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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 6h

Anthony DiLorenzo: PIX-11 was tipped about ICE raid. NYers react:

"People just stopped in their tracks. People were going to school. People were coming home from work or just commuting. And stopped to scream at these ICE agents. Pulled out their phones started recording and telling them to leave."

ICE agents clash with large crowd in Lower Manhattan: ‘Shame’

YouTube video by PIX11 News

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Dr. Theresa Chapple @drtheresachapple.bsky.social · 17h

My neighbor, an American citizen, was detained by ICE yesterday. Guns in his face as he listened to their threats to break his car windows to pull him out.
I watched the video.
I heard the person recording it hyperventilate.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 7h

According to the tow truck driver, the Hospital called for the tow. This is where TikToker Richard L.A. is being held/treated after being shot by U.S. Marshal while being targeted during an immigration arrest. This is the second ICE vehicle towed from the hospital. @eltragon.bsky.social

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 8h

This lawsuit, which demands that the House of Representatives finally seat Rep. Adelita Grijalva, has, um, fairly major implications for our democracy's survival in 2026 and beyond. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This case is about whether someone duly elected to the House – who indisputably
meets the constitutional qualifications of the office – may be denied her rightful office simply
because the Speaker has decided to keep the House out of “regular session.”
2. If the Speaker were granted that authority, he could thwart the peoples’ choice of
who should represent them in Congress by denying them representation for a significant portion
of the two-year term provided by the Constitution.
3. Fortunately, the Constitution does not give that authority to the Speaker—or anyone
else

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: The White House is reprogramming billions in congressionally approved spending during the shutdown, aiming to pay troops, ICE agents and others who work on programs that fulfill the president's political agenda. Some of the money comes from Trump's tax cuts. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

How Trump Played ‘Budgetary Twister’ to Pay Some Workers During the Shutdown

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 6h

Hundreds of people protesting ICE in downtown manhattan right now. Reads and Broadway. NYPD cops in riot gear on scene.

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 9h

Earlier on Canal Street, as agents attempted to disperse, one who I recognize from the courts pulled out a taser and threatened protester with it. @thecity.nyc

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Rand Paul was the only Republican senator not invited to Trump’s luncheon at his new Rose Garden Club today. He said he had lunch with Thomas Massie instead. bsky.app/profile/blue...

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 8h

Rand Paul: There is no fentanyl made in Venezuela. Not just a little bit, there's none being made... These are outboard boats that, in order for them to get to Miami, would have to stop and refuel 20 times... We don't just summarily execute people.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

West Ridge this morning, 11:37am—

Neighbors witnessed Border Patrol agents arresting a man who's been building a new staircase on their building.

"Wait, this is private property," the woman recording says.

"No, it's not," the agent replies, covering his face with his jacket.

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Eshala @eshala.bsky.social · 14h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Tom Emmer calls Democrats "despicable" and says "your hate America rally is over"

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Eshala @eshala.bsky.social · 1d

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A BlueSky thread by Senator Ron Wyden on Skyview

New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.

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Eshala @eshala.bsky.social · 1d

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A BlueSky thread by Anat Shenker-Osorio on Skyview

Why do right's odious lies & horrifying claims break through not merely as rhetoric but policy? Because center-left keeps wielding thermometers to take temperature while right power up flame throwers ...

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 1d

Why do right's odious lies & horrifying claims break through not merely as rhetoric but policy? Because center-left keeps wielding thermometers to take temperature while right power up flame throwers to change it. New evidence from Germany:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds

Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Ernst: "I think it is extremely important that we look at who is funding these protests. We have to get to the bottom of this. It could be the usual suspect -- George Soros."

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Children’s Hospital Chaplain released after being detained in Cincinnati’s Butler County Jail for 73 days. He shares powerful words with us. 1/2

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has blown up a seventh small boat filled with civilians, this time linked to Colombia.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

“The demonstrations were very small.”

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 2d

DOJ whistleblower Erez Reuveni says Emil Bove told him, 'those planes need to take off no matter what, and if some court should issue an order preventing that, we may have to consider telling that court 'fuck you.'

Reuveni: It is the highest, most egregious violation of the lawyer's code of ethics.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 2d

The Guardian is reporting that since Israel and Hamas signed the ceasefire and full hostage exchange agreement, Israel has violated the ceasefire 47 times, killed 38 Palestinians, and wounded another 143 more.

Meanwhile Hamas has released all remaining hostages.

It Was Never About The Hostages.

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Eshala @eshala.bsky.social · 2d

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A BlueSky thread by Seth Abramson on Skyview

(🧵) I’m going to say some things that may cost me followers. That’s only appropriate, given that what I say in this thread is about exactly that: how utterly meaningless everything is right now beside...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: You talked about the Hudson River Tunnel in NYC. Is the funding terminated?

TRUMP: Right now there is no funding. Because it's up to me

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on Harvard: "We reached a concept of a deal but it's pretty complicated bc under this deal it would be $500m, they're gonna open up trade schools. I love the idea of trade & trade schools by Harvard. You know, they get into like a vocational-type school... we may just charge them a $500m fine"

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