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@twoforscuba.bsky.social

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Ocean protector and fighter for democracy. I live somewhere near the sea.

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Tee @twoforscuba.bsky.social · Feb 27

From November but spot on:

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.

To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.

www.politico.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Well, well, well...

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 2d

These costs are sucking chest wounds to the average American, and will be impossible to weather. This, alongside the AI bubble, the housing market bubble, the loss of jobs, encroaching inflation, and every other batshit thing Trump does, will lend itself to a cataclysmic cascading failure.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"A 60-year-old couple earning $85,000 may have to pay $31,000 for a health insurance plan in Kentucky...

$28,000 for a plan in Oregon...

$44,000 for a plan in Vermont..."

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Health insurance sticker shock begins as shutdown battle over subsidies rages

Many states have shown rising premiums ahead of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act plans. The government shutdown is driven by Democrats and Republicans being far apart on the issue of extended s...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 2d

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

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Tee @twoforscuba.bsky.social · 1d

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: Former KY county clerk Kim Davis' case looking to overturn same-sex marriage is on conference for Nov. 7 at #SCOTUS

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 1d

It's pretty amazing that Herr Platner has so many online fans willing to ride for him post Nazi tattoo when no one knew who this guy was 6 months ago? Online stan culture is truly toxic.

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 2d

Food shortages in poor communities leads to ppl engaging in survival tactics. The State frames this as senseless crime. They criminalize poor, hungry folks for trying to live. They send in troops and put folks in prisons, lining the pockets of private prison owners.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

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Tee @twoforscuba.bsky.social · 1d

Me: “I’m just trying to get a damn Sabrett’s dog and here comes the theatrics.” 🙄 Trumps own police force. Welcome to the USSA.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑
𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢
𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 ..” 🎶

- King George, “Hamilton”

#NYC @wutangforchildren.bsky.social

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 2d

Jessica Tarlov just detonated the narrative:

“The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no proof they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had evidence, they’d face a court — not a drone.”

Seven strikes. Thirty-two dead. Zero charges. This
#BlueSky #NewsSky

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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 2d

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Tee @twoforscuba.bsky.social · 1d

Also, imagine if Harris tried to do this? The GOP would lose their frikkin’ minds! Probably try to impeach. 🙄

Tee @twoforscuba.bsky.social · 1d

#ETTD but don’t forget the donors who are helping.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 2d

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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 1d

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

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Tee @twoforscuba.bsky.social · 1d

I hope that stupid ballroom is haunted.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

So Trump bulldozed a third of the White House complex. And they’re trying to keep the photos off limits.

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 2d

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:

“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2d

Credit for breaking this story here goes to @unraveledpress.com; last night they posted out Sakiyama's Facebook statement about his detainment. bsky.app/profile/unra...

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

NEW — Oak Park attorney Scott Sakiyama supported a neighboring Black family while federal prosecutors accused their son of assaulting a Border Patrol agent.

Ten days later, federal agents arrested Sakiyama himself.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/chir...

‘Chiraq Team 2’: Oak Park attorney catches glimpse of federal agents’ group chat during arrest • The TRiiBE

Scott Sakiyama supported a neighboring Black family while federal prosecutors accused their son of assaulting a Border Patrol agent. Ten days later, federal agents arrested Sakiyama himself.

thetriibe.com

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Tee @twoforscuba.bsky.social · 2d

Gross.

Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 2d

Graham Platner said the women who served alongside him were to blame for the rapes being committed against them. My God.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. they are just grabbing people, putting them in cuffs,” said Kaden Cummings, 23, who witnessed the arrests. “Nobody’s identifying themselves .. There’s no due process .. It’s just straight to the back of a van if you’re African on Canal.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/n...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Important to note that it's New York STATE that brought charges against the J6er that threatened Hakeem Jeffries. Not the DOJ.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 2d

DOJ declined to bring charges against two people who threatened to kill @ericswalwell.bsky.social this year, @nbcnews.com reports: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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Tee @twoforscuba.bsky.social · 2d

FFS.

Tee @twoforscuba.bsky.social · 2d

Such ridiculous theatrics. 🙄

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

FULL STORY: A Border Patrol agent pointed a gun at state Rep. Hoan Huynh while he warned North Side residents that immigration agents were conducting enforcement operations, said Huynh, a Vietnam refugee who is running to represent Illinois' 9th District in Congress. @wttw.bsky.social

Illinois State Rep. Says Border Patrol Agent Pointed a Gun as He Was Warning Residents About Immigration Raids

State Rep. Hoan Huynh, a candidate to represent Illinois’ 9th District in Congress, said he was in Albany Park when he was confronted by six Border Patrol agents.

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Tee @twoforscuba.bsky.social · 2d

JFC.

Dr. Theresa Chapple @drtheresachapple.bsky.social · 3d

My neighbor, an American citizen, was detained by ICE yesterday. Guns in his face as he listened to their threats to break his car windows to pull him out.
I watched the video.
I heard the person recording it hyperventilate.