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High Mobility Banana Rocket System. The CIA, which never existed, definitely doesn't exist in 2025. Interdepartmental Department Manager, ANTIFA International, Inc. Location: Langley, Virginia #NAFO

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Banana Rocket Launcher @alochmar.bsky.social · Jul 4

The Soviet Union was just the Russian Empire with a red coat of paint.

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Banana Rocket Launcher @alochmar.bsky.social · 3h

Jesus christ.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 16h

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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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14h

Portland continues to amaze me 👏

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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 14h

Meanwhile in Russia: pundits claimed that no one except for Russia is interested in peacemaking, praised Putin for stroking Trump's infantile ego, and explained why they believe the US president won't send Tomahawks to Ukraine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nALQ...

Evgenia Volgina claims no one but Russia wants peace

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

www.youtube.com

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 14h

Ukraine has successfully struck another Russian oil refinery in Bashkortostan. Russia lost another military jet and helicopter. Russia is now again striking Ukraine's hydroelectric power plants and Zelensky has promised that Ukraine will have to respond.

youtu.be/_-PLbP4Np30

Russia Lost Another Oil Refinery - Putin Says "Won't Help"

YouTube video by Jake Broe

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

blah blah Hunter Biden blah blah Burisma yada yada

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Banana Rocket Launcher @alochmar.bsky.social · 4h

One week a month? That’s rich, how about five days a week unless otherwise agreed.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 13h

The search on Mar-a-Lago happened in August 2022. Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel in November 2022.

Time, how does it work

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Eric Trump: "Sure enough, we find out that Jack Smith is planting manilla folders on the office of my father ... "

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 13h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10h

The Russian military looks so pathetic.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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Kraig Peck @kraigpeck.bsky.social · 9h

If ICE or Border Patrol comes to your home or business or place of work or school: Do not admit them unless the warrant is for your specific address and is signed by a judge--not by anyone except a judge.

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Banana Rocket Launcher @alochmar.bsky.social · 4h

Should honestly also double-check with the judge’s office that it’s actually legit.

Banana Rocket Launcher @alochmar.bsky.social · 4h

Wow. Just typed up something random on a piece of paper eh? Buncha morons. 😂

Banana Rocket Launcher @alochmar.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe this one? Looks pretty substantial: bsky.app/profile/mili...

🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 8h

❗️Large-scale fire at oil depot in temporarily occupied Feodosia after being hit by kamikaze drones

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 8h

❗️Large-scale fire at oil depot in temporarily occupied Feodosia after being hit by kamikaze drones

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21h

History gives us plenty of examples of disease used as a weapon. There are fewer cases of governments deliberately using disease against their own citizens. We are living (or dying) through one right now.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 18h

Here’s a short interview with the guy in the chicken suit for those who are wondering about him.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18h

Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
newrepublic.substack.com/p/maga-implo...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.substack.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18h

Once they understand that it is an unelected bureaucrat carrying out a coup, who knows.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/AoXcgAq

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15h

Nothing like this should happen anywhere

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

At least 6 vehicles racing through a quiet suburban neighborhood; multiple agents, all of them armed and masked.

the excessive response plus the violence against this 15 year old girl is outrageous.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 1d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 11h

An air raid starts while you’re at the railway station at 5am and you just think “but what if WE are their preferred war crime for today”

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 10h

Nothing to see here

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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 16h

Trump on Ukraine:

Biden gave them $350 billion. We gave them nothing.

But we gave them respect.

- I'm tired of explaining how this works, Trump is an idiot

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NAFO'S Grammy @grammynafopart2.bsky.social · 10h

#NAFO #Fellas

Alert: Disinformation aggregator

@lisa-marie .bsky .social

Engagement: Why not? I prefer to bonk, but you be you! Please report.

Remediation: Malfunctioning unit. Humor circuit disconnected. Recommend rebooting with the 3 Stooges AI Chip.

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