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Double decaf espresso @midwestespresso.bsky.social · 13h

Also those are family members, neighbors, employees, friends and community members being brutalized and imprisoned. They are part of our country.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2d

Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of this year and are at the center of a funding dispute that led to a shutdown of the federal government last week.

Nearly 80% of Americans want Congress to extend ACA tax credits, poll finds

Without the extension, premiums for plans on the ACA Marketplace will more than double.

arstechnica.com

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sarahcconner.bsky.social @sarahcconner.bsky.social · 3d

Why is MSNBC the only major news outlet that is covering this?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

www.youtube.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 3d

Jared Kushner is going to the Middle East to negotiate a deal on behalf of the U.S. government days after Kushner announced a $55 billion deal between his private equity fund and the Saudi government

One of the most brazen conflicts in history.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 3d

OPINION: "[T]he nature of the vending machine means the people using them don’t need to interact with a person to obtain Narcan or drug-checking strips, as many people with substance use disorder feel stigma or embarrassment about their addiction," Alice Zhang and Jennifer Murphy write.

Opinion | Vending Machines Give Pregnancy Tests, Hygiene Kits

Alice Zhang and Jennifer Murphy write that vending machines that provide easy access to harm-reduction resources helps to normalize their usage.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3d

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:

“We were literally forced to word search our own website and take down articles because they didn’t want to read the word ‘equity’, or other related terms.”

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Climate scientists raise a middle finger to Trump's censorship efforts

Hundreds are collaborating to make sure accurate data is available to the public.

www.motherjones.com

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Double decaf espresso @midwestespresso.bsky.social · 3d

Time for a discussion with your daughter on why this is an issue. She will look back on this guy and wonder what the hell she was thinking!

Double decaf espresso @midwestespresso.bsky.social · 3d

Is it in a walkable neighborhood?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 3d

Incarcerated writer Kwaneta Harris says solitary confinement keeps no one safe. “The answer isn’t throwing them in a concrete box for years; it’s trauma-informed care, therapeutic communities, meditation programs, restorative justice practices.”

“Designed to Break You:” Two Incarcerated Writers on the Heavy Toll of Solitary Confinement

The authors of a new book on solitary answer your questions about their experiences with isolation and the movement to end the tortuous practice.

boltsmag.org

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 4d

Progressive students in the south have had to navigate “deeply uncomfortable” conversations with their conservative family members (after Charlie Kirk’s death), said John, a sophomore at Appalachian State University in North Carolina.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘He wasn’t this national hero’: US college students voice concern over Charlie Kirk’s idolization

Black, brown and LGBTQ+ students across the US are puzzled by all the praise the far-right commentator has received after his killing

www.theguardian.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 5d

With last week’s decision to allow the Trump administration to block $4 billion in appropriated foreign aid, the conservative justices effectively transferred Congress’s spending power to Trump.

It represents a crippling blow to the American constitutional order. trib.al/JrlU2j2

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: The Supreme Court, for the second time in five months, stripped away legal status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans granted protection by the Biden administration.

w/ @joshgerstein

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Amy Howe @amyhowe.bsky.social · 5d

The Supreme Court just added five new cases from its "long conference" on Monday to its docket for 2025-26. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

www.supremecourt.gov

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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.

www.wired.com

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