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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 9h

Solidarity is the only way

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9h

“The Raines say ChatGPT offered to help their son write a suicide note and on the night of his death in April, it provided step-by-step instructions for the method Adam used.”

‘He would be here if not for ChatGPT': Grieving parents sue AI companies

It has become a trusted companion for millions of teens. But it’s not a person. It’s an algorithm powered by artificial intelligence – one that’s trained to generate human-like responses. And some fea...

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 9h

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 12h

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 9h

Funny how this keeps happening with everything Zuck.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.

A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.

We will choose the future.

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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 9h

Fade Away and Radiate: Blondie + Robert Fripp

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Fade Away And Radiate (Remastered)

YouTube video by Blondie - Topic

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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 9h

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Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)

YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 10h

"The No Kings Rally on October 18th is a Love America rally."

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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 9h

Consolidating a Department of HOMELAND Security, named after nazi propaganda at their Nuremberg Rally, was always a fascist design. ICE was their gestapo from the start, attacking scapegoats for necessary intimidation. Now expanding to include any opposition.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h

ICE Serves Only to Terrorize and Occupy Americans

It's no longer just undocumented immigrants, Muslims, Black people, & pro-Palestinian activists who are targets. As ICE violently marches across American cities, the majority must stand up & resist.

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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 9h

Consolidating a Department of HOMELAND Security, named after nazi propaganda at their Nuremberg Rally, was always a fascist design. ICE was their gestapo from the start, attacking scapegoats for necessary intimidation. Now expanding to include any opposition.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h

ICE Serves Only to Terrorize and Occupy Americans

It's no longer just undocumented immigrants, Muslims, Black people, & pro-Palestinian activists who are targets. As ICE violently marches across American cities, the majority must stand up & resist.

thelefthook.substack.com/p/ice-serves...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10h

"More Than 200 Bodies Dug Out of the Gaza Rubble Since Ceasefire Went Into Effect"

More Than 200 Bodies Dug Out of the Gaza Rubble Since Ceasefire Went Into Effect - News From Antiwar.com

Rescue workers in Gaza have recovered more than 200 bodies of Palestinians killed by the IDF from the rubble and from areas they were previously unable to access since the ceasefire went into effect o...

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 10h

Scoop: Even Fox News won't sign on to Pete Hegseth's draconian Pentagon press rules, setting up a showdown between the snowflake defense secretary and his former employer.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/pentagon-p...

The Safe Space Secretary

Pete Hegseth built his career on Fox News mocking "snowflakes." Now, Status has learned, his former employer and others are rejecting his efforts to build a safe space around the Pentagon.

www.status.news

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 11h

It's actually good to point out Bari Weiss's shitty inaccuracies, her lack of any real journalistic experience or original ideas, and the fact that she's failing upward, promoted by antidemocratic oligarchs who have no interest in reporting the truth.

The middle-aged white guy standing up in a crowd from Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting.

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 5d

"Asked what percentage of children she imagines should be in public schools going forward, Justice told ProPublica: 'I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.'”

by @megomatz.bsky.social / @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 10d

There's been a lot of confusion about which states could redraw their House maps before the midterms, so we've put together a definitive guide to every state that could actually do so—16 in all.

We explain the likelihood of new maps, probable targeted districts, and any obstacles to passage.

Here's every state that could draw a new congressional map by 2026

Most states can't pass new maps quickly—but those that can favor Republicans

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16h

North Carolina Republicans announced today they’re going to pass a new congressional map to draw a Dem out of Congress; they already did last cycle, going from 7-7 to 10-4. Thus would be 11-3. t.co/XLJIhe8vZn

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

maybe this will help some realize that you don’t need access to cover the government effectively. in fact, it’s actually better.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 12h

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign. Here's my latest >>> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...

Media outlets, including MAGA channel Newsmax, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will n...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

"I refuse to accept a world where people are punished for seeking safety or silenced for speaking the truth. I refuse a system that values profit over people and power over love." - Natasha Cloud

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

Even Newsmax has joined with many other large media companies refusing to sign on to Snowflake Pete Hegseth’s military reporting censorship regime.

Still waiting on Fox.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

"We have an economy where a handful of modern-day robber barons wield extraordinary power. They hold enormous control over our paychecks, our bills, our time, and our futures.

...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 11h

Thanks to Mike Johnson, in the past 100 days, the House of Representatives has only been in session 20 days. And now, 13 days into the Republican Shutdown, they show no interest in negotiating a deal and are ending their vacation.

It’s time for the GOP to come back to work.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 23h

Home of the Brave launched a $1 million national ad campaign in support of the peaceful No Kings rallies on Oct. 18th.

The ads will run in over 185 local papers and The New York Times, USA Today and The Washington Post calling on Americans to “peacefully protest our false king."

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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 10h

You radicals with your crazy ideas like politicians should serve their constituents and not just court oligarch donors.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12h

That’s right! Thanks, Fox News!
www.foxnews.com/politics/squ...

Squad 2.0: Meet America's next wave of radical Democrats shaping the party's future

Progressive Democrats, including Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh, have emerged as the new generation of candidates responding to President Donald Trump's second term.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

“On November 4th, we can build a city where every child can afford to stay, where every worker can thrive, and where government serves the people — not the powerful.” - Rep. Nydia Velázquez

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 11h

Lewis Powell authored the Powell Memo demanding a corporate takeover of America & he engineered court rulings helping corporations buy elections.

Amid her billionaire-backed takeover of CBS News, Bari Weiss published a former News Corp exec reimagining Powell as a “thoughtful & measured" moderate.

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