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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 5h

graffiti today.

graffiti saying "beware of controlled opposition" shot through a chain link fence

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 8h

nearly every single thing the united states accuses others of doing... it does.

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 8h

the united states government is actually five atrocities in a trench coat, repeating "brutality for me, not for thee."

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 8h

the deepest irony here is that the U.S. government offered bounties for killing indigenous people beginning in the 1600s at least through the civil war.

and... bounty hunting for alleged criminals was declared legitimate through a supreme court ruling (Taylor v. Taintor) in 1872.

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 8h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

The State of Illinois is documenting the criminal misconduct of Trump secret police agents in order to bring charges against those who engaged in acts ranging from assault to reckless endangerment and negligent operation of motor vehicles in the near future, Newsweek reveals.

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Department of State v
@StateDept
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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 16h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 10h

Free speech is when you are punished for criticizing the President’s favorite podcaster.

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 10h

The Donald Trump administration has revoked the visas of citizens from Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, and Paraguay for comments about Charlie Kirk.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 14h

“Instead of stalking our ex-boyfriends online, we started a newspaper.”

Founded in 1966, during the Vietnam War, the original 'Rag' emerged out of a sense that free speech was under fire. It's back again. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ut-underground-newspaper-the-rag-revived/

These UT Students Are Fed Up With Social Media. So They Revived a Newspaper From the Sixties.

“Instead of stalking our ex-boyfriends online, we started a newspaper.”

www.texasmonthly.com

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 13h

i know the terrorgram cults are targeting the young ones these days, and things like cyberbullying / harassment has become so immersive, as technology has scaled.

but damn — all this is to say, i agree. so many generations of girls have been failed 💔

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 13h

absolutely.

i'm younger than vance's cohort, but still in the same generational cohort. and the harassment for me started around age 9.

if i had realized the online bullies were going to be the whole political establishment, i may have gone full bunnicula on them sooner.

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 13h

g-d, sorry i'm just an embittered cassandra figure these days.

all i say anymore is some variation on:
"i warned you & you didn't listen, and now it's worse,"
or
"oh jesus, we're in hell."

i promise i'll add some new dialogue to my repertoire soon. i'm beginning to bore myself 😵‍💫

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 14h

i will never forgive y'all for writing off violent online misogyny when young girls reported it.

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 14h

perhaps years & years of lauding "great men" with the preface of "oh, just ignore the racism / sexism / bigotry" was... ✨ a mistake ✨

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 14h

when i was at a (public, elite, midwestern) math & science boarding high school, my classmates would DM me stuff like this, along with unsolicited d*ck pics.

and i was labeled the outlier for developing ptsd symptoms.

misogyny is a gateway to all of this, and so many of us tried to warn you.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 15h

Wednesday marks one month since a group of football players found Delta State University student Trey Reed hanging in a tree on campus.

Amid swirling rumors, we've published a timeline of the known events surrounding his death and the investigations.

Timeline: Trey Reed's Hanging Death at Delta State University

A timeline of the known events surrounding Delta State University student Trey Reed's hanging death in Cleveland, Mississippi.

buff.ly

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 15h

his blush is so bad; it looks like he failed a tiktok tutorial.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Mike Johnson says Medicaid is "intended for vulnerable populations, the elderly, disabled, and young pregnant women, and not young able-bodied men without dependents who are playing video games."

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 15h

like every treaty,
every ceasefire broken.

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 15h

my therapist says you need to first name, grieve & accept the tragedy to move forward 🥲

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 15h

one day, i will stop whining about this & will go back to making guerrilla art, but today i am ✨tired✨

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jen by. @jenbyers.com · 15h

a blogger is in charge of CBS.
a right-wing podcaster is getting the presidential medal of freedom.
grifter twitter personalities are influencing terrorism policy.
a hate group is platformed to journalism students.

meanwhile, reporters who understand genocide are... unemployable.

🤡

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 16h

One of my quotes:

"I know it's worth it because someday some young kid who's had everything about trans people censored all their life will happen across something I wrote and know they aren't alone. If I had it to do over, I'd do it all again and more."

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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 16h

The undercover footage in this video... just wow. Our new massive international investigation into a surveillance company selling untraceable tech that can find you anywhere.

Every view and comment on this helps get in front of more eyes—and that means we can keep doing this work! Thank you!!

This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You

YouTube video by Mother Jones

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 16h

c.w. torture

Torture device manufacturers in the U.S. stay innovating.

ICE has chosen the "Wrap" a full-body restraint device, to use for removals of people to 3rd countries. (Not being taken to home countries, other countries.)

@apnews.com: one man says ICE kept him in the Wrap for 16 hours.

[So disturbing. I'll do my best to describe.]

Video still:

This appears to be a video created by the company to demonstate the product, not a real prisoner. The whole lower body of a man is placed in almost a blanket that is strapped around him. There are multiple straps the size of large seatbelts with big buckles. There are straps that go over his shoulders. He is also back-cuffed. This video is a still from the moment when a helmet the size of a motorcycle helmet is being placed on his head and strapped on under his chin. he is also wearing a pale blue lightweight surgical mask.

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1 of 5 | US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations. That continued despite concerns about safety from a watchdog division of its parent agency, the US Dept. of Homeland Security. (AP Video/Allen G. Breed)

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