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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 9h

"[Yesterday's] raids across Southern California showed a continuing escalation of violence by masked federal agents as they kidnapped at least 20 people, including parents after their school drop-offs, U.S. citizens, and a mother is ripped from her infant."

lataco.com/daily-memo-o...

DAILY MEMO: ICE Rips Mom From Her Infant, Takes U.S. Citizens and Parents After School Drop-off, and Assaults Worker with a Taser ~ L.A. TACO

Today’s raids across Southern California showed a continuing escalation of violence by masked federal agents as they kidnapped at least 20 people, including parents after their school drop-offs, U.S. ...

lataco.com

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 8h

Earlier today I was listening to one of the hosts from Here and Now repeatedly ask a resident from Southeast Chicago whether throwing rocks at ICE was justified. And finally she just said, "They invaded our community. They have machine guns."

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h

Wow. New Economist poll finds only 34% of Americans say ICE's use of force has been justified, vs 51% who say it's been excessive. And they oppose agents wearing masks by 52-35.

Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

ICE's military raids and masked kidnappings are resonating deeply/negatively in the cultural spaces we keep hearing Dems need to reach: Manosphere, Joe Rogan, country music, disengaged voters. That's rare and it gives Dems a big opening to engage.

Thoughts on this:

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

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Eternal Clarkness: Sanity's Requiem @justinofclark.bsky.social · 4h

Media literacy should be taught in every single American school, full stop. You don't need to tell kids *what* to think, but teaching them *how* to think is now a civic duty.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 7h

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 6h

In response to the No Kings protest in Austin, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is sending in the National Guard, the Texas Rangers, state troopers & Public Safety personnel “supported by aircraft and other tactical assets.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Abbott to send National Guard to Austin for No Kings rally

Abbott’s deployments come as Republicans, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, vilify the planned nationwide protests as a “hate America” gathering.

www.politico.com

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LizNWillTradeCandyCornForAlmondJoys @liznisherenow.bsky.social · 3h

Listen, the last No Kings demonstrations were peaceful because Trump didn’t want chaos to be a bigger story than his parade.

Not so this time.

Leave the children at home.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mamdani: "We will make buses free by replacing the revenue that the MTA currently gets from buses. This is revenue that's around $700 million or so. That's less money than Andrew Cuomo gave to Elon Musk in $959 million in tax credits when he was the governor."

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OPB - KMHD Creators Union @opbkmhdcreators.bsky.social · 3h

Tuesday, we attended the OPB Board of Directors meeting in solidarity.

We sent a letter to the board asking them to invest in us, the creators of the content our communities rely on. We haven't received a response. Read the letter here.

We are determined to get the contract we deserve!

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David Nir @davidnir.com · 4h

Man, this freaking guy.

"I have no staff ... The phones don't work. There's no computer," Grijalva says from her sparsely furnished office on Capitol Hill. "We don't have a government email." www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.

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Kimberly Burns @kimberlyburns.bsky.social · 4h

We’ve lost one of the greats. www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...

NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

www.npr.org

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Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 4h

Readers keep being like haha how come no one at the Naked Bike Ride went nude?

And it's like no, we just can't show you nudity in the image preview because you chose to get your news from a platform that censors butts.

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Cat9 @cat9.bsky.social · 5h

#USMilitary

NYT gift article, no paywall:

"But one of the U.S. officials, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 6h

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 13h

An ICE agent argued that taking upskirt photos of a flight attendant wasn’t a crime because he was sneaky. Um, no, says the 11th Circuit, which upheld his conviction reason.com/2025/10/16/i...

ICE agent who took upskirt photos of flight attendant says it wasn’t a crime because he was sneaky

Billy Olvera's "clandestine video voyeurism," as his lawyer would later describe it, took place while he was on duty as a deportation officer.

reason.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

🚨WOW. A unanimous per curiam (meaning no named author) panel of the 7th Circuit, made up of a Bush appointee, an Obama appointee, and a Trump appointee, decline to step in and block a lower court order barring the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago!

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 8h

#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to undo an order blocking deployment of National Guard troops within Illinois.

"We conclude that the district court's factual findings … were not clearly erroneous, and that the facts do not justify the President's actions in Illinois."

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Major setback for Trump National Guard moves as 7th Circuit declines to disturb block on deployment in Illinois. Judges Rovner, Hamilton, St. Eve (GHWBush/Obama/Trump) see no rebellion permitting use of Guard by prez. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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OPB @opb.org · 8h

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents. They’ve been kicked, dragged and detained for days

ProPublica compiled and reviewed every case it could find of agents holding citizens against their will, whether during immigration raids or protests.

www.opb.org

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Annie R @anet2111.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago O’Hare and Midway now joining with other airports across the country refusing to play a video of Kristi Noem blaming Dems for the ongoing government shutdown.

www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Major airports refuse to air Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown

Airport spokespeople say the decision was made because the message blaming Democrats for the government shutdown violates the Hatch Act.

www.msnbc.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

Ex Fetterman staffer

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 11h

Good morning to everyone, but especially women who don’t like the vehicle

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11h

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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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 11h

Judge hauling ICE official into court as aggressive tactics continue despite her order: 'I'm not blind'

NEW from @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Judge hauling ICE official into court as aggressive tactics continue despite her order: 'I'm not blind'

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis wants the ICE official to explain "why I am seeing images of tear gas … and reading reports that there were no warnings given." A Trump lawyer says the reports are inacc...

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VanillaRage @vanillarage.bsky.social · 1d

French writer, Albert Camus once said-"Be careful, when democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but not to inquire about its health."

And with a thin smile, it fluffs the pillow, smooths the sheets, and whispers, "Rest now—I’ll take it from here."

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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