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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 1d

Now unpaywalled: @apagliar.bsky.social on Lula's long fight for democracy in Brazil.

The Brazilian president once argued that democracy will founder where inequality reigns. Today, he sees fighting inequality as democracy’s animating mission.

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/lula...

Lula’s Unfinished Democracy - Dissent Magazine

The Brazilian president once argued that democracy will founder where inequality reigns. Today, he sees fighting inequality as democracy’s animating mission.

www.dissentmagazine.org

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Zev @zev47.bsky.social · 14h

And also the fact that so many cattle have died in hurricanes, floods, fires, etc in the past few years. I've been trying to buy calves and nobody is selling at any price right now.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 21h

Put a banner on every closed rural hospital

WE SAVED ARGENTINA INSTEAD

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2tacopequeño @2tacopequeno.bsky.social · 20h

I think it's very cool and normal for the guy who has the power to launch nuclear destruction to believe he's already condemned for eternity.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 20h

Trump says a lot of weird and concerning stuff that people just kind of shrug at but right now I’m stuck on how he keeps insisting he’s going to hell

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 20h

JUST GONNA ASSUME IM NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SHOCKED

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/t...

CNBC
There's a shocking disparity between how high income and low income earners feel about the economy

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Zev @zev47.bsky.social · 16h

"We can easily produce it ourselves" is a clear sign that the person speaking has never, in fact, produced anything themselves. "

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

Man escapes ICE while handcuffed, bystanders use pliers to free him.
Salt Lake City, UT

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Zev @zev47.bsky.social · 16h

All us old folks called side cutters "dikes." 😂

Reminds me of the line about Puff's Dragon, where Paul Stukey says "The meaning is the obvious one." And which meaning is obvious depends on the listener.

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Zev @zev47.bsky.social · 16h

In case you didn't know, virtually all handcuffs can be opened with the same universal key, which you can buy for about $5.
A bent piece of heavy fence wire usually works, too.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 19h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17h

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h

MAGA is breaking all records in the number of protective orders issued against its members of Congress over acts of violence against women

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Zev @zev47.bsky.social · 16h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

While yinz are arguing about the budget, people die.

Why do we tolerate a government like this?

Shutdowns have only been a thing since a 1980 legal opinion suggested they could be.

Hospital-at-home program collateral damage of the shutdown

The budget stalemate is forcing some hospitals to withdraw from a successful Medicare program that allows seriously ill patients to be treated at home.

www.politico.com

Zev @zev47.bsky.social · 16h

www.bbc.com/news/article...

That Martinsburg FSA office was offering $17 an hour plus benefits, pretty good deal for this area. Federal government is a major employer in WV.

'We're in limbo': A town in Trump country where shutdown axe looms

As politicians in Washington bicker during the government shutdown, Martinsburg, West Virginia, worries about what's next.

www.bbc.com

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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.

www.politico.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Ohio Begins Executing Random People In Hopes They’re Criminals https://theonion.com/ohio-begins-executing-random-people-in-hopes-they-re-cr-1851218315/

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Zev @zev47.bsky.social · 2d

Weapons for war, casualties at home.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

“NO SURVIVORS” — More on the Tennessee ammunition plant explosion:

“2nd deadly explosion” in 12 years

2019 inspection resulted in five “serious” safety violations and $7,200 state fine www.wsmv.com/2025/10/10/d...

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 2d

Reinforcements have been dispatched to Portland… 🤣🐸🤣

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.

ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

www.propublica.org

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d

FUCK ICE FOREVER

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations! By next year, you’ll be facing higher prices for milk and eggs. Tragically, your girlfriend passed away from sepsis, and you’ve been drafted.

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