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Point Blank Sandwich Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21h

A lot of people get into law enforcement because they are emotionally incontinent and it’s a great opportunity to piss over everyone, violence-and-threatswise

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · Oct 4

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

The Plutocracy Club. Learn about Rockbridge, the secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future. It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.” It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.

The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future

Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

"The agent grabbed Ms. Stagi by the hair, put her into a chokehold, dragged her through the street and threw her down a grassy embankment.

Ms. Stagi said, “I’m 5-2. I’m not assaulting him..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

An Altercation With ICE Prompts a Police Chief to Push Back

www.nytimes.com

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drsmutt.bsky.social @drsmutt.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah. But the NRA forgot to rise up against a tyrannical despot.

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drsmutt.bsky.social @drsmutt.bsky.social · 2h

So he tramples on the first amendment rights of citizens. That is no ok.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 2h

This isn’t just a shutdown story. It’s a stress test of whether the law still constrains the president. Our voices—and our votes—decide what comes next. #authoritarianism

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3h

Breaking news: The Trump administration is sending messages to federal staff suggesting only those who are working during the government shutdown will be paid when it ends, despite a 2019 law that guarantees pay to furloughed employees, too.

Administration hints furloughed workers may not be paid after shutdown

Agencies are sending messages indicating that workers who are on the job will be paid when the government reopens — with no mention of those on furlough, despite a 2019 law protecting their wages.

www.washingtonpost.com

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realKyleKeegan @realkylekeegan.bsky.social · 3h

Why is food assistance not an “essential function” that continues during a shutdown but ICE raids are?

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drsmutt.bsky.social @drsmutt.bsky.social · 2h

Almost like there was Russian Collusion.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h

Kash Patel is confronting difficult questions about his use of an FBI jet for a personal trip to Pennsylvania, where his country singer girlfriend was performing, and then to Nashville, where she lives.

Soon after the flights were disclosed, the FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation.

Facing difficult questions about his use of an FBI jet, Kash Patel pitches weak defense

The FBI director had an opportunity to put the burgeoning controversy to rest. Instead, he pushed a message that didn’t do him any favors.

www.msnbc.com

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LorriefromCanada @lorriefmp.bsky.social · 3h

Bravery 👇👏💞🤩😍
Let them speak to Congress now 🙏🙏🙏

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 3d

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joelunchpail.bsky.social @joelunchpail.bsky.social · 3h

Around this time, Russian "businessmen" set up shop in a few southern states.

They were then able to legally donate to the southern Republican candidates and politicians.

Little or nothing was done about it.
Mitch McConnell also received Russian money.

bsky.app/profile/drha...

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 16h

Today I learned… doing some digging to confirm

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Ody @odeecs.bsky.social · 3h

It was called the Holodomor, for those unfamiliar with the sheer genocidal scope of it.

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

You know who else starved people for political advantage? Joseph Stalin.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Holder: I don’t think Jim Comey stands any chance of being convicted. I think the same is true for Letitia James.

But to have a former insurance lawyer—someone who has never been a criminal prosecutor—present a case to a grand jury simply at the call of the President is extremely dangerous.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): "If this is what they're doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities... what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?"

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2h

4 November 1880 | A Pole, Jan Kiełek, was born in Małyszyn. A worker.

In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941.
No. 24017
He perished in the camp on 10 February 1942.
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Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 3h

Ch. 3 (Vought) = strip Congress of power.
Ch. 15 (OPM) = fire career staff.
Ch. 19 (Treasury) = weaponize the debt.

They didn’t stumble into this shutdown — they planned it.
#Project2025 #Revolution2025 #ResistanceKitty #StopTheShutdown #DemocracyUnderAttack

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3h

Everyone will talk the most about the least important race today, in NYC. The most important vote is the one no one will talk about: California’s Proposition 50 on redistricting.

An Election Day Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/election-d...

Election Day 2025: The Resistance Strikes Back

A data-driven case for what to look for in New Jersey, Virginia, California, and New York City.

www.thebulwark.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 3h

"We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings."

The Washington Post Has Become Right-Wing Even Faster Than I Thought

It’s not going to happen. It’s happening: The mainstream media is becoming right-wing. What are wealthy liberals going to do about it?

newrepublic.com

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404 Media @404media.co · 3h

SCOOP: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has publicly released an app that Sheriff Offices, police departments, and other local or regional law enforcement can use to scan someone’s face as part of immigration enforcement, 404 Media has learned.

CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement

The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.

www.404media.co

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3h

So far, three GOP-controlled states have redrawn their maps at Trump’s request. Seven new red seats are likely to come out of those measures, with potentially more on the way. We outline where the redistricting battle stands now, and where it’s headed.
https://bit.ly/4hFTgDT

Where Trump’s Redistricting Battle Stands Now

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

bit.ly

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 6h

This is a classic form of voter intimidation—making people feel like it’s not safe to go to the polls. It moments like this where we need to summon our courage & vote anyhow. Vote in the tradition of the people who marched in Selma to secure the right to vote.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

Breaking from NJ AG Platkin:

"Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement … have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations."

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nypapajoe.bsky.social @nypapajoe.bsky.social · 5h

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 3h

Trump refuses to pay for SNAP until the dems give in and open the govt.

We have entered the starvation portion of fascism.

Anyone who says this is not a dictatorship is delusional

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