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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4h

Employees in the EPA’s Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division received an internal email notifying them that the agency plans to carry out a workforce reduction. The division oversees programs that assist states with recycling and composting initiatives.

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averinjanet.bsky.social @averinjanet.bsky.social · 3h

#Chicago

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

We're told at least one person was arrested—and later released with a citation for disorderly—by Broadview police for simply being on the Maywood side of 25th at Harvard St outside the ICE facility this morning.

They were documenting agents coming and going as electeds have told people to do.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

They are terrified of the No Kings rallies and doing everything they can to discredit them.

If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 3h

Macron blames the left, bc he's forced into concessions, but it's the existential threat of the rise of the far right that's actually put him in check, forcing the gov to placate the public and prevent the implosion of wtv centrist coalition remains.

www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/...

French PM backs suspension of reform raising retirement age until 2027 election

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, whose fate is in he hands of the Socialists, agreed to one of their key demands in a policy speech to Parliament.

www.lemonde.fr

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

Yes, color me shocked.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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averinjanet.bsky.social @averinjanet.bsky.social · 3h

“Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.” #BarryGoldwater

averinjanet.bsky.social @averinjanet.bsky.social · 3h

“You don't need to be 'straight' to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.”
#BarryGoldwater

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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averinjanet.bsky.social @averinjanet.bsky.social · 3h

“Absolute power does corrupt, and those who seek it must be suspect and must be opposed.” 2/2

#BarryGoldwater

averinjanet.bsky.social @averinjanet.bsky.social · 3h

“Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies. 1/2” #BarryGoldwater

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 6h

It’s a mental illness

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 8h

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 13h

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averinjanet.bsky.social @averinjanet.bsky.social · 3h

“Equality as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences. Wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.”

Also #BarryGoldwater

averinjanet.bsky.social @averinjanet.bsky.social · 3h

“the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!” Barry Goldwater

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h

This is Antifa. Which, I guess, makes Republicans Profa.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 1d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

49-year-old worship minister
Jon Paul Sheptock was arrested on child sex abuse charges. Sheptock possessed and was involved in producing child sexual assault materials.

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averinjanet.bsky.social @averinjanet.bsky.social · 16h

Charter schools are taxpayer ripoffs and the students don’t benefit either.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

FLORIDA now requires public schools to share space with charter schools, and “one charter operator intends to occupy space in more than 100 public schools (!)” 🤔

Privatizing public schools at breakneck speed, filling their pockets with taxpayer funds. www.fox13news.com/news/charter...

averinjanet.bsky.social @averinjanet.bsky.social · 16h

North Carolina Republicans plan to redraw state’s congressional districts - North Carolina Newsline

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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 19h

I am reluctantly coming to the conclusion that The Dictator and his pals will stop at nothing to rig the 2026 elections, including declaring martial law & seizing voting machines for phony “recounts.”

We had best start looking at tactics that deal successfully with autocracies.

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averinjanet.bsky.social @averinjanet.bsky.social · 17h

#Missouri

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 20h

columbia missouri musicians rally at city hall against ICE arrest of friend and colleague from local music scene

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuoO...

Musical rally held at city hall for Columbia man detained by ICE

YouTube video by KMIZ ABC 17 News

www.youtube.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22h

What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?

Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 18h

I know I could get into trouble for posting the Antifa battle flag, but I'm gonna do it anyway.

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