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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2h

Stephen Miller just said that Chicago ICE raid was one of the most successful law enforcement operations ever. I asked Pritzker to respond.

"If this was Pinochet’s Chile, if this was Argentina under authoritarian rule, maybe you’d call it successful," he said. 2/

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 1h

The theme of the rally is No Kings, and it's hard to think of a more pro-American sentiment than that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Matthew Wasserbach, brokerage manager of Express Customs Clearance, said of the UPS backlog. “It’s totally unprecedented.”

@cnbc.com $UPS
www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1h

this is correct. and while you would get a nontrivial one off sum from a billionaire tax (not enough for a welfare state, but a lot), the ongoing point of that tax would be prevent billionaires from existing

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 4h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Wiseowl374 @wiseowl374.bsky.social · 7h

Weirdly, Silent Hill 2 has become a comfort game for me.

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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 21h

“This is exactly the moment for people to stand up. And do I see enough people doing it? No, I don’t. It shouldn’t be that there are Democrats that are afraid, because you know what? We’re the targets. We need to be strong, we need to fight back.”

Thank you, @govpritzker.illinois.gov!

JB Pritzker Has Had It With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 10h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 11h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

average portlander meeting an ICE goon in january

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 4d

it is kind of funny that they’re doing this doing spooky season so either 1. They look like they’re beating the shit out of a bunch of kids having fun at a Halloween paty or 2. you get videos of them backing away scared from an inflatable frog

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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 6d

The right employs a two-track strategy to win the war of persuasion: to liberal audiences that hate your ideas, push the “open inquiry, everyone’s voice must be heard” to work your way in, but to conservative audiences do whatever is necessary to prohibit liberal views.

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Wiseowl374 @wiseowl374.bsky.social · 9h

Wait are you in DC now? Since I’m furloughed, I’d be happy to treat you to lunch if you are!

Wiseowl374 @wiseowl374.bsky.social · 10h

This man is your friend he fights for freedom poster but it’s portland frog hero

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10h

FROGS TOGETHER STRONG is fucking incredible

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 14h

Fond memories of 2020, when it was decided by the media that it was definitionally impossible for Republicans to be homophobic even if they opposed SSM or gay rights, in the same way that "everyone agrees" that racism is bad, ergo nobody important can ever be accused of racism.

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 14h

An exchange in tonight's VA Gov debate:

AS: My opponent has previously said that she does not think gay couples should be allowed to marry.

WES: That’s not discrimination!

AS: She said that she is, quote-unquote, morally opposed to same-sex marriage.

WES: That’s not discrimination! (1/2)

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Wiseowl374 @wiseowl374.bsky.social · 10h

a close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom right

Alt: a close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom right

media.tenor.com

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14h

I give shit to Jeffries (and Schumer) when they suck, so it’s also important to recognize when they’re doing it right.

This is doing it right. More of this, indeed. *Everyone* involved in the corruption of this administration MUST face consequences for their actions.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Wiseowl374 @wiseowl374.bsky.social · 10h

There we go, justice for theCubs!

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 10h

This is enough carbon-free energy to power maybe two thirds of Vegas btw

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 11h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18h

This isn’t just “Charlie Brown had hoes” levels of wrong it’s “Charlie Brown never had a dog” levels of wrong

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 19h

wtaf are you talking about

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 10h

absolutely incredible bit for the GOP to run like their third most insane Black female politician who is wildly homophobic with probably one of their only gay candidates as her running mate, just a+ work

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Andy Broughton @andybroughton0.bsky.social · 11h

They’re calling it the Cubs-iest half-inning of baseball ever.

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Wiseowl374 @wiseowl374.bsky.social · 10h

Really tough calls for both that foul & first base.

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 13h

Winsome Earle-Sears — that is, in fact, discrimination.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11h

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13h

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Wiseowl374 @wiseowl374.bsky.social · 11h

Some damn tough calls here.