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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

If you remember the Iraq war, you will remember The Surge: massing troops into key cities to establish control.

Trump is describing American cities as if they are Baghdad in 2007.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

Even as FBI is being downsized, it must allocate more of its resources to the only part of the govt that is growing: immigration enforcement.
The scale of this growth is hard to comprehend. DHS has a slushfund of $10B - bigger than the old ICE budget - to pay other agencies and state & local cops.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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STEPHEN JAMES @stephen5150.bsky.social · 3h

SUNDAY SHOUT 9

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Glencora @glencora.bsky.social · 2h

l donate to @propublica.org because is one of the few news organizations that does actual journalism (as in find out facts, not just stenography of what people say)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

STEPHANOPOULOS: ProPublica reported that several members of the Trump administation have similar questions about their mortgages

VANCE: ProPublica is basically a left-wing blog

S: Do you dispute the facts they reported?

VANCE: I haven't read it. I have no idea. I certainly question the source

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2h

Who is overseeing ICE as they use batons, chemical sprays and pepper-ball guns against unarmed people who appear to pose no threat?

Trump’s DOJ Won’t Police ICE. It’s Time for the States to Step Up

Who is overseeing ICE as they use batons, chemical sprays and pepper-ball guns against unarmed people who appear to pose no threat?

trib.al

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joneson/dead bird site survivor. @joneson.bsky.social · 8h

Strange, Americans across the nation are not seeing the fake & mystical horrific violence! Maybe Pam is having a bad dream about her hyped up conspiracy theories & lies?

Once people start lying about everything they have trouble keeping up with their lies! Remember the Epstein lie!

#Voices4Victory

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010 Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein in an email “we are in this together” after a picture of the British royal with his arm around a teenage Virginia Giuffre was first published in 2011. The email will pile further pressure on Duke of York and the royal family as he previously told the BBC he had ceased contact with the paedophile financier by that point. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 4h

Judge rules National guard can stay in Illinois but can’t be used while the appeal goes through the courts.
Why didn’t Trump deploy the National Guard when they were needed on #Jan6 at the Capitol to put down the real rioters?
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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National Guard troops in Illinois can remain federalized but can’t be deployed, appeals court rules — CNN

A federal US appeals court ruled Saturday the National Guard troops in Illinois can remain under federal control but can’t be deployed as the appeals process continues in the ongoing fight between the...

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 6h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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

#MedicareForAll

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 19h

Wow.

Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 20h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

FUCK ICE FOREVER

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 16h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 15h

"The employees 'were sent incorrect notifications, which was fixed last night and this morning with a technical correction,' a senior administration official said. 'Any correction has already been remedied.'" The nation is being run by idiots. Idiots with power. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 16h

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 21h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Marquis Lafayette @renegadesci.bsky.social · 15h

Yes, this is the case.

The one thing that really got them about Kirk was it peirced their illusion of control and damaged their investment.

Their idea of control, the ability to catch 1000 falling knifes, feels like profound hubris.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 17h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 18h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18h

What does Tony Blair have in common with Donald Trump? A deep relationship with Jeffrey Epstein that he badly wants to keep secret. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Tony Blair met with Jeffrey Epstein while he was prime minister, new documents reveal

Lord Mandelson described Epstein, then 49, as ‘vibrant and young’ and ‘safe’ according to emails released by the National Archives

www.independent.co.uk

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h

ICE spent $800K on vans with stingray tech that collects data from all nearby phones, even yours. These devices mimic cell towers to track locations and intercept communications. Oversight and transparency are needed now.

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Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 19h

the stupidest time to be alive

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 19h

Hey, what was happening in Germany in the 1930s? I forget.

James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
For those who actually respect history, the origin story of Antifa is well documented. Antifa is an organization that emerged with the “German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion” movement in the 1930’s.
German Communists smeared anyone to their right as "fascists,” a common ploy used by the ignorant hysterical activists of the Democrat Party today. Like today’s leftist loonies, the German Antifa of the Weimar years even labeled the leftwing SDP as "social fascists." Today’s Antifa are a paramilitary mob used by the usual suspects to foment fake “mass protests” and burn down cities. The same puppet masters of the Democrat activist judges ruining America today also fund these “useful idiots” of Antifa to impede the mandate given to the current President in his landslide last election victory.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 19h

Thread 🧵

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 20h

The thing about the Roberts Court is they're not evil geniuses, because they're not geniuses.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”

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Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 18h

makes you wonder why the hypest AI folks have been the ones who made it, conspiracy theorists who believe almost anything you tell them and old guys who can barely turn on their computer.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 19h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h

“They obviously have Chinese investors,” major SpaceX investor Iqbaljit Kahlon said in newly unsealed testimony, adding that some are “directly on the cap table,” referring to the company’s capitalization table, which lists its shareholders.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies

The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...

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Marquis Lafayette @renegadesci.bsky.social · 17h

Is she so disliked that if congress is dissolved she realized what power she would truly lose?