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Mom to Seth who was murdered while attending Berkeley 💔 Trumps hateful rhetoric angered his neighbor to kill 💔 I now advocate for gun control and speaking for those who no longer can 💙 Teacher

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@mrodesmi @mrodesmi.bsky.social · Jun 15

1) 5 yrs ago today our son was taken from us violently. A man near Seth in Berkeley was enraged by the racism on display and the crappy Covid response. I know because he told me in court as he tried to as for forgiveness. He had seen George Floyd killed on camera 2 1/2 weeks earlier. He got a gun….

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@mrodesmi @mrodesmi.bsky.social · 7h

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼WTF?!?!?!

Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 5d

This needs more attention

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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porkbaron.bsky.social @porkbaron.bsky.social · 9h

I don't want to a petty little bitch, but also worth noting.

1. The "deal" is the exact deal Biden proposed 10 months ago.
2. Trump told Bibi to kill the deal so it wouldn't help Harris and help Bibi stay out of jail.
3. Keep selling weapons to Israel.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23d

Good point.

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 21d

“People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, and your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word.“

-1984, Orwell

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 21d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 14d

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 8d

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10d

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

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Sandy Wolf @sandywolf.bsky.social · 8d

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Funky Dynamite @sweavart.bsky.social · 1d

Is Tom Homan typically paid for services by FBI agents investigating bribery

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: Did Tom Homan give the $50,000 back?

VANCE: He did not take a bribe. It's a ridiculous smear

STEPHANOPOULOS: You didn't answer the question

VANCE: Did he accept $50,000? I'm sure that in the course of Homan's life, he's been paid more than $50k for services.

(So, no, he didn't)

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 1d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 23h

I don’t think you can “abuse” your right to protest

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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Funky Dynamite @sweavart.bsky.social · 1d

It’s that time of year again

Indigenous woman giving a middle finger with caption “Fuck Christopher Columbus”

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 14h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

People rightly complain that a lot of TV dramas are "copaganda," but those shows have set some expectations in the general public about how law enforcement is supposed to act. Lean into that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

I need a montage of famous cops in movies and TV shows flashing their badges and announcing their names, followed by a stream of masked ICE guys refusing to give theirs.

a woman is getting out of a car with the nbc logo on the bottom

ALT: a woman is getting out of a car with the nbc logo on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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@mrodesmi @mrodesmi.bsky.social · 8h

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 1d

If you're with ICE, you'd have been with the Nazis.

It's that simple.

@mrodesmi @mrodesmi.bsky.social · 8h

#HistoryIsScreamingAtUs

Nita Cosby @5-2blue.bsky.social · 8h

Trump is now working to secure one party rule--just like Mussolini and Hitler did
History is screaming at us! deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-is-n...

Trump is now working to secure one party rule--just like Mussolini and Hitler did

History is screaming at us!

deanobeidallah.substack.com

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 9h

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@mrodesmi @mrodesmi.bsky.social · 8h

#NoKings

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9h

Saturday is going to be huge, boisterous and joyful: “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never protested before. This is a place for you if you believe we don’t do kings in this country.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social to @maddow.msnbc.com

Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Brosephus @brosephus.bsky.social · 21h

This is some bullshit.

Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 1d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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@mrodesmi @mrodesmi.bsky.social · 8h

Good Morning!!! ☁️

a blue and yellow frog is standing on its hind legs in a video game .

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18h

Warming waters cause corals to “bleach” when these organisms expel symbiotic algae that provide nutrients, oxygen & vibrant colors.

The latest global bleaching event - researchers estimate >84% of the planet's coral ecosystems have been affected since Jan 2023 - has made it clear the crisis is now.

nature

NEWS

12 October 2025

Coral die-off marks Earth's first climate
'tipping point', scientists say

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world.

By Jeff Tollefson

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 8h

People have bad memories; before the ACA people with serious health issues either had to pay ridiculous prices (thousands of dollars a month) or were denied insurance altogether. Republicans want to bring back that world.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 20h

Things to do in the future:

1. Putting them all on trial for crimes against humanity at the Hague

2. Totally reforming entire government to root out corruption and abuse of power so this bullshit never happens again

3. At some point you’d imagine, brunch

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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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