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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 4h

“If we can’t use the citizen-led initiative petition process, we’re done, we’re cooked. We don’t even have the ability to do a petition to get the initiative petition process back,” says the president of the League of Women Voters Missouri.

Under this GOP Measure, All of Missouri’s Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed

Lawmakers just advanced a constitutional amendment to drastically raise the bar for approving citizen ballot measures. Voters get to weigh in on the scheme next year.

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Sunny @wonderwander.bsky.social · 5h

I am with you, Hamza 🤍

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Hamza @hamzaishere.bsky.social · 2d

Hello everyone, we are a family of 8 we haven't eaten in a long time I swear please don't ignore me we desperately need your support My family is severely malnourished please donate from you will save the life of my family of 8 I swear💔🙏
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Hamza @hamzaishere.bsky.social · 1d

@mommunism.bsky.social
My friend Molly please don't ignore me I need your help in posting the Tweet and donating My family is dying of hunger 💔🙏💔

Hamza @hamzaishere.bsky.social · 2d

Hello everyone, we are a family of 8 we haven't eaten in a long time I swear please don't ignore me we desperately need your support My family is severely malnourished please donate from you will save the life of my family of 8 I swear💔🙏
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Sunny @wonderwander.bsky.social · 6h

My dear friend Hamza is supporting his entire family and desperately needs your support! Please share and donate, any small amount helps. ✅ By @mommunism.bsky.social

Hamza @hamzaishere.bsky.social · 2d

My family has no funds for food or water and we depend upon you for help. Please support, any donation helps, every small amount. gofund.me/1f1e0796c

Donate to Help Hamza survive, organized by Sunny Wonder

Hello everyone, we are a family of 8 people, my elder brother Abed is 26 years old, my sister Aseel i… Sunny Wonder needs your support for Help Hamza survive

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 10h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 11h

Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

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Adam (human animal)🍉 @forcolumb.us · 9h

Zionist terrorists are threatening to steal more Palestinian homes and land in Furush Beit Dajan, east of Nablus.

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Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 13h

I'm not a quoter of scripture, but this seemed appropriate for the horror that has been unleashed because of the gutting of USAID.

“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me.” -Jesus

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.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23h

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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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

I support old people. I am always saying that the problem with the Democratic caucus is that there aren't enough octogenarians and near octogenarians

Axios @axios.com · 1d

Scoop: Maine Gov. Janet Mills is poised to jump into Maine Senate race

Scoop: Mills poised to jump into Maine Senate race

Gov. Janey Mills' entry into the race would set off another complicated Democratic primary.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 1d

It's as if they want to prove the antifascists correct about them:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown

Military presence comes after judge declined to block troops from entering, following lawsuit filed by city and state

www.theguardian.com

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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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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 1d

After Reconstruction, the media refused to believe that white supremacists were massacring entire towns of Black people attempting to claim local sovereignty over their own lives. It is not true that violence, even when it's "plain as day," necessarily moves public opinion.

The white- run news transformed this event from a coup that overthrew an elected Republican government into a horror story of armed Black men, turning the massacre into a legitimate act of white self- defense. The Shreveport Times described the event as “the most deplorable and bloody affray ever

perpetuated.” Years after the event, white Democrats would periodically fearmonger about a Black militia that would return to overthrow the government, blaming power- hungry Republicans.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

Discord confirms that government IDs used for age-verification were compromised in a hack with a vendor.

Who could have predicted?

Oh, right.

Discord users suffer the first high-profile age-verification hack – and it's unlikely to be the last

Critics of age verification laws warned this was inevitable

www.tomsguide.com

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 2d

The only ideology they have is infinite consumption, and he has affected that, so now they are upset. What they wanted, by the same token, was not free speech but infinite speech - to say what they liked without backlash. And that deserved backlash is upsetting them too. That's basically it.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 1d

we showed the brutality of the anti-Black (and anti-ally) violence by police in 2020 (and before) yet we still got Trump for a second term and police violence has only worsened.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 2d

I need some help. Got laid-off on Friday: unannounced budget change + my position was first cut, so it was a total surprise. Thanks to a tax status loophole my employer manipulated, I cant get unemployment. In short im SOL

Anything you can give would be huge
Venmo: Vicky-surge
Cash: $VickySurge1312

A cardboard bankers box sitting on top of an office chair filled with assorted odds and ends as I cleaned out my desk

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 1d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Going back to that raid on the South Shore apartment building. It hasn't gotten much focus that the goons reportedly traveled the same way Patriot Front does: in UHauls.

blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/30/a...

A Budget truck with about five armed men seen inside. It's dark out and the taillights are lit. The photo is attributed to KT O'Loughin.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

Larry Ellison:
—Second‑richest man on Earth
—Gave $16.6 million to Friends of the IDF
—Hosted Netanyahu on his private island
—Trump plan makes him co-own TikTok
—Son, David, just spent $150 million to buy The Free Press & make Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS
—Wants Warner Bros (CNN, HBO)

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Well done, @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social.

More Democrats need to speak up.

The water is warm here.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

Mallory McMorrow said she will not take AIPAC support and called the war on Gaza a genocide for the first time at an event in Allegan, Michigan yesterday.

Michigan’s Mallory McMorrow has shifted her stance on the war in Gaza

Mallory McMorrow has shifted her position on the ongoing Middle East conflict.

www.politico.com

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 2d

remember when i and others were suspended for 24 hours over “ck rest in piss” they claimed it was an overzealous bot the next day

💀spoOOoookika💀 @the17thqueen.bsky.social · 2d

Wait, so yesterday it was about Link razzing Jay for following Jonathan Chait, but now it’s about a dead CK meme?? Can moderation keep their story strait??

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

If and when America finds a way out of authoritarianism, not only will ICE have to be abolished: All these people will need to be held accountable in a court of law for the monstrosities they are committing - those who are ordering them as well as those who are carrying them out.

Every single one.

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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