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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 2d

The people who have preached at us for decades about “the sanctity of human life” want to normalize masked men dragging naked children out into the street in the middle of the night

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 2d

The billionaire class destroyed the American housing market in 2008 and used Covid as a cover to drive up prices and push ordinary Americans into poverty, but @washingtonpost.com wants you to believe veterans are the ones ripping you off

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

Exclusive: A Post investigation reveals widespread fraud at the Department of Veterans Affairs’s $193 billion disability program, with veterans faking injuries for money.

The program’s reliance on an honor system makes it vulnerable to exploitation.

VA’s disability program is an ‘honor system.’ These veterans are defrauding it.

Post investigation finds VA’s $193 billion disability program has turned into a rich target for fraudsters. Some fake blindness or paralysis to get as much as $1 million.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 4d

Radicalized right wing terrorism is the greatest threat to this nation.

This story has not gotten enough attention in the national media. This white boy was radicalized by Charlie Kirk and killed two girls for disparaging his name.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 4d

House of judge who ruled against Trump

SC judge’s home destroyed in huge fire with family forced to jump out of window

Circuit court justice Diane Goodstein, who ruled against Trump administration last month, was out walking when mansion burst into flame
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The house of a judge that went against Trump.

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 5d

In this bite, the Astrobites authors discuss recent changes to the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship, their impact, and what you can do to help. 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/10/04/n...

Big Changes to the NSF’s Graduate Fellowship Mean Big Problems

In this bite, the authors discuss recent changes to the NSF's Graduate Research Fellowship, their impact, and what you can do to help.

astrobites.org

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 5d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 5d

Still remember the 2016 election when accelerationist weirdos would try to convince me… “no no no, he’s anti-war, don’t you see” and it was like, no, I don’t see that, because I’m not a fucking idiot

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Mercedes Allen @mercedesallen.bsky.social · 5d

"Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance. He plans to hold onto power — and expand it — by any means necessary, legal constraints and elections be damned…"

truthout.org/articles/tru...

Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago

Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.

truthout.org

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 6d

Really don’t know why politics can’t more generally be like this

(Of course the answer is that most politicians are completely inauthentic)

Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 6d

This is so adorable

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 8d

Happening now: Hundreds of rabbis and Jewish community members gather in Brooklyn for a mass public memorial service on Yom Kippur, demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for the U.S. to stop arming Israel.

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 9d

So much bs to navigate for no reason :(

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 9d

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 9d

The ADL defended Elon’s Nazi salute and still got here. Who could’ve expected this except everyone.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 9d

FBI Director Kash Patel announced he had cut the agency's ties with the Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, an international Jewish organization that linked slain MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk to extremism.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 9d

The ADL defended Elon’s Nazi salute and still got here. Who could’ve expected this except everyone.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 9d

FBI Director Kash Patel announced he had cut the agency's ties with the Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, an international Jewish organization that linked slain MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk to extremism.

Kash Patel cuts FBI's ties with major Jewish org over 'love letters' from Comey

FBI Director Kash Patel announced he had cut the agency's ties with the Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, an international Jewish organization that linked slain MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk to extremism.In a Wednesday post on X, Patel suggested that the FBI would no longer work with the ADL because fo...

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 9d

Trump, Netanyahu and their friends are using the slaughter in Gaza to promote future money-making real estate opportunities

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 9d

Wow

Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 9d

WTF

Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 9d

Israel blocking humanitarian aid for Gaza as part of its campaign of mass starvation. Israel has no legal basis for this act of piracy!!

Politico @politico.com · 9d

Israel intercepts a Gaza-bound aid flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg and Members of the European Parliament.

Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg and MEPs

The flotilla set sail in August and has pro-Palestine activists from around the world on board.

www.politico.eu

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 10d

I already have to worry about Peter Thiel pilfering through my private life, now these dipshits want to hand over half the LGBTQ community’s data to the AI machine to do who knows what with it

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 10d

. @grindr.bsky.social getting on board the AI gravy train 🤮

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 10d

Yikes. I was genuinely confused when she said this but I didn’t hear anything about it from any other source. It’s still a little shocking to hear that she really invented it completely?!

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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 12d

Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland is a dangerous escalation of authoritarianism. Now is the time to find our own ways of standing up and fighting back to preserve our democracy. Fellow vets: we need you to muster. And those serving: you can refuse an unlawful order as you may receive it.

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Bad Horse @badhorse.bsky.social · 10d

President Trump wants to kill American citizens the right way.

By Ezra Klein

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