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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 33m

The Voting Rights Act is on the docket at SCOTUS today. Dems could lose up to 18-20 Black congressional seats and 4-6 Latino seats if SCOTUS rules against voting rights.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1h

Locking in for oral arguments on the big voting rights case at the Supreme Court.

The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 11h

i think one very clear lesson of 2024 is necessity of having media infrastructure to reach public. right now legacy media is either passively or actively complicit and social media increasingly owned by allies of administration

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 16h

“many prominent young republicans are actual Nazis” is a self-censoring fact at this point

normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 19h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 11h

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 · 11h

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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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

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

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 13h

Old enough to remember when scenes like this would have been unthinkable in America. (It was 9 months ago)

PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 13h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12h

The moment when he starts giving his canned response and she goes “that’s such bullshit” lmao I have no idea who these ladies are but they rock

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 12h

Oh man. It’s a night for it. A wild-eyed conspiracy theorist just announced a run for Redlands school board.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

nyti.ms

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 13h

I often cite stats like LA County having a larger population than 40 states.

Or being over 4,000 sq miles. (LA City alone is over 500 sq miles!)

But this one is pretty mindblowing ... just IMMIGRANTS in LA are a larger population than 17 states? Whoa.

Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 13h

If the 3 million immigrants in LA County formed their own state, it would be more populous than 17 existing states.

This is why LA was top of mind for Trump & his ilk.

The County’s moved should be lauded - but this is too little & almost too late.

We need more $$$ and resources for our community.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

Funding for legal assistance will be very helpful.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 13h

You can see it, about 55 seconds in

After attacking a large crowd

ICE tear gassed a baby

Disgusting

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 15h

Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸

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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 13h

If the 3 million immigrants in LA County formed their own state, it would be more populous than 17 existing states.

This is why LA was top of mind for Trump & his ilk.

The County’s moved should be lauded - but this is too little & almost too late.

We need more $$$ and resources for our community.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

Funding for legal assistance will be very helpful.

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Cyril Mychalejko @cmychalejko.bsky.social · 18h

This is why schools need DEI. So kids don't grow up to act like this.

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 19h

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, reports @politico.com.

‘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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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 16h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 16h

say what you will about janet mills's age, but as a politician she's truly unstoppable, by which i mean i've replied STOP three times today to identical fundraising pitches for her, each apparently coming from a different number/superPAC/whatever, but the messages keep coming in

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 21h

If you were an admin or member of one of the Facebook groups that the DOJ jawboned Facebook into censoring, we want to talk to you!

Please shoot me a message,

Rtorney Pamela
' @AGPamBondi
Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a
large group page that was being used to dox and target
@lCEgov
in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and
social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing
their jobs. The Departrnent of Justice will continue engaging tech
companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent
violence against federal law enforcernent.
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Ali Winston @awinston.bsky.social · 17h

Whoever holds the keys to this DHS account marched in Charlottesville circa 2017

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 17h

I cannot believe people were losing their jobs for being mildly critical of Charlie Kirk and the president of the united states just went on tv and said "skill issue loser, RIP but I'm different"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 16h

Beverly Hills is battling an influx of far-right agitators. Here’s a piece about their drama:

nice ad mominem @kimlifschitz.bsky.social · 19h

For anyone interested:

www.bhusdwatch.com/news/russell...

Russell Stuart Is Scamming BHUSD — BHUSD Watch

When discussing the outrage that has been Russell Stuart’s service record at BHUSD, the most difficult task is knowing where to begin. The endless stream of far-right bigotry? The cruel mockery of par...

www.bhusdwatch.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h

Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”

But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.

Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

www.msnbc.com

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 21h

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

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

‘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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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 20h

Oh hey. Who are the local Los Angeles GOP folks who may be Nazi adjacent?

Glendale Extremist Network @glendaleextremists.bsky.social · 21h

Tracks w/extremist connections of local Young Republican chapters- the LA county chapter includes Francoist Anthony Cabassa & organizer of anti-lgbtq riot at Saticoy elementary Lisine Kirakosyan. OC chapter chair Kristen Valle follows an overt neo-Nazi who is forming a Nazi social club/MLM.

Screenshot from the LA County Young Republican chapter showing LA county Republican delegates for CAGOP. LOKA mom Lusine Kirakosyan who spearheaded a violent anti-LGBTQ rally at Saticoy Elementary School is circled in red as is Franco supporting Christian Nationalist accelerationist Anthony Cabassa. OC chapter chair Kristen Valle’s name and comment is highlighted. She says “congrats everyone well done.”

Screenshot of Kristen Valle’s Instagram showing her role as Chair of the CA young Republican federation and chair of the OC chapter of young republicans.

Screenshot from Jake Runnel’s Instagram showing two Nazi officers and text overlay reading: Vril Society ~
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