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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

The fact that Republican “fiscal conservatives” in Congress aren’t saying a word about Trump’s $40 billion bailout of Argentina (“America first!!!”) just shows that they’re complete hypocrites.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 4h

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 3h

Ten years ago today.

Tweet that reads: 'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 9h

I’m old enough to remember when Conservatives screamed bloody murder about the IRS looking at their think tanks. Trump is weaponizing the IRS to go after liberal non-profits. Gifted article:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.

www.wsj.com

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Emyriad @emyriad.bsky.social · 16h

These are up all over my city tonight <3

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

“.. As far as anyone knows, no security breach by any Pentagon journalists brought about the new restrictions. Indeed, the biggest violation of national-security norms since Hegseth entered the building 10 months ago was by Hegseth himself ..”

@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 1d

CDC tormented: HR workers summoned from furlough to lay off themselves, others

Traumatized CDC has lost 33% of its workforce this year, union says.

arstechnica.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4h

BREAKING: Immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other actions against protesters, a judge rules.

'Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes

A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.

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franklin1337.bsky.social @franklin1337.bsky.social · 3h

They want to hurt people and create chaos to justify martial law

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 4h

The latest effort to assist employees of the shuttered US government funded global broadcaster Voice of America: A comedy show. wtop.com/local/2025/10/voa-em...

VOA employees hope a comedy show in DC will raise awareness for laid off journalists - WTOP News

A movement emerged among the displaced employees of Voice of America called #SAVEVOA.

wtop.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h

Big news here: the White House has backed down from shutting down I-5 this weekend following our reporting last night.

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franklin1337.bsky.social @franklin1337.bsky.social · 5h

They want a permanent single party neo-Nazi state where all opposition is criminalized

Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 5h

JD Vance: "Because we have such a big problem with left-wing political violence, we have to train the investigatory and law enforcement powers…we really have to retrain the entire government to focus on this left-wing violence problem. We are doing it”

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th

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Harlow’s Musings @harlowsmusings.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING🚨 NO Kings March expected to draw HISTORIC turnout on October 18. WOW 👏👏

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 7h

🚨The new escalation of “normal” violence includes breaking into homes, ransacking/destroying property and THEN disappearing families. 🚨🚨We. Are. Occupied. 🚨🚨
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 7h

It’s weird how the “young” Republicans are actually full-grown men and JD Vance treats them as children who shouldn’t face consequences for their racism, misogyny, or xenophobia.

But pregnant 12-year-old little girls are treated as adults and must literally bear the consequences of rape and incest.

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franklin1337.bsky.social @franklin1337.bsky.social · 6h

Happy birthday!🎊 🎂

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 20h

I’m getting fed up with how many times we are seeing things we all bloody KNEW were going on, being presented as new revelations… The Entire Brexit campaign was clearly a moonshot for Putin, but the opportunity to break off a key part of the EU was irresistible.
Of COURSE he was involved.

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 20h

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times around Brexit

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018...

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times

Founder Arron Banks was offered lucrative deals in talks with the ambassador

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin McShea @kevinmcshea.bsky.social · 1d

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18h

But I was told trump was going to make things cheaper

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 21h

Trump can simply give $40 billion in US tax money to his pals in Argentina, openly admit it is for the intended purpose of keeping the MAGA allied right wing government in power, and pocket billions for himself. The US has no laws anymore and that's your money they are stealing.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 19h

NEW: if you’re planning on taking I-5 to the No Kings rally, you might wanna leave now. In order to disrupt our protests, they’re shutting parts of it down. meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

meidasnews.com

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21h

Where users face threats to their privacy and security online, EFF’s technology tools are there to defend them. www.eff.org/tools

Tools from EFF's Tech Team

EFF’s team of technologists and computer scientists engineers solutions to the problems of sneaky tracking, inconsistent encryption, and more. Where users face threats to their privacy and security

www.eff.org

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