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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 4h

Very difficult—and very important—to read this.
apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 7h

*10/15/2025 noncooperation thread*

ICE: Let's grab 'em at an elementary school drop-off!

Hundreds of Chicago parents: NOPE.

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 11h

At a raid on the drop-off line at a local elementary school, hundreds of parents had ICE surrounded within three minutes. ICE gave up and fled.

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Perri @neonperri.bsky.social · 1h

(Bridget came home safely. Enjoy the brilliant art. 😸)

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 18h

THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical adventures. These soon multiplied. Significantly.

After much nagging, he has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series:
michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com

Bridget Hangs Out With The Hunters In The Snow

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4h

"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me
zeteo.com/p/mehdi-conn...

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 6h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 12h

This is 'Rakotzbrücke Devil’s Bridge', commissioned in 1860 in the German village of Kromlau in Gablenz on the estate of Friedrich Herrmann Rötschke, now a public park.

Its purpose is ornamental: to form a perfect circle with its own reflection when light & wind permit.

(📷: Dirk Förster, Flickr)

A high arched bridge at sunset or sunrise, with a rocky promontory rising from the water framed by the mirrored, circular arch of the bridge.
"A world of Lord of the Rings ...
Rakotzbrücke Kromlau im Rhododendronpark Kromlau im leichten Nebel."
CREDIT: Dirk Förster, Flickr

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 5h

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4h

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 5h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Howard Tayler @howardtayler.bsky.social · 4h

The point of a student newspaper is not to inform the students about stuff. The point is to teach the journalism students how to be journalists.

If the student journalists are only allowed to write about homecoming, they'll become journalists who write fluff pieces to keep the population docile.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

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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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 13h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 4h

Generally speaking, these same people want to try Black and Latino teens as adults.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

"Why doesn't Chicago want us to zip-tie more naked children in the middle of the night and shove them, screaming, into vans? So ungrateful for refusing our kind, helpful offer to help!"

Pamela Jo Bondi

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 10h

Bessent likely decried the optics and tactics of the LGBTQ movement that achieved the right to same-sex marriage that he now enjoys with his husband.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 4h

Mayor Johnson’s senior adviser didn't cooperate with a probe into if he threatened to withhold city resources unless a member of the Chicago City Council supported an initiative backed by the mayor, according to a report released by Chicago’s watchdog.

https://to.wttw.com/3LaPdDg

Chicago Watchdog Says Mayor’s Senior Adviser Failed to Cooperate With Probe, Should be Fired

Mayor Brandon Johnson refused to fire Jason Lee, one of his closest aides, at the recommendation of Inspector General Deborah Witzburg, telling WTTW News that Lee “engaged in no wrongdoing.”

to.wttw.com

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kate wagner @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 9h

wrote briefly about architecture and the situation at u Chicago www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Why Did UChicago Destroy the Humanities?

The answer is simple: to spend untold sums on useless buildings by starchitects.

www.thenation.com

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 4h

Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World photomicrography contest. It's an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative. See the top 20 images. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest

Nikon Small World photomicrography contest is an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative.

arstechnica.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 5h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 4h

So, twenty-five-old men are too young to hold accountable for their racist talk. But, girls who are 14 to 17 are old enough to sexually assault and rape. Cool.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 1d

Once again: this is also happening in DC. Still.

It feels like we’ve been forgotten, maybe because there aren’t huge confrontations to run photos of. But our neighbors are still being taken every day. Routine traffic stops are now done by 12+ feds alongside local police.

Please talk about us too.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"Residents in Chicago and Portland are living in a police state where masked armed forces kidnap who they want to kidnap, where they have to listen to public officials routinely lie about what is happening in their neighborhoods." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Steve in Chicago @spsnomad.bsky.social · 4h

The crowd that’s always trying to prosecute 14 year olds as adults would like you to know that any Republican younger than Chuck Grassley is entitled to a pass for youthful indiscretions.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

Subject of Investigation: Are some Congressional Republicans Nazis
Means of Investigation: look at them
Conclusion of Investigation: yeop

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4h

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 5h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4h

NEW: With Attorney General Pam Bondi next to him, Trump declares “deranged” former Special Counsel Jack Smith — who investigated the president’s role in the Jan. 6 attack — a “criminal” and said he hoped someone would investigate him, as well as other former DOJ officials.

With AG Bondi Next To Him, Trump Says ‘Deranged’ Jack Smith Must be Investigated