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annmadeinbrooklyn.bsky.social @annmadeinbrooklyn.bsky.social · Feb 10

eric adams is a fucking scumbag.

this is a message to all NYers: there is not a single person or group this man won't feed to the fascist maw if it means saving his own ass. act accordingly.

Reuven Blau @reuvenblau.bsky.social · Feb 10

“Mayor Eric Adams gathered his top commissioners and officials early Monday to give marching orders under the new Trump administration: don’t criticize President Trump, don’t interfere with immigration enforcement and trust the mayor.” — via @katiehonan.bsky.social
www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/10/e...

Mayor Adams to Top Commissioners: Don’t Criticize Trump, Don’t Interfere with Immigration Enforcement

After weeks of confusing messaging on ICE raids, the mayor ordered his staff to stifle criticism of the feds and that he alone will make sure NYC doesn’t lose funding.

www.thecity.nyc

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 4h

Vladdy: DAAAAA YANKEES LOSE

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Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 1h

The only people whose opinion matters on this peace deal are the people of Gaza, many of whom are cautiously optimistic. It is hard to be genuinely hopeful as a Palestinian, but I pray that the ceasefire holds and that Israel does not renege on the agreement.

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Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 1h

Finally, and this is the most important point, international observers and press MUST BE PERMITTED ENTRY INTO GAZA IMMEDIATELY.

We need a full accounting of the horrors of this genocide. The laughably implausible death toll of 60,000 must be corrected. It's time for the truth.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 5h

I joked about it but it may actually be worthwhile for every Dem who gets on tv to start saying Stephen Miller is the real president

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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annmadeinbrooklyn.bsky.social @annmadeinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 4h

looks like the post-season clayton kershaw showed up.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 5h

The IDF took 3D animations from the Scottish Maritime Museum, a cyberpunk project and other places to make shit up about Gaza, Lebanon and Iran and these were reproduced in international outlets for the past 2 years.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 5h

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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annmadeinbrooklyn.bsky.social @annmadeinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 5h

let's observe a moment of silence for the yankees...

moment of silence for charlie kirk at yankees stadium

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 9h

As the Supreme Court term begins, keep this framework in mind: Autocratic Legalism.

Instead of “rule of law” (law constrains the power), we get “rule by law” (law as a weapon for power).

Authoritarians usually have to install allies. Trump started his second term with that step already complete.

The only effective opposition is through the language of morality and documented harm—not legal technicalities that can be swept away with a 6–3 vote.” The text is centered on a neutral background, with “morality” and “documented harm” slightly emphasized to underscore the moral and empirical contrast with “legal technicalities.”

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annmadeinbrooklyn.bsky.social @annmadeinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 6h

jfc

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 11h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 13d

My latest @theguardian.com: "Fifa banned Russia from international football. Now it must do the same for Israel." As Israel inflicts untold misery on Palestinians, it is time for soccer’s governing bodies to stand by the principles they claim to uphold www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Fifa banned Russia from international football. Now it must do the same for Israel

As Israel inflicts untold misery on Palestinians, it is time for football’s governing bodies to stand by the principles they claim to uphold

www.theguardian.com

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1d

The CBS takeover by Larry Ellison and Bari Weiss is the most foreboding move in a while, and I’m not saying that lightly.

It will have an effect on the 2026 elections: CBS will now lie to people and normies will believe it.

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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 20h

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 18h

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 · 1d

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

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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The Hometown Holler @thehometownholler.bsky.social · 18h

New Hometown Holler drop: We sit down with @tressiemcphd.bsky.social - scholar, writer, truth-teller. From North Carolina roots to national influence, Dr. Cottom talks about home, politics, and the power of paying attention. Don’t miss this one.

#home #community #politics #whiskey

Tressie McMillan Cottom on Nostalgia, Belonging, and Why Calling Trump an “Idiot” Misses the Point

YouTube video by The Hometown Holler

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 17h

Education Secretary Linda McMahon says she's leading the department's "final mission" to shut down. But @megomatz.bsky.social and I found it's more than that: Political appointees from ultraconservative groups are in power at ED now, and they hope to dismantle public schools.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 1d

It’s been quite amazing to watch people call on CPD (of all entities) to fight on behalf of the oppressed. There is a reason why we don’t see police leading revolutions. They are a function of the state and will give deference to the feds, as required by law. youtube.com/shorts/WDHFe...

Can local police arrest ICE?

YouTube video by The TRiiBE

youtube.com

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

“If any of those alderpeople don't find that incident a violation of our constitutional rights, then I don't know what they will find a violation of our constitutional rights,” Fuentes told The TRiiBE.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/so-a...

So, about that letter of support for Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes: 13 alderpeople didn’t sign it • The TRiiBE

The letter describes what the agents did to Fuentes as an “abuse of power.” Mayor Brandon Johnson, City Clerk, Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin also signed it.

thetriibe.com

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17h

in retrospect it was just great how milquetoast centrists decided the best way to react to the AWESOME police corruption and brutality exposed by the George Floyd protests was to go "actually, defund the police is a bad slogan, the Unserious Left needs to shut up" bsky.app/profile/mcle...

Morgan Clendaniel @mclendaniel.bsky.social · 17h

They've known they have little to no control over these forces since 2020 and all chose to ignore it during the Democratic administration that might have given them some cover to do something about it!

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Diana Parker-Kafka @dianaparker.bsky.social · 17h

We all knew this would be the inevitable issue, *all* police forces support police states. Chicago cops don’t live in the neighborhoods they terrorize, those urban areas are their little torture fiefdoms. They hate my city and the people who like living here, they welcome more violent occupation.

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 17h

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...

National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

www.foxnews.com

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 16h

they getting tax breaks to lay off their own workers, destroy creative jobs with automation, drink up all our water, and drive our electrical bills through the roof

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17h

37 states have passed legislation specifically granting sales tax exemptions for data centers.

Among the beneficiaries of these exemptions are Amazon, Meta and Google, all companies worth over $1 trillion.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 18h

They’re just gonna do a little lite slavery.

In addition, the new rule allows farm employers to charge H-2A workers for their housing, which was not allowed before. "It's a way for employers to continue to house workers and also charge them, and bring down effective wages," said Marcos Lopez of the Labor and Community Center at the University of California, Davis.

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annmadeinbrooklyn.bsky.social @annmadeinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 15h

listen, the american people can be dumb sometimes and are easily demagogued, but they know that republicans control all branches of the US government. it's a straightforward, undeniable fact. it's pretty simple: if republicans wanted to end the shutdown, it is in their power to do so. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 17h

it should be a tell about what's happening in the media now that most mainstream commentators seem openly frustrated that polling does not blame democrats for the shutdown

annmadeinbrooklyn.bsky.social @annmadeinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 16h

the one question he needs to be asked over and over and over again is why he's refusing to seat adelita grijalva. it's a very important question as we head into next year's midterm elections.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...