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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 51m

Nope, no more of this shit, not when they say what they say every day to zero consequence whatsoever. That land has been had. Nothing you can do about it. It's gone. It's had. You lose. Drainage! Drainage, Eli, you boy. Drained dry, I'm so sorry.

New York Magazine @nymag.com · 3h

Newly surfaced internet comments made by Graham Platner — he once identified as a Communist, and railed against police — present the Maine senate candidate with his first real test.

Graham Platner’s Honeymoon Is Over

Newly surfaced internet comments made by Graham Platner — he once identified as a Communist, and railed against police — present the Maine senate candidate with his first real test.

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Sonia is an Ignyte and Ember Award winner! @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 45m

Noah is a trans friend being evicted. They’re badly in need of funds to move across state lines to live with family. Please help by sharing or donating to their fundraiser. www.gofundme.com/f/bvwcc-supp...

Donate to Support Our Journey to a New Beginning, organized by Noah Stark

I'm Noah, a gender-nonconforming, transgender man living in Albuquerque with two sen… Noah Stark needs your support for Support Our Journey to a New Beginning

www.gofundme.com

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1h

OH MY GOD SOMEBODY TEACH HIM MATH!!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "Drug prices went down for the year by 1/8 of 1 percent. Now I'm getting them down, Maria, 500, 600, 800 percent. In some cases even more than that. It's hard to believe."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1h

All our work is a group effort and I am so grateful to the many many folks whacking away at this. My own piece this week was cutting our word count here by half while getting much clearer about stakes + the shape of the pushback.

unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

Medicaid — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 11h

As we go into No Kings weekend (and with the influx of new followers from x) seems like a good time to resurface this.

It was written in 2020 then focused on George Floyd about the media's antagonistic relationship to protest

It’s time to change the way the media reports on protests. Here are some ideas.

"People kept sharing these videos that were coming up and it was unambiguous what was going on. We weren't looking at a stream of videos of violence erupting or clashes breaking out. We were looking a...

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Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 2h

If nothing else it reinforces that they need a whole lot more troops if they want to invade multiple big cities beyond their focused campaigns of horror.

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 5h

A few free printable zines here:

bsky.app/profile/tutu...

Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · Jun 13

They're all free downloads!

guante.info/2025/03/04/a...

Something to Share with Friends and Neighbors Asking “What Do We DO?”

A resource for people new to activism and organizing, sharing some action ideas.

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 5h

It's always a good time to print out radical zines and distribute them at rallies as well as in Little Free Libraries, cafes, etc.

Plant seeds of radical action everywhere! 🌱

Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 29d

With another national No Kings day of rallies coming up, here's a reminder that you can print out free zines about anti-fascism, mutual aid, etc and hand them out, planting seeds of radical action.

Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · Jun 15

These are the zines I shared yesterday:

bsky.app/profile/tutu...

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Lynne @lynne-sails.bsky.social · 5h

They REALLY think this is a winning talking point.

Go ahead, keep advertising that there's a huge protest this weekend. It's sure to keep the media rally interested in covering it...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Barrasso on No Kings: "They have this big 'I Hate America' rally this Saturday in Washington where you have all these far-left activists groups coming to protest the president and the administration."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5h

Also note: This analysis doesn't include most of Portland and Chicago.

That's important bc there are EASILY 10 suspect cases between the two. The September 27 Chicago ones started getting dismissed after October 5.

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

We did all this by sifting through both English- and Spanish-language social media, lawsuits, court records and local media reports. We compiled cases from the beginning of the current Trump administration through Oct. 5. Our accounting of arrests in Portland, Oregon, and Chicago is particularly limited, since the events there are still unfolding.

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Yuna @yunao08.bsky.social · 5h

MINIMUM 170 US citizens were detained by DHS.. by our own government in their mass deportation abduction plan.

This isn’t just about immigrants. It’s about you too.

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 5h

Thread from outside of the Broadview ICE facility last weekend.
First - right wingers showed up to agitate. You can see right wing live streamers Cam Higby and Lance Videos up against the Public Storage building, behind the Illinois State Police.

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 6h

Unfounded claims of 500% and 1000% increases in assaults against ICE officers and a crackdown on “doxxing” of ICE agents looking like a red herring in greater federal effort to justify military deployment to U.S. cities @shaanthx.bsky.social reports

oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/16/i...

ICE promised doxing cases against Portland ‘anarchists.’ Months later, no charges filed • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Three months since Kristi Noem vowed charges against Portland "anachists" for doxing, it appears her agency has yet to follow through.

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🌙🦉grumpygrumpyowl @grumpygrumpyowl.bsky.social · 6h

Florida

🌙🦉grumpygrumpyowl @grumpygrumpyowl.bsky.social · 6h

I HAVE WAITED OVER 20 YEARS FOR THIS. The macOS Tahoe 26.0.1 update allows you to change the color of your folders. Apple used to allow this!! This is so much easier for me to immediately figure out what’s what with my work folders.

Apple still sucks though. Fascist butt kissers

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🌙🦉grumpygrumpyowl @grumpygrumpyowl.bsky.social · 7h

Portland prep 😍😍😍😍😍 This whole account!
www.tiktok.com/@slurmit?_t=...

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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 7h

the playbook now

NPR @npr.org · 9h

Politico exposed racist and homophobic messages sent by leaders of the Kansas Young Republicans. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said the state GOP modeled similar behavior in its own social media posts.

After racist Kansas Young Republicans chats leak, Gov. Kelly calls out posts from state GOP

Politico exposed racist and homophobic messages sent by leaders of the Kansas Young Republicans. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said the state GOP modeled similar behavior in its own social media posts.

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 19h

WESTERN ALASKA FLOODS UPDATE:

Authorities have determined that none of the housing in either Kipnuk or Kwigillingok is safe to occupy

Residents were being evacuated to Bethel. But now… residents of both villages will be evacuated to Anchorage - almost 500 miles away

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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 8h

"LNG imports not only lock the EU into decades of fossil gas dependence but also release massive amounts of methane emissions."

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 8h

📢 Behind Europe’s fossil gas addiction communities across the Atlantic are paying the price. The US is already the EU’s biggest LNG supplier – and imports are set to triple under the new US-EU trade deal. At what cost?

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🌙🦉grumpygrumpyowl @grumpygrumpyowl.bsky.social · 8h

WTAF @bostonglobe.com !!

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 8h

This is how The Boston Globe chooses to frame the kidnapping of a local teenager.

Remarkably swift passage of Everett teen into deportation system showcases ICE reach and efficiency

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 8h

Now Trump is sending $40 BILLION to bailout Argentina.

This would fund at LEAST a year of the ACA tax credits millions rely on to afford health care.

Meanwhile, Argentina has universal health care.

U.S. support for Argentina could hit $40 billion

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said an additional $20 billion in private-sector loans for Argentina could effectively double the value of a U.S. rescue plan.

www.nbcnews.com

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The Fort Pointer @fortpointer.bsky.social · 8h

MASSterlist; “A super PAC supporting Brian Shortsleeve’s campaign for governor is up with digital ads portraying Gov. Maura Healey wearing a sombrero in one and clown makeup in another.”

The lack of respect for public office and normalization of infantile antics are astounding.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 8h

This group chat that was helmed by Gavin Wax, then the President of the New York Young Republican Club, leaked to me two years ago.

EXCLUSIVE: 'Yeah that was too far': Private Facebook chats for Gavin Wax's Liberty Conservative littered with racial slurs, Holocaust jokes

Wax previously called out a DeSantis supporter for his old, offensive conversations.

www.dailydot.com

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 8h

I have spent the last couple of years writing about the Young Republicans. Here is some of my work.

Undercover With the New Alt-Right

For 11 months, I pretended to be a far-right extremist. I discovered a radical youth movement trying to infiltrate the Republican Party.

www.thenation.com

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