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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 2h

This "ironic" racism dates to 18 years ago. AT LEAST. I saw it in the 2008 Presidential cycle while working for the Huntsman campaign...and Jon Huntsman, when it was brought to his attention, kicked a *bunch* of people out of the campaign organization.

Once it was confirmed.

Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 6h

I just want you all to know that when we told you that they wanted to destroy everything and you thought Black women were exaggerating? This was the "ironic" racism you said we were overreacting to 10 years ago. Racism has never had generational limits

Politico @politico.com · 12h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 4h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 12h

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Bailing out Bessent’s billionaire friends on Wall Street from their bad investments is much more important.

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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 1d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 4h

Queensland’s pandering to climate deniers is making it even tougher for Albanese to drive down emissions | Clear Air

Queensland is Australia’s top polluter – even worse than Western Australia, which has no climate target and adores its fossil fuel industry * Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter here Meeting Australia’s emissions reduction targets is not going to be simple and the Queensland Liberal National government has gone out of its way to make it much harder. Its energy roadmap, released on Friday, can’t really be interpreted as anything other than a transparently political document, designed to placate climate sceptics that have a stranglehold on significant parts of the state’s governing party. You wouldn’t be heading down this path otherwise. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 4h

A good follow up would be asking what she thinks Trump does not have the right to do.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Pam Bondi claims Trump "absolutely has the right" to invoke the Insurrection Act

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 4h

Not only has the US killed 27 people (by its figures, independent verification obviously being difficult), they haven't presented evidence or any real legal authority to justify this. Even as they formalized it under a task force.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 9h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 10h

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...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h

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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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 5h

Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.

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

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 · 5h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 5h

Anyway here's a picture of Mike Lawler hanging out with one of the Young Republicans who suggested putting their political opponents in gas chambers

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 5h

Corporate greed led to the collapse of Steward Health Care last year. My Stop Medical Profiteering and Theft Act would ensure that greedy real estate investment trusts cannot continue to put profits over patients and wealth over health.
youtube.com/shorts/lkx8G...

Senator Markey Introduces Stop MPT Act

YouTube video by Senator Markey

youtube.com

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 7h

U.S. police kill roughly 25 pet dogs a day, the majority of which pose no threat to them.

scholars.unh.edu/unh_lr/vol17...

trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss...

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Your Tiny Journalist Friend. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social · 5h

ICE spotted near Kenwood Academy today.

Dear Kenwood Parents and Guardians,
The safety of our students is my top priority, which is why I am writing to address a situation that occurred near our school this morning. We have received reports of federal law enforcement activity in the neighborhood near our school building today.
We immediately shared these reports with the CPS
Office of Safety and Security, and this team reached out to the Chicago Police Department (CPD) for more information. All members of our school community are safe. Today's school day proceeded smoothly and as planned.
I want to emphasize that school is the best and safest place for our students. Our staff is well-versed in the proper protocols for keeping our students and school community safe in case federal law enforcement representatives attempt to enter school property or interact with students or staff. As a reminder, our school and CPS WILL NOT coordinate with federal representatives, and we WILL NOT allow ICE agents or any other federal representatives access to our school unless they produce a criminal judicial warrant signed by a federal judge. I also want to remind you that CPS created a resource packet (English I Spanish) that includes guidance on the following topics:

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 5h

Come out to @politicsprose.bsky.social at 7pm on Wednesday 10/22 to see @bethmacy.bsky.social and I talk about her knockout new book PAPER GIRL: A MEMOIR OF HOME AND FAMILY IN A FRACTURED AMERICA.

Beth Macy — Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America - with Andrea Pitzer — at Conn Ave

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 5h

One Republican operative reportedly wrote, “I love Hitler,” and referred to Black Americans as “the watermelon people.”

Appallingly Racist GOP Group Chat With 251 Slurs Is Leaked

One Republican operative reportedly wrote, “I love Hitler,” and referred to Black Americans as “the watermelon people.”

trib.al

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david. @david.uncensored.zip · 5h

I know the internet is *so* over it but hes still clearly upset if you imply a connection between him and russia

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 5h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 5h

Oh.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop @soraaad.bsky.social · 5h

"In 4 exploratory essays a seasoned historian @emuehlbe.bsky.social examines the mechanisms by which ancient people came to have knowledge—not of the world and its myriad processes but abt something more intimate...the individuals they encountered in close quarters, those they knew in everyday life"

Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 10h

Usually, to show an author love, the first rule is: buy the book. And, you can totally buy this book---but, it's also available OA, which means you can in a few weeks' time get it for free.
luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1...

So, the updated rule: to show an author love, get her book and read it!

Things Unseen | University of California Press

How do you know the nature of another person: who she is, or what she is capable of? In four exploratory essays, a seasoned historian examines the mechanisms by which ancient people came to have knowl...

luminosoa.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.