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Verite News @veritenews.org · 6h

No Kings allowed, but ‘NOLA Grannies’ are welcome at anti-Trump rally

The organizers of the No Kings rally are expecting thousands to show up to protest the Trump administration's policies.

No Kings allowed, but ‘NOLA Grannies’ are welcome at anti-Trump rally

The organizers of the No Kings rally are expecting thousands to show up to protest the Trump administration's policies.

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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 1h

Wait winning a political contest by doing politics? What will they think of next?!

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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 1h

I’m taking this shit personally

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h

Coffee in the US is now 40% more expensive than before Trump.

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight — The Atlantic

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1h

Locking in for oral arguments on the big voting rights case at the Supreme Court.

The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.

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Politico @politico.com · 22h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Big John @dcbigjohn.bsky.social · 23h

I sat down with data wiz @jeffasher.bsky.social to talk about how and why people think about crime in New Orleans, particularly the disconnect between what’s really happening and the fear a lot of people have. Here’s the Spotify link

spotify.link/vht6neGMsXb

The Get Down Interview: Crime Data Analyst Jeff Asher

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

www.theguardian.com

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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 1d

So proud!

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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 1d

#DYRBRY

Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 1d

Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction

BIB L I OGRAPH Y
STAN DARD - A N TI-NEGRO
(These authors believe the Negro to be sub-human and congenitally un-
fitted for citizenship and the suffrage.)
Burgess, John W., Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1 866-1 876.
Coulter, E. Merton, Civil War and Reconstruction in Kentucky.
Davis, William W ., The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida.
Dunning, William A., Reconstruction, Political and Economic .
Eckenrode, F. Hamilton, Political History of Virginia During Reconstruc·
tion.
Fertig, James Walter, The Secession and Reconstruction of Tennessee.
Ficklen, John R., History of Reconstruction in Louisiana.
Fleming, Walter F., Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama.
--, Documentary History of Reconstruction, 1 906, 1907.
Hamilton, Joseph G. de R., Reconstruction in North Carolina.
Hollis, John Porter, The Early Period of Reconstruction in South Carolina.
Lonn, Ella, Reconstruction in Louisiana after 1 868 .
Ramsdell, Charles W., Reconstruction in Texas .
Rhodes, James F., History of United States from the Compromise of 1 850.
Scott, Eben G., Reconstruction During the Civil War.
Staples, Thomas S ., Reconstruction in Arkansas .
Studies in Southern History and Politics . Inscribed to William Archibald
Dunning.
Carpet-Baggers in the United States Senate. By C. Mildred Thompson.
The Literary Movement for Secession. By Ulrich B. Phillips.
Negro Suffrage in the South. By W. Roy Smith.
Some Phases of Educational History in the South Since 1 865. By Wil-
liam K. Boyd.
Southern Legislation in Respect to Freedmen, 1 865- 1 866. By J. G. de
Roulhac Hamilton.
The Federal Enforcement Acts . By William Watson Davis.
The New South, Economic and Social . By Holland Thompson.
Grant's Southern Policy. By Edwin C. Woolley.
Taylor, Richard, Destruction and Reconstruction.
Thompson, Clara M., Reconstruction in Georgia, Economic, Social, Po-
litical, l 805-1 872.
Wooley, Edwin C., The Reconstruction of Georgia.

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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 1d

Rude!

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Jesse Mermell @jessemermell.bsky.social · 2d

He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.

How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 2d

This administration is deploying the War On Terror playbook largely now to crack down on free, protected speech and assembly that Donald Trump doesn’t approve of, and they’re using armed troops deployed to blue cities in their efforts to normalize this; zeteo.com/p/inside-tru...

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PersonPerson @per9736.bsky.social · 2d

#NOLAsky please share.

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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 2d

That’s got to be an op, no one is dumb enough to think crashing helicopters into neighborhoods is a good tactic.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

ICE hit our area hard again today. I spent the morning and afternoon on patrol, and then came home for Understory, the emotional and spiritual support group for activists I co-facilitate. @tanuja.bsky.social was going to cover for me, but I decided I needed to be there, for my sake. I was right.

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody wants it as a story but I have multiple NYPD sources who voted for Mamdani, are eager for his win in November, and who say their colleagues quietly feel the same.

They like that he wants NYPD to focus on crime, not quality of life enforcement.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 3d

Darren Lombard going uber negative was both unnecessary and may cost him the election. Lombard won early voting 53-41% but got crushed on election day 42-51%.

None of the other citywide races had a large split between early/election day.

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 3d

No, seriously, this is a runoff between two different people. I know it may not look like it at first.
www.nola.com/news/politic...

New Orleans City Council's District A race will go to a runoff election

Whoever wins will take over the seat currently held by Councilmember Joe Giarrusso.

www.nola.com

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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 3d

They will continue to yell at each other about those same things, but we can return to ignoring it

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 3d

Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.

Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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HelenaHQ @helenahq.bsky.social · 3d

Madam Mayor, Helena Moreno ❤️

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JP Morrell @jpmorrell.bsky.social · 3d

Polls are CLOSED! If you are in line to vote, STAY IN LINE! You can still vote!

Thank you for a fantastic day, New Orleans. #FinishTheFight

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 3d

This is the logic of white supremacy. Everyone starves so a couple of psychopaths can maintain a false sense of superiority.

Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 4d

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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