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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 7h

Normal people are just sick to fucking death of the cruelty and meanness

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.

Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power

One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.

DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.

His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...

Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County

Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 11h

Councilor Liz Breadon said all the people detained had some form of legal immigration status — but were not allowed to get their papers by ICE. https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-11-04/ice-detains-9-at-allston-brighton-car-wash-in-what-could-be-neighborhoods-largest-raid-of-the-year

ICE detains 9 at Allston-Brighton car wash in what could be neighborhood's largest raid of the year

The local city councilor said, as far as she knows, all of the people detained had some form of legal immigration status.

www.wgbh.org

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Matthew Haugen @mjhaugen.bsky.social · 9h

Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 9h

Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.

Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily armed, masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street.
People yelled as vehicles honked their horn — a sign now used to alert neighbors that immigration federal agents are in the area — and witnesses said federal agents had arrested several landscaper workers presumed to be in the country without authorization.
As Figuero tried to drive through the 1600 block of West Hubbard Street on Friday, Oct. 10, an unmarked vehicle driven by federal agents collided with Figueroa’s as it tried to speed away from a hostile crowd, multiple videos reviewed by the Tribune show.
Seconds after the crash, agents abruptly stopped their vehicle and exited with weapons in hand pointing at Figueroa, a U.S citizen. Agents then forcibly opened her door and pulled her out of the vehicle by her legs without identifying themselves, presenting a warrant or informing her that she was under arrest. As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced Figueroa into a red minivan and drove away.
Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view.

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Dr. Nerd, MD, MPH @surgeonsupermom.bsky.social · 1d

Saying it again:

"So what you’re telling us is you need less evidence to kill somebody than you do to hold them."

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This quote continues to rattle me to my core:

"So what you’re telling us is you need less evidence to kill somebody than you do to hold them."

That's Rep Adam Smith to Pentagon officials in a briefing on Trump's illegal boat bombings. As he told me in this piece, they didn't answer his objection:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d

Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!

Lots of fresh info in my new piece:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

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Dr. Nerd, MD, MPH @surgeonsupermom.bsky.social · 2d

Deliver us from evil, indeed.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

Add a dose of propaganda to your morning coffee.. This smells of Russian-like “special operation”

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Dr. Nerd, MD, MPH @surgeonsupermom.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, I happen to think barn owls (and other raptors) are cool AF, unlike those losers, but this is still a quality insult.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 2d

Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.

Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 2d

I will not, as discussed before, read another single story that is clutching pearls about people's reproductive choices. But every time I see one, I'll remind you that there is no economic problem that cannot be solved with immigration and/or taxing wealth hoarders.

NPR @npr.org · 2d

Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves through economies.

People are having fewer kids. Their choice is transforming the world's economy

Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves through economies.

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Dr. Nerd, MD, MPH @surgeonsupermom.bsky.social · 3d

But French is really just bad Latin, and there are like hundreds of dialects and regional accents. Why are they so mad… oh…

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Dr. Nerd, MD, MPH @surgeonsupermom.bsky.social · 4d

Not sending their best.

TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 4d

Good Lord, the details in this police report.

Nancy Mace is nasty, rude, entitled and flat-out batsh*t crazy.

www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

Nancy Mace Curses, Berates Confused Cops in Airport Meltdown: Police Report

At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, US representative Nancy Mace called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report.

www.wired.com

Dr. Nerd, MD, MPH @surgeonsupermom.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for the phrase “sad wenus epidemic,” really needed this today. 😂

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 6d

I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.

We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 6d

I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

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Dr. Nerd, MD, MPH @surgeonsupermom.bsky.social · 8d

Bless her heart 😈

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Dr. Nerd, MD, MPH @surgeonsupermom.bsky.social · 8d

It’s giving Nero.

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Tal B. Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 8d

i just need people to know it's not hypocrisy when Devout Christian Mike Johnson cuts off SNAP benefits. it's not a lack of "christian charity" to make kids starve; it's because the christian right wants to control who gets food, through churches, so they can deny queers and sluts at will

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Dr. Nerd, MD, MPH @surgeonsupermom.bsky.social · 9d

Grift and corruption.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 10d

A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.

As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments

A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanhneville.medsky.social · 11d

Just thinking: I am a double-boarded physician-scientist at @uclahealth.org, but I grew up in poverty. Gov't provided the welfare & foodstamps that aided my refugee family. Gov't grants subsidized my education.

I am only where I am today bc of the #America that was. And it makes me want to cry.

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