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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 22h

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2h

Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 3h

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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PingTech @pingtech.bsky.social · 2h

ROTFLMFAO "under-babied"??
@merriam-webster.com, is that even a word?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Dr Oz: "Turns out that about 1/3 families don't have the number of babies they desire. They're under-babied. So this president committed to address that during the campaign and he's delivering on that today."

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 6h

ICE admits up to 50% of those arrested in Chicago raids are “collateral.” That means parents torn from kids, neighbors ripped from homes. When does a “collateral” child’s trauma matter? This isn’t law enforcement—it’s state-sponsored terror.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 10h

Another thing about that group chat? The ‘boys will be boys’ mentality also paved the way for that group chat. Particularly when you consider that only certain ‘boys’ are given that grace.

White boys.

While Black boys are assigned manhood status as teenagers and predator status at all ages.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

The fact that Republican “fiscal conservatives” in Congress aren’t saying a word about Trump’s $40 billion bailout of Argentina (“America first!!!”) just shows that they’re complete hypocrites.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 7h

FYI “Young Republicans” are adult men

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 8h

Trump & JD Vance are grooming young men to be little creeps.

The leaked GOP texts read like a digital frat basement dripping with the dance-party sweat of insecurity & cruelty.

By making excuses for these folks, they’re ushering in an age of revenge-porn politics.

www.treason.io/p/read-are-r...

READ: Are Republicans grooming young men to be creeps?

Leaked GOP text messages reveal how next-gen conservatives are being mentored into little monsters.

www.treason.io

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

The Supreme Court is on the verge of gutting the Voting Rights Act's equal opportunity protections for minority voters — 12 years after they first rolled back its safeguards against voter suppression.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 3h

The secret weapon every serious protester carries isn’t on their back...it’s between their ears.🔥👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

“You shall be judged by the company you keep.”

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 5h

This is an outrageous abuse of power. Exactly what the Founding Fathers had impeachment for.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 3h

Marine Corps colonel and combat veteran has said that after 24 years of service he “resigned from the military because of Trump”, citing what he described as the US president’s contempt for the constitution.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | I resigned from the military because of Trump

I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution.

www.washingtonpost.com

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PingTech @pingtech.bsky.social · 3h

And the Rethuglican Party's main constituency is made up of pedophiles, child traffickers, and illiterate racists.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

PingTech @pingtech.bsky.social · 3h

The cruelty is the point.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h

Subu Vedam spent over 4 decades in prison for a murder he didn't commit.

Now, ICE is trying to deport him by citing a decades-old deportation order based largely on his wrongful conviction.

Trump's cruelty is endless. https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-detains-exonerated-man

Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Decades Finally Freed—And Gets Immediately Nabbed by ICE | Common Dreams

Man wrongfully imprisoned for murder, freed only to be detained by ICE. Family fights for justice. Immigration courts ur

www.commondreams.org

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PingTech @pingtech.bsky.social · 3h

Welcome to Murica

JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 3h

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Master Elrond [he/him] @inuyasha1953.bsky.social · 1d

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@miamiherald reports that about two-thirds of the 1,800 immigrants who were held in the ICE jail dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in July have gone missing from ICE's online database, with their families unable to locate them.

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Boston Public Health Commission @publichealth.boston.gov · 1d

We’re offering free vaccine clinics in Boston. Vaccines are safe, effective, and protect against serious illness. Getting vaccinated keeps you healthy and helps protect your family, friends, and community.

Find upcoming vaccine clinics at boston.gov/vaccine-clinics.

Free Vaccine Clinics in Boston

Everyone ages six months and older is encouraged to get the updated flu and COVID-19 vaccines. Pregnant parents, babies, and older adults should consult their health care professional about RSV vaccin...

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 6h

What a fucking horror show. "On the afternoon of January 2, a 26-year-old Guatemalan construction worker on a moped was pulled over by NYPD officers in a traffic stop." The result: he's been "locked up inside an ICE detention center for eight months and counting."

www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/16/i...

An NYPD Traffic Stop, an Unregistered Moped and 8 Months in an ICE Lockup

ICE’s targeted arrest of a young Guatemalan man several weeks after the NYPD nabbed him for driving an unlicensed moped shows the extraordinary cost minor infractions can have under Trump’s mass-depor...

www.thecity.nyc

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

🚨BREAKING: New York Court of Appeals UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS state law moving most county and town elections to even-numbered years. By aligning them with state and federal elections, it will boost voter turnout.

Another victory for voters and defeat for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

🚨 Onondaga County v. New York

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 8h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

Cartoon by wolvertoon.com.

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PingTech @pingtech.bsky.social · 8h

These were not kids.
These were adults.
Would it still be funny if their hate was directed at your brown wife and child? 🤔

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."