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Parker Hardison

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Maple-dweller. Pawttorney. Pawlisci & Paw Prof @ Kittenshire Unipurrsity. Op-Ed contributor to Cats Against Swasticats News. Occasional vent crawler & coder. Vive le Canada. 🇨🇦 🐾 All views are my own and do not reflect the views of other cats.

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Parker Hardison @parkerhardison.bsky.social · Oct 2

Americans, listen up:

In the coming weeks, the US is going to have 52,000 elections.

FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND

You want to win over those fascists? Go out there and do it. Help your neighbours win.

Stand by them when they're at board meetings out of solidarity if you have time. They need you out there.

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Parker Hardison @parkerhardison.bsky.social · 5m

I don't remember Danielle Smith being elected into federal government to engage in foreign affairs policy.

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I don't remember Danielle Smith being elected into federal government to engage in foreign affairs policy.

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 58m

Can’t wait to see the staffing list…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah, that’s not a thing.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1h

Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has retroactively appointed former Trump attorney Lindsey Halligan as a "special attorney" for DOJ and has "ratified" all of her actions to date, including her presentations to the grand juries that indicted Trump's foes.

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 35m

The Trump administration said it plans to partially fund food aid for millions of Americans after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown.

Subscribe to The Afternoon Docket: reut.rs/4aVlZjE

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Parker Hardison @parkerhardison.bsky.social · 39m

There's a storm at Condé Nast.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 3h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 20h

it actually means you're an unfunny little worm of a man, hope this helps!

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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 1d

As Ring announces increased partnership with Flock and law enforcement, do not be fooled by reassurances that you can 'opt out.' Here's evidence that ICE tapped flock from local agencies sometimes without consent: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Border Patrol, ICE tapped into Washington police surveillance systems for potential immigration enforcement

Federal law enforcement agencies accessed data collected by some local police and sheriff’s offices automated license plate cameras around Washington, a University of Washington Center for Human Right...

www.spokesman.com

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Parker Hardison @parkerhardison.bsky.social · 19h

Also, lets force out America's corrupt tipping culture. We don't need any of that here.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

The Oregon Department of Justice submitted multiple video exhibits showing federal officers using extreme force against seemingly nonviolent protesters outside the U.S. Immigration & Customs
Building, as part of its effort to block the federal deployment of National Guard troops to Portland.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 6d

Donald Trump has amassed the powers of a king, J. Michael Luttig writes. He won’t give them up easily:

President for Life

Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.

bit.ly

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Parker Hardison @parkerhardison.bsky.social · 1d

The very reason America even has a secular government is entirely to avoid these kinds of excuses for needless wars and mass murder events parading themselves under the guise of religious persecution. This is in part why people left the old world for the new world. They were tired of religious wars.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

Confirmation from TV entertainer and inexplicably Secretary of War/Defense/whatevs Pete Hegseth.

Pete Hegseth * O
@PeteHegseth
Yes sir.
The killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria
— and anywhere — must end immediately.
The Department of War is preparing for action. Either the Nigerian Government protects Christians, or we will kill the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.

Parker Hardison @parkerhardison.bsky.social · 1d

Don't you love anonymous slaps in the face?

Parker Hardison @parkerhardison.bsky.social · 1d

Wasn't their initial proposal one with an exemption clause for consecutive presidencies, conveniently eliminating both Bush and Obama from qualification?

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 1d

The videos pertaining to this incident in Illinois today are off the scale appalling. Even by shameful, existing ICE local standards. Gestapo stuff.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.

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Parker Hardison @parkerhardison.bsky.social · 1d

Epstein Epstein Epstein

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

Halloween Gatsby party at #MaraLago with #Trump amid #governmentshutdown

…with complimenting headlines.

Parker Hardison @parkerhardison.bsky.social · 2d

How about Canada just eliminates America's broken and corrupt tip culture? We need to de-Americanize anyway. Just do away with it.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 2d

😲 SEATTLE: Shackled migrants are marched through the driving rain to board an ICE Air flight to yet another detention center.

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 5d

I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

coloradosun.com/2025/10/30/c...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

Why is the border patrol/ice commander carrying a rifle the length of himself in this leafy suburb?

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Best treat of the night.

#HappierHAMILLWEEN 🎃 😋

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Parker Hardison @parkerhardison.bsky.social · 2d

Perfection.

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Erik Sternberger @eriksternberger.bsky.social · 3d

This is near my niece and nephew's school in Evanston, Ill just hours ago as they are now on lockdown.

This is what's happening. It's an occupation by ICE in a Chicago suburb. They must be abolished.

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Parker Hardison @parkerhardison.bsky.social · 2d

Oh. And here's footage of ICE pulling out a gun and pointing it at someone, as witnesses said.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 3d

This is one video I’ve seen circulating about what’s happening in Evanston.

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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 3d

From an Evanston resident filming an arrest at Oakton/Asbury ~an hour ago:

"He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”

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