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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

No, Ike and the American WWII soldiers weren't "Antifa." No, Antifa isn't a terrorist organization, or even quite an organization. @cathyyoung63.bsky.social breaks down all the nonsense around Antifa: www.thebulwark.com/p/9-stupid-t...

9 Stupid Things People Are Saying About Antifa

A terrorist organization? A fiction? All Democrats? None of the above.

www.thebulwark.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 19h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot.bsky.social · 7h

We don’t have to go to a country thousands of miles away to understand these people.

They are CONFEDERATES. They are the white people who believe the South was right; that the Civil Rights Acts were illegitimate; that there should be a rigid social hierarchy with THEM at its top.

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

It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 7h

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

More Kavanaugh stops

newrepublic.com/post/201745/... via @newrepublic.com

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

newrepublic.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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It is time @ndillo.bsky.social · 3d

“One of the strongest NATURAL proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings, is, that nature disapproves it, otherwise she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule by giving mankind an ASS FOR A LION.”

theconversation.com/in-1776-thom...

In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings − and for being skeptical

‘In America, the law is king!’ ‘No King! No Tyranny!’ For a skeptical Thomas Paine, every day was ‘No Kings Day.’

theconversation.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

This Is Fascism

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 3d

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 3d

“If I can’t violate people’s civil liberties what’s the point of even being a cop?”

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.”

Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Q: Who is Mike Johnson being threatened by? I mean, if he's not bringing the House back, releasing the Epstein files ... he seems scared

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think so ... Do I think he's really up to the task? No.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 3d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 3d

When Trump & Vance fired the people who maintain and protect our nukes, only to rehire THEM, there was no shutdown. When Trump & Vance fired workers at the Weather Service and mine-safety workers and IRS workers, only to rehire THEM, there was no shutdown. Etc, etc. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 3d

My fellow Americans
what are we even doing here bruh

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 4d

Justin J. Pearson, Democratic Tennessee State Rep. and U.S. House candidate:

"Now they're talking about in Memphis, National Guard will be here for a year. Well, isn't that interesting, right? That's very close to the election next November. And so, we need to pay attention to what's going on..."

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6d

"As much as we are being lied to by this administration and the media ecosystem supporting it, perhaps the most dangerous falsehoods are the ones we tell ourselves about the severity of the crisis."

@aselrod.bsky.social in @liberalcurrents.com on lies about crime and other impactful fictions

All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations

Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 4d

Crypto is scam.
Crypto is crime.
Crypto is corrupt.
Crypto is theft.
Crypto is harm.
Crypto is fraud.
Crypto is waste.
Crypto is pollution.
Crypto is exploitation.
Crypto is deception.
Crypto is suicide.
www.thestreet.com/crypto/busin...

www.thestreet.com

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 4d

I saw an image of Jesus helping the sick in a cathedral in Palermo the other day and was like, "Oh right the Christian nationalists just ignore this stuff"

NPR @npr.org · 4d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

n.pr

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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