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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 1h

They tear gassed 13 Chicago police officers. Please watch this footage of federal officers throwing tear gas canisters into crowds of people who are simply observing and recording on their phones. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

www.nytimes.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 4h

It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 10h

Here is the Vice President defending adults who said they love Hitler, want to rape their enemies, put their political opponents in gas chambers, and that Black people are monkeys. Just to name a few.

Are these those Christian values JD Vance talks about?

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 10h

So like… can I call them Nazis now?

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NPR @npr.org · 4h

The Supreme Court on Wednesday hears a case that could strike down the last major part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that remains standing. n.pr/4n3yejC

Supreme Court hears case that questions major plank of voting rights

The Supreme Court on Wednesday hears a case that could strike down the last major part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that remains standing.

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 6h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

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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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 14h

Another reminder that this is a violation of the consent decree and a court order. They do not care.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 19h

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 8h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 3h

Imagine the New York Times front page if some rando Dem in rural New Mexico said "I love Osama"

There are zero stories about Kansas Republicans exchanging racist and klan notes. Note that the Texas GOP chair also said similar stuff

The Republican Party are proud nazis. We ignore it at our peril

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Texas Krusty @texaskrusty.bsky.social · 12h

For some reason, this ‘Young Republicans discovered to be total racists’ makes me think of this classic.

theonion.com/why-do-all-t...

Why Do All These Homosexuals Keep Sucking My Cock?

Look, I’m not a hateful person or anything–I believe we should all live and let live. But lately, I’ve been having a real problem with these homosexuals. You see, just about wherever I go these days, ...

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RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 13h

No one can say no to being my friend

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 13h

If I have to use the cat to promote public scholarly resources, I will.

Biscuits lives for public scholarship. She loves when you get your work and voice out there. She loves it more than sleeping on her back like a little freak while looking up to you for sharing your expertise with the world.

A mackerel tabby cat lying on her back on the carpet with white paws and belly face up.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 13h

oh good I was worried the utterly unearned Vanity Fair editor job was all she got for violating the most basic rules of journalism

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 13h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 13h

Journalists should ask every Republican they encounter whether they consider the things said by these Young Republicans to be deplorable.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 15h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 21h

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

no surprise here, jd vance has a vested interest in being able to be an open nazi in american politics

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 15h

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 15h

every ruling out of chicago is like, "federal judge rules ICE agents cannot desecrate graves; must not deploy nuclear weapons against journalists and faith leaders."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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cta @chicagocta.bsky.social · 14h

Launched last year by the Chicago Department of Transportation and the Department of Finance, the Smart Streets pilot program uses camera technology on City vehicles – and now CTA buses – to enforce parking and standing violations in bus and bike lanes and bus stops.

Starting October 15, the City of Chicago will use camera technology installed on CTA buses to issue warnings via mail to vehicles parked in bus lanes, bike lanes, and bus stops. All images will be reviewed by enforcement personnel before warnings are issued.

Following this 30-day warning period, fines will be issued to vehicles parked illegally in bus lanes, bus stops, and bike lanes.

Help us keep transportation in Chicago safe, reliable, and accessible for all!
Learn more at Chicago.gov/SmartStreets

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R. Eric VanNewkirk @sotsogm.bsky.social · 14h

Your regular reminder that what's behind the saying "a few rotten apples" isn't that a few rotten apples in a barrel is a small problem, it's that rotting apples generate chemicals that trigger identical reactions in adjacent apples, quickly spoiling the entire barrel.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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David Austin Walsh @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social · 16h

If only someone had written a book warning about this…

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 20h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 15h

At this point I assume they are all a danger to women

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16h

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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