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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 3h

the problem with these dipshits is that they cant even lie well and theyre too lazy to figure out how to do so, so they pop off with shit that on its face even the average person can look at and say "huh, thats bullshit" like this

Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 4h

that's right Kash and all we have are Mids

Screenshot from twitter that shows Kash Patel on Fox News. The post states "Breaking FBI Director Kash Patel has just revealed nearly 5% of Chicago's 2.5 million residents, approx 110,000 people are active gang members."

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Ayah Al-Zubi (she/her) @votealzubi.com · Aug 27

Cambridge is one of the most progressive cities in America. Yet residents are crushed by housing costs, groceries, childcare.

That’s why our campaign is here: to make our city dignified and affordable for all.

Join the movement: votealzubi.com

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller’s tweets destroy that line of defense lol Pam

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi refuses to say whether the White House consulted her before deploying the National Guard to U.S. cities.

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Dart Adams @dartadams.bsky.social · 1d

Past two days, I’ve seen social media clips about Drake Maye reference “Patriot haters”…

I was born in 1975. The Patriots lost Super Bowl XX 46-10. The Patriots lost Super Bowl XXXI 35-21. No one past Connecticut wore Patriots merch willingly before 1994. They were UNUSABLE until “Madden ‘97”!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

If they let him ramble a little more I’m sure he’d say “look, is raping children even a crime?”

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

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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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is doing a hell of a lot of harm in the Chicago area *right now.* I don’t mean to trivialize the national guard stuff, it absolutely is an irresponsible escalation, but the guard-centric convo around this really does understate what’s going on without any guardsmen.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d

The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here

For more like this:
tiktok.com/@drewharwell
instagram.com/bydrewharwell

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder that authoritarians use the vulnerabilities of liberal democracy against itself, including concepts of "free speech" and the "healthy exchange of ideas."

They do not value these things. They are not sincerely held principles. They're cudgels and they will erase them once in power.

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Indivisible Chicago Northwest @indivisiblechicagonw.org · 2d

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda @krishna-author.bsky.social · 6d

#booksky #sarcasm #punintended #author #Halloween #Bluesky #blacksky

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Dana Jay Bein (DJB) @danajaybein.bsky.social · 4d

It’s not! Pour one out for my T riding colonial tour guide peers!

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 5d

• Video shows Border Patrol agents throwing gas canisters a little before noon today, as their vehicles sat blocked on Armitage Avenue near Drake Avenue. Agents let off the gas only a few hundred feet east from Funston Elementary School.

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Illinois State Police assist feds in Broadview protest, Chicago alderperson cuffed at hospital, rapid responders tear gassed in Logan Square • The TRiiBE

A roundup of ICE activity in the Chicagoland area on Oct. 3.

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Black and proud @wrong1rightday.bsky.social · 5d

They are doing some of the best coverage on ICE, especially surrounding the Black communities in Chicago.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 5d

• Video shows Border Patrol agents throwing gas canisters a little before noon today, as their vehicles sat blocked on Armitage Avenue near Drake Avenue. Agents let off the gas only a few hundred feet east from Funston Elementary School.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/illi...

Illinois State Police assist feds in Broadview protest, Chicago alderperson cuffed at hospital, rapid responders tear gassed in Logan Square • The TRiiBE

A roundup of ICE activity in the Chicagoland area on Oct. 3.

thetriibe.com

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Dana Jay Bein (DJB) @danajaybein.bsky.social · 5d

Vampires were the OG incels.

Dana Jay Bein (DJB) @danajaybein.bsky.social · 5d

Fascism is here. This should scare everyone. If you haven’t heard about this raid, it’s time to digest some new media.

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Dana Jay Bein (DJB) @danajaybein.bsky.social · 5d

ICE raided a Chicago building via helicopter at night and zip tied everyone that they could - including children. No warrants. No badges. Just kicking in doors of whoever they want while they sleep; kidnapping, abusing and terrorizing people of color.

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Wendigo Wires 👻 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 5d

This may be as close as we’ll ever get to an official confirmation

Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia

With Biden, AI Mode will provide a summarized answer.

www.theverge.com

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Dana Jay Bein (DJB) @danajaybein.bsky.social · 6d

I’m getting my covid booster and flu shot and the guy at the pharmacy desk wrote my name down as Tana Pine. I think I’m about to get injected with bleach. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 8d

would be easier to believe conservatives were radicalized by the murder of Charlie Kirk if they didn't seem equally radicalized by the announcement that Bad Buddy is performing at the Super Bowl

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 8d

This post is getting ratioed on X because all the Democrats are like "no they're not" and all the Republicans are like "no we're not"

X post by Jeff Flake captioned, "C'mon, fellow Republicans, we're better than this." Image is screenshot of CNN with chyron, "Trump posts fake, AI video of Jeffries & Schumer"

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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 8d

👀 Just Now -- President Trump in the Oval Office said a government shutdown gives his administration the power to cut benefit programs, which include Social Security and Medicare.

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“We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them, and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like. And, you all know Russell Vought. He’s become very popular recently because he can trim the budget to a level that you couldn't do any other way. So they're taking a risk by having a shutdown. Because of the shutdown, we can do things medically and other ways, including benefits. We can cut large numbers of people. We don't want to do that, but we don't want fraud, waste and abuse.”

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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 8d

Now might be a good time for Democrats to remind people that when they return to power they will not hesitate to prosecute people who murder civilians.

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