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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 2d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 11h

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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RachelMarta @rachel99marta.bsky.social · 1d

#MakeGoodLoudTrouble on behalf of our Democracy and #WeThePeople
#PersistInResisting it's working!

Indivisible South Shore @indivissouthshore.bsky.social · 7d

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 6h

I really hate how unbelievably angry this makes me

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8h

ai is a fascist tool. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Ilyasah Shabazz didn’t want to look at the AI-generated videos of her father, Malcolm X. The seemingly realistic clips — made by OpenAI’s new video-maker Sora 2 — show the legendary civil rights activist making crude jokes, wrestling with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and talking about defecating on himself.

“It is deeply disrespectful and hurtful to see my father’s image used in such a cavalier and insensitive manner when he dedicated his life to truth,” Shabazz, whose father was assassinated in front of her in 1965 when she was 2, told The Washington Post. She questioned why the developers were not acting “with the same morality, conscience, and care … that they’d want for their own families.”

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1h

Qassam Brigades publishes names of 20 Israeli prisoners scheduled for release - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/qassam-brigades-publishes-names-20-israeli-prisoners-scheduled-release

Qassam Brigades publishes names of 20 Israeli prisoners scheduled for release

<article data-history-node-id="430073" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/qassam-brigades-publishes-names-20-israeli-prisoners-scheduled-release" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/qassam-brigades-publishes-names-20-israeli-prisoners-scheduled-release" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Qassam Brigades publishes names of 20 Israeli prisoners scheduled for release</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Hamas's Qassam Brigades on Monday published the names of 20 living Israeli prisoners set to be released as part of the prisoner exchange deal.</p> <p>Bar Abraham Cooperstein<br> Avitar David<br> Yosef Haim Ohana<br> Segev Kalfon<br> Avinatan Or<br> Elkana Bouhbot<br> Maxim Herkin<br> Nimrod Cohen<br> Matan Tsinghauker<br> David Cuneo<br> Eitan Horn<br> Matan Angrist<br> Etan Mor<br> Gali Berman<br> Ziv Berman<br> My age is Miran<br> Alon Ohl<br> Guy Gilboa-Dallal<br> Rom Braslavsky<br> Ariel Cuneo </p> <p>Israeli Army Radio said the list of names of the 20 living prisoners matches the list known to Israel. </p> </div> </div> </article>

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3h

He has…sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people…

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

—Declaration of Independence, 1776

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 1h

theintercept.com/2025/10/01/t...

Trump Administration Conjures Up New “Terrorist” Designation to Justify Killing Civilians

The U.S. military justified the slaughter of alleged drug traffickers by claiming links to “designated terrorist organizations.”

theintercept.com

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 14h

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5h

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 9h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 6h

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 12h

Guess which magazine this woman, who thinks that a writing job with a $64,000/yr to $68,000/yr USD salary is a joke, works for.

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what a fucking joke lol
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Compensation will range from $58,000 to $64,000 and includes health and dental insurance.
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Ozma @rowyourbot.bsky.social · 15h

Their dystopian fantasies are mainly just ‘under what conditions might I own sex slaves, including children, without fear of reprisal.’ That’s about as far as they get. If you read the city-state dreams you see they rarely consider how to keep residents alive, just how to keep law off their back.

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 15h

My version of this is that Vought, Yarvin etc represent a kind of braindead right-Gramscianism, which leaves out all the interesting subtleties and treats civil society _only_ as a realm of indoctrination, where one ideological master-narrative can readily be substituted for another.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 17h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

"You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time."

I didn't think George Stephanopolous had that gear, but good for him. That's how it should always be done.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 15h

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫,

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 12h

we all have the same 24 hours in a day, and billionaires spend half of them posting homebrew brain-preserving remedies to each other in racist group chats

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Dr. Ruth is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 13h

One day soon.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 18h

Get ready for "one day"

meme: ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS
Omar El Akkad

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Monica Carmean @monicacarmean.com · 1d

Amazon prime frog costumes are sold out. Good job, America.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 17h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Dr. Ruth is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 16h

Oh, for sure! My commentary was for Leo. Bill sucks.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 20h

Important to understand what a state the US is in. And the geopolitical implications

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

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

The cruelty is the point

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 1d

Come teach with me for @resistanceschool.bsky.social !!

Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 1d

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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