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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 10h

The mechanism through which Trump is paying the troops is the most blatant large Antideficiency Act (ADA) violation in US history. It's also clearly willful. No one has been charged under the ADA before, but violations carry a two-year jail term. The statute of limitations is five years.

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 2h

I see protest discourse is hitting the feed again ahead of No Kings—idk man, go, don’t go,

…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing

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Covenant House International @covenanthouse.bsky.social · 11h

We’re rethinking what “affordable” really means for young people trying to move out of homelessness and into stable housing.

That means building 1,000 housing units over the next 10 years that youth can rent for 30% of whatever their income is — no more no less.

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Boiling Boy @dreweliotcurtis.bsky.social · 4h

That’s a given. DHS’s narrative is foundationally false.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 5h

Remember, brown 13-year-olds are hardened menaces to society, but 30-something Republican Hitler afficionados in positions of power are just li’l guys.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 6h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 14h

We need $1600 by Oct 28 to help keep a recently housed neighbors power on. This will allow him to start a payment plan he can manage through SSI payments.

Cashap: $RemoraHouseDC

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Thank you all!! Love & solidarity!

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 9h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Pablo Barría Urenda @pbarriau.bsky.social · 18h

www.smbc-comics.com/comic/aaaah

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Boiling Boy @dreweliotcurtis.bsky.social · 7h

The clarity of analysis about the three main “takes” on Trump 2.0 (and what got us here - as well as how they overlap) is very grounding, and the article hints at ways forward where people who subscribe to each of the three can collaborate for a liberated future and at how difficult this will be.

Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 9h

This is as useful an essay as everyone sharing it has already said, which is to say, very useful to think with.

What Are We Living Through? - Boston Review

Three competing narratives of the second Trump administration.

www.bostonreview.net

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 4d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 17h

Today is the 59th anniversary of the creation if the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.

Founded by Huey P Newton (RIP) and Bobby Seale, the Black Panther was actually a symbol from the 761st Tank battalion and the Bloody Lowndes Democratic formation.

Bobby Seale turns 88 one week from today

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23h

“Please someone listen to me, I don’t want to die”

These are the words of a woman named Harmonie who had an ectopic pregnancy

Her obgyn refused to help, citing a
1% chance the fetus could survive

She lives in a blue state & still couldn’t access the life saving care she needed

Illinois Woman Denied Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy

10.14.25

open.substack.com

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Boiling Boy @dreweliotcurtis.bsky.social · 23h

They do not break us… on one side and Chinga La Migra/Nos Sostenemos on the other

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

i am making a THEY DO NOT BREAK US THEY BREAK UPON US flag that i will wave as high as i can on saturday for no kings. repost this with what you intend to do. encourage every person you know to hit the streets.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

Look, I don't trust Hochul, but she's canny enough to know how to call these fucking bigots what they are, and I appreciate that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Boiling Boy @dreweliotcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Cartels are for sure offering CBP and ICE bounties now that officers have been pulled off of tracking them down in order to go after empanada vendors, nannies, and inflatable unicorns. Makes total sense.

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 2d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Kaz @kazlefay.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is randomly targeting peaceful protesters because the point is to terrorize the public into accepting martial law.

Indiscriminate attacks send the message that there’s nothing you can do to stay safe.

The regime wants you to cower at home and cede the streets of your city to their control.

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samus aran enjoyer @riotlinguist.bsky.social · 1d

not to be a wet blanket but no, protein powder lead content is not responsible for the way right wing men are. everything they are doing is 100% the logical conclusion of their material and social interests and investment in power. patriarchy is 5000 years older than protein powder.

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Call Me Cordelia @cordiallycourtney.bsky.social · 1d

Listen: body shaming is BAD

It's bad when it's an unflattering photo of a president's neck

It's bad when you're judging the desirability of a postpartum body or a woman over 40

It's bad when you're trying to insult a small-minded man by bringing up appendage sizes

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Boiling Boy @dreweliotcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Cartels are for sure offering CBP and ICE bounties now that officers have been pulled off of tracking them down in order to go after empanada vendors, nannies, and inflatable unicorns. Makes total sense.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when you tried to tell us “the younger generations don’t think that way.” And “the young people will save us.” There are a lot of great, humane, decent, bright young people out there. But there are also a lot of these young people. And they’re not going anywhere.

Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 1d

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

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 1d

It truly appears that the desire to say this sort of stuff without being socially ostracized and so on has been a main driver of one side of our politics from the "anti-PC" 1990s all the way through the "anti-woke" / "anti-DEI" present.

A true political juggernaut, this desire certain people have.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 1d

“Massachusetts lawmakers proposed holding back more than $100 million for county sheriff’s offices in a spending bill released Tuesday, citing ‘questionable spending practices’ after months of negative headlines and increased scrutiny over the elected office.”

#Massachusetts #mapoli

Samantha Gross @samanthajgross.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/m...

Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts lawmakers propose holding back $162 million for county sheriff’s offices in a spending bill, citing “questionable spending practices."

www.bostonglobe.com

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 1d

This is why they are waiting for Black people to jump in the fray. Where else you gon find this energy and bravery?

My advice.....study this video and do it yourselves

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