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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1h

The fact that they can't get a random sampling of citizens from any city to indict people for interfering with ICE seems more informative than any political poll, tbh

Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 12h

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 22h

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 21h

PLEASE MASK.

The latest COVID strain is kicking people’s butts. And 0/10 do not recommend long COVID.

Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 21h

As part of my ongoing adventures with long COVID (3.5 years now!), I’m in some studies investigating the brain fog & fatigue experienced by up to 80% of long haulers.

Today I learned that the cognitive impact many of us deal with is most similar to that of people with traumatic brain injuries.

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 21h

PLEASE MASK.

The latest COVID strain is kicking people’s butts. And 0/10 do not recommend long COVID.

Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 21h

As part of my ongoing adventures with long COVID (3.5 years now!), I’m in some studies investigating the brain fog & fatigue experienced by up to 80% of long haulers.

Today I learned that the cognitive impact many of us deal with is most similar to that of people with traumatic brain injuries.

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 21h

As part of my ongoing adventures with long COVID (3.5 years now!), I’m in some studies investigating the brain fog & fatigue experienced by up to 80% of long haulers.

Today I learned that the cognitive impact many of us deal with is most similar to that of people with traumatic brain injuries.

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget: Bullies fold. Stand up to them. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

Pentagon Relaxes Press Access Rules

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 1d

Cool cool.

So tech companies did nothing to prevent our authoritarian present, arguably enabled it, and are now destroying any efforts regular people invent to push back.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

“People over Papers, a crowdsourcing project that maps sightings of US immigration agents, was taken offline yesterday by Padlet, the collaborative bulletin board platform on which it was built. It’s just the latest ICE-tracking initiative to be pulled by tech platforms in the past few days.”

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 1d

I tried to explain manual windows to my kids and it did not compute for them…

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 1d

I love that I can still rent a manual overseas—it’s the only time I get to scratch that itch!

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 1d

And this after ICE/DHS put out a fake story around the fatal shooting of a Chicago-land father a few weeks ago.

It’s almost as if they can’t be trusted.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 1d

Grown children of America: Please come get your Boomer parents who still take every call on speaker in confined public spaces.

Lord, be a set of earplugs.

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Bobby @bobbyspumoni.bsky.social · 2d

The throughline of right wing politics is pretending or imagining something grievous is happening to you in order to then make it okay to carry out that made up thing on people you hate.

Been going on since the Haitian Revolution at least.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d

During the Obama administration, Oregon Republicans were convinced the federal black helicopters were coming for them at any moment. Today they’re posting videos of black helicopters over Portland & cheering giddily about it. They hate their senator who is speaking out against the black helicopters.

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 4d

Motion to rename Storm Amy.

If I were going to cause damage and destruction anywhere, the last place I’d hit would be Ireland. 🇮🇪

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 4d

This is your regular reminder that there is no research showing that active shooter drills save lives--and there is a wealth of research showing that they traumatize kids and staff.

I just received our school's heads-up and form for opting out our kids. If yours doesn't do the same, ask for it.

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 4d

I can't be the only one starting to see empty shelves and skyrocketing grocery bills.

The impact of Trump's economic idiocy is here. And while I wish more Americans got outraged about mass deportations & trampling of rights, history tells us this is when ordinary people tune in.

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 5d

We have reached the jumping-on-the-sofa-bed-and-singing-into-hairbrushes portion of the listening party.

I'll admit: In these tough times, this kind of pure happiness makes my grinchy heart swell.

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 5d

You'll have to wait until the 13th paragraph to learn he has connections to Trump.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child, authorities said.

Texas megachurch founder pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges

Authorities say the founder of a Texas megachurch has pleaded guilty to lewd and indecent acts with a child after he was accused of sexually abusing a young girl in the 1980s in Oklahoma while he was a traveling minister.

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 5d

fwiw the review from two tweens who are halfway through The Life of a Showgirl is "THE BEST EVER!"

We will be up re-listening to this for the foreseeable future.

Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 5d

Gonna need Taylor to stop releasing her albums on school nights.

The two mini Swifties downstairs are so amped that I’ll be shocked if they fall asleep before dawn.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 5d

I’m 100% sure that’s actually not the question to be asking

NPR @npr.org · 5d

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

National Guard presence may deter crime, but experts warn of the long-term costs

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 5d

Gonna need Taylor to stop releasing her albums on school nights.

The two mini Swifties downstairs are so amped that I’ll be shocked if they fall asleep before dawn.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 5d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 6d

Chicago suburb launches 3 criminal probes against ICE agents, with the police chief calling ICE's use of tear gas, pepper spray & rubber bullets against peaceful protestors "an immediate health safety crisis" and accusing ICE of "creating a dangerous situation for the community."

More of this, plz.

Broadview officials launch 3 criminal probes against federal agents

The suburb's mayor and police chief on Tuesday called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to stop using chemical agents on protesters.

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