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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 4h

Remember, Reuveni was a high ranking attorney within the DOJ before he was fired for refusing to sign on to false briefs and turned whistleblower. Courage and principles still exist at all levels except the very top.

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Desert Flower @crystal159.bsky.social · 4h

A few days before millions of his detractors held “No Kings” events in communities across the country, Trump told reporters, “I hear very few people are going to be there, by the way.” From whom did the president “hear” this? He didn’t say.

Nevertheless, his allies quickly echoed the assertion.

Trump’s over-the-top reaction to the ‘No Kings’ events was proof of their success

The “No Kings” events were intended to send a powerful message to an increasingly authoritarian figure, who appeared rattled by the national dispatch.

www.msnbc.com

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5h

all of ice’s abductions are fucked but targeting rideshare drivers at the airport is just so fucked.

companies like uber + lyft helped create (+ have made billions off the backs of) a largely immigrant, low-wage workforce that lacks any of the legal protections and benefits granted to w-2 workers.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 6h

federal agents have targeted the rideshare driver waiting area at the o'hare airport on 3 separate occasions over the last 10 days, including twice since saturday.

today, at least 20 agents blocked the exits and demanded drivers show ids.

dozens of people have been abducted—11 on saturday alone.

On Monday, October 20th, ICIRR received confirmed reports of ICE and other immigration enforcement agents targeting ride share drivers at O’Hare Airport’s “Delta Lot”. At least 20 agents have been spotted shutting down the exits of the lots and demanding IDs from drivers. Multiple people have been detained.

Please take precautions and avoid the area if you can. Remember: you have the right to remain silent, the right to ask for an attorney, the right to refuse to sign anything, and the right to speak with the consulate from your country of citizenship.

If you witness any ICE activity, or if someone in your family has been taken by ICE, please call 855-435-7693

Organized and educated communities are safer communities. Please share this information with others who may be affected.

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Katherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 4h

Happy Diwali to all who celebrate!

May the Festival of Lights bring hope and joy to you and your loved ones.

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Count Every Hero @counteveryhero.org · 7h

NEW: Today, nine frmr service secretaries + retired four-star admirals & generals filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court warning that deploying National Guard troops in Chicago would add to a dangerous trend of politicizing the military. bit.ly/4hkEZfy

Former Nat. Sec. leaders file brief before SCOTUS on Chicago

The brief was filed after the federal government asked the Court to stay a lower court’s order temporarily prohibiting the deployment of the Guard to Chicago.

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lifewandererer.bsky.social @lifewandererer.bsky.social · 4h

$50,000 is more than most people make, especially in Red states. Can anyone guess who this will attract? In addition, ICE is trying to steal police recruits and seasoned officers from police forces across the nation.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4h

“Rather than AI being able to enhance human innovation, critical thinking, the progress of science—it’s being used to exploit our insecurities. That’s the thing about so many of these Silicon Valley tech bros. They’re essentially emotionally maladapted psychopaths.”

Speaking nothing but the truth.

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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 3d

Ash Sarkar calls silicon valley tech bros "emotionally maladapted psychopaths" | BBC Question Time #bbcqt

youtu.be/WsapUfGUkTc?...

Ash Sarkar calls silicon valley tech bros 'emotionally maladapted psychopaths' | BBC Question Time

YouTube video by BBC News

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Steve Townsend ❌👑 @stevetownsend0.bsky.social · 4h

great list!

Joe Lonsdale
Alex Karp
Palmer Luckey
Curtis Yarvin

All Founders Fund (thiel) and a16z (andreessen) portfolio companies

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4h

Peter Thiel
Mark Zuckerberg
Sam Altman
Elon Musk
Jeff Bezos
Larry Ellison
Brian Armstrong
Daniel Ek
Marc Andreessen
Marc Benioff

And many other psychopathic tech bros are attempting to build a techno-fascist future by exploiting people via tech monopolies, AI slop, surveillance, and cryptocurrency.

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Desert Flower @crystal159.bsky.social · 4h

Bill McKibben, veteran climate organizer and founder of Third Act, talks with Rachel Maddow about the strong representation of older Americans among anti-Trump protesters and how the combination of personal experience and roots in civic activism has energized the older generation...

Maddow: Older Americans bring energy, experience to anti-Trump activism

YouTube video by MSNBC

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John F Leech🦋💙 @jfleech3.bsky.social · 5h

THIS ASSHOLE LIES ABOUT EVERYTHING.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

White House begins demolishing part of East Wing for Trump ballroom

Crews tore down a massive covered entryway and windows in the East Wing to make way for Trump's new event space.

www.bbc.com

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 6h

Congratulations to President Trump for doing more damage to the White House than anyone since the British in the War of 1812.

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Vivian M. Lumbard @vivian-m-lumbard.bsky.social · 4h

Hey, we made the news! LOL!

📎The Ghost Army of Fellas! @angelalangford81.bsky.social · 1d

THIS IS #HILARIOUS
#GOODJOB
#NiceWork

www.thedailybeast.com/white-houses...

White House’s Bluesky Debut Epically Backfires With Immediate Trolling

The White House has joined the left-leaning social media site—and has been made thoroughly unwelcome.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Canadian Bacon 🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @canadianbacon66.bsky.social · 4h

Same but during a weekday

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 5h

Now we build on the momentum. ezralevin.substack.com/p/whats-come...

What's comes after the largest peaceful protest in American history?

Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action

ezralevin.substack.com

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 4h

We are 20 days into the Republican Shutdown — health care costs are skyrocketing and federal workers aren’t getting paid.

What is Trump doing? Building his gold plated ballroom.

apnews.com/article/trum...

The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom

The White House has started tearing down part of the East Wing to build the ballroom President Donald Trump wants added to the building. Demolition started Monday.

apnews.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

Amazon controls over a third of the global cloud computing market.

Its customers include Capital One, United Airlines, and the US Army.

Today's outage should be a wakeup call: Dependence on a handful of powerful corporations is a threat to economic and national security.

Morning Brew ☕️ @morningbrew.extwitter.link · 13h

BREAKING: Amazon Web Services

A massive AWS outage early this morning sent major websites and apps down for several hours

Tracking site Downdetector has received over 8 million reports around the globe

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Paul Mozur @paulmozur.bsky.social · 17h

When a Microsoft data center opened next to the small Mexican town of La Esperanza, locals say electricity outages and water shortages grew severe. The local doctor rushed patients a half hour to the nearest hospital when blackouts cut off his oxygen concentrator. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...

From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

I am cry laughing so hard.

Purport to make an unqualified hack a federal prosecutor, don't be surprised when the unqualified hack does things an unqualified hack would do!

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 5h

Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works

(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 4h

The regime spokespeople are behaving in public in a way as if they think they will never be out of power.

All of this is beyond unprofessional & media entities like WHCA et al need to do more than stern statements. At this point they should give up the access and report/call things as they are.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

Oh my GOD.

At 4:10 p.m., she texted me: "By the way-everything | ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know."
I responded: "I'm sorry, but that's not how this works.
You don't get to say that in retrospect."
Halligan was unpersuaded: "Yes, I do. Off record."
"I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked," I said. "But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story?
To my surprise, she kept going: "It's obvious the whole convo is off record. There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never told me about a story."
I didn't respond. It was time to publish my story. I'II text it to her.

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bamaguy1.bsky.social @bamaguy1.bsky.social · 5h

The only massive funding that's being done is for the NEW WH BALLROOM, that is absolutely NOT NEEDED!

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sweetrhesus.bsky.social @sweetrhesus.bsky.social · 7h

If dems don't use this image in their adds they're fools

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