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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Yeah it's that simple: OpenAI needs to build 3GW of data center capacity, which will cost over $100bn, and they need to do so in around a year. All three of these deals are based on unreleased chips too. Where the hell is the press on this?
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Ichabod Crane's Horse Knuckler @horseknuckler.bsky.social · 1d

Eventually somebody has to actually get paid with these endless IOUs circulating, right? All these companies are being paid in fake scrip, but like, the rest of the world deals in real money, not Altman Farts. When does this stop?

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 16h

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16h

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 18h

Just a reminder that, while Charlie Kirk gets a day of remembrance and flags at half staff, the parents of 1st graders who were blown to bits have spent over a decade defending against death threats by cretins who called it a hoax and Alex Jones profiting off their grief.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors.

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Zamira Rahim @zamirarahim.bsky.social · 3d

"It’s all interesting. It’s never dull, ever, life.” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79

The legendary actor best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and Book Club, has died

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 5d

If people were paying attention, they’d know that he was ALWAYS this way.

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 5d

It’s not a war. A war means 2 sides are fighting. These are extrajudicial murders in international waters.

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 5d

What a f**king monster.

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 5d

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, voted down an attempt to block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. interc.pt/4o9CBur

A photo of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., sits on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks," and the DEK, "It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean."

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 5d

Simply marching in the streets once every few months will not stop fascism. We have to draw people into concrete organizing and activity. No one else is going to do this for us.

Whether there are two of you or two hundred of you, this guide goes over what you can do.

crimethinc.com/NoKings2025

An anarchist red and black flag with an image of a sword run through a crown and the words "No Kings"

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 6d

Good news if you deal drugs, run spies, plan terror attacks, or bribe federal officials. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 6d

Do you hate to say it, though? Cuz if you hated to say it, you wouldn't say it.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6d

… one thing seems clear: ICE rousted American citizens from their apartments during the middle of the night and detained them — in zip ties no less — for far longer than the ‘brief’ period authorized by the operative regulation … and envisioned by the Perdomo concurrence,” wrote Judge Cummings.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

A federal judge in Chicago extended restrictions on ICE's warrantless arrests until February 2026, finding that the agency violated a settlement agreement by arresting 22 people without warrants.

Chicago judge cites South Shore raid, Supreme Court controversy while ruling against ICE

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings found that ICE arrested 22 people early this year without a warrant, and in violation of what’s known as the Castanon Nava settlement agreement.

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 6d

Swear in Grijalva and release the Epstein files.

Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 6d

Trump baselessly calls for Pritzker, Chicago mayor to be jailed

www.axios.com/2025/10/08/t...

Trump baselessly calls for Pritzker, Chicago mayor to be jailed

The state and city sued the administration Monday over the deployment of troops to Chicago.

www.axios.com

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 7d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 6d

"ICE closes detention oversight group in shutdown despite surge in detainees," "Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump’s immigration crackdown," "Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago," and more must-read #immigration news.

Immigration Reform News October 8, 2025 - America's Voice

English Politico Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act By Irie Sentner October 06, 2025 Axios “Insurrectionists”: Trump blasts Democrats over shutdown, immigration By Josephine Walker October 07...

americasvoice.org

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 10d

I seriously hope Biden saying “Welcome Home” and inviting Trump to sit by the fire is never forgotten.

One of the most singularly insane moments in the history of human civilization.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 7d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 7d

Also, ”crackdown on illegal immigration?” THAT’s what you call it? Masked armed goons are abducting U.S. citizens and zip-tying the hands of children! Rappelling from Blackhawk helicopters and flash-banging down doors! SHOOTING people. My God, you are so bad at this.

c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 7d

HE SAID HE WANTED TO USE AMERICAN CITIES AS MILITARY TRAINING GROUNDS!! WTAF is wrong with you people?!

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c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social · 7d

This whole article. Read it.

Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 7d

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