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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 40m

#A_NewHope ✊

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 6h

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Brian H @harrb2.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly! I agree 💯👇

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

🔥 TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Cornyn & Paxton don’t stand for freedom, family, and faith… they stand for control, cruelty, and corruption.”

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Char mason @bumpncha.bsky.social · 3h

How bout "hundreds of thousands"

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Sheepstealer @sheepstealers.bsky.social · 1d

America
Is officially a

FACIST POLICE STATE

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Hasan: I am not willing to sit back and watch our glorious American multiracial and multicultural democratic experiment destroyed by the guy from Home Alone 2.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

I got my hands on a megaphone.

#NoKings
@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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chocolatefire.bsky.social @chocolatefire.bsky.social · 8h

This, right here… the double standard is CRAZY, and disgusting. #USA #media #news

JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 1d

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frannybananny.bsky.social @frannybananny.bsky.social · 4h

This should be Time Magazine’s 2025 Photo of the Year:

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Lea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 19h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

On our way to #NoKings

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Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 15h

VijayBombs in LA with art display on City Hall!

#ResistanceArt #NoKings

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 21h

🚨President Jimmy Carter RAN on having NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE. A compassionate, progressive & courageous leader who stayed in public service LONG after he was President.

Ronald Reagan at 1980 Presidential debate SNICKERING at Carter is SICKENING. Donald Trump often refers to Reagan. Wonder WHY? 🤬

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 8h

90% of EVERYBODY in America is within 1 hour from a #NoKings protest! 🤯 ✌️☮️☮️✌️

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19h

You know how much pain is in this answer?

[Zelensky, when asked whether he expects Tomahawks, said he is a “realist”]

Btw, I’ll include Zelenskyy briefing into the newsletter.. working on it now

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21h

Remember our mantra:

Don't Engage, Just Block.

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Rosegarden54 @rosegarden54.bsky.social · 8h

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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 19h

In the history of the House of Representatives there are no parallels to what Mike Johnson is doing to Rep Grijalva.This is all new ground. Johnson has also had the House in recess the longest since 1948. His actions are unprecedented. His legacy will be of failure, obstruction and lies #ProudBlue

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

Listen Closely… Don the Con just said the Quiet Part OUT LOUD

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 I do not know when or where, but it doesn’t matter. This is depravity. This is a child. Those are state employed monsters. There is nothing normal about being “okay” with doing this job. 1/2

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Char mason @bumpncha.bsky.social · 8h

Grey and white cat staring intently through the windows screen

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

Not being even vaguely sarcastic:

At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 22h

Zelenskyy:

We need security guarantees from the US. We need the US because only the US now speaks with Russia. Only President Trump has dialogue with Russia, and this is very important.

We need strong security guarantees from the United States so that Putin will not come again with aggression.

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 9h

Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!

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