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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 3h

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Amy S✌️💙 @saintsophia.bsky.social · 4h

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 3h

“What we have been through is only a small, small part of what Palestinians have experienced. On the walls of our prison cells, we saw bullet holes with bloodstains and messages carved into the walls by Palestinian prisoners who had been there before us.” ~ Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Shannon 🦇💩🤪 GOOD TROUBLE 💙💙💙 @shannonmaebreen.bsky.social · 6h

Michael Fanone is one of the officers who was violently attacked during the January 6th insurrection…

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garrysshay.bsky.social @garrysshay.bsky.social · 19h

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 5d

Waning immunity. A significant Covid wave in England. No new variant.
Thanks Prof Pagel for highlighting and contextualizing

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 5h

“Ms. Brockman was taken to the ground, battered, handcuffed and her pants were pulled down exposing her bare buttocks,” Brad Thomson, one of Brockman’s attorneys, said in a statement. “No one should be treated like that in this city, in this country, or anywhere else in the world.”

WGN Employee Hires Lawyer After Being 'Violently Assaulted' By Immigration Officers

An attorney for Debbie Brockman said she was walking to the bus Friday morning when federal agents threw her to the ground, handcuffed her and detained her for seven hours without charges.

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 6h

“Ellis also ruled that agents are now barred from using riot-control weapons like pepper-spray bullets and tear gas against peaceful journalists and protesters.”

ICE Agents In Chicago Area Who Aren't Undercover Must Wear Badges Or IDs, Federal Judge Rules

Agents have been concealing their identities by wearing masks and hats without badges or name tags. Advocates say the ruling is a step toward accountability.

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Vox 🇺🇸 @voxrox.bsky.social · 20h

#AnimalArtTuesday
Meet Jake, a Harlequin Great Dane, drawn by Vanessa Pollen of Whakante, New Zealand, who specializes in animal portraits, Internationally.
#Art #PetPortraits
#Dogs #Animals
#Drawings 😍 #GreatDanes 🐾
#ArtYear

A pet portrait drawn of a Harlequin Great Dane (dog) by International Artist, Vanessa Pollen in New Zealand.

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lovesdaryl 🌹🇺🇦🇪🇺🐸 @lovesdaryl.bsky.social · 1d

„Biden didn‘t succeed because Netanyahu wanted Trump to become president again.“ 🤷🏼‍♀️

„Infuriating“ is what I‘d go with. Everyone just ignores these autocrats cooperating internationally against democracy.

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lovesdaryl 🌹🇺🇦🇪🇺🐸 @lovesdaryl.bsky.social · 2d

Es gelang Biden nicht, weil Netanyahu wollte, daß Trump wieder Präsident wird.

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Unfunky In 5/4 @inunfunky5.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s the article which caused the kerfuffle.

From The Times (London), last Friday…for those who haven’t seen it.

www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

Joe Biden and Netanyahu were offered Gaza deal a year ago, says negotiator

Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington

www.thetimes.com

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 2d

Imagine going back in time to tell 2015-you that in 2025 armed masked secret police are driving around Chicago, asking to see papers, kidnapping dozens of people a day, and arresting citizens who record them, while launching tear gas into neighborhood streets.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 2d

You officially live in a “show me your papers” nation, if you were wondering how far along things are now.

And ICE took his unhoused friend.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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coccinelle.bsky.social @coccinelle.bsky.social · 2d

I did the same when I lived in LA. Hand delivered it to a polling place, actually, bypassing the Post Office entirely. Because I’m from Chicago. 😉

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hear-ye--hear-ye.bsky.social @hear-ye--hear-ye.bsky.social · 2d

This is the level of News we need.
Reports need to stand up to the lies.

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jeffinerd.bsky.social @jeffinerd.bsky.social · 3d

Time for a national strike, and for us to start hiding our neighbors who are in danger of being abducted

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The General Strike

The General strike -the people united shall never be stopped. If we strike together we can make true real change. Sign the strike card today.

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Faith @faith13.bsky.social · 3d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

ICE GOONS shot and killed a family dog in Texas and then fled the scene.

ICE agents shot and killed a family dog in Texas and then fled the scene.

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TJ Notes @vintage1867.bsky.social · 3d

ICE hasn't even gotten started.
🇺🇲 Is still in the early desensitization phase of what's to really to come if MAGA/Trump are not stopped. It's jaw dropping and terrifying what's on the horizon. 🇺🇲 Needs to be in the streets BY THE MILLIONS yesterday. Fascism is a slow walk until it's too late.⌛

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

James Baldwin wisdom

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

THE WARNING
SIGNS OF FASCISM

WE STAND UNITED
MISSOURI

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

"To be a Republican in 2025 represents a clear public confession that you either don't know the difference between good and evil and you're so morally empty that you can't be bothered to begin to try, or that you do know the difference, and you prefer evil." www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 2d

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Hamas freed the last 20 surviving Israeli hostages under a US-brokered ceasefire deal, a big step towards ending two years of shattering war in Gaza as President Donald Trump proclaimed the 'historic dawn of a new Middle East' reut.rs/48nX6is

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Sid Eschenbach @sid-eschenbach.bsky.social · 2d

It is astounding that in a world where nearly every government runs an INTRACTABLE DEFICIT and 50-80% of their populations live check to check, the obvious solution of WEALTH TAXING the billionaires is not the main topic of discussion in every capital; Paris to Tokyo, Washington to Buenos Aires.

Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

People are marching against Trump’s authoritarianism in the USA, Macron’s failures in France, and the cruelty of Gaza policy in the UK.

Everywhere, governments are asking 'how to stop protest?' when they should be asking 'why people feel the need to protest?'

youtu.be/CE4vwdSfdcY?...

Is protest democracy in motion, and not a crime?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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