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Treetop Flyer @treetopflyer.bsky.social · Nov 22

Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death
The rape and rot of graft and stealth and lies
We the people must redeem
The land the mines the plants the rivers
The mountains and the endless plain
All, all the stretch of these great green states
Langston Hughes

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Abena Koomson performs "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3h

So far this week, I’ve agreed with MTG, Laura Loomer, Matt Gaetz and Tucker Carlson. What is going on here?

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KnightHawk♿💙 @knighthawk899.bsky.social · 6h

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KnightHawk♿💙 @knighthawk899.bsky.social · 21h

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Ex-National Guard Major General Warns 'We Are One Trigger Pull Away' From Another Kent State Tragedy

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Carl Mucha @carlmucha.bsky.social · 8d

ICE Agent in Broadview during a raid on an apartment complex where children are zip tied and seperated from their parents:

"fuck them kids"

Say it out loud while your with your friends this weekend.

"FUCK THEM KIDS"

Offended yet, America?

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 6h

Admin has played its hand so poorly from the day in march they deported him contrary to orders to today that he actually may see freedom (US promised that would never happen) at least temporarily.

Judge Signals She Is Likely to Order Abrego Garcia’s Release Soon www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Judge Signals She Is Likely to Order Abrego Garcia’s Release Soon

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 3h

is this running the government like a business. do businesses do this normally

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6h

🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to keep the National Guard under federal command in Illinois — but blocked its use for active deployment. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Appeals Court Allows Trump to Keep Control of Illinois National Guard but Bars Deployment

Read more here.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

After 10 long days, the hearing challenging Texas' gerrymandering ended. By the end, all of legacy media had vanished. But Democracy Docket stayed to keep you informed about just how far Republicans went to manipulate the state’s maps.

Support its vital work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

Angus: Who else are you going to give military bases to? When’s Vladimir Putin getting his rocket bases in the United States?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Imagine that

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 7h

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h

And people tell me the libs have no knack for messaging.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 7h

This is what it looks like when your community stands up.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 5h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2h

Welcome to Illinois, NANO Nuclear!

Helping grow our clean energy economy, their more than $12M investment in our state will create new jobs for hardworking Illinoisans and promote innovative strides in the sector.

Governor Pritzker Announces NANO Nuclear Energy to Establish Operations in Illinois - NANO Nuclear Energy

NANO Nuclear Energy to receive REV Illinois incentive award of $6.8M

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h

The government complains that Comey submitted a 19-page request for vindictive prosecution evidence.

Right.

$\the defendant has provided a 19-page letter that includes substantial and abnormal requests regarding the vindictive/selective prosecution allegation. These requests are for internal deliberative processes, attorney work product, and potentially privileged information. The government has asked for this material and will need to review it. We respectfully request the Court set the discovery deadline for this material for October 14, 2025.3$

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 3h

After ordering people out of the street, ISP cleared the entire “free speech” zone into the street before “curfew.”

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

Republican Shutdown ...

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 10h

This guy thinks the girls ‘with blue hair and five nose rings’ are unattractive. I know they’ll be crushed.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #KidRock

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 11h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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I have been a good Bling 😊🇨🇦 @blingdomepiece.bsky.social · 1d

We‘ve gotten to the Anne Frank stage of the presidency.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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