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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2h

Dear media,
1/ ICE consistently lies about its violence toward people in Chicago, with its initial accounts later disproven.
2/ When protesters shout at ICE agents to get out of their neighborhood and ICE tear-gasses them and throws them to the ground, that's not a "clash" – that's ICE violence.

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madoccassia @madoccassia.bsky.social · 5m

God hates a liar.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15m

Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.

Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.

So much for America First.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 49m

Ooh! Happy THE WORKS OF VERMIN day to those who celebrate, which should be everybody. I got to read this as an ARC *ages* ago and I've been excited to push it one everyone -- it has bugs who love opera and weaponized perfume and just gooey wonderfulness.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 2h

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1h

Someone needs to do a roundup article on "Charlie Kirk censorship" because there's so much repression of free speech for anyone who had anything irreverent to say about him. From Jimmy Kimmel to these immigrants www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

U.S. Says It Revoked Visas of Some People Who Criticized Charlie Kirk

www.nytimes.com

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 1h

Good afternoon to everyone but especially Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, who argued her heart out today in an effort to stop the Supreme Court from destroying the Voting Rights Act.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1h

"Everything they do is extremely violent."

Greta Thunberg on Israel:

Excerpt of greta thunberg article in link below

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1h

Having known Fenway Health and its clientele for a great many years, this shocks and saddens me. I feel so badly for younger transgender Americans who are being scapegoated and punished by this administration.

cleverhandles.bsky.social @cleverhandles.bsky.social · 5h

Fenway Health is canceling its gender affirming care program for minors. People uprooted their lives and moved states to come to places like this, and it feels like no one cares even half as much about thing like this as they did literally anything else last year.

fenwayhealth.org/press/

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1h

Today’s newsletter is unlocked for all to read.

I wrote about political reporting on young Republicans and my online experiences with the same kind of men.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1h

The truth about young right-wing men in America.

Losing My Perspicacity, October 15, 2025

The truth about young right-wing men in America

losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 2h

Check out our full page ads in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and more than 185 local newspapers throughout the country!

Our new $1 million campaign calls on Americans to stand up to Trump and peacefully protest at Saturday's No Kings rallies. @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 4h

Los Angeles has just declared a state of emergency.

Not because of wildfires. Not because of riots. But because of an invasion by federal government troops.

We can see where this is going.

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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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

Regarding past rallies Indivisible has organized, such as the “Hands Off” rallies that took place in all fifty states in April, co-executive director Ezra Levin said: “It was far larger than January 6th, and there was no violence. None.” www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-r...

‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray

Why GOP lawmakers are spreading fear about the upcoming rally.

www.thebulwark.com

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 15h

Your moment of calm: A white-tailed kite hunting above the Tomales Bay Trail, near Point Reyes Station.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 18h

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

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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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 8d

Very cool:

The shallow recesses in these Roman wooden tablets were filled with wax, and a stylus was used to inscribe writing into the wax. Once the written information had been conveyed, they were reused.

www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/roma...

Roman writing tablets discovered in ancient wells

Archaeologists from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) have discovered a rare collection of wooden writing tablets dating from the Roman period. - HeritageDaily - Ar...

www.heritagedaily.com

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 12h

The majority of the country couldn't be bothered to vaccinate annually but they're looking at disabled people masking like we're the problem?

Nah, bud. I don't have patience for it anymore.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12h

Portland-based streamer Brooks Brown and a few of his friends created Operation Inflation, an organization providing puff-up costumes to those protesting the crackdown by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

How inflatable frog suits became the protest fashion statement of the year

Costumes have been worn as political symbols for decades, but animal outfits have become especially popular at anti-ICE demonstrations in Portland, Oregon.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Southern Gothic @thesuburbanthug.bsky.social · 23h

Yall keep praying to God and she keep telling us to get in the field.

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 11h

If you're scared and want to hide, please hear this:

If you're scared and want to hide, please hear this.

YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 12h

If you're a wealthy white dude in a blue state emotion-vomiting all over your large platform warning people of "blood in the streets" and making a string of crash out vids about No Kings, I don't care if we're friends, we are gonna have words. Stop doing the fascists' work for them. Buck up.

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 13h

Governor Newsom’s Press Office is relentless lol

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14h

my Aunt Kathleen, who passed away last February, was a lifelong Crafts Person and a Catholic fundraiser party hostess practically from the cradle. for the last decade she precision-targeted that energy toward pro-choice women Democrats in small-town NC. she was worth 100 dirtbag online leftbros

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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 14h

As some Palestinian families are able to begin the journey home, WCK is with them every step of the way. Ayham and Ahmad, two WCK #ChefsForGaza team members, distribute food, bread, and ingredients to families returning to their homes in Khan Younis. We're here to make sure families have meals.

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