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sociologist of disasters pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. (views aren't even my own) roll tide. come on, come on, get down to goodison park.....wooh!

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wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · Dec 10

You might not know me from my other summer camp life Anyways- it overlaps this year as we are located in the mountains outside of Asheville and we don't yet know how the floods are going to affect camp. If you would like to help fund scholarships for kids in Appalachia: givebutter.com/t2VbFE

Support AICL

Keep our summer camp running, support our scholarship fund, and expand our mission to bust out of the boxes of traditional education

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Liquid Jade @liquidjade.bsky.social · 12h

The DoD’s weekly payroll is roughly $3.7 billion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Feds seized 127,271 bitcoin, currently valued at ~ $15 billion 😯

Feds seize $15 billion in crypto from ‘pig butchering’ scheme involving forced labor camps | CNN Politics

Federal prosecutors seized $15 billion in cryptocurrency from an investment scheme known as “pig butchering” that they allege emanated from forced labor camps in Cambodia.

go.stonking.com

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

If I send you this, know I’ve lost my shit

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 13h

so what's in the news today

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 6h

Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h

As I've noted, central to Stephen Miller's propaganda is the claim that the Chicago complex targeted by ICE was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists."

Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 7h

Probably best to chase it indefinitely

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 7h

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 6h

Big beefy lad in the gym. Across his thigh in gothic script: Finnegan.
Ah, Massachusetts.

wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 6h

Athletes are funny. That's why they are famous.

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 6h

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 6h

Going into advertising so I can write really bad 30 second comedy sketches

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 7h

This is no more lawful than if Iran / North Korea / whoever blew up a couple American yachts in the Mediterranean for suspected drug trafficking. On the legal spectrum it sits in the middle of a Venn diagram between overt acts of military aggression, state-sponsored terrorism, and simple murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 12h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 6h

*no kings except this guy

What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6h

lol can you *imagine* the kind of stuff in JD Vance group chats. (i mean, yes very easily)

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 7h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 7h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 7h

Most Americans are truly not prepared to live in a country where the government and police openly manufacture evidence and lie to the courts in an effort to justify their increasingly brutal and lawless behavior against the population

The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 12h

City officials said an Everett 13-year-old in ICE detention was arrested with only a knife, not a gun, which federal officials previously claimed.

Everett teen detained by ICE was in possession of a knife when arrested - The Boston Globe

An official from the Department of Homeland Security previously said that the teen was in possession of a gun when he was arrested.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 10h

I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.

The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 10h

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 16h

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 7h

Ugh

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 7h

Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast.

She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.

wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 7h

Oh wow, Young Republicans are racist?! Huh, wow

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wesin-🎃a spooky version of 🎃-japan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 7h

Huckabee plays bass like a guy who is concentrating real hard

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 7h

Current and former Trump admin ambassadors to Israel—Mike Huckabee and David Friedman—performed a "Sweet Home Alabama" cover titled "Sweet Home Yerushalayim.”

The performance took place in Israel at a benefit for United Hatzalah, whose members spread the "baby baked in oven" hoax about October 7th.

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MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 7h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

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