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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

"Dear Sweet Blessed Little Baby Jesus, please watch over our armed thugs as they turn away the stranger, persecute the foreigner and harm the least of our brothers and sisters."

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 19h

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is in Portland meeting with ICE, Border Patrol and DHS officials; Nick Sortor posted video of Noem saying a prayer for the safety of their officers at the start of the meeting.

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junsworth.bsky.social @junsworth.bsky.social · 15h

actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...

Trump Higher Ed Compact 2025

We stand for education—for science, for students and for freedom—and against this backward, anti-American policy. We call on university leaders, faculty, staff and students to unite in rejecting the T...

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junsworth.bsky.social @junsworth.bsky.social · 16h

How nice to have rain.

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 23h

Making copies

A set of prints made from wood type and linoleum. The linocut is an early-modern style woodcut rendition of a protester in a frog costume facing off against two ICE officers in riot gear. The text reads

STAND UP
TO
FASCISM!

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

This October marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of Octavia Butler’s final book.

We spoke with a librarian at @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social's Octavia Lab about the prophetic nature of Butler’s work.  

🎥: @marinamasako.bsky.social

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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junsworth.bsky.social @junsworth.bsky.social · 1d

Library Friends: I'll be at the Charleston Conference on November 6th and 7th (for Expanding Digital Accessibility Because We Want To!, Nov 06, 2025, 10:15-11:00 AM Grand Ballroom 2, Gaillard Center). If you'd like to meet up, drop me an email--this will probably be my last library conference.

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junsworth.bsky.social @junsworth.bsky.social · 1d

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3d

“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes .... Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated."

-Anne Frank

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 6d

More excellent reporting from the student paper.

Deeds sends additional letter to U.Va. Board seeking answers on Ryan’s resignation

Deeds said that because he had not received sufficient answers to his previous questions, he spoke to outside sources for knowledge of the events leading up to Ryan’s resignation.

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junsworth.bsky.social @junsworth.bsky.social · 2d

Also a good time to re-read this piece about the Hungarian playbook for higher ed in the Trump administration: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Why the Populist Right Hates Universities

American conservatives are taking cues from Hungary’s Viktor Orbán because elite education is a convenient enemy for authoritarian populists.

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Amber R. @theambericanway.bsky.social · 3d

The "compact" sent to UVA and others from the federal government:

"...is about control. Specifically it is about turning existing federal law, over which the administration has limited control, into terms of a “deal” that offers the government much more control."

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

for any UVA folks that follow me you should circulate this among your networks balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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junsworth.bsky.social @junsworth.bsky.social · 3d

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 8d

portland update: this just crossed the street in front of me holding a bright yellow sign that said WELCOME TO HELL

(a person in an inflatable unicorn costume to be clear)

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8d

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.

I don't know how to yell any louder.

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 8d

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 8d

We should normalize public screaming, crying, throwing up like in Ancient Greek lamentations

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 9d

Will go to his grave as “a poor man’s idea of a rich man”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Trump: “Some of the highest quality 24 Karat Gold used in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room of the White House. Foreign Leaders, and everyone else, “freak out” when they see the quality and beauty. Best Oval Office ever, in terms of success and look!!! President DJT”

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 10d

Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record.

I just don't know what to say anymore.

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junsworth.bsky.social @junsworth.bsky.social · 9d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... “Trump … posted – and then deleted – an artificial intelligence video in which his likeness was promoting magic medical beds that a far-right conspiracy claims can cure any ailment [with] Trump touting a card [for] access to new hospitals equipped with such beds.”

junsworth.bsky.social @junsworth.bsky.social · 11d

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WIRED @wired.com · 13d

A new Senate report claims DOGE put every American's Social Security number at risk—and that officials at federal agencies essentially obstructed an investigation, all but denying DOGE even exists. www.wired.com/story/armed-...

Armed Guards and Muscle Milk: Senate Investigation Reveals DOGE Takeover Details

A new Senate report claims DOGE put every American's Social Security number at risk—and that officials at federal agencies essentially obstructed an investigation, all but denying DOGE even exists.

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