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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 12m

Fake, like most.

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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 14m

Brain drain incoming.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 20h

"Technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant..."

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 20m

It's easy to forget America does actually have some pretty awesome core tenets.

Today's a good day to get back to basics.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 15h

Trump clocks in at 37%-61% in new AP-NORC poll. It’s the worst poll of his rancid 2nd term. Happy No Kings Day!

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 32m

Don’t try to dogpile them, these accounts are run by 23 year olds whose views would get them banned from 4chan. They’re doing this so they can post that they riled up the libs in a group chat and maybe Senpai JD Vance will notice them. Don’t give them what they want because you’re mad at the mods.

The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 1h

Oh they’re really protecting the pedophiles this is bad

Hi there,
A Bluesky account you control
(@communitynotesof.bsky.social) has been taken down for harassment.
This takedown is not a temporary suspension. Please do not create additional accounts on our service. We will take action against any additional accounts as we become aware of them.
If you have any additional questions or wish to appeal this decision please email moderation@blueskyweb.xyz.
Bluesky Moderation Team

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Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

NEW:

A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.

factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 45m

MAGA people don't know how to exist without an appalled audience. Sure, they probably have some half-baked nefarious plans coming over here, but the primary drive is their insatiable emotional need for our attention. Everybody please do your part to deny them it. 🫡

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1h

it is my pleasure to report they are indeed mad as fuck on the other site over being blocked and ignored. keep up the excellent work everyone

Free the World @PatriotVerity
x.com
I joined Bluesky 6 hours ago, have not said anything rude or abrasive, and I'm already blocked by over 58,000 people.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 47m

The ability to remove your post when a hostile account quote-tweets you is a great feature of Bluesky.

To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”

It shows up as “removed by author.”

Homeland Security @homelandgov.bsky.social
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

The 105 House Republicans who condemned George Santos and voted to expel him from Congress are strangely silent about Trump springing him from prison after a very short stint.

They are all terrified of King Donald.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 1h

Pretty much every single one of these new government accounts is posting rage bait. It's possible (like 100% guaranteed) they are trying to provoke people here on purpose, so don't fall for it. Blockity block block block.

Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 4h

Gotta block ‘em all!
Here’s the one-stop shopping blocklist to disappear the Trump regime accounts that swarmed Bluesky yesterday.
Flush these turds HERE -

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 3h

There is escalation between Washington and blue states like Illinois and California as Trump-backed paramilitaries enter into daily confrontations with people in major American cities and the US government enters a 4th week of shutdown.

Yet people still discuss US global power as if it is 1987.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 59m

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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 9h

Teapot Dome. Watergate. They’re Nothing Compared to This. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/o...

I’ve gifted this because I’m bribing you to read it

Opinion | Teapot Dome. Watergate. They’re Nothing Compared to This.

www.nytimes.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1h

New York Republicans who helped push George Santos out of office are blasting his commutation from prison -- without saying Donald Trump's name or pointing the finger at him.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1h

New federal data has revealed a 19% year-on-year decline in international students entering the US in August 2025, including a 45% drop from India, America’s largest sending country. thepienews.com/internationa...

International student arrivals to the US fall by 19%

The US recorded a 20% drop in student visa arrivals this August, though the full picture remains unclear amid contradictory datasets.

thepienews.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 10h

So the Dallas ICE shooter was an unemployed, online, loner, gamer dude with no friends who was politically unaligned with any particular ideology except the white male internet brain rot.

NPR @npr.org · 10h

A newly released police report states that Joshua Jahn lived with his family and didn't have a job. n.pr/3Jj982m

Shooter at Dallas ICE facility was motivated by notoriety over ideology

A newly released police report states that Joshua Jahn lived with his family and didn't have a job.

n.pr

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 1d

In fact, the US is not exercising its right of self-defense.

There has been no armed attack nor threat of an imminent armed attack on the US. Drug smuggling doesn't count.

And so far, USG has not sent an Article 51 letter to UNSC.

(Also, deadly flow of drugs to US ain't coming from these boats.)

Venezuela is whining at the UN because President Trump is hitting back HARD against the cartels and traffickers driving the deadly flow of drugs into our country. Maduro—a fugitive and cartel boss—has fueled this crisis for years.

Not anymore.

The U.S. is exercising its inherent right of self-defense, as directed by the President, to defend the American people consistent with the law of armed conflict and Article 51 of the UN Charter.

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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 9h

good riddance

The article mentions his wife was in there saying terrible stuff too

what a gross pair

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 10h

A Vermont lawmaker stepped down following revelations regarding his involvement in a racist, pro-Hitler chat associated with the Young Republicans. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Lawmaker resigns after involvement in racist chat

Vermont state Sen. Sam Douglass will resign after intense pressure from top Republicans in the state.

www.politico.com

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Julie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 17h

This year, the Jersey Shore, including in red counties, lost federal help from GOP Congress for beach restoration for the first time in 30 years. That’s millions gone that protected jobs, tourism, and homes. NJ beaches simply can't afford a GOP governor too. www.newsweek.com/jersey-shore... #votenj

Jersey shore GOP strongholds lose federal beach aid after decades

Some of New Jersey's most reliably Republican towns are now confronting an abrupt loss of federal beach replenishment funding.

www.newsweek.com

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10h

No member of Congress should vote for any appropriations if the whole exercise is a non-binding farce.

tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: White House announces it's going to pause, and potentially cancel, $11 billion in infrastructure funding (via the Army Corps of Engineers), specifically citing cities, like New York, represented or led by Democrats. More to come.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 10h

Be peaceful. Be powerful. Let the world know: America has NO kings.

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 9h

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11h

The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.

Mark my words.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 11h

Lets be crystal clear about exactly what Salesforce is doing here: helping these thugs kidnap, assault & threaten our families, friends and neighbors like here in Chicago. Shame.

ICE agent aiming gun at local chicago resident

Ice handcuffing a Chicago elected official

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 11h

A woman begging Border Patrol not to take her away at Chicago’s Swap-O-Rama.

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