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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

From 1965 through 2017 when Obama made a deal with Cuba in his last days in office, Cubans on U.S. soil could not be deported to Cuba. There are senior citizens ordered deported in the 1970s who are still here decades after serving their time. Now Trump is dumping some of them in Mexico.

Cubans with criminal records in the U.S. are being quietly deported to Mexico

The Trump administration is quietly sending hundreds of Cubans and other immigrants with significant criminal records in buses across the border to Mexico, in an expansion of third-country deportation...

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4h

59% of Americans - including 80% of Democrats and 41% of Republicans - think the U.S. should recognize Palestinian statehood. This comes as both the Democratic and Republican parties oppose unilateral recognition.

Reuters/Ipsos poll

What Americans think of the Israel-Palestine conflict
Reuters/Ipsos polled 4,385 U.S. adults on Oct. 15-20, 2025
• Yes
Don't know/Skipped •No
The United States should recognize Palestine as a country

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Barbara Fantechi @barbarafantechi.bsky.social · 3h

Every single person who has written an article about underage marriage in a non rich country without mentioning the situation in the US: F U

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 5h

Mind you, the states that allow marriage between children and adults do not allow said married children to divorce their adult spouse

Because they're children

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · Aug 15

I now pronounce you child and legal guardian who the child can't even legally divorce until she's an adult

www.teenvogue.com/story/child-...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

Trump just murdered some more people, this time on the Pacific side of South America

U.S. strikes 8th alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side

This is the first U.S. strike against an alleged drug vessel on the Pacific side of South America.

www.cbsnews.com

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 3h

There is another anti-ICE protest set to take place in Foley Square tonight. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/federal...

Federal Agents Detain Mix of Protesters and Migrants in Massive Manhattan Sweep

NEW YORK – At least five federal agencies were involved in a...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 15h

I love that the guy listed his blood type like that, in the event that he had to be Medevac’ed out of the Battle of Manhattan and there was too much chaos at the nearby Combat Support Hospital

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15h

"They’re wrecking it,” said Martha Joynt Kumar, a political scientist and professor emeritus at Towson University in Maryland. “And these are changes that can’t be undone. They’re destroying that history forever."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White House expands East Wing demolition as critics decry Trump overreach

More of the structure was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency,

www.washingtonpost.com

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 16h

There's a very long, strong literature in political science and psychology on the role that protests contribute to change at multiple levels, from the individual to social norms, to network development, to resource mobilization and more macro. Much is conditional on how they are organized.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16h

one of my friends made a joke about 'going into the tattoo parlor and saying "I'm a huge Deadhead"' and of course Grim takes the same line seriously. he really is just an astonishingly stupid and/or dishonest person.

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 21h

Surest sign that there's worse to come is Ryan Grim signing up to defend him for free

Ryan Grim € @ryangrim
I will take the internet's word that that's a Nazi symbol but if you're just looking at it on the wall of a parlor without the internet it looks more Grateful Dead than Nazi.
11:00 AM • Oct 21, 2025 • 49.7K Views

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 18h

Fantastic idea.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18h

NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.

The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.

Details:

I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

www.thehandbasket.co

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 18h

As masked federal agents target street vendors on Canal Street, THE CITY watched one street vendor being detained.

As the operation carried on, agents were confronted with a spontaneous crowd of protesters.

MORE HERE: www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 19h

State rep. Hoan Huynh shared video of agents surrounding his vehicle/stopping him + staffers shortly after he said one agent pointed a gun inside his vehicle at him while another threatened to break a window. They were following feds in Albany Park after four people were reportedly taken.

Story tk.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 18h

Ah yes, the cop tense. “The agent’s weapon discharged.” I have never seem any news outlet describe it this way when a civilian shoots someone.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 20h

CNN reports that a highly trained and responsible ICE agent accidentally shot an immigrant and a US marshal

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Front Range Antifascists @frontrangeantifa.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: CU Boulder sophomore Nathaniel Ellis has been identified as a member of the white supremacist groups Patriot Front and Active Club.

Nathan is on the Executive Board for CU Boulder's Turning Point USA Chapter.

Read the full report: frontrangeantifa.noblogs.org/nathan-ellis/

Three photos of Patriot Front member Nathaniel Ellis

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

But “fiscally conservative” yada yada

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Micah @rincewind.run · 17h

I mean it’s already extremely on the nose but if their plans get repeatedly denied and we just go the remainder of the term with a crater where the East Wing used to be it will be the best visual metaphor for this administration imaginable

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 19h

lol, lmao even www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

Reuters headline:

White House says it will submit ballroom plans for review, with demolition already under way

By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 17h

It is bizarro world to say that it is *easier* to spend money on something if there is no appropriation -- no legal account to move money into -- for that purpose. The only emergency is that Congress has chosen to not appropriate for that purpose!

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 17h

Lawless and unconstitutional, not "reprogramming"

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U.S. Secretary of Hockey @rariel81.bsky.social · 19h

I never mentioned elections. Also this is why I literally said it’s helpful and not the end all be all. Again, they’re not BS and to say they are is ignorant:

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U.S. Secretary of Hockey @rariel81.bsky.social · 19h

Definitely not primary, but I am 100% a victim of AIPAC. Them and Likud increase antisemitism significantly, they the Administration should shut them down.

U.S. Secretary of Hockey @rariel81.bsky.social · 21h

Im speaking from direct knowledge as I’ve worked on Capitol Hill and as a community organizer.

U.S. Secretary of Hockey @rariel81.bsky.social · 21h

I don’t understand this all or nothing attitude. Direct action is super important but not everyone is going to do it.

Crowd size is obsessed over by both R and D electeds, they often act or don’t act based on it.

It’s a media victory, tells the WH there’s a sizable opposition.

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 21h

The state of Arizona files suit over Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva D-AZ. "This case is about whether someone elected to the House...may be denied her rightful office simply because the Speaker has decided to keep the House out of 'regular session.'"

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Political organizing rarely sees as good a day as Saturday, Oct. 18.

No Kings protests brought millions of Americans into the streets, some for the first time. Organizers moved through crowds, getting signatures, passing out info, finding new members.

That's one of 6 things No Kings accomplished:

7 Things the No Kings Protests Accomplished

The political emergency isn't over, of course, but who thought it would be. Here are seven things this weekend's protests accomplished.

www.arcdigital.media

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 1d

Anti-imperialist teams up with opposing empire—a tale as old as empire.

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U.S. Secretary of Hockey @rariel81.bsky.social · 1d

Actually, we can. Direction action isn’t the only useful form of engagement or mobilization.

These were very helpful on the national political stage for multiple reasons.

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