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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 19h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

Nice recap

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 19h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 23h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

t.co

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

This Is Fascism

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine that

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Providence District Democratic Committee @pddc.bsky.social · 20h

We need someone who will stand up to Trump. Virginians are losing jobs and access to affordable healthcare and the list goes on. Vote blue! Vote the whole ticket! @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social @braddockdems.bsky.social @franconiadems.bsky.social @huntermilldems.bsky.social

Virginia Democrats @vademocrats.bsky.social · 21h

If elected Governor, Winsome Earle-Sears has made clear she will always put her loyalty to Donald Trump ahead of Virginians, even when it’s wrong for the Commonwealth.

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Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA Republicans want Democrats to be complicit in their elimination of SNAP benefits for children by trying to blame Democrats for the Trump Shutdown. And now Trump & Vought are firing 4000 federal employees in an effort to direct public anger against Democrats.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/10/t...

Trump’s SNAP Cover-Up

In the South we often say the kitchen is the “heart of the home.” It’s a place that brings family and friends together to cook, converse, and connect.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2d

A response from MIT rejecting "The Compact"...

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Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

When MAGA Republicans don't like a Supreme Court decision they complain that unelected judges are ruling the country, but it's clearly OK that the same unelected judges make decisions MAGA agrees with.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/10/t...

The Supreme Court is Headed Toward a Radically New Vision of Unlimited Presidential Power

President Donald Trump set the tone for his second term by issuing 26 executive orders, four proclamations and 12 memorandums on his first day back in

www.counterpunch.org

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Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage month while making your voice heard.

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Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think Stephen Miller hired someone to call him or is this an outright lie?
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SmallBites (@smallbite)

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'The...

substack.com

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Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

Yay MIT.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Page One in Boston.

@bostonglobe.com

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Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

Trump lies about Portland. Is being fed information by Stephen Miller who is manipulating trump to serve Miller's own personal ends.

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Rise Up Western Mass Indivisible ❌👑 @ruwmi.bsky.social · 1d

Where will you be showing up on 10/18???
Click the link, put in your zip code, chose your event!
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

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David Harrison Greis (@the_fishkeeping_teachers) on Threads

🚨 ICE 🧊 ABDUCTED AUTISTIC CHILD 🚨 A 15-year-old Autistic teenager was abducted by the ICE 🧊 Gestapo in Houston, Texas while at a fruit stand owned by his family He asked his mom to use the restroo...

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Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

They hitched their wagons to the wrong person.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Tom Jones @earl2.bsky.social · 1d

22 states are in a recession or close to it, new analysis finds www.axios.com/2025/10/09/t...

22 states are in a recession or close to it, new analysis finds

Twenty-two states are either in a recession or on the precipice of a downturn, according to a new analysis from Moody's Analytics.

www.axios.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

House Oversight's Robert Garcia is calling on Chairman Comer to "immediately schedule a date for Ghislaine Maxwell to testify" before the Committee.

The panel had postponed its deposition with Maxwell until the Supreme Court decided whether to take up her appeal (it did not). tinyurl.com/bpasrhvz

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Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

Vienna, VA - No Kings!

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Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

Something to follow.

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