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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 5h

Pediatricians are facing an ethical dilemma: drop unvaccinated families to protect other patients or keep them and hope they change their minds. If we’re talking about free will, that goes both ways, doctors have the right and duty to protect their patients. Drop the families.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 30m

Note the new open mouth pose to try to disguise face droop.

Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 50m

TFW you have $20 billion to give to Argentina but not to keep health insurance premiums low for 20 million Americans.

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 50m

TFW you have $20 billion to give to Argentina but not to keep health insurance premiums low for 20 million Americans.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 42m

Good

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 45m

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1h

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 46m

Cmon man

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 3h

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 3h

@libradunn1.bsky.social @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

With his baseless attack on No Kings, Scott Bessent has demonstrated himself to be unfit to sign these documents.

A picture of an old dollar bill, with Washington's picture.

A picture of an old $10 bill, with Alexander Hamilton's picture.

A picture of a newish $100 bill, with Ben Franklin's picture.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 3h

Busy doing what? Writing another message to shut down the House?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: A judge in Florida issued a restraining order against Cory Mills for threatening and harassing his ex-girlfriend. Do you think this is an ethical violation?

MIKE JOHNSON: I have not heard or looked into the details of that. I've been a little busy.

Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 13h

Except that Trump said Argentina won’t get any money if Milei loses. If I was a voter there I know exactly what I’d do.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 13h

Wait until they find out that Spirit Halloween stores disappear on November 1.

Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 13h

Indiana has long had an important journalism program. University leaders are betraying that legacy, squandering their credibility and forfeiting their claim to lead.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 18h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief
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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 17h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 18h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 18h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 16h

Dumber and dumber.

Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 19h

Also how can someone shut down something they don’t control?

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19h

Nobody under 30 has seen a presidential election ballot without Trump. We're halfway into a generation that doesn't know any other kind of GOP, this is the version of Republican politics they eagerly signed up for and made a career out of.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 19h

I sure don’t cotton to that.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 19h

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 19h

ICE v. Facts. Thank you, @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20h

As I've noted, central to Stephen Miller's propaganda is the claim that the Chicago complex targeted by ICE was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists."

Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 19h

It’s sickening and tyrannical.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1d

Union for US Capitol Police:

"My officers are on duty today protecting the Capitol complex.. Friday, they missed their first FULL paycheck.The longer the shutdown drags on, the harder it becomes for my officers. Banks & landlords do not give my officers a pass because we are in shutdown.."

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 20h

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

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