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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 54m

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

We’re kicking the politics of the past aside and scoring a new generation of leadership — and we want you on our team.

Join us for The Cost of Living Classic, a free citywide soccer tournament in Coney Island this Sunday, co-hosted by NYC Footy.

Details + register at zohranfornyc.com/colclassic ⚽

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Metroplex @metroplex.bsky.social · 6h

This is an attempt at a purge, and a stupid one.

I've worked with a lot of veterans and trust me when I say they got malicious compliance on lock, probably all the way down the chain.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Elden Lady Melina @eldenladymelina.bsky.social · 7h

NPC Account

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 19h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 21h

And you, governor, should stop providing state cops to police protesters for ICE at Broadview.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21h

ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.

The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 19h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 19h

Another reminder that this is a violation of the consent decree and a court order. They do not care.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

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

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Randum Dood @randumdude.bsky.social · 1d

"Why you chasing me with a gun and a mask?"

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Ankle Biter @holymysteriousdog.bsky.social · 23h

Why is he running? He’s being chased by masked, armed terrorists 🤷‍♀️

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 22h

at this point it would be interesting journalism if someone could locate a Young Republican groupchat that was not full of overt Nazis

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 21h

If your first thought as a reporter when racing to the scene where an invading fed paramilitary of murderous freaks are blanketing yet another neighborhood in chemical weapons after kidnapping people is to count how many objects are thrown at them, just quit. Just quit

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 20h

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

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Elden Lady Melina @eldenladymelina.bsky.social · 19h

This shit can't go on.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23h

⚠️ Warning: these back-to-back scenes are hard to watch unless you’ve got a depraved heart.

These are thugs, not officers with any real training. We keep seeing it again and again, and at this point, it’s clearly the op.

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Elden Lady Melina @eldenladymelina.bsky.social · 20h

The Aesthetics of Anti-Fascism

By: Ben Hoerman

Elden Lady Melina @eldenladymelina.bsky.social · 21h

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

these people know how extreme they are

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1d

STOP ASSUMING IT IS A FLAW

I know everyone hates context especially when it means they may have to admit Black and Indigenous people had points

But the refusal to deal with guardrails is an INTENTIONAL CHOICE.. that they have made for YEARS

New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 15d

Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.

But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo