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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 9h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 5h

Just came in from canvassing for Zohran Mamdami to find out that Diane Keaton died. Very sad.

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 1d

Very serious person Andy Ngo has now been reduced to pleading with his audience to please please PLEASE take the dancing antifa muppets seriously

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Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 16h

Private equity gets its toothhold into firms through economic squeezing, devalues them, then breaks them into parts to sell off. This compact is the squeeze that will simultaneously advantage for-profit ed *and* make it easier to PE-ify non-profit ed. The ideological component is a means to an end.

Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 17h

an article with more context
www.republicreport.org/2025/billion...

Billionaire Behind Trump Pressure Campaign on Colleges Owns Predatory University of Phoenix - Republic Report

Private equity billionaire Marc Rowan was revealed last week to be the driving force behind a Trump administration campaign pressuring nine major U.S. universities, including Brown, MIT, and the Unive...

www.republicreport.org

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 1d

Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 1d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1d

I found the war on Christianity

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

Billionaire Peter Thiel believes Greta Thunberg works for the Antichrist.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

It wouldn't be tolerated for even a day if the Democrats controlled the House. The national outcry & front page coverage would be nonstop & the seat stealing would end immediately. The national media has two completely sets of expectations for the two parties.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

WHAT THE HELL

Just one day after a federal court judge ordered ICE to stop using force against Chicago journalists, here is ICE using force against a Chicago journalist.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 1d

We keep us safe.

MarkG (World Destruction Mix) @markggarcia.bsky.social · 1d

I love what I keep hearing is "go fuck yourself," because well....

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday, ICE was met with a fierce resistance from the neighbors of the Chicago SW side. They were ousted from the streets without taking anyone.

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I Nied to drink your blood! 🧛 @nied.bsky.social · 2d

This is a great example actually. If Dems did what some folks here are demanding in 2005 they would have let Bush gut Social Security right before the Great Recession kicked in.

Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 2d

Actively giving benefits is very different; Dems have had tremendous success campaigning on successfully stopping Republicans from doing bad things in high profile fights, including ACA repeal in 2018/20 and social security in 2006/8

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

Credit where credit is due. The Democrats' message that the GOP shut down the government because they want to throw millions of people off healthcare has broken through. Two of my cousins who are NOT AT ALL tuned into national politics told me that this is why the government is shut down.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2d

If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 2d

Just a bunch of the biggest saddos

S-tier loser stuff

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

Turning Point USA announced it will host counterprogramming to the Super Bowl halftime show, called “The All American Halftime Show,” as MAGA critics have been enraged over the selection of Bad Bunny as the 2026 headliner.

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

Counterprogramming hosted by the group that Charlie Kirk founded spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 3d

Zohran Mamdani hops on a Citi Bike and a woman heckles him, shouting “communist!” He responds, “That’s cyclist”

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 2d

It's a tossup between Rashomon, The Apu Trilogy and Rules of the Game.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Bronx and Harlem at our paper shredding events — we cleared out old junk mail, built community, danced, took family portraits and enjoyed frozen treats (it still felt a lot like summer). Thanks to everyone who joined.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

In the country's richest city, more than 140,000 kids don't have stable or permanent housing.

"Every Child and Family Is Known" — a small pilot program that pairs school staff with students and families in shelters — has shown real promise. I will double its funding and scope.

Mamdani education plan would focus on helping NYC homeless students

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, said Wednesday he wants to double the size of a program for homeless students at public schools in a plan shared exclu…

www.nydailynews.com

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 3d

It’s kind of crazy that more candidates don’t just do fun stuff for folks, like this or Mamdani’s scavenger hunt. People love free fun stuff, and it connects you, as a candidate, to a certain type of joy.

emly in minneaparis @eeewade.bsky.social · 3d

Would you like to go to the best Halloween party in south mpls? Would you like to support @katiecashman.bsky.social’s campaign? Have I got a deal for you 🐈‍⬛🎃👻

secure.actblue.com/donate/ward7...

Halloween with Team Katie

Show your support with a contribution.

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Call me Trick-or-Tracy. 👻🎃 @peakingsassy.bsky.social · 3d

The girlfriend of TWO of the founders of antifa!

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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