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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 49m

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 17h

BTW if you read these emails you may get the sense that they're recent but they're actually from 2014. Frum has been on the same job for an additional 11 years without this being public knowledge.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 17h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 1d

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/n...

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area

Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 20h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 20h

Physically gagged at this headline 🤮

Mediaite @mediaite.com · 20h

Jesse Watters Claims ‘AOC Wants to Sleep With’ Stephen Miller, a ‘High Value Man’

The Five co-host Jesse Watters reacted to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-NY) comments about Stephen Miller by praising the White House Deputy Chief of Staff as a "high value man" with a "younger" wife and claiming Ocasio-Cortez "wants to sleep with" Miller. The post Jesse Watters Claims ‘AOC Wants to Sleep With’ Stephen Miller, a ‘High Value Man’ first appeared on Mediaite.

dlvr.it

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 3d

Journalists in Portland: Try to get photos of gas canisters/munitions, either spent on ground or still carried by DHS. ONLY IF SAFE. Use long lens. Risks unknown, don’t approach.

This green smoke isn’t super common. Raised concerns in 2020. Documenting DHS munitions may help accountability later.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d

Federal forces inexplicably tried to move all protestors out a city block using chemical irritants.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 1d

On Friday, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio announced on his podcast that because "it seems like [the] Portland Police Bureau is not doing their job," "the Proud Boys will be coming back to Portland" in "one capacity or another."

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 2d

Of course, it's an even bigger deal that the President is in fact authorizing these murders.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 2d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 1d

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · May 2

Ever since his 2017 exclusive with Fake Boston Antifa, it’s impossible for me to see Jesse Watters and not think BG Kumbi. The association is permanently burned in my brain.

A screw cap from Watters World in 2017 on Fox News. Jesse Watters is in the left screen with his index finger pointed up to his chin as if he’s thinking deeply (he is not). YouTuber & professional troll BG Kumbi is on the right, dressed in black with a red bandana around his neck. The chyron says “ANTIFA HAVE EMBRACED VIOLENT ACTS LIKE RIOTING”

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 1d

Was BG Kumbi not available?

Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 2d

Last week Jesse Watters spoke to man named Eric who claimed he was formerly a member of antifa. Two years ago Watters interviewed Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member. Some folks thought the men looked similar. This is a side by side comparison. 🤷‍♀️

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 2d

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Rebecca 🦋 @rebecca79903973.bsky.social · 2d

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 2d

I was just watching this video x.com/MorePerfectU... not posted on Bluesky unfortunately but it mentions that

More Perfect Union on X: "The Trump administration is sending Argentina $20 billion to stabilize their economy after President Javier Milei’s DOGE-style cuts drove the poverty rate to 53%. We broke down why Trump is stepping in and the wealthy elites who will benefit. https://t.co/jTSIMwaLdQ" / X

The Trump administration is sending Argentina $20 billion to stabilize their economy after President Javier Milei’s DOGE-style cuts drove the poverty rate to 53%. We broke down why Trump is stepping in and the wealthy elites who will benefit. https://t.co/jTSIMwaLdQ

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 2d

This is just so depressing. This corrupt MF is our current ambassador to Mexico.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

A State Department inspector general report says U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson dismissed an embassy contractor at Salvadoran President Bukele’s request.

The contractor had talked to a journalist about a suspected government pact with the MS-13 gang.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/42WCOcc

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

TONIGHT — Just after 8:30pm tonight, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker shared that the Texas National Guard is being deployed to Chicago.

“This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States.”

CHICAGO – Today, Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement after the Illinois National Guard was informed that the Texas National Guard is preparing deployments to Illinois:

“This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

“We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

“I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.

“The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness."

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 2d

I assume the bailout to Argentina is to prop up public opinion of Milei and his far-right political party (Argy has legislative elections Oct 26) maybe someone better versed in economics can explain more: isn't a large part of Argentina's debt considered odious? Dictatorship... vulture funds... etc?

Argentina - Debt Justice

Country case study In the midst of a huge financial crisis, the Argentinian government stopped making payments on many of its debts over Christmas 2001. Since the ‘default’, its economy has been growi...

debtjustice.org.uk

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 3d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 2d

Yes it is!

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yes it is!

2findout.bsky.social @2findout.bsky.social · 2d

Also, The Jones Act is some serious colonizer shit.

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 2d

Stumbled on this older post by accident but The Take and Gotan Project are both excellent; must watch/listen 🇦🇷

Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · Apr 25

Twenty years ago, @naomiaklein.bsky.social and I made The Take — a film about worker democracy in Argentina.

Gotan Project gave it a heartbeat.

Now Inspiración, Espiración is being re-released for its 20th anniversary.

Still gives me chills. Still a soundtrack for resistance.

#GotanProject

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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 3d

Psych 210 don’t play ❤️

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 5d

Normal people when they see a fascist:

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