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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 47m

Brave woman. Good for her.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2h

Shout out to the Naked Bikeride who today ran hundreds of naked people directly through the line of federal officers and effectively blocked them from assaulting demonstrators. Being naked on a bike goes on the list of effective tactics if you get at least 500 of them and the city loves you.

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 5h

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown.

Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 55m

BREAKING: Israel says Hamas has handed over the first seven living hostages to the Red Cross as part of the Gaza ceasefire. Follow AP's live updates.

Live updates: Israel prepares to welcome hostages from Gaza as ceasefire holds

Israelis on Monday prepared to welcome home the last living hostages from Gaza, as Palestinians awaited the release of hundreds of prisoners held by Israel.

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Neon Chinchilla @neonchinchilla.bsky.social · 3h

Donald- So I just admit that I was wrong and I get to go into heaven?

Jesus- Yes my child. I paid the price for your sins when I died on the cross

Donald- But I have to admit I was wrong?

Jesus- Yes my child.

Donald- I like messiahs who weren't crucified.

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NPR @npr.org · 8h

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah I tried not to make fun of them. They aren’t the ICE thugs who volunteered to be monsters. But it’s very freaking amusing that some jokes got to our lethal WARfighter commander.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 6h

MAGA is upset at Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 5h

I hope someone can help her

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 6h

It’s amazing watching so many people choose the wrong side of history while history is happening all around us

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6h

“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.

Portland cyclists strip down in pouring rain to protest ICE facility and Trump troop deployment

“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.

www.oregonlive.com

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 9h

How much money do you think DHS has expended so far on punishing this one man

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 10h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 6h

Reposting for visibility

Kat Stuart @luckykatstuart.bsky.social · 6h

Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.

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Kat Stuart @luckykatstuart.bsky.social · 6h

Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 6h

When you come for the work wear guy, best not miss.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 6h

This is a guy who set up a make up room for his TV hits

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 6h

I haven’t had it at the Senate but I’ve made the recipe and it’s pretty bland.

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Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 10h

Murders per 100k residents:
* Houston 19.0
* Dallas 16.6
* San Antonio 15.9
* Ft. Worth 10.8
* NYC 4.6

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 6h

A Portland legend is born www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

‘I’ve definitely had spicier tamales,’ says Portland ICE protest frog that got pepper sprayed by federal agents

The 24-year-old talks about the spray, the viral video and why he’s protesting.

www.oregonlive.com

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 6h

The Texas Gravy Seals jokes embarrassed Hegseth.

🎃 Trick or Pete 🎃 Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 7h

After commenters deriding the appearance of TX NG troops made photos of their deployment to Chicago go viral, the Texas Military Department quietly recalled and replaced them

For their appearance.

They didn’t send the Guard to serve.
They sent them to be seen.

taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

taskandpurpose.com

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 7h

Oh that’s true everywhere. I try to stay within metropolises

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 7h

Every day it gets worse.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 8h

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...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 8h

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...

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 7h

Promise?

New York Post @nypost.com · 10h

NYPD cops will flee the force if Mamdani is elected, Ray Kelly warns

"He is a problem. He is antisemitic. He is someone who has a lot of crazy ideas," Kelly told Cats, describing the NYPD as a "target" for Mamdani.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 7h

I didn’t listen to the clip. Did someone ask him about it? I assume someone asked him

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