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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 14h

Collecting #GunFAIL stories showed me, as I always said at the old, bad place, that cops love to shoot dogs. Free meat targets that cry and bleed just like people when you shoot them, but won’t tie you up with litigation and paperwork.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 15h

Over at Reason we have a "puppycide" tag for cop-shoots-dog stories going back to 2012. Easiest way to get a normie 4th Amendment-pilled against the cops is to show them this stuff reason.com/tag/puppycide/

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 17h

This is an actual war on Christianity unlike, say, “Happy holidays” decorations.

Judy Thompson 💙💙💙👊👊👊🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @judythompson210.bsky.social · 17h

Read "ICE agents stalking Catholics as they go to Mass in Chicago causing residents to form a human chain" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6olPKmyY/S...

ICE agents stalking Catholics as they go to Mass in Chicago causing residents to form a human chain (The Mirror US Online)

Residents of Chicago's Rogers Park community report Immigration and Customs agents 'casing' a Catholic Church over the last week. One neighbor, named Julie, ...

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Rose Judson @rosejudson.bsky.social · 19h

me: okay, I've caught and released the mouse, re-read my outline, time to start—

the cat: beloved mistress, I HUNGER

Rose Judson @rosejudson.bsky.social · 19h

me: okay, I've finished the outline; time to start drafting this article I've been procrastinating on

the cat: beloved mistress, I have brought you a mouse to chase

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

Absolutely crazy thing to say when that Saturday night gassing was the most egregious, unjustified, and excessive use of gas I have ever experienced in my life. The protesters were doing NOTHING to deserve it.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

Woody Guthrie wrote a song called "Old Man Trump" that, shall we say, resonates today

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man...

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 1d

It’s great to be paid for protesting and everything but let me tell you the whole antifa reimbursement process is just terrible

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99 @ninetynine.bsky.social · 1d

A little frustrating that bsky moderation prevents us from seeing violence like this

Interaction between Derek Guy and Matt Stoller on X, the Everything App. Stoller: "Your weird insecurities aside, you consistently lie that native born Americans can't and never have made clothes, and push offshoring in sleazy ways. Then when confronted you have to talk about your left wing views. You're slime." Guy replies: "not true. i've been writing about and promoting US-made clothes for about fifteen years. an early article that comes to mind is my love for 3sixteen jeans, which are made in los angeles. that was published in 2011, the year the second iraq war ended, a war you promoted."

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Ryan Roat @ryanroat.bsky.social · 1d

We visited a reindeer farm today, and these are the Great Pyrenees that roam the buffer zone to keep the local predators away.
Sweet pups.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 1d

We’re BACK BABY.

At Bad Art for Good, we’re gonna get together and make some art to make things better.

How can art make things better? Creating makes us feel good! Art moves people! And we need a LOT of people to move right now!

RSVP luma.com/w8v2xk5i

A possum in a beret with a paintbrush screams in front of a canvas with a possum in a pile of leaves. The words say bad art for good an art + community event and the possum is saying “make the world better with art!” And free beer snacks and art supplies, and Indy hall November 10th 6:30

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

It seems especially fucked right now to make categorical statements implying that certain kinds of people did not form part of this country's past.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

Lots of us have great-grandparents names who were absolutely changed when they came here, and when people say otherwise, they're assuming your great-grandparents name was in the Roman alphabet.

Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 1d

Now, more than ever, it's important to understand why so many the myths we tell ourselves about immigration are actually very harmful.

First of all, your great-great-grandparents names *were not changed* at Ellis Island. No one there had the authority to do that.

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 1d

Another good time to remind people that “tear gas” is a term of copaganda that police, the military, and its manufacturers use to obscure that it is a dangerous chemical weapon internationally banned for use even in warfare.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · Oct 28

possibly the greatest cat photo ever. happy halloween

Photo of grey cat sitting, arms lifted towards the light streaming in at a window. Looks like she's communing with god or controlling the weather. The room is filled with steam from a shower, but it looks like a mystical fog

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 1d

There was an Onion article back in 1998 that would be pertinent to this. Why do all these sex criminals keep showing up in my photos, eh Mr. Trump?

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

49-year-old worship minister
Jon Paul Sheptock was arrested on child sex abuse charges. Sheptock possessed and was involved in producing child sexual assault materials.

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Ryan Roat @ryanroat.bsky.social · 1d

I've had that cat. Maybe multiples.

Ryan Roat @ryanroat.bsky.social · 1d

It looks like a spring training game.

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Maryland Democrats want a candidate in every 2026 race

An initiative dubbed “Contest Every Seat” aims to fill ballots across the state with Democratic candidates for the House of Delegates, state Senate, county councils and county commissions.

www.thebanner.com

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Ryan Roat @ryanroat.bsky.social · 1d

@ouinne.bsky.social hey, Winn. Had a weekend up in the Jim Thorpe region. Met some reindeer, including this guy, Skywalker, born on the same day as one of our boys, May 4th.
Also, some lovely (creepy) goat dolls.

Stuffed goat dolls. They're creepily melancholy.

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The Cat Hive @thecathive.bsky.social · 1d

The Criminal

Doodle of an orange cat with a piece of crumpled plastic in his mouth. He is running away quickly, wide-eyed. There is text from someone shouting "WHO IS EATING PLASTIC!!!"

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Ryan Roat @ryanroat.bsky.social · 1d

@kristenkurtis.bsky.social Visiting a reindeer farm near Jim Thorpe. This is Skywalker, born on May 4 this year.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 1d

Let us modestly assume 1 million people show up for protests. How much would you have to pay people to travel to a protest on their own dime and spend a whole day there? I’m guessing at least $100. So that’s already a $100M price tag. Show us the receipts Sean

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Ryan Roat @ryanroat.bsky.social · 2d

Creepy goats as well.

Creepy stuffed goat dolls. They look very melancholy.

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Ryan Roat @ryanroat.bsky.social · 2d

Had to walk out front. It's the Mauch Chunk General Emporium.

Ryan Roat @ryanroat.bsky.social · 2d

There's a pheasant, too.