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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 10h

At What's Alan Watching?, my take on this week's The Lowdown, where Tulsa native Jeanne Tripplehorn moved to the forefront, and the show played with another detective story trope:

The Lowdown recap, Episode 4: 'Short on Cowboys'

In which Lee gets to know the widow Washberg

alansepinwall.ghost.io

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 22h

Honestly I don't even think jail is appropriate for these guys.

Just force them to live in America as poor people and close off all their economic means for escape.

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Bradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 22h

I know what I can tolerate at work:

smart, but mean: watch your 6, but possible ally through commitment to excellence

stupid, but nice: doesn't know much but has your best interest at heart.

stupid AND mean: irredeemable. leave yesterday.

anyway, good luck to the fine folks at CBS News!

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 22h

I remember this specific flavor of commenter from the glory days of Towleroad!

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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 23h

Notice how abusers offer “protection” without ever being asked for it?

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 23h

Re: Police surveillance of a pregnant woman who had an abortion

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 22h

Abuse at scale!

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

They tried to kill this woman because she annoyed them and they are charging because she lived. Her being alive is an assault on them.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 22h

missing that key irony detection chip.

although nothing will ever top Michelle Goldberg confidently asserting that "based" means "based in reality"

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22h

Someone saying "Let's do the fucking news" is the ultimate sign that person has never, ever worked in a real newsroom (the fantasyland of the NYT Opinion section doesn't count)

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 22h

Yeah that's been outré since at least the Obama administration, which I think is when Henry Allen had to leave WaPo after punching a reporter who called him a cocksucker.

Good times.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 22h

Taylor missed the treasure that was Sassy Gay Friend and it shows

The Fate of Ophelia - SASSY GAY FRIEND

YouTube video by The Second City

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

We recorded this last Wednesday, and remarked on how much would probably change before it's up since there are like a dozen new horrible things every day now.

In the time since then, Border Patrol tear gassed several neighborhoods—and shot a woman:

Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 1d

New It Could Happen Here

Mia talks with Unraveled’s Raven about ICE’s horrific raids in Chicago from a traffic stop murder to helicopter apartment raids.

@miawong.bsky.social @unraveledpress.com

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 22h

abusing children appears to be a multigenerational musk project

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 23h

Lol over/under on how long it takes before CBS News goes the way of The Wing?

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 1d

Ah, God. It's October 7.

Two horrible fucking years.

I don't know what to say that @sirosenbaum.bsky.social and I didn't already say just ten days after it all began:

archive.is/0UsqT

Slate headline: JUDAISM CAN'T JUSTIFY WHAT ISRAEL IS DOING

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 23h

🙌🏽

Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 1d

What a lovely message from @bookshop.org. Glad to see them growing and growing. We CAN claim back what has been taken from us by these monstrous corporations, and it starts with things like this. Grab some books these next couple days!

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 23h

Was it the racist hyperventilating about Zohran Mamdani that made you skeptical or the racist hyperventilating about "woke?"

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 23h

I feel sorry for those folks.

Kevin Merida would have been perfect to lead a CBS News in an alternate universe where the network hadn't been captured by one asshole called Larry Ellison. And he actually knows how to do the fucking news.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News current president Tom Cibroski praised Weiss on the call, saying "Bari's energy and passion is infectious and you will feel it, big time." He also added that the Free Press and CBS News "are going to learn a lot from each other...that's what this is all about."

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 23h

You know who has zero problems being less than five feet tall and also just seems like a much happier person in general?

Robert Reich.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 23h

Aww is Weird Stephen mad?

Don't put in the paper that AOC made Weird Stephen mad.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller responding to AOC calling Miller a clown and saying he is angry that he is 4’10”: We knew her brain didn't work—now we know their eyes don't work.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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Reacher from the Jack Lagoon @daltondeschain.com · 5d

AI actress Tilly Norwood has tragically passed away while filming her first movie with director A Hologram of John Landis

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 3d

My debut novel ROOT MAGIC is a great intro for both kids & adults to Hoodoo and Gullah Geechee culture, full of historical events, folklore, & rootwork.

If you're looking for a book about making a way when there’s no way, I hope you'll get a copy!

www.harpercollins.com/products/roo...

#booksky 📚

The cover of ROOT MAGIC on a light and dark green background, strewn with foliage. Young Black twins (boy and girl) stand back to back in the middle of a marsh of blue, yellow and green mist lined with trees and reeds. She is holding a book, and her doll is peeking out of the pocket of her blue dress. He is wearing dark blue overalls and holding a bottle of magic potion and had a mojo bag around his neck.

Text reads: "A must-read, sure to leave readers wishing for more after the final page." -Booklist (starred review)
Root Magic A Walter Award Honor Book Eden Royce
"Black Girl Magic has never been more powerful" - Ronald L. Smith, author of Hoodoo

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