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Master Elrond [he/him] @inuyasha1953.bsky.social · 10h

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Masked police are secret police. Free societies don't have secret police.

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LexiandSkyeCats @ellensartandpets.bsky.social · 26m

Quit Meta a while ago.

LexiandSkyeCats @ellensartandpets.bsky.social · 10h

Started work in the late 1970s when employers were experimenting with 4 day work weeks. Reagan ended that.

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 12h

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LexiandSkyeCats @ellensartandpets.bsky.social · 10h

And ABC reports on it.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 13h

Every wannabe king forgets the same lesson: Americans don’t kneel. The weak call it chaos. The strong call it a wake-up call. The Constitution doesn’t need worshippers. It needs warriors.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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LexiandSkyeCats @ellensartandpets.bsky.social · 13h

Perverse

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

If we don’t speak up for the communities that Trump is terrorizing right now, we will be next.

His authoritarianism will come for all of us in the end. https://youtu.be/tkaBlgXR8tY?si=bJcUxXZWMrae4kwx

No One Is Safe From Trump's Authoritarianism

Robert Reich

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🇨🇦🍁Raia C Darsey-Malloy 🇨🇦🍁NO DM'S @raiastar.bsky.social · 15h

It is happening. Saturday October 18.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14h

I assume that every single journalist reading this understands that the *first question* to ask the State Department tomorrow morning is how quickly it will provide a list of foreign nationals banned from the United States for statements made about Democrats or Americans perceived to be left-leaning

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LexiandSkyeCats @ellensartandpets.bsky.social · 13h

The rare racoon cat.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15h

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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LexiandSkyeCats @ellensartandpets.bsky.social · 14h

Will the turkey pardon him?

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LexiandSkyeCats @ellensartandpets.bsky.social · 14h

The only industry Trump is growing is the blow up costume industry and they're probably all made in China.

LexiandSkyeCats @ellensartandpets.bsky.social · 14h

We didn't like Idaho that much anyway. Will they take Florida and Texas off our hands?

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 15h

FINAL UPDATE — Around noon, the community responded to the presence of Border Patrol agents at 105th Street and South Avenue N., only a few blocks from the Walgreens.

Dozens of locals gathered at the scene after the agents were reportedly involved in a car crash.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

Feds gas Chicago neighborhood, detain young Black man amid day of Southeast Side raids • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods. Nearby, they detained a young Black man onlookers insisted was a U.S. citize...

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LexiandSkyeCats @ellensartandpets.bsky.social · 14h

Great. Now stop self-censoring and normalizing Trump and Republicans.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 17h

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

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LexiandSkyeCats @ellensartandpets.bsky.social · 14h

We the People. Not me the king.

a man dressed as a king with a crown and scepter

ALT: a man dressed as a king with a crown and scepter

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Edward A. Rowe @edwardarowe1.bsky.social · 17h

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 16h

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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PaulaBehnken @phbehnken1234.bsky.social · 15h

How is this even legal? Why do we bother supporting a Congress?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

Trump is stooping so low that he’s gutting the federal Office of Special Education.

Attacking students with disabilities is wrong. Every child in America deserves a fair shot at success.

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

www.npr.org

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