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This is real actual strategic resistance, making it harder for this regime to execute its illegal and immoral actions.

This is what democracy looks like.

This is the way. It's time for all 50 states to follow it www.burlington.buzz/local-govern...

Burlington Votes Yes on Multifamily Housing and ICE Resolution, No on Conservation Bylaw Changes

New development will take 3 or more years to open and will replace two current 1970s office buildings

www.burlington.buzz

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 1d

Yay Burlington! I really hope other municipalities follow suit.

Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) @gain-indivisible.bsky.social · 1d

This is real actual strategic resistance, making it harder for this regime to execute its illegal and immoral actions.

This is what democracy looks like.

This is the way. It's time for all 50 states to follow it www.burlington.buzz/local-govern...

Burlington Votes Yes on Multifamily Housing and ICE Resolution, No on Conservation Bylaw Changes

New development will take 3 or more years to open and will replace two current 1970s office buildings

www.burlington.buzz

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James Miller (Millermena) @jamesmiller.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents in Chicago are making fake phone calls to police, making up security threats in the hope that local police will remove protesters.

Filing a false report is a serious crime. Just because they're Federal agents does NOT make them above the law. Arrest them www.facebook.com/share/v/1CxK...

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www.facebook.com

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Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) @gain-indivisible.bsky.social · 1d

This is real actual strategic resistance, making it harder for this regime to execute its illegal and immoral actions.

This is what democracy looks like.

This is the way. It's time for all 50 states to follow it www.burlington.buzz/local-govern...

Burlington Votes Yes on Multifamily Housing and ICE Resolution, No on Conservation Bylaw Changes

New development will take 3 or more years to open and will replace two current 1970s office buildings

www.burlington.buzz

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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 2d

A federal judge issued a broader order barring the federal government from relocating National Guard members to Oregon from any state.

via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fede...

Federal judge bars Trump administration from sending any National Guard troops to Portland

Saying the Trump administration directly contravened her Saturday order blocking the federal government from mobilizing National Guard troops in Portland, a federal judge issued a broader order barrin...

www.newsfromthestates.com

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Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) @gain-indivisible.bsky.social · 2d

ICE can't find people to fill its ranks as a direct result of the pressure we are putting on them. Report ICE, protest ICE, refuse to back down and they will crumble

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d

"The stream of social-media clips showing masked agents kicking down doors & raiding Home Depot parking lots has kept up the appearance of an ever-expanding campaign. ICE’s own data show that the agency’s buildup stalled over the summer" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
@nickmiroff.bsky.social

As Money Rushed In, ICE’s Rapid Expansion Stalled Out

Immigration arrests have declined and jail overcrowding is worse despite billions in new funds.

www.theatlantic.com

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Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) @gain-indivisible.bsky.social · 2d

Congressman @repmcgovern.bsky.social claims Trump has already been shutting down the Government illegally since he first got into office: spectrumnews1.com
share.newsbreak.com/fbyjdn2g

spectrumnews1.com

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Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) @gain-indivisible.bsky.social · 2d

Poor people in our society can't afford to make good financial decisions. Lack of social safety nets mean they pay for childcare. Working 2 jobs means they eat fast food or prepared food. No money for a new car means old cars that always need repair.

Poor Americans can't buy "good boots"

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"“If the deputy director wants to do something and needs a legal opinion about whether or not he can do it, he can’t advise himself...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

www.nytimes.com

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This Week in Worcester @thisweekinwoo.bsky.social · 2d

The Worcester District and Superior Courts closed during the morning of Monday, Oct. 6, after a man died from a fall through the atrium to the first floor.

Man Dead After Fall from Upper Floor of Worcester Courthouse

The Worcester District and Superior Courts closed during the morning of Monday, Oct. 6, after a man died from a fall to the first floor.

thisweekinworcester.com

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Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) @gain-indivisible.bsky.social · 2d

Poor people in our society can't afford to make good financial decisions. Lack of social safety nets mean they pay for childcare. Working 2 jobs means they eat fast food or prepared food. No money for a new car means old cars that always need repair.

Poor Americans can't buy "good boots"

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Jane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 3d

Republicans Are On The Run:
While House & Senate Democrats are in D.C. to work on behalf of the American people to find a bipartisan path forward, House Republicans are not in DC-they are on vacation and refusing to work.
#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown social.demcast.com/s/pyycaCgH

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

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Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) @gain-indivisible.bsky.social · 2d

Congressman @repmcgovern.bsky.social claims Trump has already been shutting down the Government illegally since he first got into office: spectrumnews1.com
share.newsbreak.com/fbyjdn2g

spectrumnews1.com

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Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) @gain-indivisible.bsky.social · 2d

The private prison facility in Plymouth, Massachusetts, is the only location in the state still detaining immigrants for ICE. Reports from inside say conditions have been made as bad as possible so people don't fight their deportation. #ICEscream www.facebook.com/share/r/1BBY...

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James Miller (Millermena) @jamesmiller.bsky.social · 3d

Republicans are cowards. Cowardice lies at the heart of all of their policies and motivations. They are exclusively motivated by fear. They've destroyed the entire country because they're afraid of everything.

Boston, by the way, one of the safest cities in America scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcont...

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Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) @gain-indivisible.bsky.social · 5d

These are the crimes that cost our community every day.

Mention of DEI costs Worcester nonprofit $2 million in federal funding

MassEdCo provides assistance for college applicants and until recently had staff working inside Worcester's high schools.

www.telegram.com/story/news/e...

Worcester nonprofit shut down after feds pull funding over its mention of DEI training

MassEdCo provides assistance for college applicants and until recently had staff working inside Worcester's high schools.

www.telegram.com

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 5d

Russ Vought and Trump may want us to think that the shutdown gives them the authority to resurrect DOGE-like cuts and go on a rampage, but the reality is, they were going to go on this rampage either way. From @ddayen.bsky.social:

trib.al/EOAnpJE

The ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ Phase of the Shutdown

Russ Vought has no authority during the shutdown to implement DOGE 2.0 to extract political pain from Democrats. In fact, he’s admitted that outright.

trib.al

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 7d

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.

All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.

So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 6d

Today marks the 7th anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6d

“It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”

— Dave Chappelle, doing his shtick in front of a whooping, cheering crowd in … Riyadh.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/w...

At Saudi Comedy Fest, American Free Speech Becomes the Punchline

www.nytimes.com

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Grant DeLaney @laney502.bsky.social · 6d

Agreed. Thanks James:

“The survival of truth. The survival of democracy. The survival of a nation that values freedom over fear, justice over power, and people over profit. The survival of the free peoples of the world over the united and global efforts of dictators, fascists, and kleptocrats.”

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Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) @gain-indivisible.bsky.social · 6d

It's almost like there aren't any Republican policies that work. But that can't be true, because our President says the Democrats are the problem. Super weird www.npr.org/sections/sho...

What Mississippi's infant mortality crisis says about the risks of Medicaid cuts

Mississippi recently declared a public health emergency because its infant mortality rate has surged. And with Medicaid cuts coming, experts fear the crisis may worsen in other states.

www.npr.org

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Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) @gain-indivisible.bsky.social · 6d

This regime thinks they can arrest whomever they want. But guess what? If we don't stand up and stop them, they're 100% correct

Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 8d

Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the U.S. #BorderPatrol, claims a @wbez.org/@chicago.suntimes.com report about his comments Sunday in downtown #Chicago was "grossly inaccurate" and taken out of context. So we've posted the interview's unedited AUDIO and TRANSCRIPT:
www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Transcript: Gregory Bovino says arrestees in downtown Chicago chosen partly based on ‘how they look’

WBEZ reporter Chip Mitchell spoke with U.S. Border Patrol commander about a deportation blitz downtown and in the upscale River North neighborhood. Here is the transcript and unedited audio interview.

www.wbez.org

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