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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 43m

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

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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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 3h

“Congress and the public simply can’t follow what the Trump administration has done with federal spending. And now the fiscal year is over, with untold sums unaccounted for.”

The Administration has no idea what happened to American tax dollars. Sheer incompetence.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Not Even Congress Knows How Much Money DOGE Cut

www.nytimes.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5h

Taps my sign: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

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TRIFAN @trifan.bsky.social · 12h

SOCIALISM: governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.

It does not exist in Canada. We are a capitalist country with social programs that benefit society.

Learn something today Anaida.

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TRIFAN @trifan.bsky.social · 12h

Can we get a Temporary Foreign Worker to replace Pierre Poilievre. I mean, how hard is it to be a Con leader. Lying on tik-tok all day seems easy enough.

We'd probably save a lot of money.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19h

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 19h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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TRIFAN @trifan.bsky.social · 13h

CAT: Make a few incisions on mouse and fill with Garlic Powder. Drizzle oil and cake with garlic salt. Cover with oregano, dried, until furry with oregano. Drop in pot.

Do it as is, like my grandmother. Trust me.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 1d

You have to understand that there is NO accountability for ICE even in theory. You can't sue an ICE agent. They won't be criminally prosecuted for violating your rights. They won't be fired. THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM ICE IS TO RUN FROM ICE.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 1d

Here's another Kavanaugh stop in action. Agent says: "Why are you running?" Admitting that he had no cause to stop and tackle this boy.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 1d

Trump kept his business interests

Then used public office to enrich himself

From foreign money to crypto schemes

I call it what it is: corruption—& the most corrupt presidency in modern history

I explain on ABC Australia's Chasing Trump’s Billions 👇 - TN www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

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TRIFAN @trifan.bsky.social · 15h

No matter the eventual outcome, it's clear that a long period of disruption is upon us.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h

This entire thread explains why Trump's money laundering to pay the troops is a crime.

Here's the key bit.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 21h

But here's the problem: if you tried to transfer that money into the military personnel accounts (milpers), it would immediately transform into money whose period of availability ended on September 30, 2025 - and thus not be usable anymore, despite the money existing.

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TRIFAN @trifan.bsky.social · 16h

Fuck up tourism, trade, farming, health, education, science.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table and asking , `` was that wrong ? ''

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table and asking , `` was that wrong ? ''

media.tenor.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 20h

Quite a day.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 19h

John Kelly: "Idiot"
Rex Tillerson: "Moron"
Mark Milley: "Fascist"
Gary Cohn: "Dumb as shit"
Rupert Murdoch: "Fucking idiot"
H.R. McMaster: "Dope"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Trump on Schumer: "I think he's losing IQ points with time. I think that happens. I hope it hasn't happened with me. I know if it did, you guys would let me know about it very quickly."

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 19h

What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 21h

The Supreme Court's Republican appointees sound ready to transform the 14th and 15th Amendments into a weapon against the very racial minorities they were meant to protect—handing Republicans 15-19 additional House seats in the process. A disaster for democracy.
slate.com/news-and-pol...

Is it racist to remedy racism? That’s the question at the heart of Callais v. Louisiana, which the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday. The case asks whether the Voting Rights Act gives Black Louisianans too much political power—and if so, whether the landmark law violates the Constitution. Unsurprisingly, the Republican-appointed justices seem eager to rule that it does. Throughout oral arguments, they suggested the VRA protects minority voters too effectively, dragging the government into race-conscious considerations that offend the equal protection rights of the white voters who sued in this case. And they floated various ways to gut what remains of the statute by twisting it beyond recognition or striking it down altogether. The result would be a windfall for Republicans, who stand to gain at least 19 seats in the House of Representatives if the Supreme Court frees them to gerrymander Black communities into oblivion. Such a decision would also devastate minority representation in Congress, eliminating up to 30 percent of the Congressional Black Caucus.

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TRIFAN @trifan.bsky.social · 17h

Hilarious comparisson! 🤣😂

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 21h

You know, to paraphrase @kenwhite.bsky.social , if you joke about some things, it’s kind of like ‘ironically’ fucking a goat.

Sure, you may say it’s for irony or performance art or to be provocative or whatever, but at the end of the day, you’re still balls deep in a goat.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

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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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18h

🧵 This reporting confirms my suspicion on why, based on reporting last week, the CIA's Deputy Director, Michael Ellis, installed himself as the agency's general counsel. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

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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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 21h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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TRIFAN @trifan.bsky.social · 19h

Well, I won't lose my head over that.

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Julia Lurie @julialurie.bsky.social · 21h

When Genesis found out she was pregnant, she asked her managers at Amazon for a chair to sit on and extra breaks. She wound up with cut hours and no paid maternity leave—and homeless. Now, she and other pregnant Amazon warehouse workers are speaking up. My latest:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A pregnant Amazon employee asked for a chair to sit on—and wound up homeless

"You're just a number to them."

www.motherjones.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

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