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Kyle Pfannenstiel @pfannyyy.bsky.social · 1d

After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in a raid in Wilder, Idaho, the FBI said no "young" children were.

The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.

FBI backtracks on denying children were zip tied in Idaho raid, saying instead no ‘young’ kids were • Idaho Capital Sun

After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in raid in Wilder, Idaho, FBI says no "young" children were.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

Paging every GOP member of Congress to remedial constitutional literacy class, stat

Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 1d

It flies under the radar because it is overwhelmed by the sheer repulsiveness of the physical destruction of the east wing, but there is no way that a president should be allowed to use private money to change public property. It circumvents the power of the purse.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."

Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Standing with Immigrants
Oct. 21, 2025
My dear brothers and sisters, today I speak to you as your shepherd, but also as a fellow pilgrim who shares the pain of many of our immigrant communities. Families are being torn apart. Children are left in fear, and communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants.
We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with the father who labors in silence to build a better future. We stand with the young person who dreams of safety and a better future. Our parishes and schools will not turn away those who seek comfort, and we will not be silent when dignity is denied in the enforcement of the law, it is essential that we respect the dignity of every human being.
Now I want to say something directly to those immigrants without documents. Most of you have been here for years. You have worked hard. You have raised families. You have contributed to this nation. You have earned our respect. As the Archbishop of Chicago, I will insist that you be treated with dignity. Americans should not forget that we all come from immigrant families.
You are our brothers and sisters. We stand with you.
God bless you all.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 1d

The Obama White House posted a 360 degree tour of the White House that is still up. For folks who never got to see the East Wing before Donald Trump & JD Vance destroyed it, here's a 360 degree view of the East Wing lobby.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Jul 3

Sometimes going to the museum is an escape, and other times

Kiyan Williams, “Ruins of Empire II or The Earth Swallows the Master’s House,” at the Whitney Biennial. A sculpture of the northern facade of the White House, made out of dirt and tilted 15 degrees off its axis, looking like it’s sinking. It is flying an upside-down US flag.

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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 1d

This is from today:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/b...

What Questions Do You Have for The Times’s Top Editor, Joe Kahn?

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 1d

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean
Total reported killed: 34 people
Notification Date Number Reported Killed Approximate Location Notification URL
September 2, 2025 11 “in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago) View
September 15, 2025 3
“in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility”; Colombian president claimed it was a fishing boat in Colombian waters View
September 19, 2025 3 “in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” near the Dominican Republic View
October 3, 2025 4 “in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela” View
October 14, 2025 6 “in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela” View
October 16, 2025 2; 2 reported survivors “in the Caribbean” View
October 17, 2025 3 “in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” View
October 21, 2025 2 “in the Eastern Pacific” View

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

Congress is letting damn near everything happen

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

The president is establishing the principle that he can order the murder of anyone he deems a threat.
And Congress is letting it happen.

USMC Vet M-3-7/MarineBarracks, NAS Alameda 🇺🇦 @usmarinevet.bsky.social · 1d

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

What we have here, in addition to Trump's gaudy, vacuous bric-a-brac he has glued to wall in the Cabinet Room, is our monumentally incompetent SecDef telling the most unhinged president in history about an attack on another civilian small boat, this time in the Pacific.

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John P Dougherty (JD) @jdcshaverford.bsky.social · 1d

Today in the Chronicle of HE:

"A university would never allow unproctored final exams, ..."

This is not the case at my workplace -- it's under debate here now, but the statement is not absolute.

www.chronicle.com/newsletter/t...

John P Dougherty (JD) @jdcshaverford.bsky.social · 1d

I suspect it's less the show and more the crowd vibes, the shared sense of community about ideology and feelings that were once taboo.

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John P Dougherty (JD) @jdcshaverford.bsky.social · 1d

Education of Donald Trump: "Dumbest student ever" share.google/ion13W14kgMj...

Education of Donald Trump: "Dumbest student ever"

Academics share their thoughts throughout the education of Donald Trump, and even more so now that he's the President of the US.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d

🚨 BREAKING: In a 66-48 vote, Republicans in the North Carolina House officially pass their new Trump-approved congressional gerrymander targeting the state’s Black voters. More to come.

Background:

‘Blatant Discrimination’: North Carolina Advances GOP Gerrymander at the Expense of Black Voters

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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John P Dougherty (JD) @jdcshaverford.bsky.social · 1d

Next Watchmen will be banned in Oklahoma ...

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Watchmen (TV Mini Series 2019) ⭐ 8.2 | Crime, Drama, Mystery

1h | TV-MA

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 1d

Oklahoma’s curriculum rules make it so teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists. @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools

Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America Fi...

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John P Dougherty (JD) @jdcshaverford.bsky.social · 1d

"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than LIE with the saints."

- Paraphrasing Billy Joel

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 1d

86% of Christians in the US say that being honest is *essential* to being a Christian. www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

Table showing various traits that U.S. Christians perceive as "essential" to being a Christian. At the top of the list is being honest. The table is based on a May 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 3d

I dedicate this post to the formidable @annabower.bsky.social

Trump yelling at kid mowing lawn meme but about everything being off the record

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 1d

The Department of Religion at Dartmouth College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor of the Hebrew Bible in its Ancient Context.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Pay attention -- what he means is allowing Democrats to win a free and fair election.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."

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John P Dougherty (JD) @jdcshaverford.bsky.social · 1d

Alt-text: federal agents detain Quinn Haberl who is 4 ft 6 in tall and legally blind outside the Portland ICE facility -- Quinn lays on the ground as ice agents in camouflage gear surround Quinn, with one agent holding the white cane.

IMHO, a society is judged by how it treats the most vulnerable.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Blind protester dragged, detained by feds says agents picked 'the weakest person they could find'

John P Dougherty (JD) @jdcshaverford.bsky.social · 1d

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"The Twilight Zone" It's a Good Life (TV Episode 1961) ⭐ 8.6 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

25m | TV-PG

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that Republicans get upset about tearing down confederate monuments, but not demolishing the White House, says a lot.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

NEW: Democrats in the House and Senate announced plans for a wide-ranging investigation into immigration agents’ detention of citizens after a ProPublica story found that more than 170 Americans have been held by immigration officials this year.

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Joint Congressional Investigation Launched in Response to ProPublica’s Revelations on Detained Americans

Senators, House members and even a mayor expressed outrage and demanded accountability after our investigation detailed how at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents this year.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 1d

Warped priorities: 17 NYT news stories on the Louvre jewel heist (so far); 3 NYT news stories on 7 MILLION PEOPLE attending No KIngs Day events (including one on late-night comedians and one on Trump's "brown liquid" video.)

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: “He belongs with her.” I spent yesterday afternoon with Ofelia Torres and her mother, Sandibell, talking about Ruben Torres. Here’s the story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/i...

ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: ‘He belongs with her’

Ofelia Torres has spent almost every day of the past month at Lurie Children’s Hospital, where the 16-year-old Lake View High School student is fighting cancer.

www.chicagotribune.com

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John P Dougherty (JD) @jdcshaverford.bsky.social · 1d

www.inquirer.com/news/marcus-...

Prosecutors hid evidence in 1988 murder case that sent Michael Gaynor to prison, lawyers say

Lawyers filed a petition seeking the release of Michael Gaynor, saying he was wrongfully convicted of killing a 5-year-old in 1988. The petition cited the work of a 2024 Inquirer investigation.

www.inquirer.com