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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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vix26.bsky.social @vix26.bsky.social · 2m

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1h

Someday these ICE thugs will be brought up on criminal charges and receive the justice they deserve.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

vix26.bsky.social @vix26.bsky.social · 2m

Love it!!!!

vix26.bsky.social @vix26.bsky.social · 3m

Sue in Rockville 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋 @sueinrockville.bsky.social · 37m

To understand how pathetic this little bully is?
We altered his voice for “accuracy”
Trump, Miller & the #TrumpRegime are increasingly desperate to invoke the #InsurrectionAct -
by any means necessary
They are waging war against US
*thx @n2play.bsky.social
#StopTheICEGestapo
#CrimesAgainstHumanity

vix26.bsky.social @vix26.bsky.social · 3m

Sue in Rockville 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋 @sueinrockville.bsky.social · 37m

To understand how pathetic this little bully is?
We altered his voice for “accuracy”
Trump, Miller & the #TrumpRegime are increasingly desperate to invoke the #InsurrectionAct -
by any means necessary
They are waging war against US
*thx @n2play.bsky.social
#StopTheICEGestapo
#CrimesAgainstHumanity

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Sue in Rockville 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋 @sueinrockville.bsky.social · 37m

To understand how pathetic this little bully is?
We altered his voice for “accuracy”
Trump, Miller & the #TrumpRegime are increasingly desperate to invoke the #InsurrectionAct -
by any means necessary
They are waging war against US
*thx @n2play.bsky.social
#StopTheICEGestapo
#CrimesAgainstHumanity

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 24m

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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vix26.bsky.social @vix26.bsky.social · 4m

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 24m

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

vix26.bsky.social @vix26.bsky.social · 5m

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 24m

Canada vs. America

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 24m

Canada vs. America

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vix26.bsky.social @vix26.bsky.social · 5m

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26m

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26m

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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vix26.bsky.social @vix26.bsky.social · 6m

Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 2h

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 2h

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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vix26.bsky.social @vix26.bsky.social · 6m

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1h

It’s great that Dems are winning the messaging war on the shutdown and all but we don’t have the sort of time to just be at “they’ll pay for this at the polls midterms.” They need to get the public to broadly understand the immediate authoritarian crisis we are facing now.

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1h

It’s great that Dems are winning the messaging war on the shutdown and all but we don’t have the sort of time to just be at “they’ll pay for this at the polls midterms.” They need to get the public to broadly understand the immediate authoritarian crisis we are facing now.

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vix26.bsky.social @vix26.bsky.social · 7m

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 12h

I grew up Catholic so I feel like I can confidently say that shooting a priest in the head with a pepper ball guarantees that you are going to hell

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the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 12h

I grew up Catholic so I feel like I can confidently say that shooting a priest in the head with a pepper ball guarantees that you are going to hell

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Jon Beves @jonbeves.bsky.social · 5h

Fantastic to see one of my chemical heroes, Richard Robson, winning the Nobel Prize for coordination frameworks (MOFs), together with Kitagawa and Yaghi. #ozchem

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njerdoc.bsky.social @njerdoc.bsky.social · 1d

Barely even a blip on this on the news. And not a damned word from the major medical advocacy organizations. Nothing.

pauloffit.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-vac...

RFK Jr.: “Vaccines Don’t Save Lives”

In a recent post on X, RFK Jr. said that vaccines are overrated.

pauloffit.substack.com

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vix26.bsky.social @vix26.bsky.social · 8m

Assholes

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 18h

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 18h

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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vix26.bsky.social @vix26.bsky.social · 9m

RevDaniel 🇨🇦 @revdaniel.bsky.social · 4h

This is why I deleted my Facebook account.

Yes I can be friends with people who I disagree with politically. But that means disagreements like “should more or less tax money go to this department or that one?”

It doesn’t mean “are these people human, or not?”

Meme saying: It depressed the hell out of me that people I used to consider friends have turned into people I wouldn’t tell where Anne Frank was hiding.”

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