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Maggie Reed @mermaidmamamaggie.bsky.social · 2h

Mike Johnson is upset we have the right to protest.

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 1h

🚨NEVER FORGET: As Florida's AG, Pam Bondi led a coalition of 26 states in the FIRST major lawsuit, challenging the ACA's constitutionality. Bondi's office was in subsequent challenges, INCLUDING the case that reached the Supreme Court as CA v. TX. In this 2021 case, the Supreme Court DISMISSED it! ⚖️

a girl in a red sweater and white collar is standing with her arms outstretched in a room .

ALT: a girl in a red sweater and white collar is standing with her arms outstretched in a room .

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 1h

11 October 1941 | Dutch Jewish boy, Heinrich Lange, was born in Amsterdam.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in July 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection with his mother Berta. His father Hans perished in the camp in September 1942.

Family portrait of Lange family. The father and mother stand with a baby. The father holds the baby in front of them.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1h

No, Speaker Johnson: The No Kings Rally on October 18 is not a “hate America” rally. Quite the contrary. It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country.

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X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 1h

That part.

Its a care bare with a molotov cocktail in hand on a cloud with rainbows behind it.
The text above the image says fuck the system and the word resist is written in the bears chest

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

head of Chicago PD says feds gasses his officers www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMDrmH1d/

Superintendent Larry Snelling says federal agents tear gassed 27 Chicago police officers. He addressed the incident while responding to criticism of how police have handled the ongoing ICE protests. #...

TikTok video by Fox 32 Chicago

www.tiktok.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 3h

The reclaiming/reframing of frogs as Antifascist after enduring years of the execrable Pepe is glorious and I am here for every scrap of new heroic frog art

Christopher Doll @blackbirdcd.bsky.social · 5h

This is Space Frog

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 6h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 4h

In case anyone missed this

Erdoğa said that Trump ended Halkbank’s criminal case after talks w him. He said that Trump told him “The Halkbank problem is finished for us.”

Halkbank was helping Iran evade taxes and launder billions.

Qatar and now this. The corruption is off the charts

Turkey’s Erdogan Says Halkbank US Case to End After Trump Talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said state lender Halkbank’s legal case in the US is due to be resolved following recent talks with President Donald Trump, prompting bank shares to rise.

www.bloomberg.com

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 3h

Trump is freezing $350 million in education grants for Minority-Serving Institutions, including $250 million for Hispanic-Serving Institutions. The move puts federal funding at risk for over 600 colleges serving 1.5 million Hispanic students, according to an ethnic studies scholar.

Trump is cutting funding to universities with large Hispanic student populations – here’s what to know

Hispanic-Serving Institutions enroll over 60% of all Hispanic undergraduates in the US and include large schools like Florida International University.

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · Jun 30

It's not just $930 billion being cut from Medicaid that will harm people

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There's another healthcare nightmare in Trump's murderous budget bill -
The House GOP budget reconciliation bill does not extend the "enhanced" premium tax credits that were put in place by the American Rescue Plan

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🌒 Mx Mary Moon 🌘 @mxmarymoon.bsky.social · 8h

Lmao welp, so much for seeing my grandmother buried. My aunt, who is hosting my mother during the events, is uncomfortable having me stay the night because I don't like cops (her husband was chief of police where they live and I think her stepson is a cop), so..

A-FUCKING-CAB, BITCH 🖕🖕

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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WallE But They Are A Vampire @walle132.bsky.social · 16h

Hey guys! It's my birthday!

You should watch the new episode of @rndpod.bsky.social with myself and @thekappachris.bsky.social

We got @stellaluna.tv and we talk about neat stuff!

You should watch it!

rndpod.bsky.social @rndpod.bsky.social · 16h

Good Morning R&D Department!

We have a special guest today with @stellaluna.tv!

We chat about the formative media that molded them along with the origin of many of the things they love today!

Check it out on the @oneshotnetwork.bsky.social YouTube!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t03K...

Rad & Dope w/Kappa and WallE Episode 3 - Stellaluna

YouTube video by ONE SHOT Podcast

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

UPS says it is destroying parcels sent to US customers because the Trump administration is failing to process or clear the parcels through customs. In essence, no one can figure out what the applicable tariff rules are and how they are to be applied—amidst a deluge of contradictory tweets from Trump

UPS Admits ‘Disposing’ of Parcels as Trump Chaos Creates Backlog

The president’s tariff policy has seen countless packages getting lost in customs.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

The White House budget office said in a court filing that it could fire over 4,000 federal employees during the government shutdown, though it noted that the funding situation was “fluid and rapidly evolving.”

Budget office says 'substantial' firings of federal workers have started in government shutdown

The White House budget office says that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 8h

This is so fucked up‼️Military families are having to go to food banks because #TrumpShutUSDown We bailed out Argentina to the tune of $20 billion and Qatar is getting a Air Force base in Idaho, but our military personnel have to resort to this. Republicans can’t govern‼️

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 13h

📌BREAKING: MIT just politely told Trump to go fuck himself:
"... the premise of (your) the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 6h

I love this image.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10h

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.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 6h

Military families literally waiting on long lines at food pantries.

Meanwhile, Mike Johnson won’t reconvene the House to save their troops’ paychecks, Senate GOP won’t stop huge health care premium increases, and Trump is gleefully firing 1000s of workers.

The GOP is cruel, through and through.

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