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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 15h

“why do wokerati have to make everything about gender?”

Listen, my toddler’s preschool has different lines for girls and boys on the Wheels On The Bus, why the fuck are YOU making everything about gender

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PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 6h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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wolvesarethebest.bsky.social @wolvesarethebest.bsky.social · 3h

Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/r...

Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 6h

Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" isn't just about a long nap. It's a foundational myth about America’s identity crisis. The tale of a man who slept through a revolution became a unifying story for a new nation, ironically solving the very problem of cultural rootlessness it identified.

Wake Up, Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving’s story isn’t just about a very long nap. It’s about the making of America.

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Rachel Levy @rachellevy.bsky.social · 6h

This is not normal, it's not humane, it's not legal, and Republicans are just letting it happen.

"The strike was the fifth known attack by the U.S. military on such boats since Sept. 2. The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects."

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

As the intensity of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has risen, residents of Chicago are increasingly pushing back. Federal agents repeatedly have been observed releasing smoke bombs, tear gas and pepper balls to disperse residents who gather or capture videos.

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

Residents have begun forming volunteer groups to monitor their neighborhoods for federal immigration agents. Others honk their horns or blow whistles when they see agents nearby.

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raefinn @raefinn.bsky.social · 6h

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’

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Bell @pocono.bsky.social · 6h

Gifts Link

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U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 7h

Yep another U.S. attorney who Trump HANDPICKED this time around who team trump quickly determined: nope sorry not authoritarian enough, next

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 8h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Dan HIll @cityofsound.bsky.social · 6h

"The typical worker in the UK today, for example, works about half the number of hours per week their counterparts in the mid-19th century did" (Sure, but as Hickel points out in 'Less is More', look back further again and there's a different picture 1/2) on.ft.com/4nQWvut

Are we about to enter an age of leisure? Don’t bet on it

Productivity gains won’t necessarily translate into the embrace of free time — especially in America

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GABA @mebegb.bsky.social · 9h

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

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Pastor Richenda @pastorrichenda.bsky.social · 8h

Gift link
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 8h

What to do if ICE stops you

"numerous U.S. citizens and others have reported being detained ... So we asked a legal expert, what documents should people be carrying when stopped by agents?"

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/w...

“That is a really good question, especially in light of all the rights violations that ICE is doing. It’s hit or miss,” said Veronica Garcia, a senior staff attorney with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. “There’s what you should carry and whether they’re going to take your proof of what you’re carrying as truth, like what happened with that woman who’s a U.S. citizen.”

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gen3sf.bsky.social @gen3sf.bsky.social · 8h

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Trumpism will not simply end in 3 years. Why are we doing so little? Are we just going to stand in passive witness to the degradation of our democracy?

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

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DemandEuphoria @demandeuphoria.bsky.social · 8h

Can't understand why he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Immigrants BELONG here/Wear a Mask @notacquiescing.bsky.social · 8h

Let’s hear it for that chiropractor also.

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Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 8h

ANOTHER SAD REMINDER: Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.

White men saw the largest job increase 一 365,000 一 among
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Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.

White men saw the largest job
increase 一 365,000 一 among
groups.

According to an analysis of the most recent labor statistics by
Katica Roy, a gender economist

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

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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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13h

Breaking News: A U.S. military strike killed six people on a boat in international waters near Venezuela, President Trump said, asserting without evidence that they were drug smugglers for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Another Attack on Boat, Trump Says

In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 13h

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 14h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 11h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 15h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s student ID voting ban — a major procedural win for young voters and pro-voting advocates who say the GOP-backed law was designed to suppress student voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Court Deals Major Blow to Indiana GOP’s Student ID Ban