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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1h

The president is not allowed to just murder people on boats when he feels like it and it is *wild* that the entire Republican Party has decided that actually yes he is

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Eternal HellCat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 1h

domestic terrorists

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17h

Late last month, a local CBS reporter said a masked ICE agent fired a pepper ball at her car, causing her to vomit for hours. The reporter, Asal Rezaei, said there was no protest happening at the time. Police are now investigating.

www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

www.npr.org

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h

he did it again.

US strike on boat off Venezuela kills six, Trump says

A U.S. strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday killed six suspected drug traffickers, President Donald Trump said in a social media post.

www.reuters.com

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29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · 4h

Literally one day later after the “cease fire” and Israel has already killed 5 Palestinians.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Israel-Gaza live updates: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza City for alleged ceasefire violation, IDF says

Israel on Tuesday identified two of the people whose remains were returned.

abcnews.go.com

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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 1h

Online sports betting is already a pretty terrible crisis and we're only on the very leading edge of its most pernicious effects!

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 2h

Padres manager Mike Shildt said he retired in part because of death threats from sports bettors:

Mike Shildt says decision to retire was his own, but Padres questions remain

www.nytimes.com

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Eternal HellCat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 1h

fucking diseased country

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

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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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 1h

These people are not going to magically become normal if they lose an election

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

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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Eternal HellCat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 1h

I was on the fence about the Bonvoy one and uh, that fee hike moved the needle significantly, I’ll stick with gold I guess

Eternal HellCat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 2h

shocker

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2h

🚨In blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement, Israel has announced it will slash agreed aid shipments in half and keep the Rafah crossing closed, after Hamas returned four of the 28 bodies of Israeli captives believed to be in Gaza.

Hamas officials had repeatedly told mediators...

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According to Reuters who cited three Israeli officials, the Rafah crossing will remain closed through Wednesday, and aid deliveries will be sharply reduced. And Israeli outlets are claiming Hamas violated the deal, with Channel 12 citing an official alleging Hamas is “in severe breach” by not releasing more bodies. Egypt has reportedly deployed teams in Gaza to help locate them.

In a formal COGAT communication, Israel tied humanitarian aid directly to the return of bodies — a move amounting to collective punishment of a famine-stricken population:

“Yesterday, Hamas violated the agreement… As a result, political leadership has decided to impose a number of sanctions related to the humanitarian agreement. Starting tomorrow, only half of the agreed number of trucks — 300 — will be allowed to enter, all belonging to the UN and humanitarian NGOs. No fuel or gas will be allowed into the Strip, except for limited humanitarian needs.”

Senior Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk told Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill last week that a prisoner exchange “would be impossible” while Israeli forces remain in Gaza’s population centers:

“We don’t know exactly where the prisoners are. Even the negotiators don’t know their locations. There cannot be an exchange if Israeli forces remain.”

Marzouk warned that Israel’s refusal to withdraw proves it “does not want Trump’s ceasefire plan to be implemented.”

As early as October 3, when Hamas first delivered its response to Trump’s plan, Marzouk said on television that locating remains “would take months” after Israel destroyed and blocked off delivery of desperately needed heavy machinery. It would be “impossible” in 72 hours.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3h

Mike Johnson — man of deep faith, we are told — wants pastors to be shot in the head with pepper balls.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Eternal HellCat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 2h

please enjoy the rest of your time
on earth and pass the torch, we lost a house majority because members died in office

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Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 14h

Well… We’re back to square one…. Federal grant review has been halted. NIH Study sections are not meeting. Science research has screeched to a halt and soon staff will be let go and labs shut down if this continues much longer. These disruptions have caused damage that will take decades to repair. 🧪

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Eternal HellCat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 2h

a master of pet crime

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Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social · 1d

I spoke with 2025 Nobel winner Shimon Sakaguchi about chasing regulatory T cells since the 1980s. His advice to early-career scientists: "Nowadays you are expected to do something very, very soon and have a result. But it always takes time to arrive at something important." @sciam.bsky.social

Shimon Sakaguchi Hunted for an Immune Cell Others Dismissed. It Earned Him a Nobel Prize

Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi reflects on the role of regulatory T cells in peripheral immune tolerance and how the cells could transform treatment for cancer, autoimmune disease and organ transplan...

www.scientificamerican.com

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Eternal HellCat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 2h

Dog Logic omg

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Eternal HellCat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 3h

Soros!

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 3h

First sentence says it all: "Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use." Read the rest of the story though. from @ianjames.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

www.latimes.com

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Eternal HellCat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 3h

he’s a dipshit nazi loser, this piece should be retracted

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Eternal HellCat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 3h

lmao

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 15h

I have thought for a while that "president unilaterally starts ruling by decree in response to an extended shutdown" is the most likely way for the current system to break down irrevocably. Might not even be illegal, with the SCOTUS we have now.

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Eternal HellCat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 9h

it is very apparent that you and your stance do not represent “us”. your side has been controlled opposition at best my entire life and it’s just dragged this country into shit

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Eternal HellCat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 9h

sounds divine

Eternal HellCat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 10h

yeah for me it’s entirely come down to discipline and energy levels, after a full day of dealing with people and their problems the last thing I want to do is intervals and lifting

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