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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15h

DHS claimed they had arrested 11 people at a "shitshow" Greg Bovino staged on September 27. Only 5 were ever publicly charged (another was a journalist who is suing). Of those 3 cases have been dismissed. [2 got no-billed.]

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Greg Bovino's September 27 "Shitshow:" Batting 18% - emptywheel

Of the eleven people the government charged in conjunction with a "shitshow" Chief Custom and Border Patrol Greg Bovino staged at Chicago's ICE facility on September 27, the publicly filed charges aga...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 15h

Cause the algorithms are increasingly shady and I don’t see much promotion, let me Gift Link this:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 18h

What will it take for regular people to understand that if they refuse to stand up against fascism they will not be spared? Fascism is a serial killer with no restrictions on who it targets.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 20h

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Larry Jackson @ljlawyers.bsky.social · 9h

Good point.

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 20h

“ICE needs to go into Chicago because the Chicago police are incapable of protecting the city but ICE can’t protect themselves so the Chicago police must protect them”

God I hate fascism so much

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

😕

Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21h

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.

They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 10h

McCormick spice company has a $140 million tariff problem

⚓️Well, there goes my famous Turkey 🦃 stuffing and my spiced cider. “Most spices, including black pepper, cinnamon, turmeric, ginger, nutmeg, vanilla, and cloves, require tropical conditions and cannot be cultivated in the United States”

McCormick spice company has a $140 million tariff problem

McCormick & Company, a spice giant based in Hunt Valley, said in an earnings call Tuesday that it anticipates $140 million in annual costs associated with President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 12h

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

Sickening.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 12h

Most of Dem Senators did not attack Bondi yesterday as they should have. Among other things they should have said, "You're lying again, Ms. Bondi" and "That's a bald-faced lie, Ms. Bondi."

The rapid rise of authoritarianism is no place for etiquette.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 16h

"Since September, at least six unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents. That number is likely higher, but the social invisibility and isolation already faced by people experiencing homelessness make their disappearances harder to track" by @katieprout.bsky.social @mulchy.bsky.social

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 12h

As it actually should be.....

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 14h

The question isn’t whether ICE has become secret police or its functioning legally within very bad law. Very bad law made it possible for form secret police.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 15h

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Larry Jackson @ljlawyers.bsky.social · 12h

When they receive notice of the ethics complaint and disbarment proceedings?

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Larry Jackson @ljlawyers.bsky.social · 12h

True story.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 15h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Larry Jackson @ljlawyers.bsky.social · 13h

But if you’re Latino, they’re just going to take your child away from you, or you away from your child. Every member of the regime & ICE deserves a wall, blindfold, & cigarette if we survive this.

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Dr. Dave @drdave1999.bsky.social · 20h

There really are Americans who believe that public elementary schools were performing unauthorized sex change operations on kids during the school day.

Q: Could any nation be comprised of people that stupid?

A: No nation with citizens that stupid can survive. We’re doomed.

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.com · 21h

Make this go viral.
Lead pastor in Chicago, Rev. David Black, is being pepper sprayed directly into his eyes by an ICE Agent.
Keep fighting. 🔥

A photo of a federal ice agent spraying pepper spray directly into reverend David Black of Chicago

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 13h

Ok everyone, I’m assigning you your resistance homework for the week.

Everyone ready?

Do something silly that makes you smile. I just waved at a dog that had its head out the car window because it made me happy. Don’t let the assholes take your joy.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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