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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 19h

Keep your corrupt, grubby, abusive hands off Tish James, Donald Trump.

Your cowardice is showing — weak men seek revenge on powerful women who hold them to account.

But NY’rs don’t play. Our AG has been a fierce warrior for our rights, time & again. You better believe we’ll be there for hers.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19h

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18h

If my "it's bullshit" isn't convincing enough, here's a good @lawfaremedia.org piece explaining... it's bullshit

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

Next Up: Letitia James

It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Sarah Marian Seltzer @sarahmseltzer.bsky.social · 1d

My longtime therapist is leaving the country permanently bc of Trump and he quoted Sheryl Crow in our session today bc he’s in such a good mood about it so yeah, things are going well!

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 2d

“We can’t afford a king”

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.

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Sarah Marian Seltzer @sarahmseltzer.bsky.social · 2d

One of my faves of all time.

JaneSlainLane @nyjanelane.bsky.social · 2d

If you've never seen this, do yourself a favor and watch why the old folks gripe about "movies these days"

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 2d

The opening titles of WORKING GIRL (1988) still give me goosebumps 37 years later.

Mike Nichols' Staten Island Cinderella story is on TCM tonight at 12:45am ET, so grab a disco nap and watch.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=83nP... #FilmSky #TCMParty

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 2d

Every major city in Texas has a higher murder rate than Chicago

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

Incredibly slimy and dishonest, but also... yes?

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Sarah Marian Seltzer @sarahmseltzer.bsky.social · 2d

You don’t get it at all

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Sarah Marian Seltzer @sarahmseltzer.bsky.social · 3d

If you are white and of European Christian origin, today would be a great day to really meditate on how your ancestors’ deep antisemitism and racism created the conditions for both Oct 7 and the genocide in Gaza! K bye

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 5d

You can already see expansion. At first they railed at "illegals" and assured us they loved immigrants who came the "right way." Now they're targeting legal immigrants and Green Card holders and trying to denaturalize people who were born here to undocumented parents.

Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 5d

Traditionally authoritarians whose violence against an outgroup makes the outgroup too small to sustain just expand their definition of the outgroup to include new people

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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 5d

Today, I drove an hour and a half with my wife and a couple friends to pick up a neighbor who was summarily, inexplicably arrested by ICE at a check-in ten days ago and then just as inexplicably released, 100 miles from home today. It was a happy occasion, all things considered, but...

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 5d

“”I asked him if he thought Gaza would ever heal.
"It will be very difficult," he replied.
"The wounds are not just physical. They are social, psychological, emotional and spiritual.
"Everything is lost."

"And I think the people will need the support of the world to heal them.””

Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 5d

“At one point, among doctors and nurses, the only topic of conversation in the hospital was food, and the desperate hunt for it. "Starving doctors were treating malnutrition," he said.
And the injured just kept coming.”

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

Gaza doctors are starving while fighting to save lives, evacuated medic tells BBC

Dr Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, who worked in hospitals in Gaza for two years, says Israeli strikes have made conditions "indescribable" for colleagues still there.

www.bbc.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 5d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 7d

I hope everyone who thinks more law enforcement is the solution to the genuine crisis of rising antisemitism keeps this in mind: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/w...

Police Accidentally Shot and Killed a Victim During Manchester Terrorist Attack

www.nytimes.com

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Joshfrai @joshfrai.bsky.social · 6d

Don't turn away.

Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 6d

"The following day, reports described the building’s hallways as strewn with 'toys, shoes and food,' with doors 'blown off their hinges' and 'holes left in walls.' In one room, per @blockclubchi.bsky.social, zip ties sat on the floor beside blood stains and baby shoes."

ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building

ICE agents forced everyone out of a Chicago apartment building in the dead of night.

newrepublic.com

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 6d

Hell is not hot enough ailatexas.org/news/ice-ope...

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 7d

Terrifying and illegal. Big Brother is not only watching, he's dictating what your emails can say and then getting into your account and changing them if you don't follow orders. Broken by @marisakabas.bsky.social 1/2 www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-omb-...

Trump mandates all federal agencies send email blaming Dems for potential gov’t shutdown

Workers call the partisan email "a vile slap in the face."

www.thehandbasket.co

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Sarah Marian Seltzer @sarahmseltzer.bsky.social · 7d

I was off social media for ten days and it was amazing but I missed the One Battle discourse. Anyway I dug it! Love as the cornerstone of revolution. See it if you can.

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Parker Butler @parkerbutler.bsky.social · 7d

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.

Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.

Legacy media failed the country.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18d

All headlines just from today 🇺🇸

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 19d

#ICYMI two great songs from @sarahmseltzer.bsky.social novel The Singer Sisters, brought to life by GoodKitty (words by Sarah Seltzer, music by GoodKitty) "Route 95" youtu.be/UupeBkxE4e4?... and "Flower" youtu.be/jFvIkVQg5JQ?... (And here's my interview with Sarah youtu.be/E4iMSE--R4Y )

Route 95

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Sebas @svonbuchwald.bsky.social · 20d

This shit makes me so mad because people don't understand how much power we have over these companies and the only thing we need to do is not give them money. The only thing we need to do is to not do anything. It's the easiest shit!

*wearily* collective action does work, it really does

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 20d

Disney has lost nearly $4 Billion in three days from combined stock price collapse and cancelled subscriptions.

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Sumitra Badrinathan @sumitra.bsky.social · 20d

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.

i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 20d

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.

One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20d

A man caged by ICE was found dead in his cell inside a Long Island jail 18 hours after arriving there.

Sources: ICE detainee dies at Nassau County jail; investigation underway

The man was being held under a partnership between Nassau County and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under which the county provides 50 jail cells for immigration detainees and receive...

longisland.news12.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20d

At the Broadview ICE "processing facility" outside Chicago.

Earlier today, federal agents unleashed chemical weapons on protesters, elected officials, a local congressional candidate, and a local mayor.

Defiant anti deportation activists remain. Another protest is planned for 7pm.

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