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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you to everyone who’s supported us.

And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7h

“We’ve got to show the rest of the world that the administration’s assault on the climate is unpopular.”

From our friends at @theguardian.com:

Trump has abandoned global climate efforts, so US groups are stepping up

“We’ve got to show the rest of the world that the administration’s assault on the climate is unpopular.”

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7h

People who have a constitutional duty to be frank and honest with the American people cannot sign NDAs. www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...

Why Commanders Don’t Sign NDAs

Existing rules and laws applying to military secrecy are sufficient—and asking officers to sign NDAs is deeply inappropriate.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 10h

Here is DHS making false allegations about @katmabu.bsky.social.

Read the affidavit and show me where it alleges that she assaulted anyone.

Spoiler: it doesn't.

The conspiracy charge / title of the statute is throwing people off / leading to a lot of bad faith attacks.

“If you assault or obstruct law enforcement, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law--regardless of who you are. Abughazaleh assaulted law enforcement and obstructed officers by directly blocking the pathway of a federal law enforcement officer vehicle outside our ICE Broadview facility. She is now facing the consequences of her stunt to earn 15 minutes of fame. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”

On or about September 26, 2025, at Broadview, in the Northern District
of Illinois, Eastern Division,
KATHERINE MARIE ABUGHAZALEH,
defendant herein, forcibly impeded, intimidated, and interfered with an officer of the
United States, namely, Agent A, while engaged in or on account of the performance
of his official duties;
In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 111(a)(1) and 2.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2d

"I mean, what else is Trump supposed to do? Set aside his own interests and his need for retribution against his enemies out of respect for the office of the presidency and the American people?"

Of Course the President Feels Strange About Paying Himself $230 Million of Taxpayers’ Money, but Really, What Else Is He Supposed to Do?

“President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him, accor...

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 7h

Today, the Heritage Foundation announced it's comfortable with Holocaust denial.

That is not hyperbole.

The same group behind “Project Esther” is refusing to distance itself from Jew hater and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson (who hosted said Jew hater on his show this week).

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 7h

First post-indictment stream goin live!! I’ll be carving pumpkins with a ✨ special guest✨ !!!!

Twitch: twitch.tv/katabughazaleh

YouTube: youtube.com/@katmabu

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J. Deans @pinemonkey.bsky.social · 7h

Americans are fucking idiots.

If You Still Don't Believe Me About Voters, Take This Quiz

There’s a new interactive tool from the Survey Center on American Life that I need every reader of The Cycle to go take — not because it’s fun (it’s more maddening), but because it perfectly proves so...

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 12h

A common theme of Trump II is an utterly cowardly class of elites while everyday regular people have risen to the occasion

New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 12h

French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders

Beginning Nov. 1, when SNAP benefits are expected to be suspended, Je T’aime Patisserie will offer free breakfast to anyone who presents their EBT card from 7:30-10 a.m.

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J. Deans @pinemonkey.bsky.social · 12h

JD Vance is a despicable shitpig.

MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 12h

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 1d

Sauron’s orcs: Mordor needs you.

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J. Deans @pinemonkey.bsky.social · 12h

Making America 1820 Again.

Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 2d

Hundreds of anti-science bills hit statehouses this year, stripping away public health protections built over a century.

Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.

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J. Deans @pinemonkey.bsky.social · 12h

The GOP doesn’t care who suffers due to their craven cowardice and lust for power.

Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 1d

As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics will be stretched thinner than ever.

‘Medicaid Cut Me Off’: A Rural Health Center Faces New Pressures

As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics like Delta Health Center in Mississippi will be stretched more thinly than ever.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

"Dan Bovino wants the community he is embedded in to see him not as a law enforcement officer but as an occupying military commander. He has not tried to establish a working relationship with the city; he has tried to dominate it."

This Man Is the Face of the Future

Greg Bovino is next.

www.thebulwark.com

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J. Deans @pinemonkey.bsky.social · 12h

Fuck META.
Fuck Zuckerberg.
Fuck AI.

www.honest-broker.com/p/the-bubble...

The Bubble Just Burst

Mark Zuckerberg had exciting news to share yesterday—but it went wrong. Very wrong.

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 12h

Hmm. Institutionalized human trafficking. You don’t say. For people who don’t want to be called Nazis, they sure are acting an awful lot like Nazis. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocau...

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 14h

Oh weird it's an article from 2020 by some anonymous journalist predicting that exactly what's happening now with CBP would happen if DHS wasn't reigned in under Biden

I'm sure Will just have expressed the same concerns no way he ignored them entirely

share.google/zHaphHYkFeE6...

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d

If six people nonviolently protesting outside an ICE facility is a criminal conspiracy, all First Amendment-protected activity is at risk.

Feds Say Kat Abughazaleh “Impeded” ICE Agents. That Would Put Her on the Right Side of History.

Kat Abughazaleh allegedly protested in Broadview, Illinois, where ICE was “forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed,” feds said.

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J. Deans @pinemonkey.bsky.social · 14h

He’s a lying shitpig.

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Aint James @aintjames.bsky.social · 14h

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14h

He’s still repeating that lie. Video link in replies.

Ron Smith posts: “JD Vance: If you remember all of the migrants who came in from Haiti. You blink an eye and literally a third of your town is Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs 🤔🤔 Still spreading the same debunked lie.”
Below is a video still showing JD Vance speaking during an interview, wearing a suit and red tie.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

At Menards hardware store in Cicero, IL

It's a major hardware chain throughout the Midwest.

Look at Trump's masked thugs shattering the truck windows and dragging a man off to an unmarked car.

Menards told employees to delete any videos they took of the ICE raid—or they would be fired.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 14h

A big shakeup at ICE isn't reshuffling the deck chairs on the U-Boat. More "Kavanaugh Stops," more violent arrests, and more tear gas chaos is coming very soon to Philly and a slew of other big cities

The terror we see in Chicago is going national. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

How an ICE shakeup will bring Chicago-level terror to Philly | Will Bunch

The brutal arrest tactics and stepped-up immigration raids that have roiled Chicago are coming to Philly after an ICE shakeup.

www.inquirer.com

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J. Deans @pinemonkey.bsky.social · 14h

Because we don’t have enough home-grown white supremacists and Nazis?

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.

T H E W H I T E H OU S E
W A S H I N G T O N
S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 2 5
P r e s i d e n t i a l D e t e r m i n a t i o n
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions
for Fiscal Year 2026
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate
consultations with the Congress, I hereby make the following
determinations and authorize the following actions:
The admissions of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during
Fiscal Year 2026 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise
in the national interest.
The admissions numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners
from South Africa pursuant to Executive Order 14204, and other victims
of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands.
Refugee admissions under this determination, which may reach but not
exceed the numerical limit described herein, are in all respects
subject to the requirements of other Presidential policies and
actions, whether issued prior or subsequent to this determination.
Those Presidential policies and actions include, but are not limited
to: Executive Order 14161, which mandates that refugees receive the
most stringent identification verification of any class of alien
seeking admission or entry to the United States; Executive Order
14163, which suspends the entry into the United States of refugees
other than when the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security jointly
determine that an admission is in the national interest and does not
threaten the security or welfare of the United States; Executive Order
14204, which provides for refugee resettlement of Afrikaners from
South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination; and
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16h

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The Trump regime is rolling back VA coverage for male breast cancer, citing the “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism” order.
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
💔 Male vets now must prove their cancer came from service instead of receiving automatic care.

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage

A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

www.propublica.org

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