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totaldrivel.bsky.social @totaldrivel.bsky.social · 11h

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13h

“ICE kidnapped a community member here,” reads one. “Never forget/no nos olvidamos,” says another.

The signs have appeared across some of D.C.’s heavily immigrant neighborhoods where federal immigration arrests have escalated.

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’

The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

www.washingtonpost.com

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totaldrivel.bsky.social @totaldrivel.bsky.social · 12h

She’s sooo good in that movie. She’s good in everything, to be fair.

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totaldrivel.bsky.social @totaldrivel.bsky.social · 12h

Ooooo

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Brian Libby @brianlibby.bsky.social · 1d

This week I visited my friend Randy's incredible basement library and I'm still thinking about it.

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totaldrivel.bsky.social @totaldrivel.bsky.social · 1d

Omg. With the comb binder??

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Rick @crystalpepsi.bsky.social · 2d

New show idea:

Is it Crap??

Contestants have to guess whether something is poop or chocolate, and the big reveal is a taste test

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totaldrivel.bsky.social @totaldrivel.bsky.social · 3d

Obviously this is made up nonsense, but is there even a person who was arrested who they’re claiming was Antifa’s girlfriend? Or…?

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 3d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 4d

“We have to have discourse”

THEY SHOT A PRESBYTERIAN WHO ASKED THEM To pray WITH A PEPPER BALL IN BROAD DAY LIGHT

do you still think these people need yo be saved before they are stopped from harming people?!?

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 4d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Frankenstonk’s Monster @stonkers.bsky.social · 7d

I’m finally watching Kwaidan and it’s breathtaking. The backdrop sky paintings in this second story “The Woman in the Snow” are so incredibly beautiful, I’m having a little trouble focusing on the subtitles

a snowy river bank with a man standing on a short pier. there are trees covered in snow on either side and a break in the trees reveals a mottled red and white painted sky

a swirling inky blue sky with a pale yellow moon floating behind obscuring clouds. Below is a snowy landscape with barren, snow covered trees

an extremely wide shot of a landscape framed by trees. In the far distance along the horizon stands a person. The sky behind is a blend of apricot oranges and blush pinks. There is a purple and darker pink streak running horizontally through the sky and just above it, a deep pink smudge that looks like a pair of lips

a similar night scene to the previous one. A snowy landscape with dead trees, and the night sky is filled with swirling pale green forms that look like human eyes formed out of aurora borealis lights

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 5d

Oh okay so all of western society is just collapsing then

Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 5d

Tragic news from Canada where the Canadian Supreme Court has gone from the official dress on the left to the one on the right

Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in bright red wooly gowns, with a beige trim. It looks sort of like a Santa robe

The Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in black gowns with a bright white kravat, and two thin red vertical lines on the side of the robe

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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 5d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 5d

Trump is exercising more power for a fake emergency than Lincoln did for a real one.

Trump Is Destroying the U.S. Constitution and Amassing Unprecedented Powers by Sending Federal Troops to Invade American Cities

Lincoln faced a real insurrection and still did not go as far as this president

www.theunpopulist.net

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Micah @rincewind.run · 6d

we simply do not have a union anymore if the president is using troops from one state to invade others entirely on the basis of political disagreements

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6d

UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Brian Danger Hicks @ckape.bsky.social · 6d

As per my previous email…

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 6d

"Since the TRO I issued yesterday" lol never a good preface.

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totaldrivel.bsky.social @totaldrivel.bsky.social · 6d

Eating ginger carrot soup in occupied Portland Oregon

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 6d

they’re illegally sending troops from more and more states to occupy my fucking city because a bunch of shitass ICE chumps can’t tolerate a person in an inflatable frog costume legally gyrating at them in front of a single building they lease from us, keep it fucking shut down, fuck these people

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 6d

Okay. Well, if Trump is going to attempt legal end-arounds like federalizing the NG of GOP states to send them to Dem states over the objections of governors and courts, I think the Democrats should just keep the federal government shut down indefinitely.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 8d

The Oregon Republican Party takes a stand on the side of an Infowars “journalist” and against the Portland police.

OREGON
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Oregon Republican Party
LaJuana Decker, Communications Chair
communications.chair@oregon.gop
Release Date: October 3, 2025
PRESS RELEASE:
Oregon Republican Party Condemns Arrest of Journalist Nick Sortor and Calls for Unified Leadership to Restore Order in Portland
The Oregon Republican Party condemns the arrest of independent journalist Nick Sortor in Portland last night. Although Mr. Sortor has since been released, the irony that he was taken into custody while aggressive demonstrators attacking journalists continue to wreak nightly havoc with impunity, highlights how far Oregon's largest city has fallen.
Rather than focusing on combating violent crime, drug trafficking, carjackings, vandalism, and rioting, police arrested an independent journalist inconveniently making it more difficult to continue the lie that Portland is a peaceful city. Arresting journalists is an affront to democracy typically reserved for the worst banana republics and dictatorships. It's sad but not shocking to see the radical left leaders in Portland decide to join that club.
We support President Donald J. Trump and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon in their efforts to spotlight Oregon's plight and to intervene. President Trump and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's deployment of federal resources-including the National Guard—is a necessary step in reasserting the rule of law over anarchy.
To the leaders of Portland and of Oregon: Partner with our national leaders in the effort to restore peace. Stand with law-abiding citizens. Stop prioritizing the demands of a chaotic, extremist fringe that terrorizes neighborhoods and intimidates voices of truth. Oregonians deserve better.
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Gabriel Liston @lastwater.net · 9d

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard day!

I am Gabriel Liston. I want to illustrate stories that make their readers cry, because crying over picture books is the best.

www.lastwater.net/childrens-bo...

Currently seeking representation
#kidlitart

An ink and watercolor illustration of a boy waiting at the dark entrance to the woods as a friend swings over an aspen log. The friend holds binoculars and says, Slow up! The tanager was also just before the meadow! Added text at bottom reads, Gabriel Liston, lastwater.net

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totaldrivel.bsky.social @totaldrivel.bsky.social · 11d

Awful

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 13d

Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.”

Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?

www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...

Man in custody after 3 killed, at least 8 injured in shooting at a waterfront bar in North Carolina, officials say | CNN

A 40-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly pulling up on a boat to a waterfront bar in North Carolina Saturday night and opening fire, killing three and injuring at least eight others.

www.cnn.com

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 23d

It was very telling that for three days, none of the major TV anchors would have me on air one-on-one to talk about my firing from the Washington Post over Charlie Kirk.

The first offers were from
Black media, independent media, Substackers, and podcasters.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 24d

This is true and deserves a reckoning!

Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 24d

a key reason they see an opening for such a blatant speech crackdown is that they already did one to Palestinian and anti-genocide activists and it got enthusiastic bipartisan approval

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totaldrivel.bsky.social @totaldrivel.bsky.social · 24d

In hindsight, maybe it wasn’t a good idea to create a 15 year + digital record of my political views

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