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Meidas_Pete @ferst60.bsky.social · 17h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

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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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 12h

E. disappeared me to a gulag in El Salvador.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Seka @seka222.bsky.social · 1h

He is the enemy to the United States. The “majority” that elected him don’t want him anymore. Unfortunately their elected officials don’t have a spine to do anything about it, which will be to their demise.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 3h

🇵🇱 Poland arrests at least 7 agents working for Russia and preparing acts of sabotage.

🇷🇴 Romania capture two agents tha placing bombs inside parcel deliveries intended for later detonation.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 21h

NOW: Johnson insists she will be sworn in when normal government resumes, but it’s too late; everyone knows Johnson and his Republican colleagues are protecting pedophiles, and we are forced to assume Trump is implicated in the files.

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

Racial profiling. All day every day.

www.newsweek.com/us-citizen-s...

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Gene47 @gene47.bsky.social · 1d

Satire my ass, Johnson somehow thinks its funny for his Dear Leader to shit on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment right.
Johnson is nothing more than a Trump ass licker.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING: Elon Musk just called Trump transportation secretary Sean Duffy “Sean Dummy”.

I agree.

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𝓢𝓬𝓸𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓹 @scootertramp.bsky.social · 19h

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1h

Here in Chicago, we know Trump has launched a violent campaign against us because we didn't vote for him. It's no longer a federal government that represents us. It's a government that has declared war against us.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h

🚨BREAKING: The North Carolina Senate hastily passed a GOP gerrymander Tuesday in a 26-20 vote, advancing a proposed congressional map that aims to dismantle one of the state’s Black Democratic seats at the request of President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Senate Approves Gerrymander Targeting Black Voters

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 2h

Virginia Giuffre’s book, Nobody’s Girl, just dropped and it’s already on Audible!

#Pinks #ProudBlue #VirginiaGiuffre

🧚‍♀️Mother of Dragonflies🧚 @miamiportland1.bsky.social · 15h

Virginia Giuffre’s book comes out tomorrow.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h

What’s next after No Kings Day? What should we do now? How do we use our collective power? I have a dozen simple ideas for next steps. And I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-can-we-do-now

What Can We Do Now?

What comes next, after No Kings 2.0

robertreich.substack.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5h

Mike Johnson has given the house a very very very very very very very very very long vacation because he’s worried about the Epstein files

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1h

"An upstate New York man pardoned by Trump after taking part in the attack on the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, was charged last week with a new crime: threatening to assassinate Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, at an event in New York City..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Charged With Threatening Hakeem Jeffries

www.nytimes.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1h

Meanwhile, government workers aren't getting paid.

DHS Blasted After Buying $172 Million Luxury Jets For Kristi Noem Amid Government Shutdown

www.comicsands.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2h

Yet Trump ignored every step, acting unilaterally through executive order, bypassing oversight, and ordering demolition as if he were a monarch. The result: the people’s house, altered without the people’s consent.

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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 12h

Not wrong. Good night 😘💤

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1h

Nothing says “America First” like selling out U.S. beef and soybean farmers to buy Argentine beef instead. #ArgentinaFirst

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1h

January 6 US Capitol rioter arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries
Christopher Moynihan, pardoned by Trump for his role in Capitol attack, allegedly said he’d kill House minority leader in New York

January 6 US Capitol rioter arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries

Christopher Moynihan, pardoned by Trump for his role in Capitol attack, allegedly said he’d kill House minority leader in New York

www.theguardian.com

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Susan @artlovergirl.bsky.social · 2h

I consider myself a pretty empathetic person, but I have no sympathy for those who voted for this…let them suffer the consequences and absolutely do not give them a taxpayer bailout!

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Mike Lowe @mike-lowe.bsky.social · 2h

Good idea!

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 2h

Yep...🤬

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