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David @xerapis.bsky.social · 9h

The right has wanted to destroy tenure as long as I can remember

David @xerapis.bsky.social · 11h

Geezus Fucking Cheerist

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

David @xerapis.bsky.social · 12h

I hate America

Reuters @reuters.com · 14h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16h

In the United States. Not another country. Happening right now.

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 20h

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: 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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David @xerapis.bsky.social · 19h

Most willfully ignorant Speaker of the House of all time

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

David @xerapis.bsky.social · 19h

💀

David @xerapis.bsky.social · 1d

Good for her!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 1d

Vance: “It’s the Senate leadership that really is driving the shutdown…”

Brennan: “But the president said he’s a dealmaker. Why doesn’t he force a deal here? Why doesn’t he tell the Speaker ‘get your lawmakers back here, come into my office, let’s hammer this thing out?’”

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 1d

This senile liar who currently occupies the White House does not remember that he was President on January 6th.

If you voted for this senile liar, and if you enable him today, you clearly are ok with breaking America. The ruins of our once great nation are because of you.

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David @xerapis.bsky.social · 1d

Officers who lie about being assaulted should be fired, charged, and barred from any future employment in law enforcement or security and prohibited from ever owning any firearms for the rest of their life.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman, who was thrown to the ground & handcuffed by ICE, has been released without charges

DHS said she assaulted an officer, but eye witnesses claim she didn’t

The lack of charges makes it clear that ICE is lying to try and cover up the fact that they attack the press

David @xerapis.bsky.social · 2d

well that’s one way to get new followers lol

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 2d

Guillotines

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 2d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 2d

The DoD is allowed to transfer this money per statute apparently (though this is outside of my area). The CR in March upped it to 8 billion.

Of course it has. It always does. Sec 8005 of DOD Appropriations, for starters…

That one provision now allows for $8b in transfers, per March’s full year CR:

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David @xerapis.bsky.social · 3d

this is America

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 3d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

David @xerapis.bsky.social · 3d

shamelessly evil and depraved

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

David @xerapis.bsky.social · 3d

Horrible but hilarious

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

Breaking on MSNBC: The acting U.S. Attorney in Maryland is moving forward quickly to seek criminal charges against Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton, according to two people familiar with the case.

A complaint or an indictment could come as early as next week.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

ICE official testifies that DHS “prematurely” sent Abrego Garcia a notice that he would be removed to Ghana.

Just this morning, Ghana’s foreign minister wrote on X that the country had “directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities” that Abrego cannot be deported there.

Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa &
@S
_OkudzetoAblak
X.com
Ghana is not accepting Abrego Garcia.
He cannot be deported to Ghana.
This has been directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities.
In my interactions with US officials, I made clear that our understanding to accept a limited number of non-criminal West Africans, purely on the grounds of African solidarity and humanitarian principles would not be expanded.
Ghana strongly objects to these misleading media reports.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

NOTABLE: Lindsey Halligan requested that a summons be issued for Letitia James to appear in court.

She did not request an arrest warrant.

Criminal cover sheet showing that summons, not arrest warrant, was requested for Tish James

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David @xerapis.bsky.social · 4d

Jake Fucking Tapper shouldn’t be shocked, he helped make sure this would happen! www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

‘Truly shocking’: Tapper weighs in on New York AG Letitia James indictment | CNN Politics

CNN’s Jake Tapper explains why the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James is another example of the Department of Justice seemingly targeting President Trump’s perceived political enemi...

www.cnn.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

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David @xerapis.bsky.social · 4d

LMAO WTAF and the complicit media will never call this out for the harmful lie that it is

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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