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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · Jul 17

Many of you followed me because my post about adopting Zeppole got a lot of traction, and now, he needs your help!

Zepp needs dental work, including multiple extractions, in order to live his best life. The vet estimated a max cost of $2,300 for this. Donate/share if you can!

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 16h

#OtD 14 Oct 1977 anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant was "pied" by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist. She then began praying and burst into tears. Following a boycott, she lost her job as brand ambassador for Florida orange juice. More LGBT+ history here: workingclasshistory.com/tag/lgbtq/

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 20h

Perhaps the least shocking revelation ever. Young Republicans' secret Telegram chat is full of them trying to out edgelord each other.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 22h

Ok, but he is still trying to deploy the Guard in Chicago and PDX over people in inflatable suits. We’ve seen his characterization of the protests differ from reality and yet, it’s not stopped him. This “don’t give him what he wants” line is tired.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

the claim that protestors are "creating chaos at the expense of" Broadview residents who "lack the protestors’ privilege" to go back to their neighborhoods is v sus

on what basis are you assuming that protestors are ~outside agitators~ and not residents mad about what's going on in their community?

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

I will be including this in a special section in this month's Police Predators. Subscribe to get notified when it's published. blackbanner.ghost.io/tag/police-p...

Police Predators - Black Banner News

A monthly roundup of all the stories I could find about cops that were charged with, convicted of, and/or sentenced for their crimes against minors.

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

His name was Eric Uller. I say was because he made the chickenshit decision to end his own life instead of facing a trial for his despicable actions. Hope he's suffering in Hell.

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Former police dispatcher (and volunteer with the Police Athletic League) cost Santa Monica $229 million for abuse over 200 victims. Just fucking insane.

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Sep 8

Santa Monica poised to declare fiscal emergency; payouts to sex abuse victims cited

The city is mired in a budget crisis and has paid out more than $229 million to settle claims of abuse by a former Santa Monica employee.

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

That’s why umbrellas and leaf blowers are invaluable tools!

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Keep your head on a swivel, too. I recognize that pigs will likely target those trying to put out their munitions but the more of you they are, the less they can focus fire and injure people. You have to find a balance between safety and risk for the greater good i.e. not gassing residents and kids

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

At MINIMUM you should have eye pro and a helmet but it’s also helpful to have a filtration mask, sturdy shoes, pants, gloves, and tools to snuff out tear gas canisters

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Oh that’s rad! I’ll def look into it, been dying to do some cool stuff with printers

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

It’s insane to me that more people aren’t equipped to handle these munitions, considering how long we’ve had blueprints for them. Please bloc up and wear safety gear! Stop going out in t shirts and shorts and flip flops!

Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 1d

And a community that can contains munitions deployed by the secret police.

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 1d

images of National Guard units just standing around w captions like "lol pointless" imo miss the mark on what the troop deployments are intended to do; the goal is for troops to terrorize homeless or protect ICE while they terrorize immigrants, if they're doing nothing, that's still projecting force

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Oh shit I used to volunteer at Omni Commons, didn’t realize they were still doing stuff. I thought they had shut down

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, no! The county library has one but it's unclear which location

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Seinfeld the show is great. Seinfeld the person is a scumbag. Weird choice to make.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

You’re using a pro-genocide pedophile as your pfp

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 4d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

“I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They beat us while we were naked day and night.

Until our last day, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

We couldn’t even sleep. They told me they killed my children.”

- released Palestinian prisoner

Palestinian prisoner Shadi Abu Seed has given a harrowing account of life inside an Israeli prison after his release as part of the ceasefire deal.

“I went hungry for the past two years. I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They kept us naked. They beat us while we were naked day and night. We were tortured,” Abu Seed said.

“Until our last day in Israeli prison, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

“We couldn’t even sleep. They threatened us with our children. They told me they killed my children. They told us that Gaza was destroyed. I arrived here and found that everything was gone. It looked like the end of the world. Everything is different.”

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Someone buy me a 3D printer there are so many things I wanna print

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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 1d

this week for @coyotemedia.org: I went to war-ravaged Portland to find out whether it’s still possible to get a decent macchiato there www.coyotemedia.org/portland-a-w...

Portland, a ‘war zone?’ OK, sure. So how’s the food?

COYOTE’s war correspondent grabs brunch.

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

a fat man wearing sunglasses and a hawaiian shirt is looking through his sunglasses .

ALT: a fat man wearing sunglasses and a hawaiian shirt is looking through his sunglasses .

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Mr. Man made himself real comfy at the expense of my joint mobility

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

First time I ever had to shut off replies haha I appreciate all the love, y’all! If you like shit talking the police, you can follow my work tracking predator cops (and some local protest coverage in Oakland) at blackbanner.ghost.io

Black Banner News

Independent journalism covering protests, right wing extremism, and much more.

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