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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22h

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 23h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 18h

CBP agents knocked on an El Paso home at 7:15 a.m.

The owner asked to secure his Rottweiler, Chop, in the bathroom.

While he got his ID, agents opened the door and shot Chop.

The family tried to save him as he bled out on the kitchen floor.

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 14h

Looking for a commendation from Noem for shooting a dog.

Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 14h

Illustrate the fact that he IS the most incompetent (and corrupt) President in American history.
It's not just "looks like" it's IS.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 16h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18h

Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
newrepublic.substack.com/p/maga-implo...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.substack.com

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 14h

Trump, in less than a year, has pardoned more violent criminals (including at least one multiple murderer) and fraudsters than all other presidents put together. By a big margin.

Victor 🌊 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @vicjager.bsky.social · 18h

He was also involved in a murder-for-hire.

Pardons with corrupt intent technically impeachable.

Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 14h

Excellent point- media (hey, NYT) needs to refer to propaganda as what it is, lies told to create false understanding and confusion.

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18h

Once they understand that it is an unelected bureaucrat carrying out a coup, who knows.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

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

“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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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 14h

Tough guys.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 1d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 19h

I'd argue there were other sins that preceded this one, but this was the big one. Set up and enabled by Mitch McConnell failing to provide leadership for impeachment in the Senate.

Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 1d

Should Have Happened Without Hesitation…

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Informed Citizens @johnrwilder.bsky.social · 22h

THIS

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 19h

All true.

Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 1d

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 20h

subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

POLITICO Pro: Corporate tax receipts fall 15 percent in wake of new law

GOP's 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' included several business tax breaks.

subscriber.politicopro.com

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 20h

It's who the government works for now. And it's paying off.

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 20h

Billionaire corporations are already seeing the money roll in from the giant tax giveaways Donald Trump and the Republicans stuffed into their Big, Beautiful Bill.

What about working Americans? They're losing their health care, and their costs just keep going up.

It's shameful.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1d

There's a decent chance that the Supremes will strike down Trump’s extra special brand new 100% China tariff, as unconstitutional. And so it's doubly notable how much markets panicked, given the (roughly) 50% chance it won’t happen. The market drop understates the damage Trump's trying to inflict.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22h

I’ve seen posts claiming this “truth” is evidence of dementia, but IMO that’s not the right frame. This is strategy. Since 2021, the right has been rewriting history, bending timelines, to connect their grievances (Covid) and conspiracy theories (Jan 6, censorship, etc) to the Biden administration.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22h

Some of these conspiracy theories are wrong in so many ways that it’s difficult to know where to start the correction. First off, the FBI did not orchestrate or incite the Jan 6 events (as Trump is implying). Also, there was no Biden admin at the time.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22h

Having spent hours unwinding different threads of the “Biden censorship” narrative, w/ little success, I can say it’s frustratingly hard to explain (to believers & those vulnerable to believing) how each of these narratives mislead. You refute one part and it can reinforce the rest of the narrative.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22h

The # of times I’ve seen media repeating assertions of Biden administration collusion w/ platforms to “censor” content during the 2020 election… is wild. Like we can spend all day unpacking the “censorship” claim and showing how it’s misleading (at best), but JC it was 2020, Biden wasn’t Pres yet.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

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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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 1d

Portland does have a rebellious spirit. This picture, which I took years ago near Reed College, always typified this to me.

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