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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 12h

From the No Kings rally in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. My new friend.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h

After her partner was detained, leaving her to support two kids by herself, Pérez applied to self-deport.

DHS set a departure date — then went silent. No information, no plane tickets.

Months in, she feels trapped in a country that doesn’t want her.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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Andrew Parker @andrewparker.bsky.social · 8h

Weirdly, I remember tons of stories from the New York Times covering Trump campaign events focused on crowd size.

“Record crowd”, “packed arena”, not just “here’s what was said at this rally of some number of people”

Nytimes article with the lede “Donald J. Trump, back in fighting form, told a record crowd here Wednesday night that he believes he won the Iowa caucuses.”

Nytimes article with the headline “Trump Packs Long Island Arena While Calling New York City a Hellscape:”

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

Abrams: The destination this nation was built on was a nation that sees all and serves all and stands for all. That's the destination. And yet we are living in a moment where ethno-fascists are in charge of the government…

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 10h

Wait, Republicans said these were all violent terrorists 🤔

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Karin Williams @karinc1.bsky.social · 13h

Supporting our family, friends and colleagues in the US
#nokings #nokingsday #nokingsmalmö

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Ett 70-tal protesterade mot Donald Trump i Malmö

För andra gången i år samlas demonstranter i USA för att protestera mot Donald Trump. Under lördagen protesterade även ett 70- tal personer i Malmö mot presidenten som de menar beter sig som en auktor...

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Karin Williams @karinc1.bsky.social · 13h

I actually made an appointment with them to get a vaccination. At the time they offered it for 250 SEK. I took a screen shot. But. The day before my appointment it disappeared from the price list.

Karin Williams @karinc1.bsky.social · 14h

Lucky you. I’m fighting with a vårdcentral in Skåne to get one.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14h

Wow, lots of American flags and peace . Sure doesn’t seem like people who hate America you absolute embarrassment Speaker Johnson

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 1d

Yep, they are gearing up for the midterms propaganda blitz. Block with gusto! When is the last time you saw or used gusto in a sentence? I'm smiling to myself.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

The trump regime is setting up official agency accounts here on BlueSky, and they’re dragging their MAGA trolls with them. Block liberally.

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Karin Williams @karinc1.bsky.social · 16h

And Sweden. Our No Kings in Malmö, Sweden.

#nokings #nokingsmalmö

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 16h

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Ghislaine Maxwell, c’mon down… you’re the next contestant on the Pardon is Right.

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MEDxyz @medxyz.bsky.social · 1d

There is a stink emanating from the House of Reps created by the refusal of Johnson to swear in Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva. Very reminiscent of the stench that rose from the Senate in 2016 when McConnell refused to hold a hearing re Obama’s nominee for Supreme Court.Someone please file a law suit.

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Karin Williams @karinc1.bsky.social · 19h

Fantastic weather! What a great crowd!

We sang, we chanted, we shared.

We had participants from not only from Malmö and Lund but also Copenhagen, Göteborg, Ystad and Uppsala! and…. we even had sharks!

Thank you to all who joined!

#NoKings #NoKingsMalmö #DemocratsAbroad #DemocratsAbroadSweden

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Trump’s not just lying anymore — he’s losing track of the lies.

From “med beds” and phantom Fox News reports to confusing the Jan 6 timeline, his decline isn’t just embarrassing, it’s dangerous.

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The President in Decline: Trump’s Mind, His Myths, and the Machinery Around Him

He’s 79, impulsive, and increasingly detached from reality — but the people behind him may be the greater danger.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 1d

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffries: "You've got Leavitt, who's sick, she's out of control. I'm not sure if she's just demented, ignorant, a stone cold liar, or all of the above. But the notion that an official WH spokesperson would say that the D Party consists of 'terrorists, violent criminals & undocumented immigrants'..."

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.

Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Trump says his $40B bailout for Argentina's failing libertarian economy is "not gonna make a big difference for our country."

Really?

Imagine if we invested those billions on healthcare and housing for Americans, instead of bailing out Trump's pals abroad.