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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1h

someone on the Internet who really wants to convince you to shine lasers at manned aircraft as a protest tactic “because they did it in Chile in 2019” is either:

1. a fascist fed, or,

2. so terminally stupid that they have become functionally indistinguishable from one

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 28m

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

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Ⓐnarchohoodism @161bklyn.bsky.social · 24m

LMAO 😂

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 1h

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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🌊Sandy #GunReformNow @cynthiaharless.bsky.social · 27m

Trump is about to take millions of people's SNAP benefits away! The Trump food lines will be much longer than when he was in office last time!
Watch this space. 📌
Trump administration warns of "insufficient funds" for food stamps if shutdown continues share.google/mAUPjQdDMRCw...

Scoop: Trump administration warns of "insufficient funds" for food stamps if shutdown continues

It's the administration's latest warning of painful consequences of a lengthy government shutdown.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Helio Fred Garcia @hfgarcia.bsky.social · 37m

"Floodlit by DHS spotlights, the square outside the ICE facility shows how those events can be shaped and polished in video clips into furor, and ultimately policy, in an administration that has harnessed the power of social media to inspire and enrage."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

A conservative influencer was arrested in Portland. Trump was watching.

After conservative influencer Nick Sortor was arrested outside an ICE facility in Portland, Donald Trump latched on to justify a federal crackdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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SurveillanceMap Organisation Unofficial @survmaporg.bsky.social · 56m

Welcome and enjoy the pleasant and beautiful view in Salt Lake City · Utah · United States. SurveillanceMap. · #SurveillanceMap #Travel #World #Discover #Webcam

Salt Lake City · Utah · United States - SurveillanceMap

Welcome and enjoy the pleasant and beautiful view in Salt Lake City · Utah · United States. SurveillanceMap.

www.surveillance-map.org

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 44m

Unfortunately the warnings were ”being cops” and “having tear gas”

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1h

A federal judge ordered federal agents last week to issue two warnings before using tear gas.

Witnesses said they heard no warnings and none can be heard on videos, @chicago.suntimes.com reports

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1h

Federal agents deployed tear gas after Albany Park residents protested to their attempts to detain a resident of the Northwest Side neighborhood, @vimiller.bsky.social reports for the @chicago.suntimes.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 53m

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1h

This is purely about the visual, example 1 million www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 4h

The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

taskandpurpose.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1h

i could swear this isn’t the first one of these stories i have heard about this specific police force cooperating with and enabling ICE

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2h

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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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 1h

What a dipshit

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 3h

Deeyah Khan's documentary about white supremacy

My documentary about White Supremacy. White Right: Meeting the Enemy.

YouTube video by Deeyah Khan

youtu.be

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ballerinaX @ballerinax.bsky.social · 2h

It's really a Utah thing.

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ballerinaX @ballerinax.bsky.social · 2h

Oh Dear...

So many thought he might be kinda regular.

That vintage inspired eye ware should NOT fool you.
He was raised in an authoritarian society where the top guy gets messages direct from God so . . .

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Sen. John Curtis: "I think we have to put a lot of trust in President Trump and his instincts."

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 3h

Was she undocumented? Here on a green card? A U.S. citizen? WHAT FUCKING DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? SHE'S A TEENAGE GIRL WHO WAS JUST KIDNAPPED OFF THE STREETS, THROWN INTO A VAN & DISAPPEARED.

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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ballerinaX @ballerinax.bsky.social · 2h

Same

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Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 3h

@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

@jbpritzker.bsky.social

Someone needs to send their National Guard to Texas... /SARCASM

Seriously though. Impeachments. Investigations. Arrests. Trials. Sentencing.

No pardons or delays, the DOJ's credibility depends on it.

Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 4h

CBP agents knocked on an El Paso home at 7:15 a.m.

The owner asked to secure his Rottweiler, Chop, in the bathroom.

While he got his ID, agents opened the door and shot Chop.

The family tried to save him as he bled out on the kitchen floor.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

"Send them back where they came from" not good enough when they have embarrassed the administration. They must be deported to a place where he might be tortured.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3h

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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ballerinaX @ballerinax.bsky.social · 3h

I had this day last week. I'm down to one bandaid on a finger and quite the knot on my tibia. It was a series of small catastrophes.

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Diane @dianesf.bsky.social · 3h

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Diane S shared: DEVELOPING: 6 dead, multiple injured after mass shooting in Leland, Miss

Diane S shared this video. DEVELOPING: 6 dead, multiple injured after mass shooting in Leland, Miss

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Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 3h

There, it's cool and doesn't have AI

Rob Israel @robisraelart.bsky.social · 3h

Portland, don’t stop resisting Trump’s Fascistic BS. #portland #portlandfrog

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Avian Science @avianscience2.bsky.social · 3h

Shorebird Use of the Lower Colorado River Delta During Migration by T. D. Meehan, et al.
Waterbirds 48 (2), 1-12. (4 September 2025) doi.org/10.1675/063....

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ballerinaX @ballerinax.bsky.social · 3h

Maybe not the best platform for chiropractor/Wellness advertising. I'll add that "The Blair Society" is a genealogical org for the Blair family. Blair Chiropractic membership Association is a different thing. Maybe proofread first.

Neckwise Salt lake City @neckwiseslc.bsky.social · 5h

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If you are struggling with headaches, dizziness, vertigo, or other chronic health conditions we want to help!

Schedule a free consultation by going to www.neckwise.com or sending us a DM

#Vertigo #saltlakecity

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