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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5h

House Oversight Committee Democrats ask Atty Gen. Pam Bondi for info by Oct. 30 on rationale for Ghislaine Maxwell prison transfer

"Months-long failure by the BOP to respond to urgent & deeply troubling questions concerning the preferential treatment that BOP has accorded to.. Maxwell"

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21h

Statement released by the Pentagon Press Association.

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 19h

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 22h

"It's important that none of us grow numb to it.... or accept this as normal"

A sobering warning from Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA)

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PA Gov. Josh Shapiro warns: "It's important none of us grow numb to it, or accept this as normal"

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS

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smtaylorjarvis.bsky.social @smtaylorjarvis.bsky.social · 22h

Yet another example that now we just seem to not be able to have nice things. Art, health, security, civil rights, bodily autonomy, free press, scientific research, education free from the imposition of specific religious views, fact based education, and so much more.

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smtaylorjarvis.bsky.social @smtaylorjarvis.bsky.social · 22h

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The New Deal Treasures Slated for Demolition

The Trump administration’s pending sale of a historic federal building in D.C. could spell the end for the “Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art.”

washingtonmonthly.com

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

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 1d

Wait - so there was a peace deal in place under Biden, but Netanyahu met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago (tinyurl.com/4fn64wah) and scuttled it to give them both a political win?

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘?

Nobel?? More like the Hague.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Feb 15

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California.

California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 2d

Precisely the person Justice Kavanaugh said would not be inconvenienced.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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smtaylorjarvis.bsky.social @smtaylorjarvis.bsky.social · 2d

So very worth your time.

Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 3d

Comanche Chairman Forrest Tahdooahnippah sat down with me last Friday to talk about Comanche history, culture, and so much more. Our new episode of Reckoning with Jason Herbert drops right now. Share if you dig it. 1/

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Jake Wittich @jakewittich.bsky.social · 3d

The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.

“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.

Read more at @windycitytimes.com

Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident - Windy City Times

Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month. In an interview with Windy ...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

Congrats to Joel Mokyr, a professor at Northwestern in IL, on being awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.

His groundbreaking work on sustained economic growth ignites innovative solutions — leading to a brighter outlook for our future.

NPR @npr.org · 3d

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction. n.pr/4oh42lZ

3 share Nobel Prize in Economics for work on technology, growth and creative destruction

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction.

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Claude Taylor @realclaudetaylor.bsky.social · 3d

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email | Prince Andrew | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/12/prince-andrew-told-jeffrey-epstein-were-in-this-together-in-2011-email

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smtaylorjarvis.bsky.social @smtaylorjarvis.bsky.social · 3d

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a great day to watch this beautiful PBS piece on the Taíno people

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Are the Taino extinct? This woman knows otherwise | PBS

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a great day to watch this beautiful PBS piece on the Taíno people

youtu.be/kpX6dpC5MQg?...

Are the Taino extinct? This woman knows otherwise | PBS

YouTube video by PBS

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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