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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 4h

This isn’t surprising but without proper ID, I can easily see how it is happening. How do we, as citizens, ensure that proper ID and warrants are required by all Federal employees? I know some states are now requiring it.

ICE impersonator incidents rise during Trump’s second term | CNN

A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 3h

I can’t even begin to imagine what footage Fox News has cued up to run on the 18th and after... but I’m guessing a lot of it will be 4x3 standard def and look eerily similar to 1992 Los Angeles.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 5h

> "The community is responding because they know that if it's one neighbor one day, it could be another neighbor the next," Prado said. <

Neighbor? Hell, it could be *any* of us next.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 12h

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 13h

You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 6h

> The first element was a long-term transition strategy that was backed by the entire Uruguayan political system, meaning the election of a new administration would not result in significant disruptions. <

Translation: the United States is totally and irrevocably f*cked.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8h

Yesterday, on the same day that the Vice President of the United States stated that Comey "obviously lied under oath" on MTP, the loaner AUSAs prosecuting him cited this video to justify a juvenile protective order.

James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 17d

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 8h

Afraid the “airport antifa" will make the stairs suddenly start moving.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 13h

How do I make Justice Kavanaugh watch this?

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 8h

Dr. Strangelove (Or: Why Trump wants full control of the Fed while he helps crash the global economy and his crime family goes all-in on crypto and stablecoin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 8h

G20 risk watchdog warns of potential for financial market crash reut.rs/4q7sAQ9

G20 risk watchdog warns of potential for financial market crash

The latest surge in global share prices and other assets has left markets susceptible to a crash given the current uncertain economic and geopolitical backdrop, the G20's risk watchdog said on Monday.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 8h

Well, the current situation within the United States certainly proves he’s unparalleled at *starting* them.

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

In the last week, Donald Trump has insisted that there are no more stores left in war-ravaged Portland, asserted that Joe Biden was president during the January 6th insurrection, hosted conspiracy theorists for an "Antifa" summit, and said he'd consider pardoning his good friend the sex trafficker.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 23h

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 8h

Holy shit...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 13h

That gives me an idea...

Tell the Feds “antifa” is now dressing up like ICE agents.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 13h

I still think the way to send these various AIs into terminal meltdown is to set them loose fact-checking each other.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 13h

Hawaii should tell the rest of the US to fuck-off and take their state back. We can assign that free star to Puerto Rico or DC so we won’t have to make new flags.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 13h

SCOTUS has announced it will review a Hawaii law that forbids gun owners from bringing firearms on private property without the property owner’s explicit permission.

If it falls, the court could make it harder for states and cities to keep guns out of everyday life. trib.al/lrF0Sqm

The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier to Bring a Gun Everywhere

The justices just took up a challenge to a Hawaii law that bars people from carrying guns on private property against the owner’s wishes.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 13h

True - it won’t stop dumbass MAGA plants in a crowd from trying it, but when they discover what those police choppers can see and discern even in a night crowd...

A pair of conventional handcuffs laying flat on a plain white background.

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 14h

I keep wondering how many of these people Miller / Noem / Bovino are finding with the data Musk stole from the Government.

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 14h

See also:

“Kip” in his white boy rapper best (from Napoleon Dynamite)

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14h

Her notes for the Senate Judiciary Committee had nothing to do with leading the DOJ, or even the embattled border czar. Rather, Bondi had collected screenshots of social media posts, prewritten comebacks, and handwritten notes she hoped could give her a good “gotcha” moment.

trib.al/hv25Sb1

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 14h

ATTN fellow Adobe Creative Cloud Subscription slaves:

Make sure Adobe doesn’t “upgrade” your CC sub to the “Pro” version at renewal time (like they just did mine) - which basically just adds a bunch of AI credits I don’t want / would never use.

You can compare and change back to Standard here:

Creative Cloud Standard - Adobe

The Creative Cloud Standard plan gives you access to the best desktop design, photography, video, web, and UX apps and services, plus Adobe Fonts and tutorials.

www.adobe.com

Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 14h

Gummo really needs to throttle back on the stimmies.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

JD Vance is a coward. He sold his soul for a seat of power. He sold his soul to someone he called “Hitler” to advance his own career. JD Vance is everything that’s wrong with our politics today.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

WELKER: Is the DOJ acting on orders from the president to prosecute his political opponents?

JD VANCE: No ... You know who we haven't prosecuted? Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton ... he's allowed to have opinions about law enforcement

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Rudely Van Gelder @rudelyvangelder.bsky.social · 14h

>...sparking a hunt for hidden risks inside portfolios. <

Perhaps they should ask their all-powerful AI gods for help.

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