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Raff @raffez.bsky.social · 25m

U.S. Citizen Detained And Held At ICE Building In Portland For Hours Before Release, Lawyer Says
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U.S. Citizen Detained And Held At ICE Building In Portland For Hours Before Release, Lawyer Says

“Masked federal agents aren’t welcome in our state and they can’t keep kidnapping Americans," Democratic U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum said.

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 16h

Gavin Newsom: “What more evidence of authoritarianism do you need? These guys aren’t screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It’s all at stake. People need to wake up. We can’t continue to play by the old set of rules.“

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Raff @raffez.bsky.social · 12h

Let us hope this is just the start of many more people being indicted for doing what this fascist regime tells them to do. Including many ICE agents.

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 14h

If you’re a woman in America, you should know this is what they’re talking about…
youtu.be/3ujc2JfiMRs

LET's get LOUD!

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15h

A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week

He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared

They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him

Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility

They kidnapped a disabled child!

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Raff @raffez.bsky.social · 12h

Wow, this is really fucked up! They want a white, male dominated theocracy. Women and men that love women need to stand up against this load of crap.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h

Portland 🔥

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 17h

OUR tax dollars are being used to bail out Argentina, OUR troops are being put on the ground in Israel & OUR soil is being used by Qatar for a military base of their own.
While OUR government is shutdown.
Anyone who believes OUR so-called “president” when he says he is “America first”, is an idiot.

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Raff @raffez.bsky.social · 15h

Trump has never believed in America first. He has always believed in Trump first. Whatever benefits him and his ultra rich friends he puts first. Everything and everyone else he doesn't give a shit about.

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 16h

Senator Bernie Sanders has a message for Speaker Johnson.

The No Kings Rally on October 18 is not a "hate America" rally.
It's a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom.

Go to nokings.org and find a location near you to join the movement, 10/18.

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Raff @raffez.bsky.social · 15h

This girl is only 15 years old! Who the fuck are these grown men who are obeying these unlawful orders. Do they have a conscience? What kind of person does this type of shit?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

Clearly someone who grew up here, she has no accent; really want to know what was going on here. Looks like they were following her already at the start of the video. Why?

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 18h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 16h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 18h

How it's going in Chicago

After ICE arrested US citizen and WGN Producer Debbie Brockman

Agents driving the white van cut off and hit another car, swarmed the vehicle at gunpoint, dragged out the driver-who is ALSO a citizen-and arrested her, too

Straight up fascism

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Agentes de ICE chocan contra el vehículo de una mujer y después la sacan a la fuerza para arrestarla. N Paulina St & W Schubert Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

TikTok video by ¿ Qué Pasa ?

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Raff @raffez.bsky.social · 16h

In any case he has that right.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Raff @raffez.bsky.social · 1d

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Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Raff @raffez.bsky.social · 1d

As long as you remain attached to one extreme or another you will never know Oneness.

Seng-ts’an Third Zen Patriarch

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Raff @raffez.bsky.social · 2d

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Cat Stevens - Peace Train | iHeart

All your favorite music, podcasts, and radio stations available for free. Listen to thousands of live radio stations or create your own artist stations and playlists. Get the latest music and trending...

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 2d

NEW: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize.

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Raff @raffez.bsky.social · 2d

Venezuela's opposition leader Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize - www.reuters.com/world/nobel-...

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2d

“Very, very unfair and even worse than Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl. Your favorite president was snubbed for someone who’s not even American.” www.reuters.com/world/venezu...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

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Raff @raffez.bsky.social · 2d

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The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, treasury secretary confirms

The U.S. Treasury has finalized a financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country’s central bank.

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