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lvnvrcd.bsky.social @lvnvrcd.bsky.social · 22h

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moonshottime.bsky.social @moonshottime.bsky.social · 21h

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randy1211.bsky.social @randy1211.bsky.social · 22h

Stop voting for Republicans people no matter where you live. Unless you really approve of pedophiles, no health care, concentration camps, no rule of law and massive corruption.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · May 21

🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did. 🚨🚨🚨

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bluejay15.bsky.social @bluejay15.bsky.social · 9h

Amazon sucks.

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Black and proud @wrong1rightday.bsky.social · 1d

I fucking hate Joe Rogan

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

moe throwing barney out of the bar where moe is american society and barney is lead poisoning

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 1d

Two weeks ago, on October 1 at 12:01 am, the Republican majority shut down the government, because they decided they’d rather do that than come to the table to keep your healthcare costs from skyrocketing.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 2d

www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
People are being tackled, people getting pepper sprayed or tear gassed. People getting threatened. And we've seen at least two incidents involving gunfire.

This administration overall seems more interested in heightening the tensions instead of trying to ramp them down.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

www.npr.org

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bluejay15.bsky.social @bluejay15.bsky.social · 9h

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 1d

Left-wing group chat: Trump got that MEATY neckgina bro 😂😂😂

Right-wing group chat: we shall rape their women and thrust every minority into the gas chambers with zero remorse and a warriors spirit. HEIL HITLER!!!!

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Black and proud @wrong1rightday.bsky.social · 1d

Is the shutdown over?
Has the rep from AZ been sworn in?
Have they released the Epstein files?

Is he dead yet?

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

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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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.

The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.

newrepublic.com/post/201774/...

ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

newrepublic.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 22h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

on.wsj.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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bluejay15.bsky.social @bluejay15.bsky.social · 9h

Nazis

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Pablo (🏳️‍⚧️ inclusivo) @paulxl.bsky.social · 1d

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Vivek Debates Batcrap "Christ Is King" Republican

YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

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Alex Han @alexhan.bsky.social · 1d

Grateful to have outlets like @thetriibe.com on the ground and reporting the facts. ICE and federal agents are not deploying tear gas at "protesters" in Chicago. They are wantonly tear gassing entire neighborhoods and communities.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

NEW — For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in a Chicago residential area.

Members of the media, Chicago police officers on the scene for crowd control, and the broader nearby community were also exposed to the tear gas.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

Federal agents gas Chicago’s East Side • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods.

thetriibe.com

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It's October... BOO, BITCHES! @alyssonfergison.com · 23h

Psst... hey, my fellow white chicks: you know whose voting rights they're coming for after Black folks, right?!?

Enjoy being able to vote while ya can. Maybe stop voting for Republicans, ya dumb cunts.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.

The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.

The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 23h

They grabbed him, pulled him over the line and then charged him with trespassing once he was there. #RobbyRoadsteamer

consequence.net/2025/10/robb...

Musical Comedian Robby Roadsteamer Detained by ICE in Portland

Comedian Robby Roadsteamer says he was detained by ICE in Portland and charged with trespassing after singing a Rod Stewart parody during a protest.

consequence.net

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22h

Despite widespread calls for his release, Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya was not among the hundreds of Palestinian detainees and prisoners freed Monday in exchange for 20 hostages held by Hamas. https://to.pbs.org/43ger9t

Israel frees some Gaza workers detained during hospital raids, but prominent chief remains imprisoned

Israel freed dozens of doctors, nurses and other medical workers as part of this week's release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees under the Gaza ceasefire deal.

www.pbs.org

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bluejay15.bsky.social @bluejay15.bsky.social · 9h

This is how dictatorships roll

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨IRS, FBI, Federal Marshals, MPD, DEA, ICE, HLS, and ATF here to “investigate” this woman. Suspicious for being black? The regime has made their white supremacism clear. The time for us to reject it is NOW!