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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 19h

So what do you say, J.D. Vance? You once feared Trump could be the American Adolf Hitler. But that seems to be the hope of the new generation of Republicans you’ve raised. Will you denounce this outbreak of antisemitism, racism and fascism in your party?

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 21h

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 22h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 23h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Levy @rachellevy.bsky.social · 20h

This is not normal, it's not humane, it's not legal, and Republicans are just letting it happen.

"The strike was the fifth known attack by the U.S. military on such boats since Sept. 2. The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects."

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Levy @rachellevy.bsky.social · 20h

Yikes. But sadly not surprising.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 22h

There is NO line.

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Mike Johnson Says ICE Shooting a Priest Doesn’t Cross the Line

The House speaker has yet to see any issue with ICE’s behavior in Chicago.

newrepublic.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Rachel Levy @rachellevy.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing better than some time with my guy at the Richmond Folk Festival this past weekend on a beautiful fall day.

We appreciate these moments so much now because they were next to impossible when 2 of our 3 kids were younger 😅

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Rachel Levy @rachellevy.bsky.social · 1d

I ❤️ the Richmond Folk Festival.

Justin Doyle @justindoyle.bsky.social · 1d

The Richmond Folk Festival is hands down the best annual event held in Richmond. I had the honor of moderating a panel titled “Building a River for All” that featured Andrew Alli, Katie Lemmert, and Tricia Pearsall on Sunday. 🛶

“Building a River for All” panel at the 2025 Richmond Folk Festival.

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hanovervadems.bsky.social @hanovervadems.bsky.social · 2d

Republican Rep. Rob Wittman is trying to double our monthly health care costs to fund a billionaire tax cut.

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hanovervadems.bsky.social @hanovervadems.bsky.social · 2d

Healthcare premiums are going to double for hundreds of thousands of Virginians at the hands of Trump, Wittman, McGuire, and the Republicans.

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hanovervadems.bsky.social @hanovervadems.bsky.social · 2d

Republican Rep. Rob Wittman is trying to jack up our health care premiums by 114% to fund tax cuts for billionaires.

Democrats won't let it happen.

#VoteDemocratic

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.

And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.

Cashing in on cruelty.

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Rachel Levy @rachellevy.bsky.social · 2d

Good news.

"M.I.T. became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump administration’s higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment."

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 3d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 5d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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804ThePeople @804thepeople.bsky.social · 5d

Hey Democrats in the 804! Hanover County needs us 👇🏼👇🏼

hanovervadems.bsky.social @hanovervadems.bsky.social · 7d

Looking to get involved with electing Democrats in Hanover?

Here are opportunities:
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2025 Events & Volunteer Opportunities with the HDC

Important 2025 Election and Other Events & Volunteer Opportunities with the HDC and beyond PO Box 22 Ashland VA 23005 https://www.hvadems.com/ Hello Hanover Dems and Supporters! Let’s SAVE OUR COU...

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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 4d

Re-upping after the GOP lies that the No Kings Protests on Oct 18th are by anti-American, Antifa terrorists.
Cc: @radiofreetom.bsky.social @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @thebulwark.com @adamkeiper.com

Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 5d

Sobering and insightful must watch by @timothysnyder.bsky.social on Trump’s anti-fascist roundtable: “When they say they are going after Antifa what they mean is they are going after the broad center. They’re going after civil society… (and) individuals. snyder.substack.com/p/when-anti-...

When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)

Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 4d

Frustration toward SCOTUS building even among Republican judges. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d

Four dead, 12 injured after a mass shooting in Leland, Mississippi, following a homecoming football game. (NYP)

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Rachel Levy @rachellevy.bsky.social · 4d

I really don't get Earle-Sears' pearl clutching here.

Hers and the MAGA Republican platform is ENTIRELY focused on making it legal again to discriminate with impunity against everyone who isn't white rich male healthy Republican straight Christian.

They've been very open about this.

Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 5d

Winsome Earle-Sears — that is, in fact, discrimination.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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