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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 50m

Blessed be the record-keepers

Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 54m

President writes note to self and NYT types it up and hits “send,” continuing unbroken streak of portraying Donald Trump as only person with agency in the world

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 1h

No lies detected

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1h

"When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."

—Thomas Jefferson

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1h

“I’m not worried about nazis in the party because this is a Nazi party that uses Nazi methods to achieve Nazi goals and I’m a Nazi. Does that make sense?”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Q: Are you worried about extremist pro-Hitler sentiment among young Republicans?

JOHNSON: No. I don't know who any of these people are. I've never heard of them. Somebody posted a photo of me standing next to these guys wearing tuxedos. It was at the inauguration, people were coming up for selfies

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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 4h

Being born rich

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Paul N. Edwards @avastmachine.bsky.social · 4h

What an excellent phrase. A keeper.

Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 5h

It's not only subjectivity, it's first and foremost responsibility. AI is technology of organized irresponsibility

Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 5h

One throughline in all these AI promises is eliminating subjectivity. We don’t have to trust people’s accounts of their own experiences, because we can trust a magic machine’s *estimates* of those experiences. let ChatGPT write your memoir, act as “synthetic” interview respondents, choose yr dates..

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 12h

I wonder if he has ever seen a crew of ICE officers kidnapping and dragging away a screaming woman

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 11h

Zürich bekommt einen Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz! www.woz.ch/!MHF07JMB873W

Rosa Luxemburg: Endlich erhält sie ihren Platz

Eine lange Posse geht zu Ende: Zürich ehrt seine grösste Revolutionärin.

www.woz.ch

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 16h

“Operation Inflation” is offering free inflatable costumes to Portland ICE protesters.

Bravo and Brava!👩🏻‍🍳💋

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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 11h

Who is keeping track of all the criming

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 11h

Sign in a bookstore window:
FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 18h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 23h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 21h

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 20h

MORE

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JCBlue88 @jcblue88.bsky.social · 21h

Who makes the best movies? Who is most creative? The left. Let’s make some movies about what’s really going on and put them on FOX news and Telemundo as ads

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 23h

he is one million percent in these chats

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

some colleagues have suggested to me that shame is irrelevant because the people on the "other side" don't know or care what "we" (on whatever "this side") think of them. I have...not gotten that impression

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 1d

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 23h

So has the Charlie Kirk Show now become state-run media?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 3d

Resources for Whistle Warriors
Spanish and English flyers
Zines
Supplies– Metal and Plastic Whistles

link:
www.pilsenartscommunityhouse.org

or Google Drive via @tracyabell.bsky.social:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Resources for
Whistle
Warriors

WHISTLE ZINES

WHISTLE FLIERS

DOWNLOAD HERE / This is a PDF with
both English & Spanish one page fliers
that do not need to be folded.

SUPPLY LINKS

graphic of whistle

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 23h

Greta is an immensely impressive human being and despite her well-intentioned downplaying of her experience what she endured was torture. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 23h

Everything is retribution

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 23h

Losers gonna lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Neguse: "What Trump is attempting to do is create a perception that he has all the power & create a sense of hopelessness or helplessness in the public. We've gotta resist the temptation. He's electorally unpopular. In fact, the most unpopular POTUS at this juncture than any modern POTUS in history"

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 23h

Look at this good news!

Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 1d

At a raid on the drop-off line at a local elementary school, hundreds of parents had ICE surrounded within three minutes. ICE gave up and fled.

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correcting typo and derailing riff @stefanheck.bsky.social · 1d

I would honestly rather read a handwritten note from my parents in which they say they regret ever adopting me

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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