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Amelia @ameliaearhart2.bsky.social · 1d

Please read. We have just 10 days to muster the resources to help recent DV survivor Chris & precious 14 y.o. feline Zoe on their journey to a safe new home. DV makes you feel small & worthless. Donations & reposts say to Chris: YOU MATTER. Thanks. 🧡🧡🧡
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Frogtifa @frogtifa.bsky.social · 7h

Join the ribbitstence

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MissFalcon @missfalcon.bsky.social · 4h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Eric Neustadter (e) @thevowel.bsky.social · 12h

I’m halfway through It Was Her House First and it’s great.

(of course it is, it was written by @cheriepriest.com)

Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 1d

October Spooky Reads: It Was Her House First by @cheriepriest.com

I maintain Cherie is at her best when she is writing about hauntings, and here she interweaves past and present to deliver a ghost story with a delightful ending. It's almost cozy creepy? Is that a genre? A+ pacing & characters.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 1h

anyway good night

Fluffy round tripod tabby asleep in a loose cinnamon bun formation.

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastword.msnbc.com · 3h

Epstein survivor pressures Speaker Johnson on Epstein files vote: 'We have been through enough' www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Turing Pest @krikalitika.bsky.social · 4h

Pass. She’s gone MAGA 😒

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 5h

How To Make Browser Worse

Chrome is now more helpful with new Al features
Chrome is getting more helpful and keeping you safe with the latest Al features, including Gemini in Chrome, Al Mode and new security tools.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Ray Cunneff @raycunneff.bsky.social · 5h

A zealous Trumper, Wilson’s growing Christian ‘theonomist’ (God’s rule) empire is part of an influential network of far-right fundamentalists. They preach that women should not have the right to vote. Women, Wilson says, lack the discernment for that, God-ordained, rightfully male, authority.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jan 30

not for nothing hegseth belongs to a christian sect whose leader believes things like “slavery was a beneficent institution that introduced blacks to christ and preserved the family”

How Hegseth's controversial religious views could affect military leadership

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has faced allegations of sexual misconduct, excessive drinking and financial mismanagement, all of which he denies. Laura...

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Brian Bartky @brianbartky.bsky.social · 5h

Another reminder that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is a member of his church.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jan 30

not for nothing hegseth belongs to a christian sect whose leader believes things like “slavery was a beneficent institution that introduced blacks to christ and preserved the family”

How Hegseth's controversial religious views could affect military leadership

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has faced allegations of sexual misconduct, excessive drinking and financial mismanagement, all of which he denies. Laura...

www.pbs.org

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 5h

I wonder why?

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 9h

Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

www.nytimes.com

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 10h

Counterpoint:

You absolutely do not have to hand it to enslavers

Wilson: Now, one of the things I want to do is say: I’m really glad that slavery’s gone, and good riddance. And I want to say that the Southern slave owner, who read the books of Ephesians and Colossians and 1 Timothy and treated his slaves decently, remembering that he had a master in heaven who he studiously tried to obey — what Paul said slave owners were supposed to do — I would say he was not an orc, and he is part of the reason why slavery ended. In other words, I would say he’s a good guy.

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Chris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 5h

It took less than ten months to get to the Anne Frank stage of authoritarian fascism.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 11h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 6h

VIDEO: Chicago news producer violently detained by ICE agents

A producer with Chicago television station WGN was violently apprehended and detained by Border Patrol agents on the city’s northside Friday, as seen in videos captured by witnesses.

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Turing Pest @krikalitika.bsky.social · 5h

Tя☭mp card is wild 🤬

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 5h

Oz looks like an SNL actor playing Trump.

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 6h

WATCH- @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the "incredibly dishonest and downright dangerous new talking point being pushed by MAGA:"

“Republicans on Capitol Hill are claiming that peaceful protesters are part of a terrorist network hell bent on destroying America.”

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12h

An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant left multiple people dead and missing on Friday, authorities said, as secondary blasts forced rescuers to keep their distance from the burning field of debris. https://to.pbs.org/3KCzgWu

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says

The blast occurred Friday at Accurate Energetic Systems, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14h

BREAKING: An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says.

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says

An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant has left multiple people dead and missing. The blast occurred Friday at Accurate Energetic Systems, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 8h

lol he tried to wash some of the blood off his hands and still got denied

Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 1d

A principled stance from HRW 🔥

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

Reading this now. It’s the opinion explaining the reason for granting a TRO (the order came out yesterday) against the National Guard deployment in Illinois. It begins with a quote from Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers against the idea.

Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 8h

New filing: "Illinois v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #70: memorandum opinion and order

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