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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 1m

Deleted that post because I shouldn't be clogging up someone else's replies.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 13m

One thing that’s probably getting overlooked here is: these folks are serious about this stuff.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 8h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 17m

“Federal agents chased a car through a residential neighborhood on the Southeast Side of Chicago Tuesday, and then intentionally crashed into the car in a risky manuever restricted by some police departments nationwide.”

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 11m

#RapeCulture

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4h

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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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 3h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16m

And Mr. Vazquez deserves a Pulitzer.

Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 3h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 2h

I am the man. I suffered,
I was there.
-Whitman

In Baldwin’s hand, cover page for the manuscript of Giovanni’s Room
#everynightapoem

GIOVANNI'S ROOM
novel
by James Baldwin

I am the man. I suffered,
I was there.
Whitman.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 44m

This is why I got so mad about that person telling me what to do with my time and limited capacity before. For one, it's easier to make someone mad when they're in pain. For another, people in chronic pain who are showing up as much as they can don't need to be told to do more or what to prioritize.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 2h

FOR THE LOVE OF PETE

HE IS A WHITE WORKING CLASS MILITARY VET

with a stunningly sharp media package

They can’t update their website with a plan but they can kick the knees out fo somebody whose making waves form someone older than my momma !

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 11h

The Dem establishment appears to be putting its thumb hard on the scales against Graham Platner:

The DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) has formed a joint fundraising committee with the campaign of Janet Mills.

It’s called “Maine Senate Victory 2026”:

docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
HOME / CAMPAIGN FINANCE DATA / COMMITTEE DETAILS / HTML VIEWER
FEC FORM 1
STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION
FILING FEC-1919061
1. Maine Senate Victory 2026
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Email: compliance@dscc.org;anderson@dscc.org
2. Date: 10/14/2025
3. FEC Committee ID #: C00923177
This committee collects contributions, pays fundraising expenses and disburses net proceeds for two or more political
committees/organizations, at least one of which is an authorized committee of a federal candidate.
Committees Participating in Joint Fundraiser
Joint Fund Participant(s)
1. Mills for Maine,
Committee Id: C00923144
Committee Type: Senate
2. DSCC,
Committee Id: C00042366
Committee Type: Unauthorized
Affiliated Committees/Organizations
NONE
Custodian of Records:
Connor Reilly
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Title: Custodian of Records
Treasurer:
Evan Clary
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone # (202) 224-2447
Designated Agent(s):
Tristan Anderson
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Title: Assistant Treasurer
Banks or Depositories
Amalgamated Bank
1825 K St NW
Washington, DC 20006
Signed: Evan Clary
Date Signed: 10/14/2025
(End FEC FORM 1)

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 1h

Currently a small group of protesters including a green alien, and an pink axolotl, are on Lexington and 25th to see if the fence will be removed tonight.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 32m

Fascism is such a fundamental attack on wonder and the human imagination and I think everyone should have the opportunity to let their imagination wonder as it wanders — doesn’t matter what you do for a living. Your mind matters! Your relationship with the universe is meaningful!

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 33m

One of the terrible things about the conservative elites’ attacks on higher education is that they are giving their constituents the impression that the universe isn’t big, complicated, and fascinating — that it really does take this many people to work out how even a small fraction of it works

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 3h

more detailed story in the @oregonian.com

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

www.oregonlive.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 3h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 3h

Awesome! Universal healthcare would also be awesome!

THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 3h

NEW: In a rare appearance alongside mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Tuesday, in the Queens Assembly district he represents, Gov. Kathy Hochul backed the Democratic nominee’s campaign pledge of rolling out universal child care.

buff.ly/j60StqW

In Rare Joint Appearance, Hochul Backs Mamdani's Push for Universal Child Care

The governor acknowledged their differences, but said in a visit to Mamdani’s district that she has “found an ally” in making New York more affordable.

www.thecity.nyc

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Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social · 3h

Have you ever gotten to feed a giraffe? 🦒

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Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 3h

I just got a mailer for Frey touting this program *today*.

Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 3h

You may have seen an ad from Mayor Frey in the last month lifting up Minneapolis’s Stable Homes, Stable Schools program.

What you probably didn’t know is that he’s actively defunding it.

It turns out, the Mayor’s 2026 budget sends the program over a “fiscal cliff.”

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 3h

👀 WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE FOLKS

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 13h

Miss Major was known as many things in her community — a caretaker for other Black trans women, a defender of the homeless and the incarcerated, and a Stonewall veteran who did not want the past to be used as an excuse for inaction.

Read our full obituary here:

Legendary transgender activist Miss Major dies at 78

Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights.

19thnews.org

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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"All Media School and IU students, faculty and staff
should be scared by this blatant attack on someone
standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief
Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said in a statement.
Read more: bit.ly/43ebKW1
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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4h

www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

www.wired.com

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Lu Ka-Yun Dawkins| Indie Animator @crashtako.bsky.social · 4h

Keep making queer art 🏳️‍⚧️✨❤️

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 4h

People, “indigenous Europeans” is nazi BS. Stop mansplaining this shit to me like it’s a real thing. There are indigenous groups in Europe like the Sami, but that is not what these nazi fucks mean.

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