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The Red-Headed Strangler @emmaberquist.bsky.social · 1d

lol

protest sign that reads Ice Can’t Get Pussy

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Blue Texas @turntexasblue.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings-Austin,TX

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Robert @gurblegooch.bsky.social · 1d

If he learns to channel his chakra, it'll definitely happen.

a cartoon character is holding a blue ball in his hands with the letter n on his chest

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

WHOA. The AP reports that in the latest strike on a boat alleged to be carrying drug smugglers (which has never been proven), there were actually survivors, and they've been rescued.

The Pentagon has yet to formally acknowledge they have survivors in custody.
apnews.com/article/vene...

US has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP sources say

The U.S. has seized survivors after a strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since President Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region this summer.

apnews.com

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Robert @gurblegooch.bsky.social · 2d

Unicron would be proud.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 3d

Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer. That includes four who were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 4d

Battle.net workers unionize as Microsoft neutrality agreement expires
aftermath.site/battle-net-wor...

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 3d

if you want AI to do everything for you then...what the fuck are you

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 3d

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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LegalEagle @legaleagle.tv · 4d

Uhhhh, given that the government is shut down and the yearly appropriations have expired, does anyone know where the funds for the Argentina bailout are coming from?

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

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 4d

Spent all day reading briefs in Louisiana v. Callais and watching white people argue that the 14th amendment is a race-neutral colorblind amendment and citing Plessy for that proposition has me so angry. Just.. come the fuck on.

The Reconstruction Amendments were not intended to be race-neutral.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 5d

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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Robert @gurblegooch.bsky.social · 4d

This might honestly get posted by CBS News.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 5d

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

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BORDER PATROC
ICE AGENTS KILL DOG
DURING UNLAWFUL SEARCH, REFUSE TO RENDER AID, AND LEAVE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES

weratedogs This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE.
Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: 45,000 health care workers just launched the biggest strike of the year.

Workers at Kaiser Permanente on the West Coast and in Hawaii have walked out to secure a contract.

These essential workers are fighting for patient care, good wages, and decent staffing.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Dave Wiskus @dwisk.us · 6d

TIL Nebula is bigger than The Free Press. If anyone wants to put me in charge of facts at a global media corporation hmu

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Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Robert @gurblegooch.bsky.social · 6d

"Mac Finds His Pride" hooooboy I never thought I'd shed tears to this stupid stupid show.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 7d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 8d

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star known for films like “Annie Hall” and “The Godfather,” has died at 79. People Magazine reported her death on Saturday in California, citing a family...

Reports: Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 79

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star known for films like “Annie Hall” and “The Godfather,” has died at 79. People Magazine reported her death on Saturday in California, citing a family...

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Robert @gurblegooch.bsky.social · 9d

I know a transphobe hates to see these moves.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 10d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Robert @gurblegooch.bsky.social · 10d

I'm late to this but this goober always makes me smile.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 11d

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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