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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 1d

Repost if you see one of the most patriotic signs in American history. 🦅 🇺🇸

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wavesandsuns.bsky.social @wavesandsuns.bsky.social · 8h

Cash had a house in Jamaica.

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 1d

Among the endless fire hose of news, there was an interesting nugget buried in Mayor Keith Wilson's statement today.

The city of Portland is considering taking over the lease of the ICE facility and the city said it has no intention of being ICE's landlord.

Portland weighs taking over lease at ICE facility

The ramifications of the city taking over the federal facility lease were not immediately clear Wednesday.

www.opb.org

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

Next month, voters will head to the polls for a contest that could have huge implications for the future of fair elections in the Keystone State — which means for the next presidential election, too. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/why...

Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20h

J P Morgan’s Jamie Dimon warns of a stock market fall in the near future.

JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon sounds warning on US stock market fall

Dimon said he was

www.bbc.co.uk

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@gloria🕊️🟧 @gloriaprosperi.bsky.social · 1d

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼🤬🤬🤬

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

We take a look at ICE's skyrocketing expansion, the agency's failing standards, and where detention centers are planned for next.

The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

www.motherjones.com

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wavesandsuns.bsky.social @wavesandsuns.bsky.social · 8h

WOW

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 9h

Perry: "I agree with you about the seriousness of threats, generally, across the United States right now. I don't think there's a single public servant, really, who is not being subject to threats.

"Mine started about 10 minutes after I got this case."

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Jess Piper Fan Page 💙 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social · 3d

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 13h

[Rep. Josh Schriver] who has condemned LGBTQ rights, called oral sex "a crime against God," and introduced legislation to ban pornography in the state has been linked to an account on an extremely graphic adult dating website that promises hookups of all kinds...

www.rawstory.com/josh-schriver/

GOP lawmaker who compared adult websites to heroin linked to graphic hookup site account

A Republican state lawmaker in Michigan who has condemned LGBTQ rights, called oral sex "a crime against God," and introduced legislation to ban pornography in the state has been linked to an account ...

www.rawstory.com

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 13h

Christian “alternatives” to pop culture always hit the same note: God’s Not Funny

Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 14h

Conservative Christians asked donors for $500,000 for their newest project: a "non-political" talk show hosted by a guy who air-quotes "President" Biden.

Spoiler: The show bombed. None of the cash paid for comedy writers.

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-christ...

The Christian Right tried to make a late-night talk show—and it bombed spectacularly

Eric Metaxas and his backers spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to copy Fallon and Kimmel. They forgot to hire talent.

www.friendlyatheist.com

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: A federal judge in Illinois has blocked Trump administration authorities from using force against journalists in the Chicago area — including threats or arrest or riot control weapons. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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wavesandsuns.bsky.social @wavesandsuns.bsky.social · 8h

"non-religious" YES
"Canons of Christianity", Phil Ochs

St Louis Atheists @stlouisatheists.bsky.social · 9h

Please follow the wonderful site @ffrf.org / @rsslmo.bsky.social @ethicalstl.org @atheists.org

ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 1d

Hear FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor on A Public Affair with host Dana Pellebon! 🎙️

She talks about decades of fighting for women’s rights, keeping religion out of government, and why it’s a great time to be nonreligious.

www.wortfm.org/theres-no-tr...

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 10h

I was working on the story and he just came out and said it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

*ding ding* We’re seeing rampant lawlessness from the Trump admin @billybinion.bsky.social

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h

Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h

www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/10/...

Epstein bank records sought by top House Democrat from Jamie Dimon, other CEOs

The Trump administration is under fire for refusing to make public investigative files about Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of President Donald Trump.

www.cnbc.com

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wavesandsuns.bsky.social @wavesandsuns.bsky.social · 12h

Sometimes, they actually believe in some of the things they are trying to accomplish. And she was most likely abused at church so empathizes with the Epstein/Trump victims.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

The most common response I hear from Dems is, ‘what happened to her?’ What happened is she wanted to run for Senate, wanted Trump’s endorsement first, and Trump told her not to run because she couldn’t win. Since then, different Marge. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Greene on the Epstein files: "I can't conclusively say that's why the House isn't in session, but the House should be in session...there is a new Democrat that's been elected that deserves to be sworn in...if it's to avoid the discharge petition, why drag this out? It's going to have 218 signatures"

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

ICE is in Back of the Yards again* this morning. 1 person detained: instagram.com/p/DPlsHGoDvek

*Rarely a day has gone by since this surge began that they haven't grabbed people in this area. That footage you saw of Chicagoans being tear gassed on Saturday was in an adjacent neighborhood.

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wavesandsuns.bsky.social @wavesandsuns.bsky.social · 12h

Let the dogs out.

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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 1d

During the GOP shutdown, the mostly for-profit, private ICE detention centers are open. The safety inspectors for them have been deemed “non-essential”.

This is already the deadliest year on record for detained people in ICE facilities.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

ICE closes detention oversight group in shutdown despite surge in detainees

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s entire Office of Detention Oversight has been placed on furlough, despite surging numbers of detainees.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 13h

I've been following the Lattarulo case involving the seizure of an immigration attorney's cell phone at Logan Airport (complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...) pretty closely and I'm left with a big question that none of the coverage has answered.

storage.courtlistener.com

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wavesandsuns.bsky.social @wavesandsuns.bsky.social · 12h

These are bounty hunters, not actual ICE agents. The Trump Nazis are paying bounties so they don't have to list any employees.
Ask for their names, ask who pays them and how much. Apply and get the truth.

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