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sammiejoe
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[94:5] So, surely with hardship comes ease. Also, 2:148 —and while you’re scrolling, don’t forget 49:6
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Hard to believe this con’s still running.
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The Boring company owned by Elon Musk has started work on a transit tunnel for Teslas in Nashville. The project got approved by the Republican governor without input from city officials.
What to know about Elon Musk's Nashville tunnel project
Here’s everything we know so far about the Boring Company's proposed “Music City Loop" in Nashville.
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1. A special tunnel, built on public property-- reserved solely for one brand of car?
2. To serve the interests of the world's wealthiest man-- who is also a right-wing zealot?
3. BUT: One-lane death-trap with no shoulder, and no way of clearing a car that stops running? OK, Elon: Welcome to it.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 26m
The Boring company owned by Elon Musk has started work on a transit tunnel for Teslas in Nashville. The project got approved by the Republican governor without input from city officials.
What to know about Elon Musk's Nashville tunnel project
Here’s everything we know so far about the Boring Company's proposed “Music City Loop" in Nashville.
n.pr
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“.. they are just grabbing people, putting them in cuffs,” said Kaden Cummings, 23, who witnessed the arrests. “Nobody’s identifying themselves .. There’s no due process .. It’s just straight to the back of a van if you’re African on Canal.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/n...
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I wonder if the people at the working families party are like us on Bluesky whenever there’s a big influx of newbies? People sitting around the office wondering what the democrats fucked up to cause this
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I'm old enough to remember a time when your average run-of-the-mill small-government Second Amendment Man would not take the news well that a federal agency was *septupling* its spending on small arms in a year
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.
Elder millennials in NJ need to get their shit together please. I do not need Shitarelli ushering in more ICE agents and the national guard on my friends and relatives.
An interesting nugget from this latest NJ poll is that support for Jack Ciatterrelli, the Republican challenger in the governor's race, is strongest among residents aged 35-49. Why?? Younger people and older people prefer the Democrat, Mikie Sherrill. www.nj.com/politics/202...
Trump’s a major factor in tight N.J. governor race, new poll shows
Democrat Mikie Sherrill leads Republican Jack Ciattarrlli by single digits about two weeks left to Election Day.
www.nj.com
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In New Jersey, the big news on Nov 4 is whether Mikie Sherrill can secure a 3rd consecutive gubernatorial election win for the Democrats. But downballot, Democrats are struggling to defend a number of swing districts, after a surge in voter registrations for the GOP. www.tapinto.net/towns/prince...
NJ Assembly Race: Democrats Defend Their Majority While GOP Fights to Swing Districts
All 80 NJ General Assembly seats are on the line this Nov. With GOP registration up & record spending, key districts could flip. Click for full analysis.
www.tapinto.net
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ICJ torches Israel's notion of 'voluntary' transfer: It observes that individual or mass population transfer are prohibited and that transfer may be "forceable" not only due to use of physical force, but also when population has no choice but to leave due to resulting conditions.
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BREAKING: The ICJ says Israel, 'as an occupying power' must facilitate UN aid efforts in Gaza, including UNRWA’s, and must ensure “basic needs” of Palestinians in Gaza.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/3htm6o
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Looks like the ICJ rightly slammed the Gaza Humanitarian Fund as being a ruse that did nothing to alleviate Israel’s legal duties to provide aid to Gaza and instead hurt the people of Gaza bsky.app/profile/drme...
#Israel set up the GHF, which only had a few distribution points, claiming this was necessary to prevent diversion of aid by Hamas. This system did not align w/humanitarian principles, did not meet people's needs, & put people at risk. Other orgs would not collaborate w/GHF.
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No Kings protests were one of the few times Trump, MAGA, and right-wing media were reacting to something the opposition did, rather than the opposition reacting to whatever they do.
Adopt a principle from war strategy: generally better to be taking action and forcing opponents to react. Good point.
Point five is really important. The protests provoked errors from the administration (shit force one) that may haunt them for years. That’s what happens when you stop being reactive.
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This is real life: as thousands of federal workers are going unpaid, a ballroom is being built in the White House and the president wants the Justice Department to pay him $230 million. Even Marie Antoinette would find that to be a bit much.
Tonight! Will try to stop by before heading to my debate watch party
From the People's Forum:

EMERGENCY ACTION! ICE OUT OF NY! 🚨

We will NOT tolerate ICE’s terror against street vendors and immigrant communities.

Join us TOMORROW, October 22nd, at 6:00 PM in Foley Square to demand freedom for those detained and an end to ICE raids.

www.instagram.com/p/DQGG2C8DDxM
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If you need a whistle, please drop by our office (7016 N Clark Street) to pick up one for free.

If you see ICE, blow three short bursts.

If they are detaining someone, blow three long bursts.
If you are on ICE watch in the Rogers Park vicinity please have a buddy and exercise extreme caution. ICE has assaulted verifiers today and arrested at least one of our people. If you are vulnerable to ICE in this area, I recommend staying inside if possible.
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🚨WTF: WHY IS NOBODY REPORTING ON THIS? Children were reportedly ZIP-TIED during a multi-agency law enforcement raid in Wilder, Idaho, as 100s of people were detained and police FIRED RUBBER BULLETS.

www.newsweek.com/children-zip...
Children Zip-Tied During ICE Raid on Family Event in Idaho
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Newsweek that ICE arrested 105 migrants without legal status during the operation.
www.newsweek.com
I used to fold little origami stars during class lol
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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My first story since returning from leave. He’s still going, too.
The government may be shut down, but at least one Democratic senator is still working. trib.al/hO171T7

“Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots. Because if he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there’s a rebellion."
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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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I don't understand this at all. She's 85 YEARS OLD and RICH AF.