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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18d

Same is true of Hegseth. The fun socks, USA belt buckle, sleeve monogram, contrast buttonhole, USA lining, USA pocket square, shiny pins, and other tchotchkes makes him look like a messy refrigerator with kid awards and souvenir magnets. Where is the eye supposed to rest?

Hegseth's monogrammed cuff, contrast button, contrast buttonhole, and USA flag lining.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h

Alright. I’m going to say it.

The most powerful military in the history of the world set out to destroy a jerry-rigged submarine in uncontested waters and

…

Failed.

And then…

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel

www.nytimes.com

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Lois Beckett @loisbeckett.bsky.social · 1d

Charlottesville finally took down its Confederate monuments in 2021.

The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.

The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.

This is what she did with it:

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

Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: a new exhibit by Black US artists transforms Confederate monuments

The sweeping exhibition Monuments opens in Los Angeles on 23 October and is on view through May

www.theguardian.com

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 11h

While the nation is protesting Trump and his thieving thugs,
the corruption continues.

No Kings

Trump ordered two luxury private jets for Kristi Noem.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING

Jeffrey Epstein skied with, had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show

Full Story: bit.ly/4nVTRUe

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 16h

Trump has functionally killed America's international broadcasting apparatus.

Russia and China are making up the difference.

if we still care about democracy and liberalism abroad, countries like Canada need to step up. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Justin Ling: Canada needs to make its voice heard around the world. Here’s one clear way to do that.

To create stronger connections internationally, Canada can’t rely on the United States. We need to use our own soft diplomacy tools

www.thestar.com

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Ben Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 20h

The inflatable frog has gone global. Today’s #NoKings #NoTyrants rallies in Japan, Australia, Spain, and Germany.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22h

The Unemployment Fraud part of George Santos' guilty plea--in which he victimized NY State's DOL--was committed in 2020 to 2021, meaning there may be another year to charge him there.

There's more that might be chargeable.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Despite being gainfully employed, on June 17, 2020, Santos submitted an online
application for unemployment benefits to the NYS DOL. (PSR ¶ 76). In that application, Santos
falsely claimed that he had been unemployed since March 17, 2020. (Id.). He falsely claimed that
his workplace had been shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic but that he was otherwise
willing and able to work right away. (Id.). From that point forward—for 64 weeks in a row—
Santos falsely reaffirmed his continuing eligibility to receive unemployment insurance benefits,
until September 5, 2021. (Id.). In each weekly certification, Santos lied about not working, despite
continuing to be paid by Harbor City as its Regional Director. (Id.).
Between June 18, 2020, and September 7, 2021, as a direct result of Santos’s
fraudulent representations, the NYS DOL deposited tens of thousands of dollars in PUA and FPUC
funds (all of which were federally funded) into Santos’s personal bank account. (PSR ¶ 77).15 In
total, Santos unlawfully obtained $24,744 in unemployment insurance payments through patently
false attestations. (Id. ¶ 78).

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 18h

Weird how time works isn’t it? In some US states a pregnant 11 year-old isn’t allowed an abortion because they need to deal with the “adult” consequences of getting pregnant, but 35 year-old neo-Nazis in the govt group chat are “boys” doing “things young boys do”

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

This.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 17h

CNN: 100+ US Citizen children abandoned because Trump regime deported their parents

ProPublica: 170+ US citizens arrested & tortured by ICE—almost all are Latino

Northwestern: 150 year study proves immigrants have ALWAYS had lower crime rates than US citizens

The Trump regime is a fascist regime

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Nix @niccan77.bsky.social · 17h

Block party

T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 17h

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Evan Walker @ecologicalev.bsky.social · 1d

"Food stored in plastic inevitably will contain microplastics"

🌎 www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Your kitchen is full of microplastics. Here's how to eat less of them

Microplastics gush out of our taps and flake off cookware. They find their way into the yolks of eggs, and into meat and vegetables. But there are things we can do to eat less of them.

www.bbc.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17h

Today! #NoKings
Share your sign in the comments!

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Do you have your sign ready? #NoKings rallies are tomorrow. Find one near you. And share your sign in the comments! Here’s one I like…

Sign says “Bubbes for Freedom” and has a sticker of a grandmother with her grandchildren, a sticker saying “No Kings in America”, another saying “No Kings No Kings,” and a sticker with a crossed out crown.

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mrxexon @mrxexon.bsky.social · 17h

And...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17h

Timeline cleanse!
Here are some of our favorite signs from our No Kings Day party with Demi Palecek and @raygunshirts.bsky.social last week. We’ll be going to different No Kings Day events across the Ninth District today 🚫👑 See you in the streets!

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 17h

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

50+
Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 17h

#NOKINGS DAY

ONEST Community reporting from 48 cities today! LIVESTREAM will begin at 1pm ET to allow the West Coast coverage to be included. In between, I will report on the latest #ACTUALNEWS

Please join on YT

HUGE THANK YOU to all sharing the footage 🙏

www.youtube.com/live/x-kmsWm...

No Kings: Global Pro-Democracy Protests LIVE – Real-Time Coverage

YouTube video by ONEST

www.youtube.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/p...

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Nix @niccan77.bsky.social · 1d

Friday night blocking activity

Jo Ann 🦋🦋 @jwacker1j.bsky.social · 1d

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro lost 3x in a closely watched case that arose during the transfer of detainees to ICE outside of the D.C. jail.

~three grand jury no bills;
~one acquittal by the judge;
~one acquittal by the petit jury.

Juries are doing their jobs.

talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Jury Acquittal Hands Jeanine Pirro A Big L

Three-Time Loser In a closely watched case, a federal jury acquitted a...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump isn’t even trying to hide the fact that the DOJ is completely politicized and the rule of law no longer applies federally

Donald Trump announces he has commuted George Santos’ sentence in his federal fraud case:

“at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN! […] I just signed a Commutation, releasing George Santos from prison, IMMEDIATELY. Good luck George, have a great life!”

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: Judge Mehta threatens contempt and bar sanctions for attorney Carolyn Stewart — who has repped numerous Jan. 6 defendants and pardon recipients — over filing a motion with “fabricated” citations to local rules and refusing to correct it.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

Holy “parallel establishment”. “Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s approval of a new bank backed by two GOP megadonors, tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey” … 1/ www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Trump administration gives initial approval to bank backed by GOP megadonors

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says the approval of Erebor Bank, which is linked to Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey, is a classic example of crony capitalism.

www.msnbc.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 7d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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