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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 3h

It's interesting in itself that the public's default reaction to whatever the government is doing seems to be "stop doing that, try the opposite". It suggests something quite profound is going wrong.

Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 14h

Thermostatic public opinion, reacting against the governing regime, like old faithful.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6h

How do I make Justice Kavanaugh watch this?

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 12h

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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Austin Kidwell @austinkidwell.bsky.social · 11h

I want to urge people to unfollow and block the juniper “onion person” account

She is gifted and funny poster so I get why she has the following she has. The problem is she is a bad faith liar who will push anything that fits her ideological priors without caring if any of it is true or real

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 14h

Okay I guess people are fine with being antisemitic on main

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 11h

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 12h

the reason that this is so galling is that the majority of Israelis are people expelled from other Muslim-majority countries, so (unsurprisingly) Israeli food has a lot in common with their neighbors'. most people don't know this, though, and think that it's all Ashkenazim.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 15h

Fascinating, the right wing leader of the World Jewish Congress attempted to convince Israel to release Marwan Barghouti and Israel refused

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 17h

⛓️‍💥 New: World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder – heir to the Estée Lauder empire – offered to travel to Egypt last week to lobby for the release of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti as part of the upcoming hostage deal, Times of Israel reports. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office...

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Austin Kidwell @austinkidwell.bsky.social · 12h

cut out the antisemitic nonsense about Israelis not having their own food traditions. It’s absolute garbage gutter anti-semitism that discredits the cause of Palestinian liberation

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Austin Kidwell @austinkidwell.bsky.social · 13h

the person that did this today got exactly what she wanted

Austin Kidwell @austinkidwell.bsky.social · 14h

if someone is literally asking you to ratio them ignore. do not quote tweet or respond to them bc then they win

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

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

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Austin Kidwell @austinkidwell.bsky.social · 14h

if someone is literally asking you to ratio them ignore. do not quote tweet or respond to them bc then they win

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 17h

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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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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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18h

Wow, so it’s illegal to make plans with friends now

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

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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Austin Kidwell @austinkidwell.bsky.social · 1d

archeology should’ve been on there

Austin Kidwell @austinkidwell.bsky.social · 1d

list of my favorite ologies in rough order:

1 zoology
2 volcanology
3 historiography
4 geography
5 anthropology
6 sociology

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 1d

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Austin Kidwell @austinkidwell.bsky.social · 1d

wut

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

chat it's happening

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Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau appear to confirm romance - report

After months of rumours, proof seems to be in that Katy Perry is dating former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The loved-up couple were spotted kissing and cuddling on board Perry's 24-metre y...

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know if the Savannah Bananas are private equity owned but they have private equity vibes. Same goes for pickleball and Dubai chocolate.

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Austin Kidwell @austinkidwell.bsky.social · 1d

GO BUFFS

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 1d

Here is the entirety of Article 3. Unless you're changing something spelled out here, you don't need an amendment

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JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 1d

One thing I've noticed is that even well-educated people underestimate how much control over the structure of the courts congress has. Almost nothing about the courts requires a constitutional amendment to change

Oops! Unable to resolve handle @curiousaboutupdog.bsky.social · 9d

This would take a constitutional amendment to change, right?

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