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JoAnn T. Blankenship @jotimblank.bsky.social · 3h

Exactly!!!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h

Not only that, just days ago, he was claiming there were no drug boats in the entire Caribbean left. That is, of course, not true. So we’re going to go through a cycle where they just keep killing more and more people, and keep claiming success as the body count rises.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 4h

Trump Administration now censoring Facebook:

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

I have five words for Republican Senators. www.youtube.com/live/8oJvw7F...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h

Meiselas: MAGA Mike Johnson was being questioned about the shutdown during this disastrous press conference he held. He literally says, “I don’t have any strategy." Then Rep. Lisa McClain jumps in, apparently realizing Mike Johnson had just blown it and she completely unravels on camera.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 4h

🚨🚨🚨Where the fuck is any accountability?!? This is a TEENAGER who, at the end of this video, is shackled. The only reason to shackle a kid is to traumatize him and those around. This was just uploaded. 1/2

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4h

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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JoAnn T. Blankenship @jotimblank.bsky.social · 3h

I don't understand this either.. 💔

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JoAnn T. Blankenship @jotimblank.bsky.social · 3h

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Trump has DISASTER LANDING to DC as Plan ALREADY FALLING APART

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 4h

The Trump Administration should honor Charlie Kirk and his birthday by fulfilling his wish of releasing the Epstein Files.

Pass it on.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

NYT: “.. Hamas on Monday returned only four bodies of roughly two dozen remaining, angering Israelis who had been expecting many more to come home.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/w...

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JoAnn T. Blankenship @jotimblank.bsky.social · 4h

Read "Six killed after US strikes another boat off coast of Venezuela" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6okixxE4/G...

Six killed after US strikes another boat off coast of Venezuela (CNN)

The US military conducted yet another strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people on board, President Don...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

“.. Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues ..”

@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING:

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

Reading that cretin Alex Jones was put on blast by the conservative Supreme Court and "Dr. Phil" has had to declare bankruptcy on the same day? What an embarrassment of riches! Only one other breaking news story about another odious man would make things better.
www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trum...

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 5h

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JoAnn T. Blankenship @jotimblank.bsky.social · 5h

This is absolutely disgusting and terrifying!

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5h

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h

Diane Keaton remembered by her final director: ‘Cameramen dissolved into puddles at her feet’

In 2022, Diane Keaton shot her last film, the comedy Summer Camp. Its director remembers her energy, fearlessness and effortless authenticity on set

www.theguardian.com

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Ed Hirsch @edhirsch.bsky.social · 7h

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JoAnn T. Blankenship @jotimblank.bsky.social · 6h

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7h

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportation flights. The AP spoke to a number of people who said they were placed in the device after they had already been shackled.

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 7h

JUST IN: The 3rd Circuit *denies* a push by national GOP to reconsider ruling on misdated mail ballots in Pa.

Judge Emil Bove may have cast his first vote here in dissent of the decision -- and plans to write about it later. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 7h

Sad, but true. 💥

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JoAnn T. Blankenship @jotimblank.bsky.social · 6h

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

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ᑕ ᕼ ᓰ ᗷ 〇 ᒪ 乇 @chibole.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: A Rutgers antifascism expert has been forced to leave the country, due to death threats from Turning Point fans, “to burn your house down & kill you as you come running out" 🤔 Anyone who says "violence is coming from the left" can GTFO.

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