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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 12h

This. And this again.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Trump and Hegseth give Qatar an airbase in Idaho and Qatari pilots will be flying jets over American airspace. Their lavish gifts and personal business deals with Trump worth billions really paid off for them.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

The Rutgers TPUSA chapter — whose characterization of a historian there as a “outspoken, well-known antifa member” led to death threats and moving his family to Europe — think *other* people are being “blatantly defamatory.”

Not them, though. They’re doing politics the right way.

Rutgers TPUSA officers slam petition to shut down chapter, ‘Blatantly defamatory’

Alexander Di Filippo accuses Turning Point USA of inciting violence against Antifa handbook author Mark Bray.

www.foxnews.com

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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 4d

💯 %. The climate crisis is a policy failure, not something that can be solved by individual actions. Putting the onus on consumers when the system is built to benefit wealthy corporate executives and investors is just the wrong place to focus. sure do what you can, but demand and vote for change

Alex Barron @alexrbarron.bsky.social · 5d

This post buries the lede: "Push for what you can't control alone. Vote for leaders who support climate-smart investments; demand action from those already in power; sign petitions; and join collective campaigns that drive change at scale."

WRI Climate @wriclimate.bsky.social · 5d

🌍 80% of people worldwide want stronger #ClimateAction.

But not all choices are equal. WRI Climate research ranks 19 ways to help the climate, showing which actions make the biggest impact.

Explore the list: bit.ly/4q0pWvC

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 5d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

@drannieandrews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

C-SPAN caller from Missouri to Missouri Rep. Mark Alford: "I hope you, sir, as an elected official, will think of the people who are in nursing homes, their parents are in nursing homes, their Medicaid is going to be cut. What is going to happen to Missourians whose hospitals are gonna close?"

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 4d

Roberts Is Just As Responsible For Chump As Chump Is ! Both Have
Failed This Country.......

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d

New blockbuster reporting on the secretive map drawing process in Texas. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

New Details Emerge in Federal Court About Texas’ Secretive Redistricting Map

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

⚡️ UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Rep. Justin J. Pearson & Rep. Gabby Salinas send letter putting Gov. Bill Lee on notice that his deployment of the National Guard to Memphis violates the TN Constitution.

Lawmakers ask Governor for community investments to eradicate poverty instead of military occupation.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

{ gift article } www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 4d

The fact the entire world has to brace for orange tantrums when he doesn't get what he wants is a ridiculous state of affairs

James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 4d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Another day of House Republicans refusing to show up for work to avoid a vote on the Epstein files. 3 weeks paid vacation and counting.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 4d

Republicans control the House.
Republicans control the Senate.
Republicans control the Presidency.

Republicans own the shutdown.

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