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Allison Hantschel @allisonhantschel.com · 40m

The last No Kings in Chicago was like 90 percent older female protest veterans who've been derided as normie lib wine moms for the past decade so maybe we could start nagging, like, "woodworking dads" or find a way to condescend to 30-year-old men for a goddamn change.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1h

i do think it's important to note that liberal boomer pilates grandmas have *already* been showing up in pretty huge numbers to protests for a long time (and do a lot of other non-glamorous organizing)-they're way down there on the list of demographics who need extra encouragement to get out there

WhatSaraSaid @whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 11h

protests against this government should include white Boomer grandmothers who meet for pilates class, get a pitcher of mimosas & walk together to the public space

we need people in the street who think everyone can talk their way out of a speeding ticket, they're key to winning

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Sasha the Furious Ghost 👻 @sashafury.blackskycomra.de · 45m

Luigi Mangione

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1h

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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BESSEMER SAINTS @clebsaints.bsky.social · 7h

"Quiet" is the last thing this city's soul is gonna be, about this cultural vandalism.
CSU's President and "ideaslime" are already hearing far more than they wished about it.

Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 12h

"The university's decision to shut down WCSB silences more than a station — it quiets a piece of the city's soul."
www.progressiveurban.com/pureblog/202...

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 10h

Portland cyclists strip down in pouring rain to protest ICE facility and Trump troop deployment
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Portland cyclists strip down in pouring rain to protest ICE facility and Trump troop deployment

“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.

www.oregonlive.com

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 16h

Here for the "emergency" naked bike ride in Portland

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 12h

"The university's decision to shut down WCSB silences more than a station — it quiets a piece of the city's soul."
www.progressiveurban.com/pureblog/202...

www.progressiveurban.com

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Charlie Angus @handle.invalid · 23h

85% drop of American liquor sales to Canada.
We were their biggest market.
Now we're done.
Bye bye mon cowboy.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group | CBC News

American spirit exports to Canada "plummeted" 85 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States calling the situation "very troubling" as consumers in ...

www.cbc.ca

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 21h

"In a report issued earlier this week, the council said exports to the U.K. and Japan fell 29 per cent and 23 per cent, respectively, but the largest decrease was in Canada."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group | CBC News

American spirit exports to Canada "plummeted" 85 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States calling the situation "very troubling" as consumers in ...

www.cbc.ca

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 22h

If you were just laid off by the Department of Education and your job was to help distribute IDEA funds, please be in touch for a @motherjones.com article. I can protect your identity in an article, though I'll have to confirm who you are. My signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts appreciated.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @handle.invalid · 1d

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 1d

Calling all college radio stations: Stand with XCSB!
www.collegeradio.org/calling-all-...

Calling all college radio stations: Stand with XCSB! - College Radio Foundation

Dear College Radio Family, As you may know – on World College Radio Day 2025, Cleveland State University chose to take the WCSB college radio station from the students and community volunteers, after ...

www.collegeradio.org

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

In Broadview, IL this morning outside the Chicago area ICE detention center—

Just rolled up, immediately saw ISP/CCSO arresting a protester w/ a guitar (he appears to be in good spirits over it).

ICE vehicles have been coming and going, including a large bus driven by a masked agent seen earlier.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 1d

The thing about what is happening now out of Portland is so much is not real!

People who are pretending to be journalists on social media are starting from a political position and then gathering short clips to try and push the government's message.

Right-wing influencers shape nation and Trump’s understanding of Portland protests

Social media personalities, conservative media outlets and the Trump administration itself are blending online content to serve the administration’s policies.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 2d

US clashes with Venezuela and allies at emergency UN meeting on US strikes in Caribbean
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US clashes with Venezuela and allies at emergency UN meeting on US strikes in Caribbean

The United States has clashed with Venezuela and its allies at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council.

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to when the next #NoKings protest in Portland looks like this

A photorealistic computer-generated image of Kermit the Frog leading a large crowd of protestors through a city street. The protesters are all muppets of various colors. Kermit is holding up an American flag in his right hand.

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Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 2d

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 2d

‘Some librarians were fired; some received death threats. At one point in the film, a grandfather turns up at a school meeting with a gun to tell the library supporters: “We know what you do. We know where you live.”’

Anna Aslanyan on book bans and censorship: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

Anna Aslanyan | The Censor’s Scissors

John Heartfield was forced to leave Germany in 1933. Even before the Nazis put him on their hit list, his art had caused...

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

On WCPT 820, Tennessee Democratic U.S. House candidate Justin J. Pearson:

"All these millionaires in Congress now, they're talking about, 'I'm not gonna take my check during the shutdown.' But you don't need a check in the first place, right? ... So no, you shouldn't be getting a check."

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