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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool

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Old Dog, Vieux Chien - On Behalf of the Fool @onbehalfofhefool.bsky.social · 4d

A whole generation of kids has been shaped by active shooter drills and the knowledge that they are powerless targets in a runaway gun culture.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4d

A whole generation of kids will be shaped by this experience of authorities harassing children and their parents at school and at home

That will be school for them

laist.com/news/student...

‘Can I just be a kid?’ Students shaken by immigration raids seek help from school counselors

Kindergartners repeat worries heard at home. Older kids text to check on parents during class. Therapists say mental health is at risk now and in the long term.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 2h

Know your rights. Guard your tone. Protect your neighbor. Panic is surrender in advance; knowledge is armor.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions.

These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water.

AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 3h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Alan Howe @alanhowe.bsky.social · 2h

Think through your self defense. Trump's fascist dictatorship is at war with us.

The US Constitution: "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them" or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."

Treason is the first grounds for impeachment. 8647

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

This is truly horrifying.

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach…with Antifa."

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1h

More of this is necessary.

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 9h

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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Nanu @nanliz.bsky.social · 13h

Were they offended being blessed? What happened to their pro-Christian values? This is a wake up call for all you who believe dump and his regime are Christians.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

Am I reading this right? Did Trump say he took freedom of speech away?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

Flagging Trump this afternoon:

"We took the freedom of speech away. Because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech — but what has happened is, when they burn a flag it, agitates and irritates crowds."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

All current WSJ headlines

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 7h

www.newsweek.com/chicago-past...

Chicago pastor sues Trump admin after allegedly being shot by ICE agents

Rev. David Black alleges ICE shot him without warning in Broadview; joins suit over protester rights violations.

www.newsweek.com

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 7h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

Trump is running the government and the economy just like he ran his businesses — straight into the ground. https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?si=AXCJAp8jz78ySvJi

How Trump Killed Every Business He Touched | Robert Reich

Robert Reich

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7h

Trump’s tariffs and cutbacks are bankrupting farmers. He thinks they’ll keep supporting him no matter what, but his approval numbers say otherwise.

Tweet from Amy Klobuchar that reads:
“27 million pounds of chicken
2 million gallons of milk
67 million eggs
That’s how much food grown by American farmers never made it to hungry families because of the administration’s decision to cancel deliveries to food banks.”
Below the text is an image showing trucks on a highway with a banner labeled “CANCELED” and a caption: “Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid.” The source line reads: “From projects.propublica.org.”

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

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.]

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/g...

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...

www.emptywheel.net

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 8h

EFF and 20 other organizations urge Congress: General counsels play too important of a role in the intelligence community to be appointed unilaterally. Maintain Senate confirmation and accountability for these roles.

EFF and Other Organizations: Keep Key Intelligence Positions Senate Confirmed

In a joint letter to the ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, EFF has joined with 20 other organizations, including the ACLU, Brennan Center, CDT, Asian Americans Advancing...

www.eff.org

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Eykyu - The solution is unification🏴󠁵󠁳󠁣󠁡󠁿🌊🇺🇸🦅 @eykyu.bsky.social · 11h

Our SCOTUS must be abolish,

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Anderson @natural71.bsky.social · 1d

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 9h

I think it's amazing that we somehow fixate on the horrors of overseas prisons and jails here in the United States.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 9h

Prisons never beating the slavery torture death camp allegations

Source: Texas prison officials refused to let inmate out of burning cell

Two former TDCJ employees are charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide following an inmate's death in the Bill Clements unit near Amarillo, Texas

www.newschannel10.com

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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 17h

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Jirani's heart... @jiraniheart.bsky.social · 8h

This article says it all- Trump is looking to enact the Insurrection Act in Chicago...

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Kim-M 26947 @kimberlymorgan.bsky.social · 12h

And that is just the way they like it.

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Jesse : 💙💙💙 @journeyled1.bsky.social · 16h

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

We are in a health care crisis.

Democrats want to fix it. Republicans refuse to even talk about it.

We are in a health care crisis.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

The CFPB has returned over $21 billion to Americans who were cheated by big banks and giant corporations.

But Trump has tried to destroy the CFPB, choosing big corporations over scammed Americans.

The case is in the courts now, and Democrats are united behind the CFPB.

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 11h

We needed a Special Counsel because Garland refused to address crimes by previous DOJ immediately. Planned to defend Trump's rape case!! Never prosecuted RINGLEADERS of the coup. (Or many other crimes) One could not design a more incompetent failure.

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