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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 9h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 59m

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 24m

UHG, Cigna, and Humana are facing lawsuits alleging AI programs led to denied care.

The former chief data officer of Kaiser Permanente, UHG, & Optum said there’s a lack of oversight regarding “whether algorithms are behaving as good actors or bad actors.”

www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025...

The AI arms race between insurers, providers has begun

Health plans have already been accused of using AI to deny patients.

www.healthcare-brew.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 47m

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 1h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 30m

Gosh. The guy who promised "we're going to put kids in cages" and "it will be glorious" is still shitty? Who knew? www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-likel...

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 43m

this, the argentina bailout, and I just keep thinking back to when Musk was smugly ripping the wiring out of the walls of government to "balance the budget"

Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 47m

Your tax dollars at work:

The Department of Homeland Security has spent $51m on ads promoting Trump's mass deportation agenda, including ads featuring Kristi Noem in a series of direct-to-camera videos, reports @axios.com.

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 2h

More images from what was just reported in Politico (www.politico.com/news/2025/10...)

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Emrys Schoemaker @emryss.bsky.social · 1h

Of course it will…

Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening For Human Voices

Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troub…

www.techdirt.com

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3h

Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.

Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.

So much for America First.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4h

On some level, it's genuinely hilarious that Republicans have gone from making these nuanced arguments about how wokeism stifles free thought, or how racially disparate outcomes aren't indicative of racism, etc. . . . to just straight up defending weird dudes who say "I love Hitler."

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 3h

Judge bars #Quincy from sticking 10-foot-tall statues of saints at entrance to new police/fire building
www.universalhub.com/2025/judge-b...
#lawsuits

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 4h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 5h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

When a nation that started as colony for convicts decides that you are too troublesome to let in, that should be a sobering wake up call.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 8h

Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens has lost her bid to enter Australia after the country’s highest court backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community.

Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia

The country’s highest court backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community.

nbcnews.to

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 3h

“ICE is causing this mayhem. They’re the ones who are tossing tear gas when people are peacefully protesting. ICE is the one who’s going into neighborhoods where they, frankly, are causing fear among people ... so they need to back off.” @wttw.bsky.social

‘Back Off’: Pritzker Blames ICE Strike Teams for Creating ‘Mayhem’ Across Chicago

In the past 12 days, Department of Homeland Security Agents have deployed tear gas against Chicagoans who gathered to protest their efforts to detain people they believe to be in the county illegally ...

news.wttw.com

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 7h

The thing that’s so funny ha ha ha is that Vance contrasted it with calls for political violence. Sorry …what do you think musings about sending foes to the gas chambers constitutes?

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Liz @smithdrygoods.bsky.social · 7h

Just got a fundraising text from Moulton, hit “Delete & report junk” #massachusetts

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BratKnitsWithYourEntrails @bratknits.bsky.social · 7h

Pointing out Nuzzi's complete lack of professional ethics isn't shut shaming. Holding women to a different standard IS sexist. Congrats, you're both wrong and a misogynist.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 8h

Everyone in my feed is shitting on Nuzzi. Meanwhile, the other person in the saga is now destroying the medical community and endangering public health.

But let’s slut shame Nuzzi.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 19h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 20h

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 23h

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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BratKnitsWithYourEntrails @bratknits.bsky.social · 7h

Does he think his grandma is in the frog suit?

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 8h

If you want to see the TikToks of a student documenting the horrifying fact that her professor used AI to "write" the textbook she subsequently published and forces her students to use/buy; but also some truly unprofessional behavior from the prof on being caught:

www.tiktok.com/@liaaa.bia/v...

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 18h

Al Jazeera is doing videos of the Palestinian releases and they're heart wrenching. One man was detained for over a year and was released to find out that Israel had killed his two kids. The youngest was three. Her birthday would've been on Saturday. He'd made a small bracelet for her in prison.

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