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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 10h

The “most transparent administration in history!” just furloughed the ICE office tasked with ensuring that people in immigration detention are kept safe.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5h

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

Joey Mannarino in a dark brown tailored jacket. The low armhole is causing his jacket to lift.

Someone in an inflatable frog costume. The high armhole allows them to raise their arm without disturbing the rest of the garment

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h

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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egg16z 🥚 @notlikewe.bsky.social · 22m

They did the thing!!!

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6h

Our 2007 class action lawsuit found the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office engaged in widespread racially discriminatory policing practices and immigration enforcement in Arizona.

Now, a new report revealed the department has deceived the public by inflating their costs of complying with the ruling.

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Dark Daisy @darkdaisy.bsky.social · 14m

Perfect.

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bingley567 @bingley567.bsky.social · 16h

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JOJOBEAN @jojobean.bsky.social · 7h

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UPDATE on US troops DISOBEYING Trump’s ILLEGAL orders

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 6h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

Reup: After deportation "Where's Waldo" figurehead Greg Bovino promised a "Shitshow" on September 27, DHS claimed 11 people were arrested.

Almost two weeks later, only two charges survive, an 18% success rate.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/g...

Greg Bovino's September 27 "Shitshow:" Batting 18% - emptywheel

Of the eleven people the government charged in conjunction with a "shitshow" Chief Custom and Border Patrol Greg Bovino staged at Chicago's ICE facility on September 27, the publicly filed charges aga...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 6h

Christian minister attacked by ICE agents. Waiting for the outrage from MAGA. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats

David Black joins journalists and protesters in lawsuit to stop ‘pattern of extreme brutality’ from federal agents

www.independent.co.uk

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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 21h

Please get well soon Dolly. We lost Jimmy Carter not long ago. Please do not leave us alone with the pointing, shouting and screaming “Christians.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Dolly Parton ‘going to be just fine’, singer’s sister says as she calls for prayers amid health problems

Freida Parton says she has been ‘up all night praying’ as singer continues to deal with unspecified ‘health challenges’

www.theguardian.com

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 7h

How I imagine Trump processing questions about “Habeas Corpus.”

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Dark Daisy @darkdaisy.bsky.social · 7h

Trump is such a 💩4🧠

Dark Daisy @darkdaisy.bsky.social · 7h

If they weren’t such troublemakers, Watters, too, I’d howl at their cringeyness. (Cringeosity? maybe just cringe)

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

NEW: Comey is going to file selective and vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss AND he will challenge the legality of Halligan’s appointment! There’s more, too… so glad @annabower.bsky.social is there to bring us the whole story! Thread below with details:

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15h

The judge also set an initial schedule for pre-trial motions.

The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney

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Dark Daisy @darkdaisy.bsky.social · 7h

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16h

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Congresswoman Lori Trahan @trahan.house.gov · 7h

Why did Donald Trump defund Massachusetts’ only federally funded pre-college program for veterans?

No servicemember or veteran should be used as a pawn in Trump’s shutdown game.

‘Devastating’: Trump admin abruptly ends college prep program for vets

“Its closure leaves veterans without this bridge to higher education,” Suffolk administrators said.

www.masslive.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

Good lord.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

⚡️ NEW: State Rep. Aftyn Behn has won the Democratic Primary in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District Special Election

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Dark Daisy @darkdaisy.bsky.social · 13h

The assimilation is complete. Words are no longer required. Well done, sir.

a man with a robotic helmet on his head and the words `` resistance is futile '' written on the bottom .

Alt: Captain Jon-Luc Picard from Star Trek Next Generation assimilated by the Borg. “Resistance is futile.”

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