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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 1d

What do Los Angeles, DC, Chicago, and Portland have in common?

They’re all cities where violent crime has plummeted over the last two years.

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Ronnie H 🇺🇸 @ronicats.bsky.social · 23h

www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/e...
👏👏👏👏

Country star Zach Bryan takes aim at ICE in teaser for new song | CNN

Grammy award-winning country singer Zach Bryan has seemingly taken a swipe at raids by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement with the teaser of his new song, inserting himself into a political debate...

www.cnn.com

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Scooter Bodgie @scooterbodgie.bsky.social · 16h

Yet another Donald Trump impersonator

Scooter Bodgie @scooterbodgie.bsky.social · 17h

Agreed!!!!! If for no other reason than it would seriously p*ss off Trump & MAGA

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

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

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Colin Oreilly @colin0reilly.bsky.social · 19h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

The original version of the book said that Epstein was involved in introducing Melania to her beloved husband.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

The subhed here is a master class in corporate journalism rewarding malfeasance via semantics

Bondi didn't valiantly fend something off, she refused to answer legitimate questions before Congress because the answers would be horrifying and politically inconvenient

And that's a profile in cowardice

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 23h

Country legend Zach Bryan has released a song that puts country over his own bank account.

The backlash from country fans will be massive- they’ll force him off country radio like they did to the Dixie Chicks but he doesn’t need radio access anymore

American hero 🇺🇸

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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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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 19h

My my, KKKrumpf's face gets fatter everyday!!

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Scooter Bodgie @scooterbodgie.bsky.social · 19h

Also, presumably Albo's fault.

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Ms. Ivette 🕯☽ ⛤ 🔮🖤 @bunnylove403.bsky.social · 1d

Frank Zappa said this in 1989.

THE ENEMY? "IT SHOULD BE CLEAR FROM RECENT EVENTS THAT AMERICA'S ENEMY IS NOT THE COMMUNISTS OVER THERE, BUT THOSE DERANGED RIGHT-WING LUNATICS RIGHT HERE."- FRANK ZAPPA, 1989

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 1d

See also: "children don't play outside anymore"

Pharmacist on a Pushbike @ppushbike.bsky.social · 1d

A play facility that was paid for by community fundraising has been demolished because residents complained about the noise.

They should be ashamed of themselves

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Council demolishes play area after noise complaints - BBC News

Parents in a Derbyshire town say their children are 'devastated' they have lost the facility.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andreas 🇨🇦 fella (fuck you, make me) 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 20h

Madonna Brown Gulf of Mexico: He is on the list. #fdt

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Notice how they’re now calling everyone else an “insurrectionist.” Pure projection.

A screenshot of an X.com post by House Homeland Security Committee (@HouseHomelandSecCo) stating, "We're drawing a blank, let us get back to you," with an image of a crowd storming a government building, featuring individuals in red caps and carrying flags. Below, a reply from @Acyn
, Acyn, posted 5 hours earlier, quotes Stephen Miller asking, "when in our history have we tolerated unlawful, riotous assemblies around government buildings," accompanied by a video thumbnail of Miller speaking on a news program, labeled "OANN 0:13" with text identifying him as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 20h

Tomorrow the Epstein survivors will storm Capitol Hill to demand release of the files. I hope new Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is sworn in at their press conference by another judge or official who is authorized to do so (doesn’t have to be the Speaker).

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

My quote of the day

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 1d

Psychiatrists have joined other public health groups in calling for the removal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

www.npr.org

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h

Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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aliciablackgirl.bsky.social @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 1d

Greta Thunberg will be in history books. never stop Greta. you are a beacon of hope. More guts than every leader in this world.

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