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Em Aitch @littlecakes.bsky.social · 12h

This made me giggle far too loud in a public place.....not good news exactly, but still.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14h

SCOTUS has been focused on chipping away at civil rights laws and policies for 20 years.

Today, the justices will hear oral arguments in a case that could represent not just another chip, but a fatal blow to the load-bearing pillar of American multi-racial democracy: The 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Voting Rights Are on the Supreme Court’s Chopping Block

Tuesday's case pits fanciful claims of racial harmony against the reality of ongoing discrimination.

www.motherjones.com

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Em Aitch @littlecakes.bsky.social · 15h

Ok, so I'm hearing Trump bragging about not getting shot at a memorial for a dude who got shot, right?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Em Aitch @littlecakes.bsky.social · 15h

Lol, yours too.

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Em Aitch @littlecakes.bsky.social · 15h

It's infuriating and so sad.

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Em Aitch @littlecakes.bsky.social · 15h

If you read "Blessed are those persecuted for righteousness sake," and are defending those shooting priests and peaceful protesters with pepper balls, well, then I guess you're Mike Johnson.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

Em Aitch @littlecakes.bsky.social · 15h

Fucking bread and circuses, but we can't afford bread and the circuses are shitty, weird reboots.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

This is an intentional framing choice that can easily be avoided if one wants to avoid it!

maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 16h

really do genuinely feel that our local press needs to find a better word than clash for interactions between federal agents armed to the teeth with chemical munitions and actual guns and some neighbors who are yelling and maybe throwing found objects. not even delving into protests facing the same.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 16h

“Why you running?” the federal agent asks the young Black man underneath him.

As the young man attempts to answer, a person can be heard in the video screaming, “he’s a citizen!”

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

Feds gas Chicago neighborhood, detain young Black man amid day of Southeast Side raids • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods. Nearby, they detained a young Black man onlookers insisted was a U.S. citize...

thetriibe.com

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Em Aitch @littlecakes.bsky.social · 17h

I have a really hard time believing this young woman stabbed herself in the back of the skull hard enough to perforate the cranium after 22 initial tries, but what the fuck do I know? Mourning for her and her family and justice today. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/e...

Medical examiner's report stands by ruling Ellen Greenberg's death as suicide

A new report by the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office concluded that the 2011 death of teacher Ellen Greenberg was a suicide.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com

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Em Aitch @littlecakes.bsky.social · 18h

These are the same people that keep warning the left about their inflammatory rhetoric. They do not argue in good faith.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

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
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It is a disgrace that Fox continues to put them on constantly day after day to spew their propaganda to their friends when Hegseth & Wilson are afraid to face real press and are obviously in the process of covering a lot up that they don’t want the American people to know.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Will Fox join OAN as the only media companies surrendering to an insecure loser like Pete Hegseth?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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Em Aitch @littlecakes.bsky.social · 1d

If you read "Blessed are the merciful," and think that Alligator Alcatraz was a fantastic idea, you aren't blessed.

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

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Soon it will be show us your papers. This must stop.

A tweet by James Surowiecki replying to David J. Bier. Surowiecki asks, “Where in the Immigration and Nationality Act does it say that US citizens have to prove that they're citizens or else be arrested?” The quoted tweet by Bier reads, “ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog,” accompanied by a photo of a man wearing a face mask and standing near vehicles at night.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

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Po Murray @pomurray.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s rich country club golf buddies get tax breaks while the majority of Americans struggle to keep their healcare policies & pay for groceries. #nokings #RepublicanShutdown #MAGAshutdown #TrumpShutdown
#momsky

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Em Aitch @littlecakes.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

Em Aitch @littlecakes.bsky.social · 2d

Fascism came to America wrapped in a cheap suit and holding a Bible upside down.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

He’s sounding as unhinged as his boss lately.

Tweet from Really American: “BREAKING: In an insane moment, the Speaker of the House frames the upcoming ‘No Kings’ protest march as a ‘Hate America’ event, irresponsibly calling folks who oppose fascism ‘pro-Hamas.’ We found that ‘violent rhetoric’ Republicans have criticized.”
Below, a screenshot from Fox News shows Rep. Mike Johnson speaking with the U.S. Capitol in the background.

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