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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 14h

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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 10h

And what do these ppl have to do with Charlie Kirk's death? Wasn't he shot by a young man raised in the Mormon church?

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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 10h

He's like the grandpa in the nursing home who gooses all the nurses and says lewd things. What a creep!!

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 11h

Grace and humility, people of good faith coming together in righteous cause.

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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 11h

These are unarmed civilians. The assailants are armed to the teeth. Kudos to the brave protesters putting their bodies in harm's way to stand up for the freedoms we all enjoy. We must all stand up for our own freedoms!

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 14h

Chicago today

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 11h

Great to see active push-back! LA County is declaring a state of evergreen over the ICE raids in order to extend more help and services to heavily hit immigrant communities. abcnews.go.com/US/los-angel...

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 13h

Korol is a US citizen. Her family hasn’t heard from her since she was taken, public charges haven’t been released—what crime did she even commit? 2nd-Degree Woodwinding?—and there has been no explanation for her “renditioning” across state lines.

We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 13h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 12h

Former pardon attorney Liz Oyer was unjustifiably fired by Trump.
She explains, the definition of "plenary authority" and what Stephen Miller is implementing via Project 2025 by extending presidential powers.

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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 12h

Great photo. Kudos to Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images.

566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 12h

Boooo! And can we talk about his bad Liberace wig?! We need more Liberaces, fewer Mileis.

a man in a green suit is playing a white piano and smiling .

Alt: Flamboyant pianist Liberace laughs and talks while sitting at a piano in a sparkly green suit with ruffles at the cuffs.

media.tenor.com

566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 12h

I needed a gut laugh tonight!, 🤣

566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 14h

It's dictatorship. And no input or dissent is allowed. There's a thing about IQ, too--only ppl with high IQs are allowed to rule. But there's a reason nature doesn't select only on the ppl with the highest IQs. It's not compatible with the long term survival of the human race.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 16h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, these vignettes of trump physically intimidating the European leaders by grasping their hands and pulling them into his 'armchair so they can feel his disease.' It's gross!

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

"Show them you're not afraid. Do it for the country. For the Constitution. For your family. For yourself. Do it for your freedom. While you still can."

This is excellent. Every Dem strategist who thinks there's risk in engaging these debates should watch it for guidance.

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 2d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic!!

566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 1d

Wow.

Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 1d

But you DO still have first amendment rights! And if you cede them before they're actually gone, you make their illusion and intimidation real. Don't cave in advance!

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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 1d

!! Trump et al certainly are. Our democratic Republic of only 250 years, though? An enduring ideal, or just crumbling pieces of parchment? I have faith left in the enduring ideal.

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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 1d

This is an amazing documentary. Recommend so highly to change your view of how the west was "won." A great pick for indigenous people's day.

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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 1d

For sure! I am 100% anti-fascist. All red-blooded Americans and aspiring Americans should be. This is an I-am-Sparticus moment. They can't crucify us all. Their sensitivity to anti-fa can only mean one thing: they're fa. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t...

Urban Dictionary: I am spartacus

I am spartacus: Refers to a scene in the movie "Spartacus" starring Kirk Douglas as Spartacus. After the army of former Roman slaves led by Spartacus is...

www.urbandictionary.com

566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 2d

I'm confident Harris would have had a much different policy toward Israel than Biden. But she lacked the political courage to say so (or hands were tied cuz she was still veep and couldn't undermine the prez). It's fair to be angry at her for that, but CodePink shld aim indignation at the fascists.

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