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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 11h

Due process. Academic freedom. An independent judiciary. A free press. A professional civil service. A protected environment. These aren't partisan talking points; they are the pillars of a healthy nation. And every single one of them is under direct assault by the Trump administration.

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Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 5h

I support this initiative.

Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 5h

DUUUUUDE

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, if I tried to pull this at work, I would be fired. Just saying.

Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 5h

A reminder of what's important, somehow.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 8h

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

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A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 5h

Surprisingly touching (and fortifying)

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 16h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents 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 Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 10h

Quite the framing with "outreach" and "engaging."

Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 10h

Politically correct sirens going off in my head.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "You hear those sirens going off? That's good. A good sound. That means they either got the bad guy or they're gonna stop the bad guy. You didn't hear that sound bc nobody wanted to do anything. Listen to the beauty of that sound. That's the real deal sirens, not politically correct sirens"

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สุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 1d

Lingít songs at pick up today ♥️

I love that the kids are singing in their jackets and backpacks. Culture is celebrated everyday.

Happy Indigenous people’s day! #indigenouspeoplesday

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Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 1d

We will not undo the damage in my lifetime.

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 1d

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

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Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. David Riedman tracks trends on gun violence in K-12 schools.

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K-12 School Shooting Database

K-12 School Shooting Database documents when a gun is fired, brandished (with intent to harm), or bullet hits school property

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Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 1d

This is AMAZING 😂

ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 1d

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

AJ West • 1h
Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 2d

No problem, I'll join you...

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately the warnings were ”being cops” and “having tear gas”

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

A federal judge ordered federal agents last week to issue two warnings before using tear gas.

Witnesses said they heard no warnings and none can be heard on videos, @chicago.suntimes.com reports

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

Federal agents deployed tear gas after Albany Park residents protested to their attempts to detain a resident of the Northwest Side neighborhood, @vimiller.bsky.social reports for the @chicago.suntimes.com

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Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 2d

Important point. Those who are attracted to this type of job are not healthy, pro-social people.

Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 2d

While I think ICE agents should face criminal charges for their kidnapping of immigrants, they should face long, and perhaps lifetime, prison sentences for anything like this involving kids. An ICE agent willing to do this is not someone who should be out among society even after Dems retake power.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 2d

"After some early morning abductions"

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 3d

I would throw money at a t-shirt that says in all caps “TAKE A LOOK, IT’S IN A BOOK” over a rainbow.

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 3d

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 3d

Diane Keaton (1946–2025)

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 3d

This is jaw-dropping.

Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

Fargas Collection @fargascollection.bsky.social · 4d

They want to make it impossible to operate anything and then claim that the government is dysfunctional.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice: