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jfbass.bsky.social @jfbass.bsky.social · 5h

Truth

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 7h

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CatCmdr1 @catcmdr1.bsky.social · 5h

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Band’s clarinet player speaks out after her federal arrest

YouTube video by The Oregonian

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

> @wsj.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

New in PN: Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"I’ve been taking images that are nowhere near this one conflict driveway — ones of puppies & kids playing, & families having picnics — b/c the idea that Portland is burned down & a war zone is just preposterous" — @timdickinson.bsky.social

Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"It would be funny if it wasn’t so f**king serious," Tim Dickinson says.

www.publicnotice.co

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jfbass.bsky.social @jfbass.bsky.social · 5h

This 👇👇👇 fascism has come to America.

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 6h

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

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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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 20h

I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 7h

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Baron @333baron.bsky.social · 5h

Truth right here !!!

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Forbes @forbes.com · Sep 9

ICE is using a controversial spy tool to locate smartphones, court records show.

How ICE Is Using Fake Cell Towers To Spy On People’s Phones

ICE is using a controversial spy tool to locate smartphones, court records show.

www.forbes.com

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jfbass.bsky.social @jfbass.bsky.social · 5h

This should be front page news

CREW @citizensforethics.org · 6h

282 former DOJ officials signed a letter sounding the alarm about "this administration’s degradation of DOJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it."

The fact that hundreds felt compelled to say this speaks volumes.

Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm'

Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."

www.msnbc.com

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 6h

282 former DOJ officials signed a letter sounding the alarm about "this administration’s degradation of DOJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it."

The fact that hundreds felt compelled to say this speaks volumes.

Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm'

Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."

www.msnbc.com

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SDK_Resists @sdk-resists.bsky.social · 1d

👇🤨👍

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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 1d

Folks whatever you do, do not buy your safety whistles from U LINE

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jfbass.bsky.social @jfbass.bsky.social · 5h

No kidding!

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 8h

Well, Senator Thune, if you don’t trust the judgment of the HHS Secretary, why should the rest of us have to put up with him?

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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 1d

And anyone who tells you otherwise is not normal.

KINDNESS IS NORMAL.
HUMANITY IS NORMAL
COMPASSION IS NORMAL.
EMPATHY IS NORMAL.
DECENCY IS NORMAL.
INTEGRITY IS NORMAL.
MORALITY IS NORMAL.
GOODNESS IS NORMAL.
HATING ICE IS NORMAL.

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🦋❄️🍁Baron🍁❄️🦋 @baron333.bsky.social · 5h

Seriously America !!!!!

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 6h

The courts are catching up 👏

‘Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes

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'Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes

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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Tori @toti66.bsky.social · 5h

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The GOP’s Young ‘Leaders’ Aren’t Kids — They’re Adults Praising Hitler

There’s a world of difference between gallows humor and glorifying genocide — one saves your sanity, the other kills your soul.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

Cartoon by wolvertoon.com.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 6h

This reminds me of the civil rights era in Alabama, when federal judge Frank Johnson, in Montgomery, ordered Alabama troopers to protect marchers, after TV footage of police clashes with them. apnews.com/article/chic...

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.

apnews.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 6h

Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally.

Print it.

Put it in a frame.

Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy.

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Antonia 🦋 💙📘🩵Democratic Election Judge, Autism Awareness @antonia2024bsky.bsky.social · 5h

www.palmerreport.com/politics/ame... PsyOps become illegal if the primary intent is to spread terror among the civilian population, including acts or threats of violence, all of which the Trump administration is already in violation.

American PsyOps

Our democracy has been under assault by White Nationalists since the Civil War. The current weapons of choice are executive orders and lawfare, from illegal mass firings and defunding, to weaponizing ...

www.palmerreport.com

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U N D E R T O W @undertowmusic.bsky.social · 1d

He can't live forever. That keeps me going.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

The Supreme Court is on the verge of gutting the Voting Rights Act's equal opportunity protections for minority voters — 12 years after they first rolled back its safeguards against voter suppression.

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