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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

How Chicago managed to defeat Stephen Miller's propaganda, at least so far.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlv...

Stephen Miller's Fever Dreams

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 52m

Paging @askaubry.com

Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 57m

meant to reply to you but replied to @democrats.org instead

I think someone hit send on a draft.

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 58m

Agreed. Guessing there was a "hit send" on a draft.

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 1h

That dude sets off every "creeper-warning" hair on the back of my neck.

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 1h

No DNC-bashing from me. But I'll admit I smiled over my coffee and thought "So they're finally catching up to @charlesgaba.com." Lol.

Democrats @democrats.org · 1h

Bad actors are seeking to exploit grassroots donors and undermine Democratic candidates and organizations.

The DNC is proud to be leading the fight against scam PACs.

DNC Chair Ken Martin speaks into a microphone at a DNC event, with the headline "BREAKING: DNC ramps up scam PAC crackdown to protect grassroots donors"

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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U.S. Representative Al Green @algreen.house.gov · 1h

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

The Houston Chronicle article below, titled “Texas troops were sent to Chicago on a lie. Bring them home, Abbott,” speaks for itself.

You can access the article by clicking the link here: www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

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Virginia Democrats @vademocrats.bsky.social · 1h

Here’s the truth — Trump’s tariffs are expected to raise costs for Virginia families by as much as $2,300 this year alone. Winsome Earle-Sears called these tariffs “good” and “to our benefit.” Really?
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/13/c...

From bananas to toys, these 5 charts show how much costs have risen since Trump's tariffs went into effect

Since Trump’s tariffs took effect in April, inflation has been showing up in categories that rarely see big swings.

www.cnbc.com

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PoPville @popville.bsky.social · 1h

DC Represent. Dunbar Represent. Very cool: www.popville.com/2025/10/dunb...

Dunbar High School Army JROTC Helping Out Honor Flight Network During Federal Shutdown! - PoPville

Thanks to G. for sharing from the Honor Flight Network: "With the government shut down, the Joint Service Color Guard is not available to post colors for our Honor Flight hubs. But the Dunbar High Sch...

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1h

I don't understand why the coverage of this incident gives credence to the claim that the Congressman needs law enforcement to get to the bottom of this. The American flag desecrated with a swastika was in his employee's cubicle! In view of his employee!

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

American Flag With Swastika Is Found in Republican Congressman’s Office

www.nytimes.com

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 2h

Go Angel!

eve’s law @blueve.bsky.social · 18h

angel reese @ the victoria secret fashion show #vsfs2025

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 2h

Democrats are right to insist health care is a human right, but when MAGA claims Democrats want to give healthcare to "illegal immigrants" Democrats should respond by asking the GOP if they're arguing to repeal the law signed in 1980 by Reagan stating anyone who shows up in an ER must be treated.

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Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social · 6h

We are interesting times. Clashes broke out in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes during a rally by protesters denouncing decades of POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL NEGLECT - a fight over the quality of air, water, and soil – l love it!

Clashes break out in southern Tunisia as protest over pollution turns violent | Africanews

Clashes broke out in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes on Wednesday during a rally by protesters denouncing decades of pollution and environmental neglect.

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Harry will have all the fun then @brewerelac.bsky.social · 6h

#SussexSquad

Every one of us who clicks on a headline about Meghan’s luggage while ignoring Giuffre’s story is complicit in the erasure of survivor testimony.

NEW:
The Real Brass Neck: Prince Andrew Roams Free While Meghan Faces Tabloid Trial

The Real Brass Neck: Prince Andrew Roams Free While Meghan Faces Tabloid Trial

October 2025 In a week when Virginia Giuffre’s memoir Nobody’s Girl was published, detailing how Prince Andrew allegedly treated sex with her as his “birthright”, the British press has responded no…

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Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 1d

They don’t try to hide it anymore

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22h

some colleagues have suggested to me that shame is irrelevant because the people on the "other side" don't know or care what "we" (on whatever "this side") think of them. I have...not gotten that impression

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 23h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 13h

So this Toronto v Seattle game... four field goals and a safety?

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 14h

Chicago news media has been excellent. Bill is right, CST/WBEZ have done stellar work, but it’s pretty much all of them: The Tribune, Block Club Chicago, the local TV affiliates, local independent journalists, even some of the Chicago bureaus of nat’l media.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14h

Related: The Chicago Sun-Times, in its partnership with WBEZ, is doing stellar work right now.

Including this piece about the downstream effects of ICE enforcement on stuff like apartment rents and maintenance

chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/...

The fear among residents and workers, both documented and undocumented, is palpable, he said. Residents are scared to open their doors for maintenance workers, and it has become harder to schedule repairs with his work force.
Other property managers and owners said workers are not showing up at job sites - frightened by ICE — and it's causing delays on building repairs and maintenance. Some residents are not able to pay rent on time as they are holed up at home, too afraid to go to work with federal agents popping up throughout the city.
This adds to the already rising business costs for building owners and managers, some who say they are eating the increased expenses connected to ICE raids. But if the enforcement activity continues into the busy spring moving season, property managers and owners like Warren said they may have to increase rents to recoup some of their costs.
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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 13h

I'm venturing a guess that we all know what he found...um... threatening.

Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 13h

Ohhhh I remember this movie! Picked it out randomly at Blockbuster when the movies we wanted were already rented. Loved it.

Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 1d

Diva (1981) Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix. Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and a philosopher all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French thriller.

Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 14h

I'm so sorry :(

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22h

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 20h

🚨IRS, FBI, Federal Marshals, MPD, DEA, ICE, HLS, and ATF here to “investigate” this woman. Suspicious for being black? The regime has made their white supremacism clear. The time for us to reject it is NOW!

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Democrats @democrats.org · 16h

Swear her in. Release the files.

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