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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 15h

Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog
Every voter should be a taxpayer who can pass an 8th grade civics exam.

John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang
I'd settle for every president being a taxpayer who can pass an 8th grade civics exam.

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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 4d

The picture of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago pastor being pepper sprayed by a masked ICE agent reminded me of civil rights protestors in Birmingham being sprayed with high-pressure water hoses in the 60s.

It was wrong then, it's wrong now. How are we letting this happen?

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

Correct

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Rogan on Trump’s cruel mass deportations, racially profiling non-criminals and ripping apart families: “This is crazy. That shows no heart. You’re not gonna get any reasonable people to go along with that. Any kind person would go ‘this can’t be the only way to do this’.”

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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 12h

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12h

ICE GOONS are undercover at a protest in Elgin.

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Jeannette H @jeannetteh.bsky.social · 12h

It's your birthday, so cake for dinner is legit

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 12h

#ResistanceRoots

Today in history, 1906: San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students. Tensions were eased by the “Gentleman’s Agreement,” an informal treaty between the U.S. and Japan signed by Teddy Roosevelt. /1

Japanese family in San Francisco, ca. 1906.

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 12h

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13h

What Fr Dowling is doing here was not just "offering communion to detainees". A full on Eucharistic Procession is a really fucking big deal. In Catholic theological framing, those folks were the honor guard with the very great privilege of escorting Jesus himself to the detention center.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h

Note: it's not even curfew yet.

State police just started pushing people off the business park corner. Here in the road, a brave group of demonstrators are attempting to hold their line.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
#Antifa

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13h

I want a president who cares more about Chicago and Portland than about Qatar and Argentina. Trump’s “America First” slogan is a sick joke.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 12h

Censoring the press isn't enough for the Trump administration. Now they're even trying to censor court records that discuss the press's reporting.

This is unheard of.

Opposition Filed Against DOJ Effort to Strike Context from Complaint About Qatar’s ‘Gifted’ Jet to Trump Administration - American Oversight

As the DOJ refuses the prompt release of a memo clearing the Qatari jet ‘gift,’ Freedom of the Press Foundation, represented by American Oversight, argues against erasing this context and the agency’s continued delays.

americanoversight.org

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 13h

New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences.

Unserious people cause real-world harm.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h

Troopers have already pushed people back at least a block. Another arrest warning and they are also threatening chemical agents.

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Jeannette H @jeannetteh.bsky.social · 12h

Same!

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Hello, I’m: Trying My Best @modernminstrel.bsky.social · 13h

A Mr. Rogers sweater celebrating Mr. Rogers would be great.

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Jeannette H @jeannetteh.bsky.social · 12h

Yes!

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 14h

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

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BlueVoter @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 1d

Ribbit! #political #humor #resist

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 14h

It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 15h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 13h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

Quick update on what we just saw here—*before curfew*, ISP troopers, Broadview PD and CCSO deputies began menacing demonstrators outside the ICE facility. Several arrests.

Pepper ball guns at the ready, a bit of a standoff going with remaining protesters. All people are doing is playing music.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20h

In Broadview, IL this morning outside the Chicago area ICE detention center—

Just rolled up, immediately saw ISP/CCSO arresting a protester w/ a guitar (he appears to be in good spirits over it).

ICE vehicles have been coming and going, including a large bus driven by a masked agent seen earlier.

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