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Rachel Van Patten @southpaw73.bsky.social · 42m

THIS!!

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 52m

this is just a litany of threats

Brahm Resnik @brahmresnik.bsky.social · 23h

Former US Sen. Kyrsten Sinema lobbies for data center developer at Chandler AZ Plan Commission. Says she's working "hand in glove" w Trump Admin & warns city to embrace DCs or face federal intervention. City Council vote on Sinema's DC scheduled for Nov. 13.

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 3h

Trump & his ICE thugs don't want you to see this. They are using brutality & violence to terrorize the American people.

Witness this.
Reject this.
SHARE THIS!
Speak out!

And PLEASE, take 2 minutes to call your Republican lawmakers and demand this stop!
202-224-3121

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3h

Shutdown dynamic mentality a from one Senate Dem aide, sent my way: “Their calculus was that Democrats would cave early without any negotiation from their end because we want ‘more government.’ But, as it turns out, they’re in power and we won’t fix their messes for them all the time”

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 1h

The guys who couldn't go a few weeks without eating inside an Olive Garden expect us to put up with ICE tear-gassing Halloween parades in Chicago's suburbs.

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CindyWakefield @cindywakefield.bsky.social · 2h

November 4 of this year is an extremely important election date. Learn what is happening in your state.
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts

Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

yes! how can *both sides* turn down the temperature when one side keeps dousing everything in accelerant?

Rufus Hickok @rufus-hickok.bsky.social · 2h

It's also prepping for the establishment just capitulating further, once these assholes are out of power, under the guise of "turning down the temperature."

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1h

Source for the 1,000 number:

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AAP analyzes pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations from 2020-’24

About 234,000 children under age 18 were hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19 from fall 2020 to spring 2024.

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1h

Here is the head of the FDA calling Omicron "omi-cold" and "nature's vaccine".

This was the worst variant for children, killing an average of 6 per day and sending nearly 1,000 to the hospital daily in January 2022.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 2h

Mario Guevara's deportation signals a dangerous precedent for press freedom. ICE detained him for over 100 days for live-streaming law enforcement, despite the fact that he was permitted to work in the U.S.

Hear more on the newest episode of At Liberty.

The Journalist Who Spent More Than 100 Days in ICE Detention | American Civil Liberties Union

Emmy Award-winning journalist Mario Guevara was covering a protest near Atlanta when local law enforcement arrested him. Then, ICE detained him.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 1h

Calling Trump an insane creep who tore down the White House is good politics

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Dolan's Knicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 1h

Also, you're doing it in the neighborhoods the deputy district attorneys call home, which means the evidence that you're likely violating federal court orders is photographed, collected and handed over to the lawyers -- www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...

Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas in Chicago’s Irving Park and Avondale neighborhoods

Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday morning, despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.

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Dolan's Knicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 2h

Tear-gassing tree lined streets is Katrina-level optics and that the White House can’t or won’t recognize it how a president goes from ~40% approval to ~25% in a hurry.

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 4h

Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2h

This ICE removal operated by Omni Air International is now making its second stop, in Sri Lanka. So far, migrants onboard have spent 34 hours in handcuffs, leg irons and a waist chain. There may be more stops.

Omni and its parent company were purchased in April by private equity firm Stonepeak.

An ADSBx map of South Asia showing the flight path of Omni aircraft N819AX. It flew east, landed in New Delhi, then flew south and is approacing Colombo, Sir Lanka.

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informationbank.bsky.social @informationbank.bsky.social · 1h

If you want to cut the legs out from under Trump, there are HUNDREDS of state & local govt. elections between now & Dec. 30. An overwhelming turnout of pro-democracy forces can inflict staggering losses on Republican candidates! See my Substack for extensive election details! GET OUT THE VOTE!

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1h

More than 2 million pounds of Korean barbecue pork jerky recalled

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More than 2 million pounds of Korean barbecue pork jerky recalled - UPI.com

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 1h

The Statue of Liberty is the only rational symbol of civic identity for Americans, whether a New Yorker or not. A symbol of the freedom from bondage transmogrified into a symbol of welcome embrace of strangers is the *actual* story of America we should believe.

Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 2h

Whats my civic identity? The statue in the fucking harbor.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 2h

i think this does give me hope because branches wither without the roots, and the roots of this nation are fucking pissed off

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 2h

its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 4h

More from the scene

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 4h

Journalists simply should not be accepting what CPCs say about their services at face value. Researchers have told me they doubt CPCs even provide many of the services they advertise!

Why Won't the CDC Kick "Crisis Pregnancy Centers" Out of Its Directories?

If you're looking for an STI test and visit gettested.cdc.gov, you might accidentally end up at a CPC.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 4h

Ok one more point: This AP story is a great example of why expertise on a beat matters. It mentions STI testing and treatment again and again. But few CPCs actually offer testing (21.1%) and *only 12.1%* offer treatment. Wildly contrary to public health guidance

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 4h

Support journalism that approaches disinformation with criticism, not credulity:

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 4h

Fortunately, if you want a story about what’s actually going on with CPC medicalization, @autonomynews.co has a story for you:

Abortion Pill “Reversal” Is a Hoax. It's Also a Powerful Right-Wing Legal Strategy.

Speakers at a crisis pregnancy center conference made rare admissions about the challenges of providing so-called abortion “reversal,” and indicated its importance as a litigation tool.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 4h

Once again, this kind of “both sides” coverage of crisis pregnancy centers is simply not going to cut it, because on one “side” we have medical and scientific consensus—and basic facts—and on the other “side” we have disinformation. Giving these perspectives equal weight is journalistic malpractice

Anti-abortion pregnancy centers are looking to offer much more than ultrasounds and diapers

More anti-abortion pregnancy centers have been offering medical services such as testing for sexually transmitted infections.

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