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Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 2h

Dr René MD 🇺🇸🩺 @drrenemd.bsky.social · 20h

How on earth is this justified? The govt is blatantly killing foreign citizens in international waters.

AND NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WTAF.

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Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 3h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
What is the matter with this party?!?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 19h

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h

Trump is stooping so low that he’s gutting the federal Office of Special Education.

Attacking students with disabilities is wrong. Every child in America deserves a fair shot at success.

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

www.npr.org

Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 19h

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20h

The three major airports near New York City have joined Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, Charlotte, Cleveland, and Buffalo.

Newark, JFK, LaGuardia will decline to play Kristi Noem’s politicized TSA video - New Jersey Globe

Three major airports in the New York City area – Newark Liberty International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport –

newjerseyglobe.com

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MG @mgtbush.bsky.social · Feb 23

We Are All Witnesses to Treason!
The Article of Treason is Article III, Section 3 of the United States Constitution. It states that treason is limited to waging war against the United States or giving aid and comfort to its enemies.

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Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 1d

www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/nx-...
"What we're seeing is a general escalation of violence and the use of excessive force by ICE officers," says Ed Yohnka, director of communications and public policy at the ACLU of Illinois, which has brought a lawsuit against the Trump administration

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

www.northcountrypublicradio.org

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Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 2d

NoKings.org
Stand up for democracy and the Constitution- find a protest near you for Saturday, October 18th

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I never dreamed of anything like this."

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 2d

#resistFascism

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Tori @toti66.bsky.social · 3d

links.dailykos.com/s/c/aAevycu1...

Country star's anti-ICE ballad has MAGA singing the blues

Country music stars have long touted the greatness of the red, white, and blue, but singer Zach Bryan is drawing a line in the red clay dirt when it comes to ICE raids.� The Grammy-winning artist ...

links.dailykos.com

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 3d

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Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 3d

At border & immigration offices around the state, small cells & conference rooms intended for short waits are being used to detain immigrants for days, forcing them to sleep on concrete floors, on benches or in chairs in spaces jammed w/ dozens of people.
www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Migrants languish in ICE, Border Patrol hold rooms across New York

In Buffalo, Albany, New York City, and along the Canadian border, detained migrants are waiting longer and longer in temporary holding facilities.

www.timesunion.com

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Zooth @zooth01.bsky.social · 3d

@allinwithchris.bsky.social : "Dangerous new MAGA lie: Republicans SMEAR peaceful protesters as ‘terrorists’"

Note: Capitol Hill, a government can't be held 'hostage', when suited domestic terrorists are using it for ill-gotten gains.

#NoKINGS

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Dangerous new MAGA lie: Republicans SMEAR peaceful protesters as ‘terrorists’

YouTube video by MSNBC

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WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 6d

#WeKnowThemByTheirVotes
www.govtrack.us/congress/vot...

This vote was related to a resolution introduced by Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA] on September 18, 2025, S.J.Res. 83: A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities that have not been authorized by Congress

On the Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 83 -- Senate Vote #555 -- Oct. 8, 2025

Senate Vote #555 in 2025, in the United States Congress.

www.govtrack.us

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Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 6d

‘We Must Escalate’: Arrested Legislators Call Out ICE and Albany @nysfocus.bksy.socialhttps://nysfocus.com/2025/09/19/legislators-officials-arrested-ice-federal-plaza

Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 6d

#KnowYourRights

Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 6d

#Chicago+ICE

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6d

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data, putting Americans in greater danger of a broad category of crimes or terror attacks. In the meantime, FBI counterintelligence targeting Russia has been put out of business. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 7d

#EpsteinFiles

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Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 7d

#ICERaids

Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 7d

#EpsteinFiles

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7d

This is the Epstein files shutdown.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @AdelitaForAZ
, Adelita Grijalva, stating, "The people of Southern Arizona deserve representation and I'm ready to get to work. Swear me in NOW! @SpeakerJohnson
!" followed by a reply from @GavinNewsom
, Gavin Newsom, saying, "It's not even November and the GOP are already rigging elections." Below, a news headline from McClatchy by Nikki McCann Ramirez dated September 30, 2025, reads, "DEM SAYS MIKE JOHNSON IS DELAYING HER SWEARING-IN TO PREVENT EPSTEIN VOTE," with a photo of Adelita Grijalva smiling at an event in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.

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Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 7d

#Chicago

8647 Nous Defions Mortus Discriminatus @ralphfh.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: Bodycam footage shows that the Chicago woman shot by ICE after allegedly ramming agents with her car actually shows the OPPOSITE – the agent rammed HER, then jumped out, and started shooting. 😳 Sue him for everything he's worth. ICE too.

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Stace RN Resists 📎💙 Portland Strong @stacernresists.bsky.social · 8d

Excellent!

As they should!

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 8d

Chicago news media groups filed suit against ICE and Homeland Security, claiming excessive force against reporters and protesters of immigration arrests.

Chicago news media groups file suit against ICE and DHS, alleging excessive force against reporters

Chicago news media groups filed suit against ICE and Homeland Security, claiming excessive force against reporters and protesters of immigration arrests.

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Melissa @moatis.bsky.social · 8d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“The blaze at the home of Diane Goodstein –a Democrat-appointed circuit court judge – erupted on Saturday, sending three members of her family to the hospital, including her husband, a former state senator.”
Tell me again who’s causing all the violence and chaos?

Fire destroys home of South Carolina judge who had received death threats

State’s chief justice says fire that sent three people to the hospital appeared to have been caused by an ‘explosion’

www.theguardian.com

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