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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 3h

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

The trump regime is setting up official agency accounts here on BlueSky, and they’re dragging their MAGA trolls with them. Block liberally.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 7h

He did crimes but is our guy is not how any of this is supposed to work

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

🤷🏼

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson has spent hours insisting he can swear Grivalja in any time, geez, guys what’s all the fuss about, when he could, you know, just swear her in.

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notthatjd.bsky.social @notthatjd.bsky.social · 2h

Wait … it a drag show?

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notthatjd.bsky.social @notthatjd.bsky.social · 2h

Come, Thanatos

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 3h

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary and other top officials.

dlvr.it

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

#NoKingsDayOct18th #Orlando

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notthatjd.bsky.social @notthatjd.bsky.social · 3h

This smells a lot like New York Harbor 1775

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 11h

This is a profoundly absurd show of force that could put Californians directly in harm's way.

Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous.

New York Times: "Military Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday"

notthatjd.bsky.social @notthatjd.bsky.social · 3h

Holy shit - amazing!

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 7h

South Korea: #NoKings! Thousands of people came to show support to the US democracy!

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

I got my hands on a megaphone.

#NoKings
@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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Nathaniel C. Green @nathanielcgreen.bsky.social · 16h

People wrote stuff like "DEI enriches us all," "Stephen Miller is destroying democracy," "hate has no home in Arlington," and "trans rights are human rights" in chalk on the sidewalk next to his home and he friggin' SOLD THE HOUSE AND MOVED.
Perfect illustration of how pathetic Stephen Miller is.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 16h

Stephen Miller being driven out of Arlington is something I’d like to have a time machine to go back and visit teen me, growing up in Arlington, so as to explain. (Also that house is fugly) www.arlnow.com/2025/10/15/t...

Top White House official selling Arlington home after activists write chalk messages on sidewalk | ARLnow.com

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is selling his Arlington home after it was repeatedly targeted by activists. The nearly 6,000-square-foot house, custom built with interiors that "embr...

www.arlnow.com

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 2d

Take your laughs where you can find them. Between Nosferatu Miller being scared of chalk, and this...*cacklesnort*

www.alternet.org/lara-trump-m...

Trump’s daughter-in-law offers herself up as a headliner for MAGA halftime show

President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law has offered herself up as a headliner for MAGA's alternative to the Bad Bunny halftime show during the Super Bowl, according to The Daily Beast.Lara Trump, wif...

www.alternet.org

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Lynda Will Not Obey @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 20h

I just heard Stephen Miller sold his house and moved out, over sidewalk chalk messages which were NOT threatening.

I can’t stop laughing! What a PAB.

Did they catch the MAGA who blew up the judges house yet?

See the difference?

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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 1d

This isn’t an Onion article. Stephen Miller is moving because he’s scared of chalk.

Chalk.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23h

Funny, how the "No Kings" protesters were "elderly white hippies" in August (per Stephen Miller), but are "pro-Hamas terrorists and violent criminals" in October (per Karoline Leavitt).

It's *almost* as if this regime makes its shameless lies up as it goes along . . .

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notthatjd.bsky.social @notthatjd.bsky.social · 15h

I’m sure it’s just an allergy atttack or something

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

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Rosegarden54 @rosegarden54.bsky.social · 16h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. It’s to the point now where .. I could lose everything ... Being a small business owner isn’t worth it when your country turns on you,” said Jared Hendricks, the CEO of Village Lighting, a small business selling Christmas products.

@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/h...

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 18h

I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings.

These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.

Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h

🚨BREAKING: In the latest showcase of President Donald Trump’s influence over the Justice Department, two veteran federal prosecutors were fired for refusing to bring criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) — further exposing how the DOJ is being weaponized.

Federal Prosecutors Fired After Refusing Trump’s Pressure to Charge His Political Adversary