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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 8h

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 9h

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.

abcnews.go.com

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 6h

Spot on.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12h

The State of Illinois is documenting the criminal misconduct of Trump secret police agents in order to bring charges against those who engaged in acts ranging from assault to reckless endangerment and negligent operation of motor vehicles in the near future, Newsweek reveals.

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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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

“Australia's national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else.”

Australian court upholds decision to block visa for Candace Owens

The High Court has backed a decision by the government to refuse a temporary visa to American commentator Candace Owens Farmer, who had planned a speaking tour to Australia in 2024.

www.abc.net.au

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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 5h

seeing random Chicago facebook groups and influencers talk about how to identify DHS agents is really warming my heart rn

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 5h

Covered California this week will alert ACA enrollees that 2026 premiums could jump without extended subsidies, with average hikes near 97% and coverage at risk.

Californians may get a price shock this week on health insurance

Covered California this week will alert ACA enrollees that 2026 premiums could jump without extended subsidies, with average hikes near 97% and coverage at risk.

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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 9h

They just killed NHANES.

Every US public health student learns about this study.

It’s given us all sorts of important knowledge about the health of Americans and they just ended it.

Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 9h

Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 5h

we aren’t going to beat these motherfuckers by being cool and detached about it, we are going to beat them by getting every working grandma and every nurse soccer mom and every shift supervisor football dad out in the fucking streets and all of us being there with them in arms

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 5h

we have the rest of this week to rally every fucking person all of us knows to hit the streets, i have ten people i am bringing out, repost this with better numbers than mine, you competitive people, beat my numbers

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7h

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 13h

A judge has granted the reigning Miss United States and FL GOP committee member a restraining order against her ex, FL Congressman Cory Mills.

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and bared the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 13h

A judge has granted the reigning Miss United States and FL GOP committee member a restraining order against her ex, FL Congressman Cory Mills.

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and bared the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 9h

Welp.

Insurance commissioner says Coloradans are about to make “scary” choices if Congress doesn’t act on healthcare

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9h

As the intensity of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has risen, residents of Chicago are increasingly pushing back. Federal agents repeatedly have been observed releasing smoke bombs, tear gas and pepper balls to disperse residents who gather or capture videos.

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

Residents have begun forming volunteer groups to monitor their neighborhoods for federal immigration agents. Others honk their horns or blow whistles when they see agents nearby.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 11h

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 11h

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 9h

Extremely normal and not at all weird

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12h

Cory Mills, boy I dunno

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/14/j...

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 11h

Members of the Unpresidented Brass Band were bull rushed & brutalized in the middle of playing "Ghostbusters." One was sent to the hospital and another tackled, arrested, and taken across state lines where she is still being detained.

Read more about Sunday's protest in Portland here:

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18h

3/ When @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social discovered this massive database of phone tracking he called a number with an Italian prefix.

It was the number of a journalist who had blockbuster books on Vatican corruption... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...

This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You

YouTube video by Mother Jones

www.youtube.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18h

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

ow.ly

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 15h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Nacho @nachonachete.bsky.social · 13h

Citizen Lab’s Ron Deibert said this client list reads like “a rogue’s gallery of human rights abusing, authoritarian countries.”

He added, “This is essentially despotism as a service.”

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18h

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

ow.ly

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22h

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 13h

Trump has no legal authority, "standing" or otherwise, to order the killing of people in international waters for unsubstantiated accusations of non-capital crimes.

Calling them "narcoterrorists" does not make it right or legal to order their deaths without any due process.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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Waldo Jaquith, but Spooky @waldo.net · 14h

The character of "Javier Milei" is Daniel Radcliffe’s most impressive performance yet.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump is extremely orange today (Getty)

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