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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 1d

wild, Miller saying that Trump has absolute authority over the military seems rather newsworthy and yet apparently CNN scrubbed it from their full youtube clip. The WH probably screamed at CNN to scrub it otherwise they wouldn't grant access anymore and CNN needs the clicks soooo here we are

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

Someone uploaded the video to reddit. He said it and then just abruptly stopped talking. The video is still working - you can see him blinking. And it's not an audio problem his mouth isn't moving

www.reddit.com/r/LateStageC...

From the LateStageCapitalism community on Reddit: Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

Explore this post and more from the LateStageCapitalism community

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

Dear White Democrats:

The word you're looking for is GENOCIDE. That's what Israel is doing. You won't spontaneously combust if you call evil by its name. It feels good to have a spine.

Sincerely,
Sheryl

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 1d

Groups Sue E.P.A. Over $7 Billion in ‘Solar for All’ Grants - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/c...

Groups Sue E.P.A. Over Canceled $7 Billion for Solar Energy

www.nytimes.com

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Treesong @treesong.bsky.social · 1d

The far right a decade or two ago: Big Government is sending black helicopters into American cities to disappear Americans who question their authority. 😱😡

The far right today: Big Government is sending black helicopters into American cities to disappear Americans who question their authority. 😍🥳

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

Either you're against fascism, or you're foolish enough to believe it won't come for you.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

The parties are asking a judge to block the Trump administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard and from sending to Illinois any guard members from other states, including Texas.

Illinois and Chicago sue the Trump administration over National Guard deployment

The parties are asking a judge to block the Trump administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard and from sending to Illinois any guard members from other states, including Texas.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 3d

This story describes such a psychologically complex phenomenon, breaking with the parents who didn’t vaccinate you to get protected now. But it’s encouraging to read—it’s not too late to protect yourself and others, and the shots themselves are generally no big deal

Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 3d

When he started getting his shots in his 20s — including for polio, whooping cough and measles, according to medical records — he said it felt like an act of rebellion toward his parents, whose views he now vehemently disagrees with. “I was just like, ‘Load me up, Doc,’” he said.

Their parents never got them vaccinated. As young adults, they faced a choice.

Falling vaccination rates around the country mean more will grow up without protection from debilitating diseases until they are old enough to decide for themselves, typically at age 18.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jules @olivewalking.bsky.social · 3d

Catching up on reading, this by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social is excellent.
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review

Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

www.bostonreview.net

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 3d

i personally prefer not to marinate in bot driven hate speech & science denial journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... and i hope bsky does not succumb to the forces that degraded most maybe all other social networks

X under Musk’s leadership: Substantial hate and no reduction in inauthentic activity

Numerous studies have reported an increase in hate speech on X (formerly Twitter) in the months immediately following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform on October 27th, 2022; relatedly, despite ...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

The US may be doing more than simply failing to aid global vaccination efforts, Rivka Galchen writes. “The domestic stoking of anti-vaccine sentiment is itself infectious.” Millions will die and this will be the principal consequence of Trump's rule. www.newyorker.com/science/elem...

Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism

It’s clear that we’re on the precipice of a surge in preventable diseases. But how bad will it get?

www.newyorker.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

Pritzker says the Trump admin is about to deploy the National Guard in Chicago.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 5d

As co-founder of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force, I take no joy in saying "I told you so."

apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals

President Donald Trump is now openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign.

apnews.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

You can see how their cameramen document their violence. This is about content creation. For the last one, I had to search my files for a photo of this moment that didn't include the face of a pained or screaming protester, but for clarity: those are tackled human beings on the ground.

DHS cameramen film their assault on tackled protesters.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 5d

Witness video shows federal agents throwing tear gas canisters in the middle of Armitage Ave today as they appear to be blocked in and heckled by angry neighbors.

This is around the 3500 block of West Armitage.

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Valerie Gonzalez @valontheborder.bsky.social · 5d

JUST IN: ICE didn’t say how much migrants would get or when the offer would take effect, but The AP obtained an email to migrant shelters saying children 14 years of age and older would get $2,500 each. Children were given 24 hours to respond.

apnews.com/article/ice-...

Trump administration offers migrant children $2,500 to voluntarily return to home countries

The Trump administration is offering migrant children $2,500 to voluntarily return to their home countries, dangling a new incentive in efforts to persuade people to self-deport.

apnews.com

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 5d

Ald. Jessie Fuentes: “We have constitutional rights.”
Unidentified federal agent, whose badge is not visible: "No." @wttw.bsky.social

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes Handcuffed by Federal Agents While Asking About Patient’s ICE Warrant at Hospital

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes was detained by federal agents inside Humboldt Park Health, as tensions continue to rise between local residents and officials and immigration agents conducting enforcement...

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 5d

In the past 4 weeks in Chicago, ICE/CBP have snatched hundreds of people off the streets & homes, shot & killed a single-father in his car, smashed & abandoned countless cars, and deployed chemical munitions at protesters, journalists, & now on public streets. Today they cuffed an alderperson.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

CALL PRITZKER TO DEMAND HE REMOVE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE FROM BROADVIEW:
(Chicago) 312-814-2121 or 312-814-2122
(Springfield) 217-782-6830 or 217-782-6831
Hearing impaired (TTY): 888-261-3336

I called and talked about how the state cops joined ICE in brutalizing protesters today.

Illinois State Police are protecting ICE as they move their vehicles out of the Broadview Detention Center. Call Governor Pritzker now to demand that he remove the ISP from Broadview. No state resources to protect kidnappers. Pritzker: Call off the IL state police 312-814-2121

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Treesong @treesong.bsky.social · 5d

So are we all ready to switch to renewables plus storage or...

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

A fireball lit up the sky across the Los Angeles area on Thursday night after an explosion at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, alarming nearby residents who said it felt like an earthquake. The cause of the explosion was not clear. No injuries were reported. nyti.ms/42pPCaW

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

I’m told ICE attacked us—despite us being off the street, courtesy of the state police—to create a spectacle because Kristi Noem was present today. Here’s some footage of her and her team on the roof of Broadview. Everything is content creation to these fascists.

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 5d

Every f'n government should work their arses off to get the crews of Sumud Flotilla home ASAP !!
So far only 4 Italian crew members have been sent home, as far as I know

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