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Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 9h

Now that he has returned to office to crush our democracy forever, Scott Adams is comfortable admitting publicly that Trump is a tyrant.

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 4d

Yikes

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 14h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

give me a prize for how peaceful i am or i'm going to fucking destroy you

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

Kind of an incredible thing about the entire Trump administration and maga movement generally is that nobody acts like their reputation matters at all. They have no notion of establishing and maintaining credibility about anything. No concept of being known as reliable. Like complete wild animals

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Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 1d

From @migrantinsider.bsky.social

migrantinsider.com/p/analysis-i...

Analysis: ICE is Becoming America’s Most Hated Agency

From Pew to Quinnipiac, Americans now say the masked raiding has gone too far. Meanwhile, Trump seems unaware of his steep decline in immigration favorability.

migrantinsider.com

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 1d

President Trump is using the Justice Department as a weapon against his political enemies. Today NY Attorney General Letitia James was indicted after the president demanded her prosecution. Yesterday James Comey pled not guilty to charges brought against him at the president's request. 1/2

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Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like they sense she's an empty canvas without much individuality that would interfere with their puppetry of her.

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 2d

"While new moms worry about formula for their infants and furloughed federal workers stress about next month’s rent or mortgage, the administration’s mass deportation obsession will continue uninterrupted," writes @tusk81.bsky.social

This says everything about this administration’s priorities.

ICE Rages On During Shutdown As Federal Workers Go Without Paychecks and American Kids Face Potential Hunger

Priorities.

americasvoicecnn.substack.com

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 2d

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 3d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 3d

feel like we can do better than “man these guys are real fatsos” when talking about agents of state violence idk

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Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 3d

Repulsive and unacceptable

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3d

When US citizen Leo Garcia Venegas tried to prove his identity by showing federal agents his REAL ID, they dismissed it as a fake and kept him detained, releasing him only after they bothered to run his Social Security number.

Just a few weeks later, they detained him again:

Mass Deportation Is A Threat To Us All

Aided by the Supreme Court and the insidious "Kavanaugh stop," the administration's chaotic mass deportation operations are sweeping up Americans – including children and U.S. military veterans.

americasvoicecnn.substack.com

Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 3d

As someone who thinks repetition is important for persuasion, one of my concerns is that Trump disrupts the repetition process by causing new outrages constantly. No single one gets sufficiently hammered into distracted minds.

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Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 4d

"Everyone who remembers the last time needs to be dead for the next time to happen." We're a society that has simply forgotten how bad fascism, tariffs, and vaccine-preventable diseases are, because those who remember them from their lifetimes are no longer with us.

Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 5d

The thoughts of an economic depression are depressing

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

trib.al

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Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 4d

They're calling him "the Boromir of Bluesky".

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Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 4d

I guess you could say John Romero made you his... you know what, forget it. It wouldn't be a nice thing to say.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

Trump continues to order the summary execution of people on boats in the Caribbean while asking everyone to accept his word that they deserved to die because they were smuggling drugs. We will never know in most cases if they were innocent or guilty of what he accuses them of.

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Formerly FoxForceFlacco @bmoreorless.bsky.social · 6d

She loves to tell people to calm down about upsetting things that she mistakenly avers won’t happen

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Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 6d

Hopefully not snitch tagging to point out that @ahjohnson.bsky.social is here on Bluesky!

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 6d

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

Text of the fourth amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

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Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 6d

Is nuclear power a good example?

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Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 6d

This is a strange example to me. Conservatives defending hate speech aren't defending something virtuous on principle. It's just a threat: "outlaw the N word and we'll outlaw being a communist." And conservatives have long tried to outlaw desecrating the American flag.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 6d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah I'm concerned that we need a 10-15 year anti-MAGA supermajority to reverse the damage and I'm not seeing the evidence of that happening.

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