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LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH @lcrw.bsky.social · Nov 11

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 1h

British accent larping propagandist Andy Ngo was with Trump today at what I assume is the White House. If Trump is down to Andy things must be kind of shit right now lol

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1h

Donald Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away..."

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1h

Aren't we all?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump is fighting for his life to stay awake during Andy Ngo's speech

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 1h

Update: A misdemeanor charge was dropped Oct. 2 against Richard Grant, a photo intern for @sfchronicle.com who was arrested in July while documenting the site of a fireworks warehouse explosion in Esparto, California.

Photojournalist arrested while covering scene of Northern California fire

Photojournalist Richard Grant was arrested while taking photos of the aftermath of a fireworks warehouse explosion in Esparto, California, on …

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 2h

On the White House’s WIC plan, we’re not supposed to have a system in which a president can:

- impose his own tax without Congress

- create his own pile of money that Congress never approved

- allocate funds, at his discretion, to whichever cause he deems fit, without Congress

White House announces radical new plan to allocate tariff revenue without Congress

The Constitution gives Congress what’s known as the “power of the purse.” When Trump tries to claim he has his own purse, there’s a problem.

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 4h

The flotilla carrying Jewish Currents reporter Emily Wilder has been captured by the Israeli military. Please contact Emily's senators and representatives—Adam Schiff, Alex Padilla, and Jimmy Gomez—and urge them to advocate for her safe release from Israeli detention

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Spooky Scott Kelley Ernest, BSPH 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #mtpol @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 1h

Seattle mayor signs orders to counter federal troop deployment, ICE actions
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Seattle mayor signs orders to counter federal troop deployment, ICE actions

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is set to sign two executive orders Wednesday morning in response to President Trump's federal immigration policies.

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LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH @lcrw.bsky.social · 1h

I LOVE GREATURES

LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH @lcrw.bsky.social · 1h

Spineless

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 4h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 4h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 3h

Attorney says video shows 'CBP agent taunting her—“Do something, bitch” before "steering unmarked vehicle into hers and opening fire."

"“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in #Chicago, [h]er attorney says body-cam footage shows agents provoked it." migrantinsider.com/p/chicago-la...

Chicago Latina Shot by Border Patrol Survives, Lawyers Up

“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in Chicago. Now her attorney says body-cam footage shows the agents provoked it. The public deserves to see the tape.

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 6h

The Dallas area Palestinian Youth Movement reported yesterday that Ya'Kub Ira, an activist and martial arts instructor, was abducted by ICE despite Ira's legal status under DACA.

"This is the second unexpected arrest of someone with proximity to the Palestine movement in the past two weeks."

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 6h

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

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J.M. Berger @jmberger.com · 4h

You know who else documented their crimes extensively and eventually had that documentation used against them

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

Sickening.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22h

The sheriff in Mobile, Alabama reportedly has a Halloween “display” featuring skeletons dressed like ICE agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros and serapes. www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Alabama sheriff under fire for Halloween display with ‘ICE’ agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros

The controversial display shows ICE agent skeletons chasing figures in sombreros, which the sheriff's wife defends as "tongue-in-cheek" while citing her own Cuban heritage.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 5h

In February, as a guest on the far-right podcast Real America’s Voice News, Chicago Ald. Ray Lopez said he met with “Border Czar” Tom Homan and offered to give him Mayor Johnson’s home address “so that if he wanted to arrest him immediately and do us all that favor.”

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Trump isn’t the first elected official to suggest jail for Mayor Brandon Johnson • The TRiiBE

Months before President Trump, Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez suggested his administration arrests Johnson.

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LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH @lcrw.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah kinda I mean journalists kinda LARP as detectives

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 5h

Today in news stories I won't be reading

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 5h

President Trump called for the jailing of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Truth Social.

The threat comes after Illinois sued the administration on Monday in hopes of halting the troops’ deployment. The National Guard arrived this week nonetheless. trib.al/pXoPcwu

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LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH @lcrw.bsky.social · 18h

Who cares it’s probably fake

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 18h

It feels like floor level standards to support your colleague as they demand their civil liberties be protected. All Ald. Fuentes did was ask for a warrant when federal agents were arresting a man.

Dave Stieber @dstieber.bsky.social · 19h

Pro-ICE Alders? Pro attacks on Govt official Alders?
“Alder Mitchell (7th), Beale (9th), Quinn (13th), Ray Lopez (15th), Coleman (16th), O’Shea (19th), Tabares (23rd), Scott (24th), Sposato (38th), Napolitano (41st),Reilly (42nd), Gardiner (45th), Silverstein (50th)”
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So, about that letter of support for Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes: 13 alderpeople didn’t sign it • The TRiiBE

The letter describes what the agents did to Fuentes as an “abuse of power.” Mayor Brandon Johnson, City Clerk, Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin also signed it.

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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 18h

When Noem appeared on the roof of the Portland ICE facility, flanked by influencers and DHS hype video makers, the protesters below tried to spoil her photo-op in the "war ravaged" city by blaring the Benny Hill theme.

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 21h

Maga influencers have been descending on Portland's small but persistent protest outside an Ice office to pick fights and glean content. So naturally, the cabinet member Trump cast for her on-screen presence showed up today with a trio of influencers in tow www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Kristi Noem tours Portland Ice facility with Maga influencers in tow

Oregon governor, Tina Kotek, accuses Ice of antagonizing protesters with teargas and by inviting influencers to film

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NBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 21h

DEVELOPING: People were seen being detained at a pro-Palestinian rally that started on Boston Common and later moved through city streets Tuesday evening. on.nbcboston.com/rf08Qxz

People seen being detained at pro-Palestinian rally in Boston

A pro-Palestinian rally that started on Boston Common was moving through city streets Tuesday evening.

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss, CBS News, 1965

- New art in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
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