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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 6h

This was never going to be about "getting rid of the worst of the worst". they're using the potential aspects of "foreignness" as a pretext for explicit government harassment/profiling...I doubt they're going to ask who's from England or South Africa.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7h

Reggie Williams was walking to a corner store when armed authorities aggressively asked him if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana, he said

He and other Black Memphis residents have been reporting harassment by Trump’s police task force: "I don't feel safe"

“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force

A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

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Jen🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jen.sheshed.rocks · 13h

"When all are tired, cold, and hungry at the end of the day, it is the leader who puts aside his personal discomfort to look to the needs of his soldiers."

General George Catlett Marshall, Jr 🇺🇸
#SheShed

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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net · 4h

I just finished phonebanking.
I made a lot of calls and only got called a communist once.
I convinced three people to vote who had given up, and weren't going to vote.

kermit the frog is talking on a phone

Alt: kermit the frog talking on a phone

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🍁Dr.John E. Rock @johnerock.bsky.social · 4h

Do you have a criminal record? Come work for the US Government, you will fit in like no job you've ever had before

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 23h

👺george santos: after fabricating his life story, stealing donor funds, pleading guilty to fraud & identity theft-now works for the doj🇺🇸🤬

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 4h

(🚨) NEW at PROOF: It is 8PM the night before Election Day, and *this* is the breaking news the whole world should be talking about.

BREAKING NEWS: Trump’s Involvement in An Apparent Obama Assassination Plot Was Just Discovered—Then Systematically Covered Up

As America heads to the polls in early November, this would seem to be the biggest legal and political scandal US media is by and large doing nothing to draw voters’ attention to. Proof has the story.

sethabramson.substack.com

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Freestatefemale @freestatefemale.bsky.social · 4h

If you had read what he wrote, he told you how to access it without paying. But you would rather be an asshole.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

When I read the full transcript of the interview, I realized there had been no pushback, no corrections, no challenging follow-ups. The entire interview had been an open-ended opportunity for Trump to tell rambling lies, only to have them cleaned up into a more polished product.

60 Minutes Obeys in Advance

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Freestatefemale @freestatefemale.bsky.social · 5h

Because none of this new state owned media would allow any of their reporters to attend.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6h

10/ So bottom line: 8 months after Trump starts a massive trade war with China:

- U.S. factory jobs declining
- U.S. families paying thousands for tariffs
- China makes not a single concession
- The world watches Xi bully Trump into surrender

Awesome.

Opinion | Trump Lost the Trade War to China

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6h

9/ What isn't part of Trump's "deal" with China. No commitments from Xi to stop financing Russia's war against Ukraine. No protections for Taiwan. No restrictions on China's export of fentanyl ingredients.

China keeps getting away with murder.

Russia looks to cosy up with China after Trump’s meeting with Xi

Russian officials appeared eager to reafiirm Moscow's alliance with China following President Donald Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping last week.

www.cnbc.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6h

8/ Why? Maybe because chip maker Nvidia's CEO paid Trump $1 million for a private meeting and made a HUGE donation to help build the ballroom. Now Trump says he's open to helping China get access to Nvidia's chips - which Biden wouldn't sell to China.

Nvidia's Huang joins tech titans funding Trump's ballroom

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang donated to fund the construction of U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, he told reporters, joining other tech leaders supporting the proje...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6h

7/ But IT GETS WORSE (and here comes the corruption story).

As a sweetener, Trump tells Xi he might lift export restrictions on selling China the most advanced AI microchips.

This would be a disaster, allowing China to catch us in the AI race.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6h

It's been a few days since Trump announced his "deal" with Xi. It's now clear that Trump got fleeced. America gave up lots and got nothing.

It's a story you should know bc few things matter more than the U.S.-China relationship.

1/ So here's a🧵

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 6h

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h

"It means his heart is failing."

How does something that doesn't exist fail?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

NEW: Are we a step closer to seeing Volume II of Jack Smith's final report? My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-step-clo...

A Step Closer to the Release of Volume II of Jack Smith's Final Report

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals tells Judge Cannon to fish or cut bait on the 8 month old motion to release Volume II.

www.muellershewrote.com

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 9h

Can we all agree that when a president pardons a guy who was convicted for financing terrorists, and then says he didn't know the guy but "I was told" to pardon him, the follow question MUST be "Who told you to pardon him?" But CBS never asked: who is making decisions in the White House? 1/

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9h

Teen Vogue did some great journalism around immigration detention and enforcement. Sounds like corporate has now killed that off.

The media landscape shrinks even further.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 9h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 9h

Y’all acting like you’ve never seen a 79 year-old drug addict who spent decades assaulting under age girls, throw some half-naked chics in a martini glass at his Palm Beach resort while he steals SNAP benefits from 42 million folks and sends soldiers into American cities before?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

"exododus"

The New York Post: Come for the shameless propaganda, stay for the embarrassing illiteracy.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @deadder.bsky.social )

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 8h

This is deeply sad, journalistically. Teen Vogue has done much brave political coverage in an age when few outlets are willing.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 9h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 8h

It is damning that it took a court order for Trump to act on SNAP during Republicans' govt shutdown.

And he is still only funding partial benefits for families who need food assistance.

Trump must FULLY fund SNAP benefits and Republicans should end this shameful shutdown NOW.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h

Breaking News: The Trump administration will send only partial payments this month to the millions who receive food stamps, as the shutdown continues.