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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 1h

@stevebenen.com @maddowblog.msnbc.com
"Vance might not see systemic Republican bigotry as a 'real' issue, but that says more about the vice president than it does about those taking the controversy seriously."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

JD Vance doubles down, pushes ridiculous defense of racist Republican group chat

The vice president’s initial rhetoric about a disgusting GOP group chat was misguided. His follow-up remarks made matters far worse.

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 2h

Integrity.

Marine Colonel who served 24 years under 5 presidents leaves the service because of Trump. Military "should be confident in questioning possibly immoral or illegal orders, remembering they are responsible for their own actions."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | I resigned from the military because of Trump

I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution.

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 2h

Integrity.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out of the Pentagon rather than comply with its restrictive policies.

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 2h

The revenge tour continues. In front of his top DOJ team, Trump targets Jack Smith, whom he calls "deranged" and "a criminal"; Andrew Weissman, "a bad guy"; former Deputy AG Lisa Monaco, "a puppet." Trump vowed to go after the "scum" who once investigated him.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Names More Foes He Wants Prosecuted as Bondi and Patel Look On

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 2h

He does extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean. Now he's threatening to kill people in Gaza: "President Donald Trump on Thursday warned Hamas 'we will have no choice but to go in and kill them' if internal bloodshed persists in Gaza."

No choice? Really?
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Trump warns Hamas 'we will have no choice but to go in and kill them' if bloodshed persists in Gaza

President Donald Trump is warning Hamas “we will have no choice but to go in and kill them” if internal bloodshed persists in Gaza.

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 3h

“If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.”
Not true. More than 170 citizens have been taken into ICE custody; many kicked, dragged...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...

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...

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 3h

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 4h

What does it mean that someone doesn't "look American"?
"ICE determined she was an undocumented immigrant because she didn’t “look like” a Greeley. Greeley, who was born in Illinois, is Latina and adopted. She had her U.S. passport on her when she was detained."
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ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

newrepublic.com

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 4h

"U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said she was a “little startled” after seeing TV images of clashes between agents and the public during the administration’s immigration crackdown."

“I live in Chicago if folks haven’t noticed,” she said. “And I’m not blind, right?”
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Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says

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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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 4h

@jefftiedrich.bsky.social
"predictably, the worst people in the world are panicking over No Kings Day. the fascists don’t to want to see We the People united against their agenda. fascists win by tricking you into thinking they’re invincible..."
www.jefftiedrich.com/p/lets-talk-...

let’s talk about who really hates America

the fascists and oligarchs are terrified of No Kings Day

www.jefftiedrich.com

Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 17h

How it’s done.

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

Solidarity is the only way

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 17h

NBC News eliminated its teams dedicated to covering issues affecting Black, Asian American, Latino and LGBTQ+ groups as part of its layoffs of about 150 staffers, a significant culling as the Peacock network separates from its sister news network, MSNBC.

www.thewrap.com/nbc-news-lay...

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 19h

Hmmm…. A president contrives a fake war to divert attention away from a sexual scandal. I’ve seen this movie before.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 22h

First-hand account of Epstein and Maxwell grooming and then trafficking the late Virginia Giuffre in @theguardian.com. Trigger alert: candid descriptions of sexual exploitation.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

"A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plans to lay off thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown, siding with unions, which have argued that the dismissals were illegal."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Judge orders Trump administration to pause shutdown layoffs

Unions have sued to block dismissals during the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Huh? New head of IRS (and simultaneously of Social Security Admin) will have the title CEO?
"The move to name Bisignano CEO, a title that hasn’t previously existed at the IRS, appears to be designed to avoid 'a potentially lengthy Senate confirmation process'"
www.cfobrew.com/stories/2025...

The IRS now has a…CEO?

The top spot merry-go-round continues at the tax agency.

www.cfobrew.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

This is straight up white nationalist talking points posted by the DHS.

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

ICE grabs a Portland protester for saying mean things about them...

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

@jefftiedrich.bsky.social
"let’s imagine that three or four of Donny’s remaining synapses fire at random, and a thought forms inside his head. is it a coherent thought? is it appropriate to the moment? ‘tra la la la who gives a fuck,’"
www.jefftiedrich.com/p/double-sho...

double shocker! Donny’s brain is pudding and young Republicans are racist

scenes from a batshit Tuesday

www.jefftiedrich.com

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Boboloca @boboloca.bsky.social · 1d

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

@deanobeidallah.bsky.social
"If anyone was holding out hope that the younger generation of Republicans could save the party from continuing down the path of white supremacy, hate and fascism, you can stop hoping.
open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...

Young GOP leaders racist, fascist, anti-Semitic and sexist messages are vile--but perfectly sum up MAGA

The future of the GOP on parade

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

The stupid. It burns.

Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, which was searched months before Smith was appointed.

Just as Trump demands answers as to why Biden put 200+ FBI at the Capitol on Jan 6, when Trump was president.

Can't they read a calendar!?

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Young Republican leaders on Telegram referred to Black people as monkeys and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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