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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 1h

Never been about immigration. Always about cheaper and more exploitable labor. Amnesty actually is the solution.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 2h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 7h

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 1h

Another young-versus-old Dem primary; Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, one of the members expelled from job (then re-elected) for protesting, will challenge Rep. Steve Cohen, who’s represented Memphis for 19 years.

www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Tennessee’s Justin Pearson launches primary challenge to Rep. Steve Cohen

The 30-year-old state legislator is getting help from David Hogg and the progressive Justice Democrats.

www.semafor.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

I’m shocked.

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Derick Jones RPSGT💤😴 @sagdirewolf81.bsky.social · 5h

Episode 300!!🔥🔥🔥 of @bitchuationroom.bsky.social with @franifio.bsky.social @mattlieb.bsky.social & @lanasalah.bsky.social Yeah um… It’s a fuckin genocide! Dems need to get their shit together. Van Jones on Bill Mahr, was disgusting.

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A Two Year Sea Change On Zionism feat. Matt Lieb & Lana Salah

YouTube video by The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini)

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

I do think it is extremely important for people to know that the NVE label started being used under Biden. This is not a creation of Trump's DOJ.

olive consumer's ambulatory skeleton @machete.gay · 1d

Once again, I will note this claim from Ken is completely untrue and does not comport with causality or the forward motion of linear time.

The term was developed while Biden was in office.

ZADROZNY: Yeah, for sure. You just mentioned nihilistic humor. Does that play into nihilistic violent extremism, the FBI’s terrorism classification that replaced the Biden-era focus on Jan. 6-style anti-government extremism?

KLIPPENSTEIN: Yeah, I won’t pretend not to be proud that I was first to report on this. It’s the Trump administration’s designation.

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 1d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 1d

I need a nanny to read. Hell yeah!

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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 1d

Wouldn't you miss it then?!

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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 1d

Brooklyn! Have you remember to get your tickets for The Bell House one week from tonight to see me and @mattlieb.bsky.social? Also featuring Daniel Mate and RM Brown! Nab them here: bit.ly/4pwFU0t

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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 2d

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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 2d

Every accusation is a confession. The right has been the perpetrators of these kinds of attacks and they want you to believe a dozen people writing in chalk outside Kavanaugh's home is terrorism.

donnadeka.bsky.social @donnadeka.bsky.social · 3d

“Judge Diane Goodstein is known for her recent ruling that blocked the Trump regime from accessing all sensitive information about South Carolina voters.”

www.live5news.com/2025/10/05/3...

3 hospitalized following reported Edisto Beach fire, SLED investigating

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating a house fire that hospitalized three people Saturday afternoon.

www.live5news.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

NEW: Judge Immergut - a trump appointee - has called an emergency hearing tonight because the administration appears to have tried to circumvent her order by calling in the California guard after she blocked the Oregon guard deployment with a temporary restraining order yesterday. 1/

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Welker: They say the house is not in session because you don't want to swear in the newly elected democratic congresswoman who would be a critical vote to releasing the Epstein files.

Johnson: It's totally absurd. This has nothing to do with that. It's another red herring.

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 2d

When you say they are not trained, you are wrong. This is the training they were given in Trump’s 1st Admin. ICE was trained specifically in urban warfare for this moment in 2019. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-bui...

ICE Plans to Build ‘Hyper-Realistic’ Tactical Training Facility That Can Simulate ‘Urban Warfare’

ICE is building a new training facility that will feature “hyper-realistic” simulations of homes, schools, courtrooms, and commercial buildings.

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 3d

Ditto for occupy in 2011 under Obama. When you see how democrats repress their outside lifelines, their base, their tether, you see they have also been paving the way for fascism.

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty incredible own goal by liberal institutions and many Democratic electeds to crush the exact type of protests in 2024 that would’ve been the most effective way to slow or stop ICE incursions into American cities in 2025

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty incredible own goal by liberal institutions and many Democratic electeds to crush the exact type of protests in 2024 that would’ve been the most effective way to slow or stop ICE incursions into American cities in 2025

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 3d

Pritzker needs to take some sort of demonstrative action against this. But nothing he does will stop this.

Still, liberal voters and elected leaders are confronted by the fact that the police are not democratically accountable. They have no interest in protecting you or your rights from the feds.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

Gov. Pritzker has said all the right things, but now he needs to act and get these state troopers out of there.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

A protester with a mobility aid (cane) was sitting in the road. Illinois state troopers dragged them to the grass and arrested them.

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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 3d

Not a single Greta hater could do what she has done, face what she's faced, bear abuse and humiliation at the hands of the most psychotic and genocidal army. They haven't an ounce of her bravery and that's what drives them crazy. Free Greta, free Palestine🇵🇸

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 4d

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.

"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 4d

all of these videos are horrifying. what feels so singularly striking and scary to me in all of them is the individual seething contempt and rage of these agents

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 4d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 4d

Father Michael Pfleger calls out Trump’s cruel cuts: $2.4M slashed from SNAP, hitting 360,000 Illinoisans, and $500M ripped from Medicare & Medicaid, threatening hospitals, nursing homes & lives.

“The real state of emergency is America itself.” #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown

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Saul Youssef @saulyoussef.bsky.social · 5d

🎯 @franifio.bsky.social

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Ta-Naheisi Coates Exposes Ezra Klein’s Empty Politics

YouTube video by The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini)

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 7d

Dude if the Democratic Party has a place for anti-trans and anti-abortion candidates then I’m not a democrat and I won’t vote for one

I don’t know what to tell you man, there’s already a political party who believes these things

It’s not a “big tent” to have zero fixed values in pursuit of power

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