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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 19h

A leaked memo shows Trump is trying to deny furloughed federal employees the backpay they are legally entitled to after the government shutdown ends. This won’t be allowed to stand. And it’s because of a law he signed!

Furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay after shutdown, OMB claims

Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

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Elizabeth Bisbee @bisbee4148.bsky.social · 22h

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This is the most hopeful I’ve felt in a long minute. Thank you @nickknudsenus.bsky.social @mherskovitz.bsky.social @thedangerousones.com

Highly recommend. Please read & support these small but meaningful efforts.

How to Cut Out the Cancer KILLING Our Economy

Democrats need a muscular, decisive vision for transforming the American economy.

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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 2d

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annieoconnor.bsky.social @annieoconnor.bsky.social · 2d

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov and any other 2028 presidential hopefuls take a look at The Rising podcasts. This man @mherskovitz.bsky.social speaks the truth!

The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 2d

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Marshall Herskovitz @mherskovitz.bsky.social · 2d

New episode of our podcast The Rising is up!

Join Nick Knudsen and me as we talk more about moving on from this era of authoritarianism. And curing the cancer on our economy that has blighted two generations.

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mattieb53.bsky.social @mattieb53.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone should listen to these guys, this gives me hope

Marshall Herskovitz @mherskovitz.bsky.social · 5d

So grateful to these amazing Dangerous Ones: Jim and Tiffany Drastic and Nick Knudsen. I get to ride on the coattails of the incredible work they did, starting from nothing and building a network.

Everything they do is to remind us: we're not alone.

The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 5d

The most powerful video you’ll see today.

@mherskovitz.bsky.social talks about the hero’s journey from ‘The Rising’ podcast.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 3d

Jeez.

I can hardly believe this is now our country.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

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Marshall Herskovitz @mherskovitz.bsky.social · 3d

This cannot be ignored and cannot be normalized.
If you think you're safe because your skin isn't brown and your accent isn't Hispanic, please, please, study history.

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Marshall Herskovitz @mherskovitz.bsky.social · 3d

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Alx Uttermann @alxindia.bsky.social · 3d

Okay, I’ve just found out about @mherskovitz.bsky.social and his activism for our democracy.
It’s stunning to hear someone singing the same songs I’ve been shouting from the rooftops forever. Grateful, and inspired!!!!!! Give this a listen.

Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · 4d

New podcast featuring one of the wisest, most rational, most knowledgable people that I'm honored to call a friend: @mherskovitz.bsky.social

Please follow and listen.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 4d

ABOLISH ICE.

alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.

"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.

“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 5d

Can we call them the Gestapo now?

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.

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · 4d

New podcast featuring one of the wisest, most rational, most knowledgable people that I'm honored to call a friend: @mherskovitz.bsky.social

Please follow and listen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4pR...

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 5d

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls

Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5d

“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

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"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

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ACLU @aclu.org · 5d

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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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 5d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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Marshall Herskovitz @mherskovitz.bsky.social · 5d

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Marshall Herskovitz @mherskovitz.bsky.social · 5d

So grateful to these amazing Dangerous Ones: Jim and Tiffany Drastic and Nick Knudsen. I get to ride on the coattails of the incredible work they did, starting from nothing and building a network.

Everything they do is to remind us: we're not alone.

The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 5d

The most powerful video you’ll see today.

@mherskovitz.bsky.social talks about the hero’s journey from ‘The Rising’ podcast.

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Marshall Herskovitz @mherskovitz.bsky.social · 6d

In her life and work, and in the era that celebrated her achievements, Jane Goodall represented a belief in the goodness and future of humankind.

May that belief survive.

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8d

That is just plainly not true. Your budget slashed help for people who buy Affordable Care Act plans. That's 22 million Americans whose premiums are going up - RIGHT NOW - by double digits directly because of a policy you passed.

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Marshall Herskovitz @mherskovitz.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you!! This is exactly the kind of organized public action we need!

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Marshall Herskovitz @mherskovitz.bsky.social · 9d

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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 9d

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Marshall Herskovitz & Nick Knudsen discuss a bombshell plan to SAVE our democracy in the premier episode.

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