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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

We need to ALWAYS highlight the ways the White House is a crime scene.

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The White House crime scene

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 13h

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A night with the Nelk Boys in far West Texas

Clout, cameras, and the rise of cultural nihilism.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat — theonion.com/u-s-military...

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat

ARLINGTON, VA—Saying the Pentagon had acted swiftly on an insider tip about the vessel having a “big adventure” planned, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Tuesday that the U.S. military had car...

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 1d

Mental Health Break
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Mental Health Break

Leaf Peeping Above Santa Fe

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 1d

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Postcard from Topeka

Listening to ordinary Americans.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 2d

Judge Who Ruled Against Trump Finds Her Home Burned to the Ground newrepublic.com/post/201370/... via @newrepublic.com

Judge Who Ruled Against Trump Finds Her Home Burned to the Ground

The judge had also received multiple death threats in the days leading up to the fire.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 2d

Borders and Belonging
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Borders and Belonging

What migration tells us about ourselves

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 2d

ICE's War on Schoolchildren
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ICE's War on Schoolchildren

What kind of country hunts children? House Democrats demand answers.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 2d

ICE Points Guns at Family, Breaks Glass Window Over Newborn Baby
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ICE Points Guns at Family, Breaks Glass Window Over Newborn Baby

Maya pressed her body over her newborn as glass rained down, pleading for the warrant ICE refused to show.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 3d

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“This is a nation of constitutional law, not martial law.”

That is a quote from the temporary restraining order issued by District Judge Karin Immergut blocking President Donald Trump from federalizing and deploying National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 3d

Breaking: Trump Defies Federal Judge — Federalizes California National Guard to Bypass Block in Portland
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Breaking: Trump Defies Federal Judge — Federalizes California National Guard to Bypass Block in Portland

After a federal judge halted his Portland crackdown, Trump bypasses the courts and orders California’s Guard under federal control — a move insiders say is just the beginning.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 3d

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Border Patrol: Lying is policy.

Here is proof of just one way Border Patrol agents are trained to lie on official government and court documents.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3d

How does this make America great again?

To terrorize sports fans?

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Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be ‘All Over’ the Super Bowl

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Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 3d

Mirror mirror on the wall; who’s the fairest of them all?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump tries to goad the Navy into booing "Barack Hussein Obama" but is met mostly with silence

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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 3d

Yeppppp,

a dead future earth.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 3d

Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps in Response to Trump Pressure Campaign www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps in Response to Trump Pressure Campaign

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 3d

Midway Blitz: Chicago Emerges as This Ground Zero for Trump’s “War From Within”
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Midway Blitz: Chicago Emerges as This Ground Zero for Trump’s “War From Within”

Yesterday I reported in detail on the pre-dawn raid at 7500 S.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 3d

ICE made unlawful arrests during Operation Midway Blitz, new court filing says chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...

ICE made unlawful arrests during Operation Midway Blitz, new court filing says

Civil rights groups say dozens were arrested without warrants or probable cause in Chicago-area raids since May.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 3d

More Losses for Trump in Court
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More Losses for Trump in Court

And ICE throws naked, zip-tied American kids into vans in Chicago

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 5d

The Satanic Six Throw 300K Venzuelans Under Trump's Bus.
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The Satanic Six Throw 300K Venzuelans Under Trump's Bus.

Justice Jackson has words: "Unconstrained executive power"

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 6d

The Chacoans Had Their Trump Dynasty
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The Chacoans Had Their Trump Dynasty

It ended badly for them.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 7d

Judge orders the immediate release of El Paso DACA recipient www.texastribune.org/2025/10/01/t... via @texastribune.org

Judge orders the immediate release of El Paso DACA recipient

The El Paso federal judge said the Trump administration is violating the constitutional rights of Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, a DACA recipient who has lived in the U.S. for two decades.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 7d

A Brief Hiatus
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A Brief Hiatus

GOP shutdown, flat tire, etc.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 7d

“I do have hope”: Immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra has been locked in Aurora ICE facility for more than six months coloradosun.com/2025/09/30/j...

“I do have hope”: Immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra has been locked in Aurora ICE facility for more than six months

Vizguerra’s attorneys are trying fresh legal maneuver now that she has been detained for more than 180 days

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