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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 14h

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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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 12h

They're Proud Boys and criminals, every one.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19h

A man gets a blowjob from a trans woman and his friends make fun of him so he goes to the police to claim she lied about being a woman. She was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison because of a man's shame.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thornaby transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault

Ciara Watkin's victim says he would not have agreed to sex had he known she was biologically male.

www.bbc.com

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 14h

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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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 18h

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 15h

It's not hyperbole to say that the United States doing this to its own citizens is Nazi-like.

Sean Woods @seanwoods.bsky.social · 16h

"They disappeared her." This story from @timdickinson.bsky.social is so upsetting. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway

Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disappeared an immigrant mom living in Portland and her four U.S. citizen children.

www.rollingstone.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18h

Trump can't deliver the lower costs he promised. All he has is cruelty and revenge.

Cuomo is unable to confront him because they share the same billionaire donors. Just look at his statement last night.

I will stand up for this city and with our Attorney General.

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Tim O’Donnell @timodee.bsky.social · 17h

The good news: She’ll be this year’s Rose Parade Queen.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h

She all alone on this as her entire office unites in telling her that the prosecution is unwarranted and likely to backfire. The likely outcome of the charges against Comey and James: the indictments will be dismissed before trial, and Halligan will be disbarred for professional misconduct.

Trump’s Beauty Queen Prosecutor Humiliated After Another Typo in Retribution Campaign

It’s the second embarrassing blunder since Lindsey Halligan assumed the role in less than a month.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 17h

Have you been on Ebay lately? "Customer pays import tariff" warnings on nearly every listing. The very note His Magasty bullied Amazon out of including on theirs.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine children in front of their school, waiting to be picked up. Then this happens to their mother before their eyes. Imagine their terror. What will happen to them? Who will make sure they're safe? Heartbreaking. I'm ashamed of my country.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 17h

Go blood pressure! You can do this!!!!!

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19h

Breaking: Trump has officially lost the Nobel Peace Prize.

Instead, the Nobel committee is awarding the leader of the opposition in Venezuela for supporting “democracy over dictatorship.”

Trump Loses Nobel Peace Prize He Shamelessly Campaigned For

The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday said the recognition would instead go to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

time.com

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · Aug 20

Imagine the fame and recognition that will come to the person who finally leaks the Epstein files. I think about this daily. News story of the century.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 17h

The list of countries who do this to its own citizens... is not a list the United States should be on.

Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump’s America - one horror story after another. 🤬💔

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 1d

SHE believes?! Are you fucking kidding me, @washingtonpost.com?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Column: Democratic Rep. Adelita S. Grijalva won her special election in Arizona more than two weeks ago, but House Republicans refuse to swear her in.

She believes it has to do with her stance on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and her identity.

Column | Congresswoman-in-limbo Adelita Grijalva on the dilemma she faces

Democratic Rep. Grijalva won her special election more than two weeks ago, but House Republicans refuse to swear her into office.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Despite Alligator Alcatraz’s shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country—everything from the “Cornhusker Clink” to the “Speedway Slammer”

Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz

Despite shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine children in front of their school, waiting to be picked up. Then this happens to their mother before their eyes. Imagine their terror. What will happen to them? Who will make sure they're safe? Heartbreaking. I'm ashamed of my country.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 1d

This happened to a US Citizen. So it can happen to any of us. And oh so perfect that his name was "Miranda." I hope it goes to the Supreme Corpse so we can see if they still believe in Miranda rights.

Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 2d

We've all seen that movie scene. It's usually written that way to indicate who the antagonists are.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 1d

I am described as "an indoor cat."

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Jordon Nardino @jnardino.bsky.social · 5d

They are called writers

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 1d

The Watergate Hearings were wild. Not only did lawmakers hold Republicans accountable for lying and breaking laws. Republicans exhibited shame and remorse

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The developers whose ICE-related apps were removed from the Apple App Store say they're preparing to fight back. @thiccreese.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/apple-...

Apple Took Down ICE-Tracking Apps. Their Developers Aren't Giving Up

“We are going to do everything in our power to fight this,” says ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron after Apple removed his app from the App Store.

www.wired.com

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