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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 2h

Correct.

He’s staging “left-wing” attacks—or more accurately, trying to provoke them—to give him an excuse to use violence against his opposition.

Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 2h

“I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop ‘left-wing’ terrorism. He is staging it,” Taylor wrote. “His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response..."

open.substack.com/pub/beinglib...

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E. Hochman @erhochman.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks, I know it’s at a time a lot of people teach.

E. Hochman @erhochman.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks, but I totally understand if you can’t!

E. Hochman @erhochman.bsky.social · 8h

If anyone’s interested, I’m presenting online tomorrow on how the supporters of the Weimar and First Austrian Republics crafted their own form of nationalism to defend democracy in the interwar period. 7 PM UK time, 1 PM Central Time.

Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 12h

The Leo Baeck Institute London announces the rescheduled third lecture in the LBI London Lecture Series 2025.

Join Prof Erin Hochman online, 7pm (UK time) Thu 9 October, for Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period.

Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25

@ghilondon.bsky.social

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 10h

With all the caveats about anonymous posters, this is still staggering, a revelation of what a sliver we see reported across mainstream & alt media combined; and this itself is obviously just a sliver. www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/...

From the AskReddit community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the AskReddit community

www.reddit.com

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 9h

Remember this when they tell you that arts degrees are worthless.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned

Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 10h

No university that signs the compact will be a university, in the accepted sense, anymore. They will be mere Trump Institutes, teaching only what subjects Trump doesn't bar them from teaching -- and only until he does. Signing is an abdication of responsibility and an act of great moral cowardice.

Benjamin Nathans | Autonomy or obedience

Guest Columnist Benjamin Nathans urges Penn’s leadership to resist the White House’s demands in its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

www.thedp.com

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 10h

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown

www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 5d

So there's an EU-funded campaign to get millenials to eat potatoes and - I swear to Jesus I'm not making this up - it's slogan is: "Europe's favourite since 1536."

A screenshot of a website that says "DISCOVER THE TASTY VERSATILITY OF POTATOES! Europe's favourite since 1536." banner ads say "funded by the european union" and "enjoy - it's from europe."

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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 21h

GREAT NEWS from Leander ISD. To Kill a Mockingbird, House on Mango St, and Narrative of Life of Frederick Douglass will be returned to classrooms after a massive outcry. Thanks to everyone who spoke up!!!

From an email to teachers today:

*An important update regarding the books that
were previously paused from curriculum use as a
result of concerns around Senate Bill 12.
Thirty-six of the forty books are being reinstated
to the secondary curriculum book list, with
revisions made to the curriculum to ensure TEKS
alignment and compliance with SB 12. Four
titles, Stamped, Melissa (George), Gracefully
Grayson, and The 57 Bus, will remain paused for
additional review of curriculum alignment. Please
note that all books, including these four, should
remain available, or be returned if removed, to
classroom libraries for individual student choice
reading.

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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 21h

I'm certain that millions of Americans are deeply grateful that the US government is spending tax money to protect the nation from guys in chicken suits.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 22h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Media orgs seeking to unseal Ken Paxton's divorce records have a hearing set for Dec. 19, according to court docket.

Background: www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege

News organizations fight to unseal Texas AG Ken Paxton's divorce case records

A group of eight state and national media organizations want the records in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s divorce case released to the public.

www.kut.org

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

I don't even know what to say about @aaron.bsky.team announcing that actually they feed all images posted on Bsky into an AI that just a year ago they told everyone they had banned from using Bsky images

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 1d

Laura N. Rodríguez Presa, who just posted this on "X," is a Chicago Tribune reporter. 4:03 PM · Oct 7, 2025

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

Another incident of federal agents pointing guns at Chicago area residents.

Tweet from @laura_n_rod

Text: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

Photo: shows a federal agent in a truck pointing a gun

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Texas National Guard troops have arrived at an Army Reserve center south of Chicago ahead of expected deployment.

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 1d

Texas law enforcement used a nationwide network of 83,000 traffic cameras to build a case against a woman for aborting her fetus. Aborting her fetus is not a crime in Texas. And then everyone involved lied about it to the public.

This case reveals the fundamental danger of allowing companies like Flock Safety to build massive, interconnected surveillance networks that can be searched across state lines with minimal oversight. When a single search query can access more than 83,000 cameras spanning almost the entire country, the potential for abuse is staggering, particularly when weaponized against people seeking reproductive healthcare.

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Self Guided Adversarial Imagery Meditations @bankuei.bsky.social · 1d

So here's a thing.

Every time police in general, spend time and effort assaulting, chasing, and convicting innocent people... The actual criminals that harm people are running free.

Not just now, not just this directed harm by the Klandministration.

Folks marched about this my whole life.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.

“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.

“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”

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www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases

Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.

www.wsj.com

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 ICE said Marimar Martinez “rammed their vehicles.”

Bodycam footage says otherwise.

It shows an ICE agent ram his own vehicle into hers, sneer “Do something, bitch,” and then shoot her.

We can never believe anything ICE accuses anyone of.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 1d

If you only knew how much of tech's energy is devoted to building better tools for abusers

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

“…that Sora is being used for stalking and harassment will likely not be an edge case, because deepfaking yourself and others into videos is one of its core selling points.”

Far from an edge case, it’s the primary use case.

Stalker Already Using OpenAI's Sora 2 to Harass Victim

A journalist claims that her stalker used Sora 2, the latest video app from OpenAI, to churn out videos of her.

futurism.com

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 2d

🗳️ Oct. 6 is the last day to register to vote in time for Texas' Nov. 4 election.

Here's how you can register to vote, check your registration or submit a name or address change.

Major statewide propositions will be on the Nov. 4 ballot. Here are your voting rights in Texas.

Learn more about all the ways you can register to vote, cast your ballot and protect your rights at the polls.

www.texastribune.org

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

I was just thinking about this

Trying to send in outside troops against a state's wishes is ofc a significant escalation and meaningful line crossed, but civil war isn't two armies meeting up on a grassy battlefield anymore--what does civil war look like in 2025? Is this already what it looks like?

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?

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