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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 6h

#OtD 15 Oct 1966 in Oakland, CA, the Black Panther Party for Self Defence was set up. The Party would exist, despite heavy repression, until 1982 and did things like feed breakfast to children and run community health clinics. Learn more: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 6h

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 10h

One person on this list is a school counselor at a high school down the street from me and she’s been purged from the website so fast Google cache doesn’t know about it yet

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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.

www.politico.com

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 7h

“And the distinction between violent and nonviolent action is that the former is exclusively bent upon the destruction of the old, and the latter is chiefly concerned with the establishment of something new.”

― Hannah Arendt

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 9h

"A government that claims it can’t ‘afford’ decent class sizes and yet pours $567,000,000 every year into private schools is just lying."

#ABEd #ABleg

David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Here’s the government’s track record on funding education, currently Alberta public funding is $3,950 per student less than the Canadian average, and Alberta private school funding is $5,000 per student more than the average. In fact, the only reason the Canadian […]

[Original post on mstdn.ca]

A graph of per student funding in Alberta since 2005 in adjusted 2024 dollars.

It shows funding flat around $12,000 per student until a rise in 2016 under the NDP but then dropping precipitously from 2022, currently just over $11,000.

Meanwhile funding for private school students has steadily risen and is now only $1,500/student less than public.

Also marked are Canadian averages in both categories:
Alberta public funding is $3,950 less than the average
Alberta private funding is $5,000 more than the average

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RexLibris @rexlibris.bsky.social · 6h

Knack isn't a great candidate but he's a damn sight better than Cartmell or Walters.

Saw a poster for Jaffer earlier with the line "Freeze the Greed" which is rich bc as mayor he's the sort who would reduce red tape by letting anyone applying for permits pay him $5K for the go-ahead on whatever.

Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 7h

Edmonton - Mayoral Polling:

Knack: 41%
Cartmell: 21%
Mohammad: 10%
Walters: 10%
Jaffer: 7%
Caterina: 6%

Janet Brown/Trend Research / Oct 8, 2025 / n=1000 / Online

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 9h

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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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 7h

Korol is a US citizen. Her family hasn’t heard from her since she was taken, public charges haven’t been released—what crime did she even commit? 2nd-Degree Woodwinding?—and there has been no explanation for her “renditioning” across state lines.

We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 7h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

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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Nathan Brown @natebrown.bsky.social · 7h

This is something I thought about a lot when I was covering politics in Idaho, a huge factor in the GOP there getting pushed so far right was they ran for precinct committeeman seats no one was paying attention to. No reason people who want to change the Democratic Party can’t do the same thing.

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

from my WIFL interview with @jdandeneau.bsky.social

I don’t know how many people have actually internalized this, but the vast majority of local Democratic operations are staffed and run by blue-haired little old ladies who have been doing this for 40 years and are funding it with bake sales, and are keeping the flame alive in a time when parties are as weak as they’ve ever been. If you are under the age of 50 and you show up and act normal for, like, 3 months, they will do whatever you want because they’re so excited to have a young person there. Parties are weak right now because of some factors that are outside of our control, but a lot of factors are within our control and the big one is that we just haven’t paid enough attention to the atomic-level units, and party infrastructure. If you strengthen those, then party identity as a whole will follow. Party strength as a whole will follow.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 10h

in all the discussion (and sometimes tokenizing) of Portland protests being a creative spectacle that neutralizes law enforcement, don’t overlook:

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 12h

Members of the Unpresidented Brass Band were bull rushed & brutalized in the middle of playing "Ghostbusters." One was sent to the hospital and another tackled, arrested, and taken across state lines where she is still being detained.

Read more about Sunday's protest in Portland here:

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RexLibris @rexlibris.bsky.social · 9h

The old phrase "twitter isn't real life" no longer applies when one is being governed by online trolls. To them, making real life like twitter is part of the game. Democrats are politicking from a Maginot Line strategy unaware that their opponent is carrying out an entirely different line of attack.

Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 9h

The presidency is the internet and vice versa. Democrats don’t know the game they’re playing and will move their policies to the right thinking that’s what ppl want. Ppl want the end of the status quo since the status quo isn’t benefitting them. Democrats constantly run on the status quo and lose

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 10h

I think most people miss that the source of Trump’s ability to create chaos and to execute his propaganda begins and ends with internet and gaming culture. The memes, videos, language all point to those extremely online

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 13h

👏👏 Damn right, call him on his BS.

Arizona attorney general threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Adelita Grijalva

The Democrat accused Johnson of playing “political games” by delaying the swearing-in ceremony.

www.politico.com

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 11h

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 12h

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

youtu.be

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 14h

I could pay the finest scientists and engineers in the world to spend the rest of their lives pushing the limits of nanotechnology and still not be able to produce a violin small enough for these landlords

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

‘If there is no demand, we can’t operate’: Small landlords ponder future after foreign student cuts

The case for investing in student housing isn’t as obvious as it once was as the federal cap on international students enters its second year

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Alaska House District 20 Democrats @alaskahd20dems.bsky.social · 12h

Circled is a teargas canister thrown by Donald Trump’s thugs flying towards a family as they flee with their baby from ICE’s violent escalation in Chicago.

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RexLibris @rexlibris.bsky.social · 11h

I suppose one benefit of the Trump administrations gross incompetence is they aren't able to hide the extrajudicial assassinations the way previous US gov'ts have.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 16h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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RexLibris @rexlibris.bsky.social · 11h

Did she girlboss too close to the Sun?

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12h

I feel like we're going to have to do this with all of Tricia's lies.

www.thedailybeast.com/senior-ice-b...

Senior ICE Barbie Official Posts Totally False Information About Violent Arrest of Teen Girl

DHS communications lead Tricia McLaughlin made the false claim over a video that went viral.

www.thedailybeast.com

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👻Wereman 🐺🎃 @spookarties.bsky.social · Dec 1

Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 12h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 17h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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RexLibris @rexlibris.bsky.social · 11h

It could be argued that concerns over inhumane treatment during the illegal deportation stage following illegal seizure and assault in violation of civil rights by unnamed, masked and unaccountable paramilitary agents is closing the barn door well after the horses are wild and free.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 19h

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportation flights. The AP spoke to a number of people who said they were placed in the device after they had already been shackled.

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

bit.ly

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RexLibris @rexlibris.bsky.social · 17h

It's important, I think, to draw the direct line in US politics from the groundwork Nixon and his advisors laid to where we are today.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17h

Unprecedentedly illegal & unconstitutional crimes - things that make Nixon's presidency-ending crimes look like harmless high school pranks - now happening daily:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17h

Unprecedentedly illegal & unconstitutional crimes - things that make Nixon's presidency-ending crimes look like harmless high school pranks - now happening daily:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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RexLibris @rexlibris.bsky.social · 17h

"Bulk up with lead".

Turns out the Pb in the label wasn't peanut butter.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 17h

So to be sure I understand the MAGA position on this:
•Saying Happy Holidays = War on Christmas
•No teacher led prayer in public schools = War on Jesus
•No 10 Commandments on Courthouse = War on Christianity
•Shooting Christian Pastor in the head = Not Crossing The Line

Got it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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