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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 3m

Mentally taking back a solid two-thirds of the mean things I've said about PDX.

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 9m

Portland is showing the way. Hail Portland

FOX 12 Oregon facebook post screenshot. Headline reads "Latest Updates: 2 more arrested near Portland ICE facility Saturday." Picture shows people outsid the ICE facility in blow-up costumes, L-R: Squidward, Mr. Potato Head, not sure but it's a diapered person in a trucker hat, Garfield, again not sure, banana, lobster

Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 9m

"The single most important problem for pro-democracy forces is that too many people — especially in position of power — seem unable to truly believe that we are living in a consolidating competitive authoritarian regime."

They are beneficiaries of the system that made this collapse possible.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 25m

I agree with everything @dhnexon.bsky.social says in this post about where we’re at with the American Republic today and where we must go from here:

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...

The State of the Republic is Grim - Lawyers, Guns & Money

If you’re on Bluesky and follow me, you’ve probably seen that I’m writing threads that really should be the basis for posts at LGM. You’ve also likely gotten a bead on where I am these days. Here’s a ...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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not an art thief @famousartthief.bsky.social · 21m

are they trying to get him elected

New York Post @nypost.com · 1h

NYPD cops will flee the force if Mamdani is elected, Ray Kelly warns

"He is a problem. He is antisemitic. He is someone who has a lot of crazy ideas," Kelly told Cats, describing the NYPD as a "target" for Mamdani.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1h

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 24m

I dunno, one has "nut punch" in it which is Very Football.

Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 33m

To everyone here who wondered what it'd be like to be a superhero, here's your chance.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 42m

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 36m

"one of the victims was an expectant mother"

Goddammit.

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 4h

Nine people are now confirmed dead and more than a dozen injured in separate shootings in five Mississippi counties from Friday, Oct. 10 through Saturday, Oct. 11.

Six Dead, At Least 12 Injured in Three Mississippi Shootings

Six people are confirmed dead and at least 12 others injured in three separate shootings in Mississippi on the night of Friday, Oct. 10.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 38m

I think you'd already gone home by then, but The Free Press had two people waiting by the door to film an agitator waiting to yell "antisemite" at Zohran when he left.

Great journalism.

Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 4h

@eladn.bsky.social 🫩

Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 4h

"And when I sat at Elijah’s table and watched the baby, the women, and the men, and we talked about God’s—or Allah’s—vengeance, I wondered, when that vengeance was achieved, What will happen to all that beauty then?"
(James Baldwin)

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4h

now we just need the sackcloth

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 4h

Simultaneously praying for deliverance from wicked men and the wrath of God and Mother Nature.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 4h

Bawling on the couch praying that my home and my friends won't be destroyed.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 4h

Tsar Bomba but liquid ass

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 4h

I don't think I understood Jonah 3:6-9 on a visceral level until this morning.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 4h

Fuckin' tell 'em, Ashley.

“I think it’s tacky; it’s weird to have something like this in Anaheim,” said Ashley, an Orange County native. “It’s giving big-brother vibes.”

“That’s so fucking lame,” said Xavier, an LA resident, looking at the Border Patrol-branded bullfighter on my phone. “Every person in that arena knows someone affected by the raids.”

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5h

New York Times Executive Editor Joseph Kahn either does kidnap and molest preschoolers or he doesn’t. Does he or does he not? Is there troubling evidence or isn’t there? Have preschoolers shrieked in pain and terror in his office or haven’t they? All of this plus the Brooklyn Book Festival!ghv

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 5h

Gen Z folks flying the One Piece Jolly Roger: nah

Photos of people in Nepal (I believe) flying the One Piece flag in front of burning buildings.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 5h

📖 "When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." 🙏

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 5h

In 2019, voters empowered the Civilian Complaint Review Board to bring misconduct charges against cops who lied to the agency's investigators. But the board is tossing those cases out at a surprising rate, and public data conceals that fact. What gives?

The NYPD's Watchdog Is Tossing Out Lying Cop Cases—Then 'Hiding' the Data from the Public

The agency tasked with holding the NYPD accountable is letting cops accused of lying to its own investigators off the hook.

hellgatenyc.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22h

get in losers we're repenting

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 22h

Liberation theology in the USA. More please.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 5h

Same vibes as the Ben-Gurion Canal, IMO

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 5h

Not just in the sense of "I have a piece of paper with a judge's signature", but also "the court agrees that what I did could reasonably fall within its scope"

Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 5h

Saying "unless acting within the scope of a judicial warrant, federal law enforcement agents will have no more right than private citizens to enter premises or question, coerce, detain, arrest, or shoot people" would be good.

Also, no judicial warrant = no qualified immunity.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 5h

In the back of my head, maybe we can push all the way back from the unitary executive to the point where the President has profoundly limited ability to execute the law.

They can still federalize the Guard, but they have to sue the state and win in order to do so.

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farqfox.bsky.social @farqfox.bsky.social · 1d

Comic dog saying:

Pls rewards of being loved??
NO mortifying ordeal of being known
ONLY rewards of being loved

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