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Kelley @yourauntifa.bsky.social · 9h

Goodnight, dear Bobcat ❤️

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 10h

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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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18h

Great point from @mjtoma.bsky.social: Millions of us absolutely do see what's happening to the USA.

"We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends."

newrepublic.com/post/201625/...

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 17h

🚨Veteran wrongly detained by ICE, placed on suicide watch in a cell with no clothes. Only a hospital gown and a thin mattress on a concrete floor from Friday to Sunday. Lights on 24 hours/day. WTF, America? 1/2

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 16h

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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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 15h

Democrats need to go as hard branding protest as patriotism as Republicans are labeling it all insurrection.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 15h

poor dude still living off that milkshake story 😹

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 17h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 15h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 18h

“we are telling you right now that we do not intend to honor anything we agree to” is certainly a negotiating position one can take

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 18h

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Kelley @yourauntifa.bsky.social · 19h

That acronym has existed for decades.

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 19h

More of this please. And not just in Chicago.

TheRightIsWrong (TRIW) @therightiswrong100.bsky.social · 1d

How many more reasons do we need to fall in love with Chicago? Besides being the most beautiful city in America, Chicago hates Trump and hates ICE

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

Reminder that there is a government shutdown right now while these guys focus on the important stuff

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 20h

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

The fact that they are still doing the "Soros-paid protestors" bit is just an incredible testimony to the durability of certain tropes to negate the popular will, regardless of the lack of evidence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 20h

Oh I’m sure MAGA would have been fine with Joe Biden letting another country build an air base in Idaho. Calm down everyone.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20h

To avoid swearing in a duly elected Democratic House member who will force a vote to release the Epstein files, the House is in recess indefinitely

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Kelley @yourauntifa.bsky.social · 20h

And notably his party has launched a coordinated disinformation campaign to paint peaceful American protesters exercising their constitutional rights on October 28 as members of a “terrorist group” who “hate America.” They are fomenting violence with their rhetoric. Call them out!

Kelley @yourauntifa.bsky.social · 20h

Very dangerous rhetoric coming from the “Democrats need to tone down their rhetoric” party. They refuse to actually work for the American people, but they’re happy to spew their coordinated pro-fascist talking points. Bunch of sleazy, corrupt trained seals.

Kelley @yourauntifa.bsky.social · 20h

I thought Dartmouth already did?

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20h

Trump has less than 40% approval and Republicans have convinced themselves you need to pay people to protest his policies

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Kelley @yourauntifa.bsky.social · 20h

We need this to fuel an even bigger turnout. They’re attempting to discourage us from exercising our right to protest the government: that should motivate everyone to get out on Oct 18 as a giant middle finger to this regime.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21h

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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