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dmgold @dmgold123.bsky.social · 1d

#thugsandgoons

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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

Boalt Hall right now:

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 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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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

This is like planting evidence and then making an arrest.

The image is an X post by Acyn (@Acyn
) from 13 hours ago, quoting Pritzker: "He's saying that Chicago is a war zone. None of that is true. They're just making this up. And then what do they do? They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it's a war zone." The post includes a screenshot from CNN's "State of the Union" showing two individuals discussing, with a chyron indicating DHS officers fired at a driver who rammed their vehicle, later determined to be someone trying to storm the Presidential Palace, as the South Caucasus Coalition.

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

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

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dmgold @dmgold123.bsky.social · 2d

as utah phillips said, a long memory is the most radical thing in this country

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 3d

Dear @democrats.org:

How about fighting the Fascists, tooth and nail, promising to try every ICE agent who acted without a judicial warrant?

You are *literally* being handed PR like this:

Fucking use it.

A small toddler in a night shirt and shorts wearing bright green shoes, with brown skin, is getting their hands zip tied behind their back by an ICE agent, after a helicopter commando raid on an apartment builsing that netted 37 arrests, two of whom were "suspected gang members."

You know, that ROE Warrior Ethos that Whiskey Pete Hegseth wants. Protecting our streets from toddlers.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote about why the regrettable conclusions of Ezra Klein pissed me off so badly in the last couple weeks.

On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...

Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something

On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.

www.the-reframe.com

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dmgold @dmgold123.bsky.social · 3d

yeah, no pity.

dmgold @dmgold123.bsky.social · 4d

as if that would deter them. #lawlesstimes

dmgold @dmgold123.bsky.social · 4d

it’s true, the greats always push the envelope.

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dmgold @dmgold123.bsky.social · 4d

a black and white photo of a man clapping his hands in a dark room .

Alt: a black and white photo of a Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane clapping his hands for his wife’s questionable performance at the opera.

media.tenor.com

dmgold @dmgold123.bsky.social · 5d

btw, djt calling dems domestic terrorists is more than bluster. it's another authoritarian playbook move.

hong kong again: as part of its 2020 crackdown, beijing made pro-democratic parties illegal & jailed dem officials.
the party disbanded earlier this year.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Hong Kong's last major pro-democracy party moves to disband

Hong Kong's Democratic Party said late on Thursday it would start preparations to disband and wind up its affairs after a meeting of its leadership, amid a years-long national security crackdown in the China-ruled city.

www.reuters.com

dmgold @dmgold123.bsky.social · 5d

nothing new for apple. did the same for china during the hong kong protests.
www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

Apple pulls HKmap.live app used in Hong Kong protests

The move comes after pressure from China.

www.cnet.com

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dmgold @dmgold123.bsky.social · 5d

folks, this is nothing new for apple.
it did the same for china during the crackdown on protests in 2019/2020.
www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 5d

Weber State University in Utah was set to host a conference this week on "Navigating the Complexities of Censorship.”

Then, the conference got ... censored.

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www.sltrib.com/amplify-utah...

‘I was ordered to lie’: Weber State censorship event canceled, after organizers said school wanted to censor speakers

Weber State University's annual Unity Conference tried to tackle the subject of censorship. Organizers said they canceled when school officials said they would have to censor some of the speakers' mat...

www.sltrib.com

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dmgold @dmgold123.bsky.social · 5d

yes, this was an exceptional takedown, that in this time of censorship suggests o'donnell's days at msnbc are numbered.

Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 5d

People need to watch Lawrence O'Donnell on Donald Trump's dementia. It's absurd that people are pretending the guy is still sane www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfu...

The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 10/2/25 | 🅼🆂🅽🅱️🅲 Breaking News October 2, 2025

YouTube video by Örgü Şenliği TR

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 6d

This is really sick stuff, I guess puppy killer Noem is really proud of herself.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d

"Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked, residents and witnesses said."

www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building.

Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked, residents and witnesses said. Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours.

When he got home from work, Jones said he entered his unit to find all of his electronics and furniture missing, and all of his clothes and shoes thrown on the floor. Jones said he had no idea who took his belongings and hadn’t received answers from Chicago police.

“I’m pissed off,” Jones said. “I feel defeated because the authorities aren’t doing anything.”

On Wednesday, toys, shoes and food were still in piles in the building’s hallways. Property managers were seen throwing mattresses and broken doors into dumpsters.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 6d

At the risk of hyperbole these really may be the most horrible people to ever live.

istanbulshiite.bsky.social @istanbulshiite.bsky.social · 6d

DHS posted a sizzle reel about it.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6d

I can't exaggerate how important it is that every ICE officer is met with contempt & mockery in public, everywhere they go, for the rest of their lives.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 6d

Seven years ago today, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and then dismembered. And any so-called comedian who can't stand up tonight in Riyadh and do ten minutes on that kind of hijinx and horseplay just isn't worth the Saudi blood money he's being paid.

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dmgold @dmgold123.bsky.social · 7d

take notes, people.

Truthout @truthout.org · 7d

Italy’s largest union has announced another general strike on October 3rd in response to the treatment of the Global Sumud flotilla which has put out a statement confirming the “vessels are being illegally intercepted”.

We Said “We Will Block Everything” and We Did: Inside Italy’s Strike for Gaza

Following a 24-hour general strike on September 22, the country is now gearing up for a national protest on October 4.

truthout.org

dmgold @dmgold123.bsky.social · 7d

as previously noted, it really does feel like the best of our mentors see the road we're on, know how it ends and are tapping out because they don't particularly want to be here when it happens. #RIPJaneGoodall

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com

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