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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 6h

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

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Deion Flanders @djkahn.bsky.social · 4h

Amazing

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Deion Flanders @djkahn.bsky.social · 5h

Man I feel this

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Rylynne @amisfitnamedbri.bsky.social · 8h

You're kidding with this shit right? As a veteran, I can 100% assure you that this is not proper escalation of force and there is no reason in any reality that they should be pointing that weapon at that UNARMED person's head. FFS. The person is outnumbered like 5:1.
#AbolishICE
#Antifa=Antifascist

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8h

Amplifying @leahmillis.bsky.social’s message given how critical it is to credit photographers during this time.

Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 8h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 9h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 9h

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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Deion Flanders @djkahn.bsky.social · 6h

Important, useful information

Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 19h

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 8h

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 8h

Zero surprise that the new GOP is manufacturing these horrible young men 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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

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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Deion Flanders @djkahn.bsky.social · 8h

This rules. Fuck a yacht, this is the kind of shit I dream of doing if I had a billion dollars.

Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 9h

A man named Nicky Crawford transformed a school bus into a mobile laundry service for the homeless called “Flowing with Blessings” He teamed up with Georgia Tech engineering students and created the bus, which provides free laundry, showers, haircuts & meals for the homelessness

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 9h

😭👌 she said just a little bit of brain got ate by worm so don’t worry

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Cheryl Hines promised that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s brain worm 'ate just a little bit' of her husband's brain. 'So don't worry.
vulture.com
The Worm 'Ate Just a Little Bit' of RFK Jr.'s Brain

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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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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

Klippenstein: The memo says it considers as indicators things like anti-Christian sentiment, anti-government views, and anti-traditional family positions.

These are descriptors that would cover millions and millions of people in this country.

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Deion Flanders @djkahn.bsky.social · 9h

Evergreen

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 9h

Every now and then I look at Twxtter for baseball news, and I came across this breathtaking ad.

Cuomo is actively collaborating with Trump but apparently voting for him is how to fight Trump.
(Paid for by “Fix the City,” top donor: Michael Bloomberg)

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Blaherhagen @ombs1993.bsky.social · 10h

The Republicans sex pest caucus is out of control

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Alaska House District 20 Democrats @alaskahd20dems.bsky.social · 9h

Circled is a teargas canister thrown by Donald Trump’s thugs flying towards a family as they flee with their baby from ICE’s violent escalation in Chicago.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 13h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12h

They’ve heard the cries of the people and it’s that they love porno but wish it felt sadder and more lonely

The Verge @theverge.com · 15h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Deion Flanders @djkahn.bsky.social · 12h

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Don’t know why this blurb is in the screenshot but this is a good interview that I was inspired to find after a family member that lives in Florida emailed me to say “shame on any Jew that votes for Mamdani”

Why this well-known Jewish leader is endorsing Mamdani | NY1's You Decide

YouTube video by Spectrum News

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 13h

Would it surprise you that the owner of Scientific American's parent company, Stefan von Holtzbrinck, invested $37 million in Inkitt, an AI firm?

What a SHOCK

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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