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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye

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I enjoy cocktails, French fries, and science fiction. Queer. 🏳️‍🌈 He/him. Trekkie. 🖖🏻 Former KCRW & KCSN radio host & music programmer, Angeleno from New Orleans. Growing luminous by eating light. Retired. http://mixcloud.com/safeathome

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · Aug 31

Finally, a new show! Lots has been happening, and the last week has been very difficult. The loss of an old friend. The 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the Federal Flood. Lots of emotions to process. (1/3)

Safe at Home: August 30, 2025

Finally, a new show! Sorry to let a whole month go by. Lots has been happening, and the last week has been very difficult. The loss of an old friend. The 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the ...

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 15m

I love what Portland is doing so much. Joy is resistance. Dancing animals are resistance. ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1h

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 7m

Fri thread. I do now know what the patches were, explained further downthread. NIPAS, consortium of local police depts => riot police. A lot of choices made at state & local level to support ICE /DHS. Not knowing this area, I don’t know how much of this is legal, but also laws aren’t real I guess so

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 22h

I went to Broadview ICE facility again today. They blocked off 25th, a lot of sheriffs police, local cops& Illinois state police. Around noon, riot police w/ weapons, helmets, zip ties came out. All in black & I cannot figure out what this patch says. The word on the bottom is police. Anybody know?

A patch that says police on the bottom and has a figure with a lance on a white horse above the word police. There are words above the horse image, but I do not know what they are.

A cop clad all in black with a helmet and mask on and a gun. On his uniform, there is A patch that says police on the bottom and has a figure with a lance on a white horse above the word police. There are words above the horse image, but I do not know what they are.

Cops clad all in black with helmets and masks on and guns. Their helmets have right Shields over the front. This is outside the Broadview, Illinois ice facility. One of the cops also has zip ties.

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Rebecca Bodenheimer @rmbodenheimer.bsky.social · 12m

“Christians United for Israel, the evangelical Zionist group founded by Texas pastor John Hagee, claims 10 million members, more than the entire population of 7.5 million Jews in the United States.”

I wish more people knew this.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

God's "blank check": Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism

Evangelicals have become Israel's most important American allies.

www.motherjones.com

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 28m

Colorado AG Phil Weiser (D) is calling on Coloradans to turn out en masse for Oct 18 demonstrations against President Trump’s use of the military in American cities. “Don’t be afraid,” Weiser said. “Don’t be afraid to show up.” #copolitics

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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 13m

AP was banned for accurately referring to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of Mexico", if you're wondering why zero reporters asked a question about elementary school math here.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 8m

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being
"decimated," as one person described.
"They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding," said another.
"I'm not sure how these programs exist moving forward."
10:21 AM • 10/11/25 • 2.1K Views

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 47m

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 4m

Here’s how to prepare your mobile phone for #NoKings next Saturday.

How to prepare your phone for a protest

Whatever you’re protesting or counter-protesting, here are some simple steps to take before hitting the streets.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 40m

He’s anti-trans, anti-homeless, and cavorts with the far right on his stupid podcast. Slick Brylcreemed motherfucker reeks of his own naked ambition.

Sure, he’s doing some useful things now. But he is by no means The One.

Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 42m

Yep, I know. And the Democrats who keep backing away from him and not endorsing him are going to lose.

Technically he’s a Democratic Socialist.

Moreover, the two party system and first-past-the-post voting system must be eliminated.

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Morgan Fahey @morganfahey.bsky.social · 1h

I will absolutely die on the hill that Prop 8 passed in CA bc the anti-marriage side made the argument and the very complacent consultant-brained pro-marriage strategists did NOT make the argument. You HAVE TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT. Do not cede the field to bigots and assume they just HAVE the public.

Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 1h

“It's an entire political ad, from a major Democratic politician, that is exclusively defending trans rights. Has this ever happened before? I haven't had my morning coffee yet, but none are coming to mind.”

We need so much more of this! Stand up, Democrats!

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 45m

Zach Bryan should respond to her by publicly inviting her to kiss his ass.

The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 52m

DHS’s Kristi Noem targets country singer over song with lyrics about ICE www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

DHS’s Kristi Noem targets country singer over song with lyrics about ICE

When the federal government, including the White House, starts leaning on artists over song lyrics, there’s a problem.

www.msnbc.com

Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 51m

Nein. Dieser Mann ist nicht Amerikas letzte Hoffnung.

Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 51m

Nein. Dieser Mann ist nicht Amerikas letzte Hoffnung.

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 4h

The Süddeutsche Zeitung: "Is this man America's last hope? Since their election defeat -- while Trump dismantles the country -- the Democrats appear crushed. At least one of them is showing signs of resistance: Gavin Newsom."

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 1h

guards ignore—but are trained—that withdrawal is a life threatening condition, and ignoring someone in withdrawal is both deliberate and indifferent

the fact that they were *wrong* about this person’s emergency doesn’t make their conduct any less deliberate or indifferent

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Jesse Garon Presley has risen from the grave @jfarrell.bsky.social · 1h

The next mayor of my beloved hometown is now the Gold Standard. Pols who pay more attention to poorly-framed poll numbers and career consultants instead of human rights and democracy should take note.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 1h

Hi, I’d like to order a custom hoodie in a camo pattern of Christmas colors and then I’d like a big Punisher skull with Trump hair sticking out from under a Santa hat. And this is VERY IMPORTANT, on the arm I want a patch that says K$H and “FIGHT WITH KASH” underneath. My name is Kash. Yes I’ll hold

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 4d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1h

This is it. Very glad to see this full-throated welcome to queer people — and recognition of trans people’s history — from Zohran Mamdani in the closing month of his campaign and on National Coming Out Day.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2h

When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.

Pedal to the floor.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

Page One in Boston.

@bostonglobe.com

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 1h

A friend just sent me this, and I had no idea it existed. Yeah, I know Buzz Aldrin is a Trumpist now, but still.

Buzz Aldrin and Thomas Dolby Perform "She Blinded Me With Science"

YouTube video by Smithsonian Magazine

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