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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 9h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 1d

I still think the Wall Street Journal should pay every trans person in America roughly $10k each for that "trans bullet casings" story they concocted

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Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 22h

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It'd be pretty funny if I got the third guess wrong.

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 5d

Claim: rioters attacked ICE
Truth: ICE rushed at unarmed protesters standing on a patch of grass

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 5d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d

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.
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Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

Wow what a terrifying thought.

Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

And you will continue to make liberal values repugnant to normal people.

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Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

You have the right to follow that principle.

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Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

So you would refuse to read a great piece of literature by a bad person?

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Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

Let's go through every book you've read and see what the authors believed. You will be ashamed of yourself, all the bigots you have supported. But you never checked, did you.

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DM Skywalker @dmskywalker.bsky.social · 2d

Just to be clear.

The bay area does not have a housing crisis. It has a capitalist crisis, it has a greed crisis. It has a tech bro crisis.

But housing in the city has a higher vacancy rate than many cities.

It also has huge amounts of housing that lie empty as investment properties.

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Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

Will somebody say it out loud? Lobbying to get the Nobel Prize is INSANE. Begging for it is INSANE. Expecting it is INSANE. Threatening retaliation if you don't get it is INSANE.

This is crazy shit.

Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

I am not comfortable with the term "biologically male." Sex is more than a chromosome, it's a lot of finely tuned physiological systems, including some that are not yet identified. There is no single biological feature that defines a human being's sex.

I like "Sex assigned at birth" better.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Director General of Gaza Hospitals: 1,700 consultants and nurses have been killed during the Israeli genocide.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 1d

This is the convenient thing about antifa: Since there's not really any such thing as an "antifa member," you can just kinda claim anyone is.

Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 1d

A Newsmax host defended ICE agents shooting a minister in the head with a pepper ball by falsely claiming he was “actually an antifa member masquerading as a pastor.”

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 1d

Nazis everywhere are pissed off that Antifa is co-opting the frog and making it a left wing symbol.

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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 2d

Use only reliable news sources. Associated Press (AP), Reuters, BBC News, PBS, and NPR are all good.

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Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

And also, a fact: millions of people have loved her writings. I don't blame you for failing to support her. I don't spend my money on her stuff. Look through the comments here though and you will see me being called every fucking name in the book. So - fuck these people.

Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

JKR's royalties are a miniscule part of the anti-trans movement's funding, if she contributes at all. Her brand is monetizable, and you can't stop that. But if you don't want to buy her books, you shouldn't - just don't accuse me of shit. I've never read one myself, and am a longtime trans ally.

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Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

And so it is impossible that she wrote a good book? The logic doesn't hold up.

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Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

Tacitly understood here is that Turning Point will support whoever gives them money. The assumption is unquestioned.

"Erika Kirk's Turning Point USA is in utter chaos behind the scenes after Candace Owens' leaked texts"

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Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

It doesn't hurt or bother me at all, it is just weird to see. This is exactly why so many people turn away from liberal positions. Assholes like these demand that you agree with them on everything, or they will hound you. Fuck them.

Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

The Hill is so full of popups and ads that I can't even find the article.

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Peace Prize chair responds to Trump's pressure campaign

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Nobel Peace Prize chair responds to Trump’s pressure campaign

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Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

"I can't have a steak at this restaurant because they also serve veal." Fuck you guys.

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Swarmpicker @swarmpicker.bsky.social · 1d

It's crazy, they're still going at it. Just like they label and hate Biden and JKR, they are doing the same to me. It is a strange mind-set that only accepts perfection. I mean, how do you live like that?

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