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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 9h

Are American citizens being disappeared? Yes.

Are American citizens who are veterans of the US Armed Forces being disappeared? Yes.

Without warrant or probable cause—solely based on skin color—Trump goons captured and caged a citizen veteran for days.

This is a fascist regime.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 19h

What

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 17h

Nothing to do but make it, my man

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ImnotApu @imnotapu2.bsky.social · 18h

How are the magats going to spin a Quatar base on AMERICAN soil??? There is no bridge too far for these traitors to America...when you've list Laura Loomer...

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20h

These freaks keep getting on TV talking about opposing antifa and how they believe antifa wants to destroy them, and not a single person in mainstream media has asked or commented on what is the opposite of antifascism and who is threatened by antifascists

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 19h

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

Jim Comey was first, but let's be clear: Donald Trump is coming for the rest of us too. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/we-are-all...

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 1d

How over- and underrepresented are different causes of death in the media?

Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.

To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

1/ Listen: the people who can’t afford ACA hikes or are getting kicked off Medicare are the priority. But…last year my company saw a 17% increase in healthcare costs. This year we are projecting 20%.

Every year for idk a decade has been at least 10%

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2d

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2d

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Mikæla @crashannburn.bsky.social · 1d

When I was a kid, I foolishly thought vampires were real.
Then I grew up, became wiser, and learned the proper term was “venture capitalist”.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

Homeless people are not the enemy.

They can’t “just try harder” their way into housing.

It’s the system that’s failing.

Most of us are one emergency away from being homeless ourselves.

We need affordable housing, universal basic income, healthcare & social supports.

We need a safety net

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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 2d

Today at GameCritics.com, Eugene Sax offers a video review (with transcript) on Katanaut, a new sci-fi themed roguelike action title...

It's got a lot of potential, but patches are coming on the reg. it's solid now, but will likely be better in the near future.

gamecritics.com/eugene-sax/k...

A space ninja wearing a conical Asian-style hat slides down an incline holding a gun and sword. Below him await all manner of red, fleshy monsters full of teeth and claws.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 2d

We have been warning y’all about cops for god knows how long.

Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 20d

When the nazis were coming into power, there was a lag before local law enforcement was fully on board. People were able to get police protection from nazi-aligned paramilitaries. Here, today, police look at rising fascism and say “Finally. We’ve been waiting for this.” www.notus.org/democrats/me...

Democrats' New Fear: They Can’t Rely on Local Law Enforcement for Protection

“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me,” said Rep. Steven Horsford.

www.notus.org

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Cj vs Alien vs Predator vs Evil Dead @cynicalceezy.bsky.social · 3d

As an arcade racing sicko and Sonic fan, this is as a fun one. Loved the amount of options and handling model, even if those items felt horribly unbalanced.

Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 3d

Also up today at GameCritics.com, CJ Salcedo covers Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds -- it's a super-solid racer with a load of options and plenty of reverence for the series history.

gamecritics.com/c-j-salcedo/...

Sonic the hedgehog at the wheel of a blur racecar driving straight towards the viewer's face, and behind him we can see a variety of characters from the Sonic series, each in their own vehicle. Also a tyrannosaurus can be seen.

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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 3d

Also up today at GameCritics.com, CJ Salcedo covers Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds -- it's a super-solid racer with a load of options and plenty of reverence for the series history.

gamecritics.com/c-j-salcedo/...

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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 3d

lol

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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 3d

Today at GameCritics.com, Konstantin Koteski reviews Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile and finds that it's exactly the right way to update classic material for modern times and modern media.

gamecritics.com/kkoteski/aga...

A stylized painted portrait of Hercule Poirot and his famous mustache alongside new co-star Jane Royce, sporting a natural afro. IN the background are a cast of characters faded behind a red haze, with a steamship in the picture's foreground.

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