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Kyle Ruggles 🇨🇦 @kyleruggles.bsky.social · 1h

Truth is spoken and silenced

www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopl...

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bebe1960.bsky.social @bebe1960.bsky.social · 1h

Only we can save us because everyone who knows how to handle shit like this is allowing this to happen

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 1h

“We hope this letter will help ease any financial burden DOL employees may experience as a result of their furlough," one note read.

Some Federal Agencies Have Given Workers A Shutdown ‘IOU’ For Their Bills

“We hope this letter will help ease any financial burden DOL employees may experience as a result of their furlough," one note read.

www.huffpost.com

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bebe1960.bsky.social @bebe1960.bsky.social · 1h

He looks like them too

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bebe1960.bsky.social @bebe1960.bsky.social · 1h

Let's not forget bibi

bebe1960.bsky.social @bebe1960.bsky.social · 1h

They say that because that's how the orange misery and his kkklan of miserables filled up his rallies! They advertised it on craigslist and other maga platforms. They got paid to listen to his shit.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

The Pentagon no longer has a press corps because of Pete Hegseth, trump’s Secretary of war (on journalism)

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bebe1960.bsky.social @bebe1960.bsky.social · 1h

It will take all of us

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.com · 18h

This is a great resource.
Please share and wide:

We Have Rights

“An empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)”

#Pinks #ProudBlue

www.wehaverights.us

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Amy B @abbarsha.bsky.social · 2h

Walmart and Best Buy, have announced plans to raise prices in response to the added costs from tariffs on imported merchandise. Experts predict that companies will increasingly pass on costs to consumers over the coming months and that the consumer burden could eventually reach up to 70%.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2h

We were girls no one cared about, and Epstein pretended to care. A master manipulator, he threw what looked like a lifeline to girls who were drowning. If they wanted to be dancers, he offered dance lessons. If they aspired to be actors, he said he’d help them get roles. And then, he did his worst.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4h

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3h

Breaking: Capitol Police have been called after a Republican congressional office was just caught displaying a swastika.

This comes one day after group chat messages were leaked of young GOP officials saying “I love Hitler” and calling to put Democrats in “gas chambers.”

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h

The trial of Sydney Reid, who was initially charged w/felony assault for videotaping ICE, then charged w/misdemeanor, and whose case has been beset by all sorts of discovery problems since, has finished.

Judge Sooknanan threw out allegation involving one of two "victims" (on same assault charge).

Case Name: USA v. REID
Case Number: 1:25-cr-00244-SLS
Filer:
Document Number: No document attached
Docket Text:
Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan: Jury Trial as to SYDNEY LORI REID resumed on 10/15/2025 with the same jury of twelve (12) and two (2) alternates. Oral motion by the defense for a "mistrial", heard and reserved. Government rests. Oral Rule 29 motion by the defense, heard and granted as to Officer Liang only. Defense commenced and concluded their case in chief. Oral renewed Rule 29 motion as to all other portions of the Information, heard and reserved. Charge conference held. Jury Trial continued to 10/16/2025 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 14- In Person before Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan. Bond Status of Defendant: PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE; Court Reporter: Bryan Wayne; Defense Attorney: Eugene Ohm and Tezira Abe; US Attorney: Travis Wolfe and Jason Facci; Government Witness: Agent Eugenia Bates: Defense Witnesses: Jessica Mason and Katie Campbell-Morrison. (znbn)

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 8h

Spotify users have begun canceling their subscriptions over advertisements by the U.S. government seeking to recruit immigration enforcement agents.

Users Vow to Boycott Spotify After Streamer Runs ICE Recruitment Ad
PUBLISHED
OCT 14, 2025 AT 04:22 PM EDT
UPDATED
OCT 14, 2025 AT 05:57 PM EDT

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bebe1960.bsky.social @bebe1960.bsky.social · 2h

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMforTJV/

Donald Trump appeared to admit that there’s no real benefit to the $20 billion lifeline the president is giving Argentina. Trump’s administration finalized a currency swap with Argentina’s central ban...

TikTok video by Independent

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bebe1960.bsky.social @bebe1960.bsky.social · 2h

It happened to him a long time ago

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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @repyassansari.bsky.social · 5h

I sat in the room with Mike Johnson as Epstein’s survivors told their stories. He looked them in the eyes and promised accountability.

Now he’s blocking the vote to release the files. Swear in Congresswoman-elect @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social—now.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 20h

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Kris and Dave

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3h

Calling for gas chambers. Expressing love for Hitler. Endorsing rape. Using racist slurs.

I'm demanding Rep. James Comer open a House Oversight Committee investigation into these shocking, deeply offensive messages that were exchanged by Young Republican leaders from across the country.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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bebe1960.bsky.social @bebe1960.bsky.social · 3h

No Kings!

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Greed Apocalypse @juanmunoz.bsky.social · 23h

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America is ‘going broke slowly’ says J.P. Morgan, as national debt balloons and tariff revenue looks shaky | Flipboard

Fortune - • J.P. Morgan’s David Kelly warned this week that while America is “going broke” it’s doing so slowly enough that markets aren’t panicking yet. With …

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

The plan to force taxpayers to cover emergency medical costs for non-citizens is a law called EMTALA: signed into law by the infamous democrat Ronald Reagan.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Lisa McClain: "Democrats' plan forces taxpayers to cover the majority of emergency medical costs for all non-citizens. Another $28 billion tab for who? You guessed it, the American people."

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bebe1960.bsky.social @bebe1960.bsky.social · 3h

He's the devils prophet

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bebe1960.bsky.social @bebe1960.bsky.social · 3h

We need new, not old, and one step in the grave!

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3h

More Peronism from the White House www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

U.S. to Take Control of More Companies to Counter China

www.nytimes.com

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