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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 13d

Proposed restrictions on visas for reporters show the U.S. “becoming less open and welcoming to foreign journalists…It is antithetical to the core values of American society as embodied in the First Amendment.”

Proud to join @rsf.org and others in this statement.
rsf.org/sites/defaul...

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NPR @npr.org · 13h

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Today, House Republicans will take their 70th day off with pay in the last 82 days.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

Defending against bioterrorism? Sounds pretty woke to me. I’m glad Trump finally fired those people.

Dozens of fired staff members at the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, a federal health agency, included individuals with top-secret clearance who work with intelligence agencies on biodefense issues such as pandemics and weaponized pathogens, said a former Department of Health and Human Services official who has been in contact with those dismissed.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 11h

In Mel Brooks parlance, don’t bother to meet with the piss boy, Mike Johnson

He’ll just waste your time while and get you all wet and messy

Speak with the guy who actually makes the decisions instead

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

TUR: Have you met with Mike Johnson?

JEFFRIES: No

TUR: Why not?

JEFFRIES: Donald Trump has not given him permission to meet, Katy and we know that until Donald Trump gives them permission to meet, they're going to continue to hide.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · Apr 20

We are not seeing the same merging of movements on the Left today. With the Trump Administration working its way through its list of 60 universities, many campuses are cracking down on campus activism and sacrificing some of their most engaged activists www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/n...

Columbia Activists Are Being Detained. Protesters Demand Answers.

Demonstrators rallied on Columbia’s campus and marched in Manhattan, three days after Mohsen Mahdawi was detained by immigration officials after arriving for a U.S. citizenship appointment.

www.nytimes.com

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 13h

It's time for Speaker Johnson to quit stalling and swear in Democrat Adelita Grijalva to secure the final vote on releasing the Epstein files.

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 15h

ATTN: NJ Voters!
Make sure your voters registration is still good! The deadline to register is TOMORROW!

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Lon Muller @lonmuller.bsky.social · 21h

As a 73 year old man, I feel a responsibility to my father, who fought against Nazis in WWII, and my son, struggling to make his way in this unfair economy, to do all I can to resist the daily outrage of the trump administration.

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Postcards for America @postcards4usa.bsky.social · 22h

OMG! I cannot believe I left out the most important word.
Aaaaaaarrrrrgggghhhhh....

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

History gives us plenty of examples of disease used as a weapon. There are fewer cases of governments deliberately using disease against their own citizens. We are living (or dying) through one right now.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

My corgi Clyde has selected his outfit for #NoKings Day.

nokings.org

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 1d

✨ SUPER SUNDAY PARTY ✨

SUPER SUNDAY Pack #30, as always filled with resisters who are committed to overcoming this administration!

We fight, we endure, we will never give up!!
Until our democracy is safe again 👊🏼

Check it out, follow & repost please 🙏🏼

We're #StrongerTogether 🫂

#resist 👊🏼

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 7d

Standing for truth in an ocean of bots, AI, and potential confusion. The truthful spoken word is the most impactful and important thing we have right not.
Fully vetted Journalists, comedy writers and more in a sea of blue to unwrap.
And #VoteYesOn50 California!!
Fight fire with fire 🔥

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

@stardustbluepr.com is a rockstar who knows how to fight fire with fire!
Check out her fierce pack, follow all, and if you’re a Californian, #VoteYesOn50!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Help me out here. When did Biden take office? Who was the FBI director on January 6th? Who appointed that FBI director?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

She called it. Kamala Harris laid out Trump’s vengeance agenda before it even happened.

One line that stuck with me most from 107 Days was when she wrote that during the debate, Trump was “unburdened by the truth.”

He’s also unburdened by threat of accountability, thanks to the Supreme Court.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 1d

Who was President that day, Pumpkin?????

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Kamala Harris: "Here in Chicago I'm told the helicopters that were descending on an American city were Black Hawks. Do you know what Black Hawks were designed to do? War. So I think everyone can draw their conclusions just based on the facts."

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