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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 1d

Guess the China hawks are waking up from their coma.
economist.com/leaders/2025...
from The Economist

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 1d

For the sake of the children, speak up.

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Make your plans for #NoKings. This Saturday, October 18th.
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 2d

American public library in 2025

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 2d

excellent — playing team sports is a successful strategy

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the joint statement from the TV networks, including Fox News, rejecting Pete Hegseth's Pentagon rules.

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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 2d

In the medium term, there's only one direction the US trade war with China will take: it'll get worse. The EU has made itself very vulnerable to this. It's being flooded with cheap Chinese goods and its debt levels are a disaster. EU is collateral damage...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/collateral...

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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 2d

Chinese goods that would've gone to the US prior to tariffs are flooding the EU. There's no such rise for Chinese exports to Japan, so the EU holds special status as collateral damage due to tariffs. There's many reason the EU should put Trump's secondary tariffs on China. This is one of them...

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 2d

If using taxpayer funds to bail out Argentine pesos isn't an impeachable offense, what is?

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 2d

We live in a new world where the U.S. stock market rallied because it concluded that the U.S. government lost credibility in a trade war.

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 3d

China’s energy consumption, especially in coal, is through the roof.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 4d

Biden wasn’t president yet. These folks aren’t too bright

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 4d

youtu.be/Q_oFL_b719g?...

You Don't Own Me - Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn & Diane Keaton

YouTube video by decay21450

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 4d

Meanwhile, my older one starts to bang on the door of his sister’s room and say “It’s ICE, open the door!”

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

Echoes of a very dark past.

From the Chicago Sun Times: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 6d

Boy it hurts. Worse, it’s a woman.

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 6d

Resist.

Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 6d

Link:

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

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 7d

Socialism is the new TikTok in America

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 8d

We are all Chicagoans.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 8d

The Dude still abides. I don’t know about you, but I take comfort in that.

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 8d

As alarmed as people may be, they aren't alarmed enough. Trump just escalated this crisis from a fight between the federal government and a state, to a situation where one state is deploying armed forces to impose its will on another state. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 8d

Korea practices liberal democracy properly, putting certain countries to shame. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

www.chosun.com

Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 9d

Will stay on grid, just in case.

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Kevin KAL Kallaugher- Editorial cartoonist @kaltoons.bsky.social · 10d

Learn about the secret scheme behind this cartoon for @economist.com Economist. Kaltoons.substack.com

#Hegseth #military #woke #cartoon #satire

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 12d

America is becoming more like China than Hong Kong did. Back in 2019-2020, the HK app for tracking police did not get taken down until Beijing imposed the National Security Law on the city.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13d

Apple has removed from its App Store several programs that alert users to sightings of immigration agents amid a furious pushback from the Trump administration over the services.

Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

Trump administration officials have issued several legal threats over ICEBlock, a popular app that allows users to alert others to the presence of nearby immigration agents.

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 12d

"The salaries of the president and members of Congress are constitutionally protected and paid from a permanent appropriation that is not affected by a government shutdown." What?!

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Ben @benjaminqiu.bsky.social · 13d

Expect Google Map to soon disable "There's police ahead" notifications.

Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 13d

The developer of ICEBlock, an app that lets people crowdsource sightings of ICE officials, has said he is determined to fight back after Apple removed the app from its App Store. www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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