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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 5h

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h

Ka’ila Farrell-Smith grew up deeply involved in the fight for Indigenous rights. “I’ve been warned my entire life, ‘The FBI’s watching us.’”

Now the agency is focused on her and a new generation of activists challenging a lithium mine in Nevada.

(Published July)

“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show

Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to the Thacker Pass mine, according to a ProPublica review of thousa...

www.propublica.org

The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 9h

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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 18h

guess what, self entitled scolders like this is why some people dont vote. But here's a shocker, we can hate Dem leadership, and some of us still vote. because we loathe the GOP more.

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LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH @lcrw.bsky.social · 1d

They’re back

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 1d

Reporting to you live from War Ravaged Portland

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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 1d

Trump lied??

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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 1d

fairly easy to do a milkshake I think.

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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 1d

When your leaders are so reviled that they just flee, it's always a great sign for things to come!

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

www.cnn.com

The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 1d

ICE Raids: Myth Vs. Fact — theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

ICE Raids: Myth Vs. Fact

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations ramp up across the country, so has misinformation. The Onion dispels common myths surrounding ICE raids. MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training. FACT:...

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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe the Truth Social app has a lot of antivaxxer info 🤔

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Mad king watch: when *RFK Jr.* is telling you to stop with the vaccine crazy talk www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2d

Odds of insider trading going on? 100%?

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/11/t...

Market sell-off: Trump post lops off $2 trillion from stocks in a single day

The unraveling shows the sway the president's one-man trade policy still has over the fate of the global economy.

www.cnbc.com

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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #caturday this one isn't a cat fight video short. Just cute #cats
with punk rock music legends Poison Idea, (I hope this works on here.)
youtube.com/shorts/xtjXt...

Cat friends hanging out in the tub #catshorts #cutepets #catvideos #punkrock #caturday

YouTube video by Mithra and Luna

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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #caturday

watch Mithra pummel his sister to the Plasmatics.

youtube.com/shorts/eNP92...

Cat fight! Older kitten picking on sister as she plots her revenge. #catshorts #catvideos #cat

YouTube video by Mithra and Luna

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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 2d

i agree there's bigger problems. but any constitutional over-reach is not funny anyhow, and have a good day too.

The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 2d

it must be nice to live in your own bubble where none of any of this reverberates out onto you.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

NYT piece calls these MAGA types "provocateurs." It describes "dueling versions of reality." Both are common MSM tropes.

But these are not provocateurs. They're propagandists. Only one side is employing deliberate deceptions on a vast scale for instrumental ends. 3/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 2d

that aint funny, none of this is funny

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 3d

I have a Rottweiler who really doesn't like strange men, and this is always my nightmare.

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

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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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 3d

New from me on @autonomynews.co: The popular abortion pill resource Plan C relaunched this week with a new design that better displays the many, many options for medication abortion in all 50 states

Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 3d

The online abortion pill guide @plancpills.bsky.social has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost. The redesign comes as state officials have threatened investigations and potential lawsuits against the organization.

An Autonomy News exclusive:

Exclusive: Plan C Doubles Down on Abortion Pill Info Amid Political Attacks

The online abortion pill guide has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost.

www.autonomynews.co

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 8d

"In 2024, glaciers outside the giant ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica lost 450 billion tonnes of ice - enough water to fill 180 MILLION Olympic swimming pools"

The safe space humanity grew up in is collapsing around our ears

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes

They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8d

I have a full day today, but I woke up early to put this edition of my newsletter together because I need you all to have this rundown of what we've been up against this week in Chicago as the federal assault on our city continues. To ignore these developments would be a damning mistake for us all.

Must-Reads and the War on Chicago

"Chicagoans will not be a conquered people."

organizingmythoughts.org

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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 9d

Yep. This is why I like to read instead of watch the idiot box.

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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 9d

To learn more about "Tangles" social media monitoring software developed by the Israeli company Cobwebs (now owned by Nebraska based surveillance key player Penlink) check our 2024 report exposing many technical details:
unicornriot.ninja/2024/cobwebs...

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 9d

I wish ppl really understood how much we are being robbed r

Please read this

ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 9d

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco notes, “To avoid the appearance of a monarchy, it was long-standing tradition to only feature portraits of deceased individuals on currency and coin.”

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/03/t...

Treasury weighs minting $1 coin with Trump's face for U.S. 250th anniversary

U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach confirmed in a social media post that the draft coin depicting Trump is real. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared Beach's post.

www.cnbc.com

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 9d

"It’s not the journalists’ burden to keep the government’s secrets for it," @seth-stern.bsky.social told @columjournreview.bsky.social. "That is the opposite of the press’s job, which is to tell the public what the government doesn’t want the public told."

The Pentagon press gears up for a fight.

“None of us are signing this pledge,” said one reporter.

www.cjr.org

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