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Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @sarajacobs.house.gov · 7h

This isn’t business-as-usual military action – it’s murder. There was no public evidence, no due process, and no legal justification. Thoughtless action like this is how we wind up in endless wars and how our service members become targets. This is beyond shameful.

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CNN @cnn.com · 7h

Los Angeles County officials voted to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids. https://cnn.it/47gvZns

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AkLuvr @akchikky.bsky.social · 1h

Sorry to hear. Sucks.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

They’re freaking out!!!

Trump’s cabinet secretaries falsely claim Dems are keeping the government closed because of the “No Kings” mass protests, and Mike Johnson calls it the “hate America rally.”

The truth is: we love America, but we hate tyrants. That’s why we’re doing this.

See you Saturday.

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 6h

I heard the initial story, but the story is advancing and getting quite interesting!

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 8h

Two dozen masked ICE Federal Secret Police, who are kitted out like they are going to war, kidnap a local and brutalize the community.

Toward the end of the video, they throw a gas cannister that almost hits a baby. 😟

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Indivisible Charlottesville @indivisiblecville.bsky.social · 8h

*Rally against the #Compact - Friday, October 17 at noon at the Rotunda. #UVA DO NOT SIGN! DO NOT FOLD!

The graphic has an image of the Rotunda being struck by lightening and says DO NOT SIGN DO NOT FOLD, RALLY AGAINST THE COMPACT Friday Oct. 17 Noon at the Rotunda

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

Gov. Josh Shapiro: "It's important that in this time of political violence that none of us grow numb to it, or accept this as the normal course of doing business for elected officials."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 5h

Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 20h

"Once you start teaching loyalty instead of critical thinking, you stop creating scholars & you start creating followers. That's not the America we signed up for."

#noloyaltyoaths
#academicfreedom

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

Trump is stooping so low that he’s gutting the federal Office of Special Education.

Attacking students with disabilities is wrong. Every child in America deserves a fair shot at success.

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

www.npr.org

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Ashlyn O'Hara @a-ohara.bsky.social · 6h

Yute Commuter Service is accepting donations through Saturday at 8 p.m. at 627 Funny River Road. The company asks that items be sorted and put in waterproof containers, like a trash bag. #KPBorough www.kdll.org/local-news/2...

From Soldotna, one airline connects flights and aid to storm-impacted Western Alaska

Yute Commuter Service is accepting donations through Saturday at 8 p.m. at 627 Funny River Road. The company asks that items be sorted and put in waterproof containers, like a trash bag.

www.kdll.org

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 6h

In photos: Residents of western Alaska share storm damage of ex-Typhoon Halong, reports Corinne Smith with @alaskabeacon.com

In photos: Residents of western Alaska share storm damage of ex-Typhoon Halong | Alaska Beacon

As morning light hit flooded communities devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong on Sunday, local residents snapped photos of the storm damage across western Alaska communities.

alaskabeacon.com

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Carrie Nash @carrieinfbx.bsky.social · 5h

As a woman who had a non viable ectopic pregnancy earlier in my life I cannot fathom a doctor refusing to treat such as in this story from Illinois.

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Illinois Woman Denied Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy

10.14.25

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 7h

Netanyahu announces Israel will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite it being a key ceasefire agreement clause.

Didn't take long, did it?

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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 10h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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BlueVoter @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 5h

He's right. Those markets aren't coming back. Gone. Gone. #fascism #economics

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee filed suit Tuesday accusing Hawaii’s Office of Elections and its chief election officer, Scott Nago (D), of unlawfully refusing to release public records about how the state maintains its voter registration lists. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

RNC Sues Hawaii for Access to Voter Roll, List Maintenance Records

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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UNITE HERE @unitehere.org · 11h

After 4️⃣0️⃣ Days on Strike at the Hilton Americas-Houston, WE WON!

Hilton Americas hotel workers have made history as the first hotel workers to go on strike in Texas and the first housekeepers, laundry attendants and stewards to earn a $20 hourly wage in Houston.

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 9h

🚨 BREAKING
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has sent a formal demand letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, ordering him to swear in Adelita Grijalva immediately. More ⬇️

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14h

Have they ever provided proof that these are drug traffickers?

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AkLuvr @akchikky.bsky.social · 6h

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 10h

"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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