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Weston Renoud @theducky.com · 4d

“I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.”

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 6d

"You say to voters, fire, fire, the house is on fire, this is a fascist threat. But then you refuse to go into the building with an extinguisher and pull them out, they are left either thinking you’re lying… or you don’t give a shit about them." @anatosaurus.bsky.social #Persuasion2025

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 6d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Troublemakers @troublemakers.bsky.social · 6d

We only have till Monday to jump in and change the trajectory of AI data centers in WA—join us!

Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 9d

Live in Washington State? Care about climate/affordability/ecologies/humans?

We have ONE WEEK to comment on the Data Center Workgroup draft recommendations to the governor. Please do!

The image links to pointers for commenting, and here is a big overview I wrote up: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Pointers for Data Center comments

Again, here are the recommendations we’re responding to, and here (for the real wonks) is the existing law. Here is some deep background. HERE IS THE FORM FOR SENDING IN YOUR COMMENTS! POINTERS: I...

docs.google.com

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 6d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 6d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 7d

These thugs are using helicopters to land on the roof of a building whose front door has been reported to the City as unlocked and unsecured for months. They are using a ladder to scale the ornamental fence the gate to which has stood ajar for years. They're a disgrace and a fucking joke.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 7d

“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

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"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 7d

Truly evil behavior by ICE. Looking forward to everyone involved in this operation being prosecuted.

Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 7d

Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.

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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 7d

As of today, that p/e ratio stands at over 250 👀 yeah, that's totally justified 🤣 #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall

coupon for poupon @couponforpoupon.bsky.social · 24d

Tesla now has a price to earnings ratio of 229.

The P/E ratio for the entire S&P 500 is 31. NASDAQ is 37. Dow Jones is 25.

How has Tesla earned such a lofty rate? Lies. Lies upon lies upon lies.

FSD? Not happening.
Cybertruck? Death trap.
Robots? Bitch, please.

His crash, our economy.

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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 7d

About those Tesla Q3 numbers... The recovery isn't what it's cracked up to be, and there's likely disaster coming in Q4. Hope #ElonMusk enjoys it while it lasts. And we hope to see you out there at a #teslatakedown action this weekend to keep the heat on!

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Troublemakers @troublemakers.bsky.social · 7d

Courage is contagious. With Senate Democrats finally taking a stand against the MAGA regime, time to tell them how you feel.
1) Call your senators TODAY!
2) TOMORROW, attend the #FederalBuildingFriday Rally, 11:30 am-1:30 pm, to show support for our beleaguered federal workers.
#defenddemocracy

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 9d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 9d

Live in Washington State? Care about climate/affordability/ecologies/humans?

We have ONE WEEK to comment on the Data Center Workgroup draft recommendations to the governor. Please do!

The image links to pointers for commenting, and here is a big overview I wrote up: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Pointers for Data Center comments

Again, here are the recommendations we’re responding to, and here (for the real wonks) is the existing law. Here is some deep background. HERE IS THE FORM FOR SENDING IN YOUR COMMENTS! POINTERS: I...

docs.google.com

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Troublemakers @troublemakers.bsky.social · 9d

This is awesome—please repost widely, and share the letter with anyone you know in tech.

Amazon Employees for Climate Justice @amzn4climate.bsky.social · 9d

1/ It’s time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...

Open Letter — AECJ

www.amazonclimatejustice.org

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 10d

Court-watchers confirm this cruel ICE agent has been reinstated.

Last week, in the briefest moment of decency, violently throwing a woman to the floor was “beneath the men and women of ICE.”

This week, it’s back to business as usual. The cruelty, after all, is the point.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 14d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Troublemakers @troublemakers.bsky.social · 10d

"The only way to eliminate the fear of nuclear weapons is to eliminate the nuclear weapons themselves."
- Yukihiro Ishikawa, Atomic bomb survivor & peace activist
@wpsr.bsky.social
#FederalBuildingFriday
#AbolishNuclearWeapons #SupportFederalWorkers #PeaceAndJustice #DisarmForPeace
#FreePalesti̇ne

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Troublemakers @troublemakers.bsky.social · 13d

🎉 Starting in 1 hour!
#FederalBuildingFriday – This Week’s Focus - Say NO to War and Abolish Nuclear Weapons! 🕊️
📅 Friday, Sept. 26th | 🕦 11:30 AM–1:30 PM
📍 Federal Building, Downtown

Stand with our federal workers, and take action for peace and justice. #SupportFederalWorkers #KnowYourRights

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 15d

“Ultimately, the outcome was the agency was left broken and understaffed ... They didn’t have the people they needed to carry out basic functions.”

I am so old that I remember how pretty much every Republican in Congress including some Dems thought #DOGE was a good idea.

Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE

Hundreds of laid-off federal employees who managed government workspaces are being called back to their jobs as the Trump administration walks back plans to slash its real estate portfolio.

apnews.com

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Troublemakers @troublemakers.bsky.social · 16d

100% this thread! Call your reps! Call them AGAIN! and AGAIN!

THEY DO NOT GET IT.

Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · Sep 8

"We will not vote to finance a war against Americans."
"We will not be complicit in the abductions of neighbors, the stealing of healthcare from elders, and the snatching of food from kids."

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Philipp Markolin, PhD @philippmarkolin.bsky.social · 17d

In a way, the NYT is a critical part of the rightwing bullshit machinery because it elevates fever-swamp garbage into coherent-sounding, "reasonable people can agree to disagree" narratives for elites to coalesce around.

Not just giving any emotional outrage a pseudo-polite paintjob, but ...

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David Weiskopf believes in you @dave.bzky.team · 17d

We need an environmental movement that builds things*

*bollards, concrete barriers, vegetated buffers

A fucking gorgeous bikeway in NYC, paved, separated, bollarded, and bordered by lovely trees and bushes buffering the space between the bike lane and adjacent sidewalk and car road on either side.

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 17d

the #boycottdisneyabc #boycottdisney movement gets the goods! there's an important lesson here. let's talk about why winning fights like this is critical to saving #democracy. Kudos @nelini.bsky.social and the organizers who made this thing catch fire

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Troublemakers @troublemakers.bsky.social · 18d

#MuskMustFall #TeslaTakedown

John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 18d

We in the West don't see them, but REAL PEOPLE in drought and conflict zones have been killed by Musk. It's not over. DOGE is a death machine, still rolling.

CNN @cnn.com · 18d

A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this woman’s baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died. https://cnn.it/4ndDYbl

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 18d

If you're housebound today (or in South Dakota, where there's no event), join us for a virtual Sun Day extravaganza!
actionnetwork.org/events/think...

Think Global, Act Local! A Sun Day Climate Action Party

Sun Day is a global day of action on September 21st, 2025, celebrating the unstoppable rise of clean energy. We’ll come together to showcase the power of the sun and wind, the energy sources that can ...

actionnetwork.org

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