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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 16h

Op-ed: The rule of law is under attack at #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' Everglades concentration camp. We’re fighting back
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e... via @foreverglades.bsky.social

The rule of law is under attack in the Everglades. We’re fighting back | Opinion

A new threat to the Everglades echoes a 1960s environmental fight. | Opinion

www.miamiherald.com

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Xena @wiltshirecat1.bsky.social · 23h

Just trying to see the world from a different perspective

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h

Well. Fuck. This unleashed it all. 😭

Gavin Creel singing Stephen Sondheim’s “What Can You Lose” from Dick Tracy.

“This is my favorite Sondheim song ever written,” Gavin says in the January 2011 video. “For me, in my heart, this is the greatest.”

Gavin Creel | What Can You Lose

YouTube video by BartonGMiami

youtu.be

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

#WarRavagedChicago

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mjk4mj.bsky.social @mjk4mj.bsky.social · 8h

This guy committed the biggest Medicare fraud (Republican Rick Scott's Medicare fraud is still in the top 5) 2024: www.cnbc.com/2024/10/15/t...

Health care fraudster Philip Esformes is latest Trump clemency recipient to be arrested

Donald Trump commuted the 20-year prison sentence of Philip Esformes, convicted of a massive Medicare fraud, during the then-president's final weeks in office.

www.cnbc.com

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mjk4mj.bsky.social @mjk4mj.bsky.social · 8h

Same Trump crew said the crook Eric Adams wasn't a crook (while they worship 34 felony rapist pedophile guy). bsky.app/profile/josh...
January: www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

cracking up at the commentary on this Furphy poster slam (via Pacers)

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 12h

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15h

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 13h

Sign that your 9YO may have two lawyers for parents:

Me: “You’re not complaining, are you?”

9YO: “No. I’m just stating my feelings in an aggravated tone!”

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 12h

My latest Substack piece on Trump’s screwing over of Americans:

substack.com/@katiephang/...

Don't Cry for Me Argentina: The $20 Billion Gift to Wall Street and Buenos Aires—Paid for by American Farmers

No crying, just chuckling by Argentina as it laughs all the way to the bank, courtesy of Convicted Felon Donald Trump

substack.com

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Oscar&Felix @oscar-felix.bsky.social · 12h

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 12h

If you're not getting @wired.com in print, you're missing out

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13h

Inflatables Yes.

ICE No.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16h

3D printers: WE NEED YOU! If you have a printer, start making whistles for your community. Volunteers of ours have been printing and passing them out across communities, over 200 have been handed out so far!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13h

The Supreme Court’s 2025 term will decide critical election and voting rights cases that could reshape American democracy. I explain what is on their docket and what cases deserve your attention.

Please watch and share.
youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA

Supreme Court's SHOCKING New Agenda Revealed!

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

youtu.be

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 15h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @jesseduquette.bsky.social )

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Skittles and Friends @skittlesandfriends.bsky.social · 1d

Sanibel: The Birds outside are busy chirping up a storm as we relax on the Catico this #Caturday Afternoon.
🐤🐦🐦‍⬛🏡
#CatsofBlueSky
#RescuedCats

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 18h

“No public access line”

Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 18h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

"New Manhattan Institute article"

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 18h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New LMS platform adopted

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20h

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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mjk4mj.bsky.social @mjk4mj.bsky.social · 18h

Wee devil fucked veterans (he probably would love to fuck male veterans in more ways than one).
2017: www.kff.org/medicaid/med...

Medicaid’s Role in Covering Veterans | KFF

This infographic highlights Medicaid's role in covering veterans and facilitating their access to health care.

www.kff.org

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h

The One Big Beautiful Bill cut a trillion dollars from healthcare, Schoolmarm Johnson

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

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