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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 6h

The idea that this kinda thing only happens based on ideology is nonsense though.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

Kavanaugh stop

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10h

What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 8h

Honestly very impressed by Newsmax, the Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner.

They deserve credit precisely because they’re standing up for journalistic principle notwithstanding their ideological inclination.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8h

Solidarity is the only way

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 8h

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 11h

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 7h

AKA war supplies

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 8h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 8h

Precisely the person Justice Kavanaugh said would not be inconvenienced.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 9h

My belief is that Kamala would have won last year if they’d let Tim Walz keep calling Vance and Trump “weird.” But the professional Dem consultant class closed off the one attack that actually resonated with voters.

Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 10h

Endlessly attacking Trump as depraved and support for him as a form of moral failure actually made people stop supporting him. Shame and disgust are very powerful weapons.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9h

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8h

Solidarity is the only way

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 8h

Not even canceling. Just rescheduling a talk.

Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 9h

The real problem, says the US Attorney who resigned after Trump blocked her prosecution of Eric Adams, isn't that Trump has turned the DOJ into an arm of his vengeance or favor, depending on his whim, but ... law schools canceling Ilya Shapiro 🤦‍♂️

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 22h

Danielle Sassoon is right to call out universities for using “security” as a convenient justification for shutting down controversial speech. The notion that conservatives are the main victims of this practice is delusional, though. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/o...

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14h

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

trib.al

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h

I guess we're back to that $10 million payment that was being investigated before the investigation got closed down?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "There was a reason we chose Egypt because you were very helpful. Everybody wanted to have this. You are a great leader. You have very little crime. I want to thank you. He's been my friend right from the beginning during the campaign against Crooked Hillary Clinton. Have you heard of her?"

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12h

This is the response I received from ICE when I inquired about the 13-year-old they abducted from Everett, Mass. on Friday:

Good afternoon, Marisa.
Please see the below from DHS on the 13-year-old alien.
Please feel free to direct any questions to them.
Respectfully,
James

Tricia McLaughlin
@TriciaOhio • 6h
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Here are the facts: he posed a public safety threat with an extensive rap sheet including violent assault with a dangerous weapon, battery, breaking and entering, destruction of property.
He was in possession of a firearm and 5-7 inch knife when arrested.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 10h

I don’t care what this man says. He helped enable it. He shall be forever stained by it.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 10h

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 10h

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11h

gene kelly is antifa

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

If you're wondering whether or not to get a flu shot, I didn't get one in time, and I just had a fever dream where I was in the Drew Carey Show because several days ago I was on the Wikipedia page for the Drew Carey Show. You don't have to do this to yourself.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12h

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 11h

How did we not know each other back then again? Bizarre.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 11h

I was curious too. So, using The Free Press's journalistic standards, I Googled the phrase "we regret the error" and got back 5 results. 4 (including one by Reingold) are behind a wall. The one I could see is correcting when they called Scott Bessent "Steve."

Google search results for: "we regret the error" site:thefp.com

It shows five stories include that line.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of The Front Page identified the treasury secretary as Steve Bessent. He is, of course, Scott Bessent. We regret the error.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 11h

Lol. I didn't even realize what the thumbnail showed.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 11h

We had big stickers on our phone for police, fire, and medical.

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