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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 11h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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Jessica Stanley 🇨🇦 @jessicastanley.bsky.social · 20h

There goes any hope for his "Values".

Julia Levin @jflevin.bsky.social · 20h

So Carney's "elbows up" strategy is to double down on our dependence on the US AND fossil fuel exports??

Basically a lose-lose proposition revealing just how short sighted he is

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

www.cbc.ca

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ECIU @eciu.net · 20h

Ominous warning for humanity as birds suddenly adopt 'unsettling' behavior

Researchers have found that birds are abandoning their usual migration patterns, with warmer temperatures in winter habitats disrupting their annual flights. This could lead to many bird species dying out.

Ominous warning for humanity as birds adopt 'unsettling' behavior

A disturbing trend among bird species in the US could lead to a mass extinction event that rocks human society forever.

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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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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Stephen T Casper @neurotimes.bsky.social · 2d

It’s odd that absolutely no one in media has been writing macroeconomic criticism of our present condition in the USA. The math doesn’t work: Fear. Lack of government investment. Acceleration of debt. Contracts that are voided Willy Nilly. Tariffs as a flat tax. All of this - is bad math.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 2d

The Trump admin has lied about this case from the start — and now it can't get its story straight about next steps for Mr. Abrego Garcia.

This reeks of a political prosecution and the courts must continue to ensure his due process rights are protected.

Judge Poised to Free Abrego Garcia if Officials Can’t Supply Deportation Plans

www.nytimes.com

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WIRED @wired.com · 4d

In Trump’s America, billionaire and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison is a kind of shadow president. Meanwhile, the Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America

The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 5d

Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.

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Jessica Stanley 🇨🇦 @jessicastanley.bsky.social · 5d

Arrest ICE

Pass it on.

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Martin Bühler @mbuhler.bsky.social · 5d

It's past time for real cops to arrest ICE agents for assault.

Jessica Stanley 🇨🇦 @jessicastanley.bsky.social · 5d

ICE are engaging in criminal activity and arresting people who are trying to uphold the law.

ICE are the criminals and should be held accountable.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...

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Jessica Stanley 🇨🇦 @jessicastanley.bsky.social · 5d

Legit question

Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 5d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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Jessica Stanley 🇨🇦 @jessicastanley.bsky.social · 5d

ICE are engaging in criminal activity and arresting people who are trying to uphold the law.

ICE are the criminals and should be held accountable.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...

Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5d

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Jessica Stanley 🇨🇦 @jessicastanley.bsky.social · 6d

I know we don't want this to be true. We don't want the US gov to be fascist and violating rights. We certainly don't want to accept that children are being terrorized in the process.

But all of the above is true.

Denying the truth is to be complicit.

Ignoring the truth is to be complicit.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6d

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‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6d

The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.

Let that sink in

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6d

History has many painful lessons.

A screenshot of an X post by Q. Anthony Ali (@NobleQAli
, 12h ago) featuring a black-and-white historical image of a person lying on the ground while others, including a woman kneeling and several standing figures, are around them in what appears to be a park or open area. Below this, a reply by Antonio Benetto (@Tony_Benetto
, 1d ago) to @drmistercody
states: "I don't believe US troops will fire on American citizens."

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 8d

6 years ago, Mexico decided to start giving everyone over age 65 about $300 every two months. They also tripled their minimum wage. The combo dropped their poverty rate by 26%. Poverty is a policy choice. Nations can choose to reduce poverty by investing in their people with universal basic income.

Mexico has given everyone over age 65 cash every 2 months since 2019, and poverty has dropped by 26%

YouTube video by Scott Santens

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Jessica Stanley 🇨🇦 @jessicastanley.bsky.social · 7d

We still don't want your pipeline.

#Bitumen #BC

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 8d

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

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