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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 1d

the 2nd Klan really is what these folks want -- this is the Klan that marched with their faces shown to the public, who were a fascist organization in all but name

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 1d

We really need to be thinking abt the current regime through the lens of the Second Klan, which helped to nationalize systems of Jim Crow state & vigilante violence & exploitation while creating an explicitly white nationalist immigration system. They even paraded down Pennsylvania Ave.

A 1926 klan parade marching down Pennsylvania Ave. The front of the column holds banners that read Connecticut & Rhode Island. Original available via the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001706338/

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

thank you brett kavanaugh!

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 20h

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 Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 19h

“The banality of evil happens around the water cooler.”

m.youtube.com/watch?v=V-gd...

‘Andor’ Star Says Israel is ‘Gaslighting’ Us

YouTube video by Zeteo

m.youtube.com

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 6d

UK painter Melissa Scott-Miller, Back gardens in #autumn, Islington, 2016 #WomensArt

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6d

"Our power isn’t in making one of the choices that are presented to us. Our power is in shaping the choices available to us." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Opinion | Mourn, or Else

www.nytimes.com

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 6d

"When we handed one agent the official papers of a legal resident, the masked agent took the documents, shoved our handcuffed resident into an unmarked vehicle, and sped off."

Past Chris Harris from Bright Star, whose shelter was attacked today by immigration agents, shows and tells what happened.

Masked Federal ICE Agents Raided Our Bright Star CDC Bronzeville Homeless Shelter And Took Residents

YouTube video by Bright Star Community Outreach BSCO

www.youtube.com

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 6d

"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 7d

Demonstration tonight in Brussels in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla and of Palestine.

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Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · 9d

I really like the phrase "Kavanaugh stop." It's not a Terry stop, because a Terry stop is short and based on reasonable suspicion of a crime. A Kavanaugh stop, by contrast, is when masked goons kidnap a person for speaking Spanish.

P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social · 9d

"Kavanaugh stops" are in full swing in an occupied blue city near you. Learn how DC intends to fight back:

with @lizdye.bsky.social

www.lawandchaospod.com/p/scotus-ble...

SCOTUS Blessed "Kavanaugh Stops." Will They Also Give Thumbs Up To "Roberts Residencies?"

Maybe Barrett Bookings? Alito Arrests? Gorsuch Guest Passes?

www.lawandchaospod.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 7d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social · 6d

Solidarity with the the #SumudFlotilla: end the siege, feed the starving and end the genocide

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 6d

"I didn’t see it." "I was following orders." Etc.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6d

Dean: The president is unhinged

Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him

Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals.

Johnson: I didn’t see it.

Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6d

From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 6d

The government is officially shut down, but the Trump administration is trying to get nine selective colleges to agree to major controls on their operations in order to get a leg up on federal funding.

www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Letters on Wednesday were going out to solicit agreement and feedback from Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia, according to an administration official.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 8d

Young Syrian refugees paint murals at Zataari camp Jordan, to overcome trauma and memories of violence #womensart

Photo of a young smiling girl in an orange top, head and shoulders, standing in front of a pink mural featuring children's drawings of an octopus and fish

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 7d

Mahmoud Darwish trans. by Mohammed Shaheen

black text on white background

"As you prepare your breakfast, think of others
(do not forget the pigeon’s food).
As you conduct your wars, think of others
(do not forget those who seek peace).
As you pay your water bill, think of others
(those who are nursed by clouds).
As you return home, to your home, think of others
(do not forget the people of the camps).
As you sleep and count the stars, think of others
(those who have nowhere to sleep).
As you liberate yourself in metaphor, think of others
(those who have lost the right to speak).
As you think of others far away, think of yourself
(say: “If only I were a candle in the dark”)."

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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks, YES! And thanks, @truthout.org.

YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 9d

We deeply mourn the ending of the regular publication of YES! Magazine. Yet the magazine's incredible legacy will live on: The Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism, which is stewarding YES!’s digital archives, has launched a monthly YES! Newsletter.

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 9d

We deeply mourn the ending of the regular publication of YES! Magazine. Yet the magazine's incredible legacy will live on: The Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism, which is stewarding YES!’s digital archives, has launched a monthly YES! Newsletter.

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 8d

Classic beardos

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-...

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 8d

On average, Republicans get 15pp more blame for the shutdown than Democrats. Every separate poll has Republicans getting more blame

Government Shutdown Blame (September 2025 Publicly Released Polls)
Trump &

Field

Republicans Democrats in
Both
Neither/

Pollster
Dates
in Congress
Congress
Equally
Don't Know
Margin
Data for Progress (D)*
9/5 - 9/7
59%
34%

7%
R+25
Navigator (D)
9/4 - 9/8
45%
26%
21%
8%
R+19
Strength in Numbers/Verasight 9/15 - 9/19

34%
23%
34%
9%
R+11
Rasmussen (R)*
9/21 - 9/23
50%
38%

12%
R+12
YouGov*
9/25
37%
25%
26%
11%
R+12
Morning Consult
9/26 - 9/28
45%
32%

R+13
Average

45.0%
29.7%

R+15.3

*Asked separately as Congressional Republicans and President Trump

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 8d

A friendly reminder: US billionaires have gained $968 billion in wealth so far this year—that’s 30X the annual cost of ACA subsidies Congress is fighting over in the shutdown talks.

That $968B is enough to send every single US household a $7,300 check.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 8d

Trump and Hegseth’s spectacle with generals echoes classic authoritarian rituals—humiliating officers, loyalty tests, framing citizens the “enemy within.” Elsewhere and at home, generals have resisted by insisting their oath is to the Constitution, not the president. That tradition matters now.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 8d

We’d be wise to remember Milley resisted Trump’s push to use the military on Jan 6. His later words that Trump is “fascist to the core” should remind today’s generals where their duty lies when forced to choose between the Constitution and their careers. We won’t forget. And neither will history.

Trump's top general calls former president "fascist" and "dangerous" threat

"He is now the most dangerous person to this country," Mark Milley told journalist Bob Woodward.

www.axios.com

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