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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16h

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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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 12h

Today a neighbor who street-parks his blacked-out F150 told me that parking tickets are a poor tax.

Guy driving a $60,000 vehicle thinks that the poor are more likely to drive in this city than the rich 🙄

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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 12h

Cops have left. The unhoused person is now one block East. Great use of resources 🤦‍♂️

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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 12h

I mean two pulled up while I was biking by. Could have been more on the way.

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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 12h

Just saw six SFPD officers respond to a single homeless person. Seems a bit excessive.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 20h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 15h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 17h

groyper occupied government

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 22h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 1d

Remember Prop 36? Which promised to "help everyone come indoors" through longer prison sentences and drug treatments?

Guess how many people completed the drug treatment in the first 6 months!

Did you guess... 25?

calmatters.org/justice/2025...

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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 3d

Ban is on private practice or public practice? Former would be a 1a violation, right? Latter is effectively meaningless as Shariah is not public law anywhere.

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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 3d

The night vision goggles are truly extra

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 3d

Just the most stunning open corruption imaginable.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 4d

Fuck the New York Post

The New York Post: The Portland anti-ICE protester seen wearing an inflatable frog suit has claimed to be harmlessly protesting "with humor.”

But now, a new report has revealed that the person under the costume is a self-described "proud ANTIFA terrorist."

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d

This video is AI.

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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 4d

An inspired article. The Guardian understands how to highlight hypocrisy.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

Perhaps the likes of Chappelle, Ansari and CK felt there was less at stake because, by their own estimation, they have already suffered cancellation. Except that their exile from public life appears to include fresh Netflix specials and Grammy awards. Louis CK should count himself lucky; if he’d been caught with his dick in his hand in Najd, rather than Colorado, he may well have retained neither of those appendages (punitive limb amputation is an actual thing).

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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 4d

Who built your home? And why are they more righteous than the builders and future homeowners and tenants that SB79 will help?

Dan Federman @dfed.me · 4d

They’re also not legal

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

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.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 4d

Multifamily buildings are 100x safer from fire than single family homes even with a single stair (which does not meaningfully reduce fire death due to modern stair building codes)

New buildings are also significantly safer than older buildings. Building new single-stair buildings improves safety

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 4d

the republican majority leader with a clear vision for the democratic party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 4d

Faaaaahk

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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 4d

*cries in Marc Andreessen*

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 4d

Just in: Donald Trump accused China of taking an 'extraordinarily aggressive position on trade', and said he would impose 'large-scale export controls on virtually every product they make' as well as on 'all critical software'. on.ft.com/3L4MgUJ

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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 4d

Salt bagel, chive schmear

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Dan Federman @dfed.me · 4d

Pro-gun lobby deeply afraid of milkshakes

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 4d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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