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SeattleSanta @seattlesanta.bsky.social · 1d

DHS secretary Kristi Noem was denied access to a Village of Broadview Municipal building during a recent visit to the area. She needed a "Potty break".
Note that the ICE detention center was only a 15 minute walk away.
Malicious Compliance can be a wonderful thing when used correctly.

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 3h

Art is subjective! Racism isn't!

It's 2025, and we still have not yet learned to listen to Black women.

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josvolpe.bsky.social @josvolpe.bsky.social · 4h

Hello! I’m participating in #dvpit today, and if I like your pitch, it means I’d love for you to send me the materials! Please follow the guidelines on our website and include “DVPit Pick” in the subject line: www.newleafliterary.com/submissions-3/

New Leaf Literary | Submissions

www.newleafliterary.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h

Oil companies in Texas requested permission to burn off or release more than 195 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year — enough to power more than 3 million homes and generate millions in tax revenue had the gas been captured.

W/ @insideclimatenews.org & @texastribune.org

Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.

The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.

www.propublica.org

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 4h

Disgusting

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 16h

Here’s video of the incident

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 17h

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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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 4h

Was Rip Van Winkle a founding father? And can he share the booze that got him a 20 year nap?

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 4h

For our November issue marking 250 years of the American experiment, the artist Joe McKendry painted a tableau of figures drawn from the stories in the issue—capturing the Revolutionary Era in all of its complexity, contradictions, and ingenuity.

Read more: https://theatln.tc/mxIQKzTv

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 21h

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 4h

Congress should not be paid during the shut down. But air traffic controllers should be. Also, this is what happens when a stupid fucking administration gets fires people in the name of "efficiency."

And yes, it's also partly Reagan's fault.

NPR @npr.org · 4h

A dozen facilities saw air traffic control shortages on Monday, delaying flights at several airports. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed "a slight tick-up in sick calls" due to the shutdown.

The government shutdown keeps snarling air travel. Officials say it could get worse

A dozen facilities saw air traffic control shortages on Monday, delaying flights at several airports. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed "a slight tick-up in sick calls" due to the shutdown.

n.pr

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 4h

No. Never stop. What was the season when Skinner appeared at his door w/o a shirt when Scully knocked and we all discovered he was ripped?

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning #DVpit! While I’m closed to submissions, I’m here looking for projects.

If I like your pitch, send a query on over to my email, and I’ll follow up to request pages shortly. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/about

Good luck today! ❤️

About — Neighborhood Literary

www.neighborhoodliterary.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning!
Dolly is okay so I propose that we call it a day. It's a national holiday now. Let's just rejoice in this win.

(Also, fuck 🧊)

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 13h

❤️❤️❤️

Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 13h

Chicago I just love you so fucking much.

That's it. That's the post.

Goodnight friends. Stay safe.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

Pete Hegseth was busy ignoring his job and doing pushups as part of a show for the Guinness Book of World Records while Illinoisans are being invaded by Trump’s military troops.

Pentagon chief Hegseth more interested in pushups than talking with Illinois leaders, Pritzker says

The governor said the Trump administration is keeping him in the dark about immigration enforcement and National Guard deployments.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 14h

I am putting a major wish into the universe for you!

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 15h

He is the speaker of the House. Johnson can gavel the House in anytime he pleases. That's kind of the point of being speaker.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 19h

The silence from so many governors is not just painful but painfully stupid.

Your silence will not protect you. We are in this fight together. We are stronger together and there are more of them than us. We need to show it.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22h

If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.

We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.

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Elly Swartz @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social · 1d

What an honor!

Thank you @cybilsawards.bsky.social for including SAME PAGE in this important resource alongside these other wonderful reads.

@randomhousekids.bsky.social
@rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

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Michael Welch @mbwwelch.bsky.social · 22h

So excited to honor @samiraahmed.bsky.social & the incredible work she does with Authors Against Book Bans at this year’s awards!

Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 1d

We are absolutely THRILLED to announce the 2025 winner of the Adam Morgan Literary Leadership Award is @samiraahmed.bsky.social!!! As a national leader of Authors Against Book Bans, Samira uses activism to combat censorship, and we are so grateful for the work she does.

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 23h

Will the United States go the way of the British Empire, stumbling through managed global retreat and into international irrelevance?

Trump Is Effortlessly Destroying Washington's International Influence

With Congress compliant, the Supreme Court complicit, and media corporations compromised, Trump has forged a clear path to international irrelevance.

www.thenation.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Oh SHIT. Two birds with one stone and neither were for immigration. It was to hassle black folk and make a sizzle real about it and to help Wells Fargo out.

Fucking crazy shit.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 23h

Honored to be the 2025 recipient of the Adam Morgan Literary Leadership Award! Fighting book bans is a team effort & we all know that the fight against censorship is a fight *for* freedom. The freedom to read, to write, to think.

Thank you @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social for this recognition!

Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 1d

We are absolutely THRILLED to announce the 2025 winner of the Adam Morgan Literary Leadership Award is @samiraahmed.bsky.social!!! As a national leader of Authors Against Book Bans, Samira uses activism to combat censorship, and we are so grateful for the work she does.

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 23h

Absolutely honored! Thank you!!

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