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Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 13h

They don’t try to hide it anymore

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11h

some colleagues have suggested to me that shame is irrelevant because the people on the "other side" don't know or care what "we" (on whatever "this side") think of them. I have...not gotten that impression

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 12h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 2h

So this Toronto v Seattle game... four field goals and a safety?

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 2h

Chicago news media has been excellent. Bill is right, CST/WBEZ have done stellar work, but it’s pretty much all of them: The Tribune, Block Club Chicago, the local TV affiliates, local independent journalists, even some of the Chicago bureaus of nat’l media.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3h

Related: The Chicago Sun-Times, in its partnership with WBEZ, is doing stellar work right now.

Including this piece about the downstream effects of ICE enforcement on stuff like apartment rents and maintenance

chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/...

The fear among residents and workers, both documented and undocumented, is palpable, he said. Residents are scared to open their doors for maintenance workers, and it has become harder to schedule repairs with his work force.
Other property managers and owners said workers are not showing up at job sites - frightened by ICE — and it's causing delays on building repairs and maintenance. Some residents are not able to pay rent on time as they are holed up at home, too afraid to go to work with federal agents popping up throughout the city.
This adds to the already rising business costs for building owners and managers, some who say they are eating the increased expenses connected to ICE raids. But if the enforcement activity continues into the busy spring moving season, property managers and owners like Warren said they may have to increase rents to recoup some of their costs.
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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 2h

I'm venturing a guess that we all know what he found...um... threatening.

Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 2h

Ohhhh I remember this movie! Picked it out randomly at Blockbuster when the movies we wanted were already rented. Loved it.

Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 14h

Diva (1981) Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix. Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and a philosopher all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French thriller.

Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 3h

I'm so sorry :(

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 9h

🚨IRS, FBI, Federal Marshals, MPD, DEA, ICE, HLS, and ATF here to “investigate” this woman. Suspicious for being black? The regime has made their white supremacism clear. The time for us to reject it is NOW!

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Democrats @democrats.org · 4h

Swear her in. Release the files.

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the lady from Bluesky @beigewunder.blacksky.app · 5h

Move, I'll Do It: An Autobiography

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Sandi Bachom 📹🎥🎬 @sandibachom.bsky.social · 1d

🔥🔥🔥 Today at immigration court 26 Federal Plaza this woman went ballistic to the masked ICE agents who detained her family member. Where are the people standing up to the Gestapo? I never saw this in 4 months I’ve been filming. 👏👏👏👏

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 5h

Mi people. 🤎🖤

Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 8h

This New York lady going off on ICE really gives me warm loving feelings 🥰🥰

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Washington City Paper @wcp.bsky.social · 7h

The Inheritance weaves the story of three generations of gay men grappling with class, identity, creativity, and loss in the shadow of the ‘80s AIDS crisis. At seven hours it’s a theatrical endurance test, but one our critic “would gladly take again.”

The Inheritance Is an Epic That Deserves the Title

Round House has staged Matthew López’s juggernaut that touchingly demonstrates that art and love light the path to immortality.

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 6h

just starting mess on Wednesday during rush hour
lollllll

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 7h

He's pretty about who and what he is atp.
Him, his constituents, and his party. Today's GOP.

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 8h

The U.S. Capitol Police was called about an American flag altered to include a swastika and displayed inside the office of Rep. Dave Taylor (R-Ohio).

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 8h

lmaoooo, mkay

Sometimes, we need an article stating the obvious about research showing the obvious before people benefiting from the obvious are willing to acknowledge the obvious.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h

Cumulative social advantage: is this the secret to a long, happy, healthy life?

High income levels are associated with slower ageing – but so is another factor that will cost you nothing at all. It just involves plenty of time spent hanging out with family, friends and neighbours ...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 8h

They’re going to have to fire nearly everyone, you know.

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 9h

Core to playing this down is pretending that "Young Republicans" aren't 40 years old with top positions in both the party and government. One's a state senator.

Nathan Bernard @nathantbernard.bsky.social · 9h

the "kids" were mostly 30+ years old and said they love hitler

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 10h

Some of these people want to be white or white adjacent to the point of self-harm. They're pathetic. Smh.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 13h

this man's marriage would not exist if not for a previous generation of people marching for their rights.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 13h

Just a feckless, feeble, snot flap of a man

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 14h

At college in the 80s, I was hanging out with a Black friend group one night. The conversation turned to experiences with our HS school counselors. I stood out as the only one who had a counselor who helped with college apps. Out of about 7 of us. Never forgot that talk.

Notreal @susannyc.bsky.social · 1d

She is a school Counselor!!!!!!

From the school website identifying her.

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19thnews @19thnews.org · 14h

A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.

From @capitalb.bsky.social:

No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in.

A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.

19thnews.org

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Irie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 14h

I don't think people with dementia should be forced to hide from the public. But I don't think they should be president, either.

His caregivers are irresponsible.

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 14h

Makes Nixon talking to the portraits look NBD.

"Donald Trump’s obsession with remaking the White House into something more like his Mar-a-Lago resort is interfering with his presidential duties..."

www.rawstory.com/white-house-...

Trump keeps wandering off the job to give tours of his White House remodel: report

Donald Trump’s obsession with remaking the White House into something more like his Mar-a-Lago resort is interfering with his presidential duties, as he sets aside time spent running the government to...

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