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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 4d

#ICE: Nazi stormtroopers in Halloween costumes.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

In July, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”

We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 1d

Venezuela on edge over Trump regime change whispers: ‘If it does happen we are ready’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Venezuela on edge over Trump regime change whispers: ‘If it does happen we are ready’

Allies of President Nicolás Maduro vow to resist any military intervention but experts suspect Venezuela’s leaders were rattled by Trump’s decision to bomb Iran

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

I gifted the article. Can we please do that first.

mk2005.bsky.social @mk2005.bsky.social · 1d

Will they uphold the Constitution against a lawless Commander in Chief?

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Paul Paz y Miño @paulpaz.bsky.social · 1d

"Across the Amazon, environmental defenders are frequently targeted — Colombia has led the world in killings for several years, while Peru also ranks among the most dangerous places to speak out against illegal mining and logging." - @sjgrattan.bsky.social

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Gold demand puts Peru's Amazon at greater risk from mercury poisoning, bishop warns

A Catholic bishop in Peru’s Amazon is warning that mercury from illegal gold mining is contaminating rivers, fish and people across the region.

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 2d

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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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 1d

Micah Sifry has a new book from the inside of the Israeli peace movement of 50 years ago, before a lot of water under the bridge and Palestinian deaths micahsifry.com/books/whendo...

When Doves Try: Israel’s Peace Now Movement 1978-1983

When Doves Try: Israel’s Peace Now Movement 1978-1983 tells the story of how a handful of young Israeli reserve officers helped ignite the country’s largest grassroots peace movement. In 1978, their o...

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 3d

This #NYTimes headline is beyond belief.
#GazaGenocide

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 2d

Will Trump deploy the 82nd Airborne to Portland? Previous 82nd leaders include giants like Omar Bradley. Will the 82nd's current commander, Major General Brandon Tegtmeyer, obey what might be an unlawful order? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/04/us-military-portland-oregon-trump-administration

White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland

Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cell phone while in Minnesota

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 2d

Saturday Market unfolded as usual; 9,000 people ran the Portland Marathon; the Thorns beat Bay FC 2-1 and Powell's was jammed full of readers sipping kombucha. Oh, yeh--ICE personnel sent two 84-year-olds to the hospital after beating them to the ground. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/06/t...

The Judge Standing up to Trump’s Portland Invasion

A report on the Justice Department’s Orwellian arguments and how a Trump-nominated jurist is holding the line for democracy.

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 2d

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PODCAST | The President's Inbox : The Legality of Trump's Drug-Boat Strikes, With Matthew Waxman

Matt Waxman, adjunct senior fellow for law and foreign policy and Liviu Librescu Professor of Law at Columbia University sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the legality of the Trump administra...

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 2d

Every time DHS agencies want sympathy for their agents, they float these accusations but give zero proof just like Noem does here. BULLSHIT.

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 2d

🧵 of articles I’ve wriiten to help you understand the immigration engircenent agencies.

When you say these cannot be real agents & they will be held accountable, I’ve got some bad news for you. 1/

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Judges across southern border are letting adjudicated violent Border Patrol agents loose in our communities.

It is not enough that they have constant access to victims that they can then throw back into Mexico when they are done.

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 4d

Contrast this weak, timid, inaccurate headline in the #NYTimes with the truthful one below from #Israel's leading newspaper. @mondoweiss.net #Gaza

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3d

I’m just going to keep repeating that undocumented immigrant workers actually _help subsidize federal programs for everybody else_.

In 2022 alone, they paid $25.7 billion into Social Security and $6.4 billion into Medicare—both programs they can’t access due to their legal status👇🏽

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3d

Oh so the guy who made up gross lies about immigrants STEALING AND EATING PETS has more thoughts about immigrants? I’m sure he’s totally telling the truth this time.

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They’re Lying, Dividing, And Distracting. Don’t Believe The GOP’s Shutdown Hype

“This isn’t about health care for undocumented immigrants—that’s already against the law," said Sen. Mark Warner. "It’s about the fact that Republicans are intentionally skyrocketing your premiums.”

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 3d

'"They are holding 100s of dead Palestinians. They are holding unknown numbers of children. There are as many as 15,000 or more Palestinians held captive right now…

Israel routinely holds children in military facilities... It’s a systematic campaign of child abuse.”'
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Decades of Abuse: Israel Holds Thousands of Palestinians Captive, Hundreds of Bodies Withheld

YouTube video by Drop Site News

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 3d

This #NYTimes headline is beyond belief.
#GazaGenocide

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 4d

#ICE: Nazi stormtroopers in Halloween costumes.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

In July, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”

We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

projects.propublica.org

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 4d

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

Text of the fourth amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 4d

Contrast this weak, timid, inaccurate headline in the #NYTimes with the truthful one below from #Israel's leading newspaper. @mondoweiss.net #Gaza

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 4d

Jake Tapper and other mainstream U.S. media figures will wax poetic about free speech, but they ignore when advocates for Palestine are targeted, or even jailed, for speaking out.

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#Palestine #Israel

Jake Tapper is worried about efforts to ‘infringe’ on free speech, except when the speech is about Palestine

Jake Tapper and other mainstream U.S. media figures will wax poetic about free speech, but they ignore when advocates for Palestine are targeted, or even jailed, for speaking out.

mondoweiss.net

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 4d

Rs are lying and changing the subject, because even their own voters like Medicaid, Medicare and ACA benefits. So they invent “illegal aliens” getting benefits.

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 4d

You will not see the equivalent headline in the #NYTimes, or other U.S. mainstream outlets. Amos Harel is not some extremist, but the military correspondent for #Israel's leading newspaper, @haaretzcom.bsky.social. @mondoweiss.net #Gaza #Palestine

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 4d

Hamas just accepted Donald Trump’s “peace” plan. Here’s what Hamas didn't accept, how Trump reacted, and why Netanyahu was blindsided.

mondoweiss.net/2025/10/hama...

#Palestine #Israel

Hamas just accepted Trump’s ‘peace’ plan. Here’s what it didn’t accept.

Hamas just accepted Donald Trump’s “peace” plan. Here’s what Hamas didn’t accept, how Trump reacted, and why Netanyahu was blindsided.

mondoweiss.net

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

Attn Black people, stop scrolling.

This is not a drill: Chicago

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · 5d

Agreed. Medicaid has stringent requirements, which you have to renew regularly. Unlike, say, trading in crypto currency.

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