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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 8h

Decades of experience. And every single one now handing their press pass in.

Another step towards the authoritarian state.

(📸 Mike Brest)

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 8h

Pete Hegseth hasn’t briefed Pentagon reporters in FOUR MONTHS.

The DoD’s own press secretary, Kingsley Wilson, hasn’t briefed reporters for TWO MONTHS.

The Pentagon is now, effectively, a dark site.

Meanwhile, the world’s largest military continues to assassinate dozens in international waters.

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_aa_ @uaau.bsky.social · 35m

I find it fascinating and frightening when Trump says he won't get into heaven.

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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 1h

The government shutdown shows no signs of letting up.

Broke out the handy signs to run through who's getting paid right now, and why/why not.

Questions? Reply in the thread and I’ll work through them today.

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 1h

My latest @npr.org story: A Supreme Court case over Louisiana’s congressional map could determine the future of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination and allow Republicans to redraw 19 more House seats

A Supreme Court ruling on voting rights could boost Republicans' redistricting efforts

A Supreme Court case over Louisiana's congressional map could determine the future of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination and allow Republicans to draw 19 more House seats.

www.npr.org

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 1h

NEW: How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action
New details here about how the Army’s top uniformed lawyer was fired just weeks after raising concerns about the use of the military domestically and mass firings of DoD employees www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics

For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used ...

www.cnn.com

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Barchart @barchart.com · 1h

U.S. Housing Market has reached its most unaffordable level in history 🚨🚨

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1h

President Trump's personal business and his government role intersected when he was heard on a hot mic arranging a meeting between his son Eric, who runs the family company, and Indonesia’s leader.

‘I’ll Have Eric Call’: Trump Sets Up Son’s Meeting With Indonesian President

A hot-mic moment suggested a blurry line between the U.S. president’s roles as political leader and businessman.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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WBEZ @wbez.org · 11h

Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who protested the tactics of immigration agents.
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Feds ‘ram’ SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who protested the tactics of immigration agents.

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_aa_ @uaau.bsky.social · 11h

This one makes my blood boil.

Peter Peter 🎃 Eater @peter.dev · 12h

Yeah the chemical warfare and violent kidnappings of innocent people is so fucking crazy, arrest the paramilitary thugs.

Frame from a video of the ICE goons tear gassing a whole block near 105th St and Ave N. It shows two people pulling a baby in a carseat from a car and running away from the area that ICE just deployed teargas in. On the left you can see someone ducking as another tear gas cannister is launched over their head.

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Peter Peter 🎃 Eater @peter.dev · 12h

Yeah the chemical warfare and violent kidnappings of innocent people is so fucking crazy, arrest the paramilitary thugs.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 11h

Alt text has context:
"Frame from a video of the ICE goons tear gassing a whole block near 105th St and Ave N.

It shows 2 people pulling a baby in a carseat from a car and running away from the area...

...left you can see someone ducking as another tear gas canister is launched over their head.

Peter Peter 🎃 Eater @peter.dev · 12h

Yeah the chemical warfare and violent kidnappings of innocent people is so fucking crazy, arrest the paramilitary thugs.

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 11h

Read the patches. It's BORTAC, the same guys who shoved Portland protesters into unmarked vans in 2020 and failed to stop the Uvalde school shooter soon enough in 2022.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · May 29

SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda."

My report:

State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’

The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.

www.thehandbasket.co

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_aa_ @uaau.bsky.social · 16h

When he talks about mental health issues I think he's talking about the computer, not people.

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_aa_ @uaau.bsky.social · 17h

Also old republican men do the exact same thing.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 17h

Remember when Alex Pareene predicted this after Charlottesville in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 17h

And they‘re all such overt creepy losers. Subormals.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 18h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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_aa_ @uaau.bsky.social · 18h

Old republicans talk like that too. They call it locker room talk and if you're a celebrity they let you do it.

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 19h

LIVE: Israel shoots dead at least 9 Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli soldiers kill at least nine Palestinians trying to return to their homes in northern Gaza City and southern Khan Younis

‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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_aa_ @uaau.bsky.social · 19h

www.youtube.com/live/755n1sl...

Watch Live: Federal agents, crowd stand off in Chicago, arrests made

YouTube video by CBS Chicago

www.youtube.com

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