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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2h

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 4h

With all the caveats about anonymous posters, this is still staggering, a revelation of what a sliver we see reported across mainstream & alt media combined; and this itself is obviously just a sliver. www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/...

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Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats @adamlaats.bsky.social · 4h

Here is is, from Bryan Stevenson @eji.org.
What's wrong with "heroic history?"
"It’s like saying, 'I’m going to the doctor, but I’ve already instructed my doctor, Don’t give me any bad news' ... if you don’t want to be sick... you have to be willing to hear the truth of your condition."
[gift link]:

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 22h

This is Eeyore. He led a sheriff's deputy to his grandma after she fell during their walk. We are awarding him the incredibly rare 15/10 (FB: OkaloosaSheriff)

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s video of the incident

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 20h

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

Let us in. Hold ICE accountable. Tear down the fence.

This is what we are demanding from the Broadview ICE facility, and nothing less.

Our leaders can decide whether they stand with the people or with ICE. There is no middle ground.

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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 20h

While this is not legal advice, it’s great practical advice on steps to consider if a loved one is taken by ICE. It will be translated soon by the @dhcfalachua.bsky.social group and we will repost it when they do! But consider following this great group of volunteers!

Democratic Hispanic Caucus of FL Alachua County Chapter @dhcfalachua.bsky.social · 21h

We follow @michael-foote.bsky.social here on Bluesky but this video is from TikTok. We are working to translate it to Spanish and will repost it in Spanish shortly. So practical and helpful! Thanks for the crash course educating on the process to consider for anyone taken by ICE!

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 14h

They said on-line isn’t real life, and Bluesky is a niche social media site.

But here is @akalhan.bsky.social getting “Kavanaugh Stops” into the Boston Globe!

With a pic of Kav looking a little petulant too (but then when doesn’t he?).

Glad to see this is sticking to him.

Critics of Trump’s immigration crackdown are using the term ‘Kavanaugh stop.’ Here’s what it means. - The Boston Globe

The phrase, is "a window into where [the administration] can go next," some advocates say.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 22h

If you love following campaigns and elections, Taniel is a must follow. Nobody tracks the details better. Follow @taniel.bsky.social and sign up for @boltsmag.org!

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 23h

"There are few publications doing election previews better than Bolts", say @samyoungman.bsky.social and @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social: www.thealtmedia.com/p/ghislaines...

I agree! :)

Be sure to follow @boltsmag.org & sign up for our weekly newsletter to stay on top of it: boltsmag.org/newsletter

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Jeannie Albert @vtgenie.bsky.social · 15h

YES. No votes until she is sworn in AND call out this outrage in EVERY press interview until it happens.

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 16h

Democrats should not hold another vote on anything until she is sworn in.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

Grijalva: The frustration for me is that it seems as if Speaker Johnson is not willing to swear me in because our politics are a little different, or because I’m going to be the 218th signer—he can just continue to drag this along with no end in sight.

That is not a foundation of our democracy.

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Jeff Chang @zentronix.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Banned Book Week. A time to call out the real enemies of freedom.

Our fight is not just to stop the banning of books. It is not just to preserve our right to speak.

Our fight is to secure democracy and ensure the freedom of all of us to live.

Join us now.

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 16h

We’d also love to know what happened to the $50,000 Tom Homan allegedly took from FBI agents.

Luckily, we’ve sued for the receipts.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

I know we're all used to the president talking like Livia Soprano all the time, but this is a goddamn outrage

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

“.. we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 15h

The Speaker of the House is refusing to swear in an elected official, leaving an entire district without representation, just to block a vote that would release files on the world’s most notorious pedophile, whom the President once called his best friend. Why isn’t this on every front page?!

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Jeannie Albert @vtgenie.bsky.social · 20h

Meanwhile, he snuck in a significant lie before the "plenary" comment. As the District judge carefully explained, the case in Portland was *not* identical to the LA one, in large part because the protests that Miller wanted to use as BS pretext for deploying the NG had died down to almost nothing.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

The Brutal CBP Assault Tied to the Marimar Martinez Shooting

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/07/t...

The Brutal CBP Assault Tied to the Marimar Martinez Shooting - emptywheel

The criminal charges against Marimar Martinez -- the woman shot by a Customs and Border Patrol agent on Saturday -- fail to mention that CBP was already looking for her for doxing an officer who would...

www.emptywheel.net

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 23h

It needed to be said

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Jeannie Albert @vtgenie.bsky.social · 23h

Wow, this is awesome!!

Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 23h

Hey @queermedieval.bsky.social your illustration prints *beautifully*!!

Anti-fascist frogs hot off the press

A print made from wood type and linoleum. The linocut is an early-modern style woodcut rendition of a protester in a frog costume facing off against two ICE officers in riot gear. The text reads

STAND UP
TO
FASCISM!

The ink is green on an off white paper.

wood type and linoleum set for printing in a proofing press. The linocut is an early-modern style woodcut rendition of a protester in a frog costume facing off against two ICE officers in riot gear. The text reads

STAND UP
TO
FASCISM!

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

It's black letter, can't get more explicit, printed in US code you ignoramus. 31 U.S. Code § 1341 (c)(2)

*JOHNSON: SOME LEGAL ANAYLYSTS DON'T BELIEVE IN SHUTDOWN BACKPAY

(2)Each employee of the United States Government or of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations, and each excepted employee who is required to perform work during a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates, and subject to the enactment of appropriations Acts ending the lapse.

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Jeannie Albert @vtgenie.bsky.social · 1d

It may be frustrating as hell that, yet again, only Democrats are expected to offer compassion and empathy, but he is reaching Mainers. We fucking need to beat Susan "I'm concerned" Collins and Platner could very well be the one to do it.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

AOC: "Stephen Miller is a CLOWN. He looks like he's 4’10”. He looks like he's angry about the fact that he's 4’10”. He's taking that anger out at any other population possible. Like, LAUGH AT THEM. Laugh at them."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Durbin to Bondi: "Although you've been a registered foreign agent for Qatar, you didn't recuse yourself from signing off on Trump's solicitation of a free jet from the royal family, even though this gift was clearly illegal. Connections to Bondi seem to yield more favorable outcomes for defendants."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Durbin: "What has taken place since January 20, 2025, would make even President Nixon recoil. This is your legacy, AG Bondi."

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

Any wonder why they wear masks?

👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago October 2025.......

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