of Venezuela is just the next in a series of criminal acts committed by President Trump and Secretary Hegseth.

Six killed after US strikes another boat off coast of Venezuela | CNN Politics

The US military conducted yet another strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people on board, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 2h

There is no legal or moral argument that could legitimize the actions; you can safely drop the caveats and call for murder prosecutions.

Personne @publica.bsky.social · 2h

I can assure you the number is 0.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."

Personne @publica.bsky.social · 2h

No surprise here, but this is exactly what Republicans complained about the Biden admin doing. Never believe a conservative who invokes a principle.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 3h

A Facebook group that shared information on sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Chicago area was taken down by Meta following pressure from the Justice Department, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes

The Facebook page ICE Sighting-Chicagoland amassed over 70,000 members in recent weeks as the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” has ramped up in Chicago and the suburbs.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 11h

This will be a test of whether Democratic voters have managed to learn any lessons.

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 11h

Janet Mills has announced a run for U.S. Senate. If elected, she would be 85 at the end of her first time.

If you care about democracy, generational renewal, and leadership that actually serves working people—You should want new leadership in Graham Platner.
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79-Year-Old Janet Mills Launches Senate Run—Why We Must Choose Graham Platner Instead

U.S. Marine Veteran Graham Platner (41) represents a new hope and the voice of the American people—it's time to elect him as our next U.S. Senator from Maine

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 11h

Will the Nobel Committee give back-to-back awards to fascists? Probably.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Johnson: "Together with my friend Speaker Ohana of the Israeli Knesset we're going to rally speakers and presidents of parliaments around the world so we will jointly nominate President Donald J Trump for next year's Nobel Prize. No one has ever deserved that prize more & that is an objective fact."

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 19h

Stop treating the US Treasury Secretary like a serious person.

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 1d

Broadview needs a new mayor.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 1d

Then you've got your Afrikaners like Musk and Thiel, both of whom were conditioned to apartheid as children in South Africa. The "anti-woke" movement in the US has obvious domestic roots (Jim Crow), but these pro-apartheid oligarchs are consciously fueling it and using it to gain political power.

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 1d

We have a serious apartheid problem within the US oligarchy, which goes a ways to explain the rise of the Dixiecrats to power domestically. You've got your zionists like Adelson. They are highly committed to race-based apartheid. (See also Saban and Ackman.) Bari Weiss is a DEI beneficiary here.

Puns N' Roses @gthanku.bsky.social · 1d

Trump in Knesset says the Adelsons visited the White House more than anyone, got him to move the US embassy to Jerusalem etc.

Trump then says he asked Miriam Adelson "What country do you love more? Israel or the United States? She refused to answer. That means—that might mean Israel."

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 1d

Musk calls on US military to kill him.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs

www.independent.co.uk

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 1d

The oligarchs will promote those who serve them (and pay them well to do it). It's why you are supposed to tax high incomes at high rates, something the country hasn't done for 50 years. Every country that implemented neoliberal policies and let private wealth accumulate is going to turn fascist.

Personne @publica.bsky.social · 1d

The tax cuts predictably snowballed—Galbraith warned Kennedy about this—ultimately giving rise over time to a new oligarch class. There is no reason to believe this new oligarch class can be defeated as prior American oligarchs have been given the atomization of labor today.

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 1d

The "nucleation point" for the rise of the oligarchs now trying to carry out a revolution (executing dual power) was JFK's decision to trust neolib economist Walter Heller over New Deal economist John K. Galbraith. Heller pushed Kennedy to cut taxes, including on the rich; Galbraith advised against.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 1d

It's literally just right-wing tech oligarchs dismantling legacy media that served the corporate ruling class and trying to replace it with something that serves oligarchs. Weiss is just a person oligarchs have deemed sufficiently craven and willing to execute the task of dividing working people.

Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

I said Bari Weiss is a right-wing operative because she’s been elevated and invested in by billionaires to promote a particular political agenda.

That’s why she’s even a thing.

But the author of this piece is an alum of The National Review, WSJ, and Hillsdale College…so like, not great!

Bari Weiss took on the tribalist, liberal media. And she's winning. Big time. | Opinion

You'd think Bari Weiss would be beloved by the left. Yet her success with The Free Press, the publication she founded, is causing a meltdown.

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 1d

@cbsnews.com openly trying to influence the NYC mayor election.

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 2d

Any movement that has Israel as a target is bound to produce extraneous antisemitic statements that might not otherwise have come into being, yes. But the movement's animating principle is anti-racism and the movement's success will greatly increase the security of Jews (and others) worldwide.

Personne @publica.bsky.social · 2d

People talk about resisting normalizing fascist activity, but this treatment by law enforcement was normalized decades ago by both parties. Nobody will bat an eye at it. And the irony is it's treatment that the founders would have understood to be tyrannous and alone worthy of spilling blood over.

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2d

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

Personne @publica.bsky.social · 2d

What's the source?

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 3d

Shameless doctor, and shameless media for publishing it.

Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Personne @publica.bsky.social · 4d

I wasn't saying this as a knock on Obama but on the Nobel Committee. I never expected Obama to be anything other than what he was. (No reasonable person would ever consider the leader of a global empire as even a possible candidate for a "peace" award. The very notion is utterly absurd.)

Personne @publica.bsky.social · 4d

To be fair, that's murder, not war, and they don't call it the Nobel Non-murderer Prize so it isn't disqualifying.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

Personne @publica.bsky.social · 4d

He meant to say: American Ruling Class First. But, then, that's always been the policy.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

EISMAN: Tesla’s earnings “are down 60% from 2022 through 2025. And the stock is slightly higher. ..

“.. it’s a cult.”

@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

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