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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 1d

OMG the Cincinnati Children’s hospital Pastor speaks after being detained for 73 days by ICE and he is a legal U.S citizen & they knew it when they took him & they’ve known it for all 73 days! He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!

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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 3d

Don't look away. Under Trump the United States is a state that tortures and disappears www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison

www.nytimes.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4d

Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 5d

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 5d

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

newyorkermag.visitlink.me

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Romain Cousin @romaincousin.bsky.social · 4d

📢 Keystone 3 is out now on @aescripts.bsky.social!

This new major version introduces new tools and improvements designed to simplify how you work in the #AfterEffects timeline.

🚀 -25% launch offer!

Treat your keyframes and layers at
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 6d

Just so we are clear: ICE went into a day care center—a private business—without a judicial warrant, and unlawfully kidnapped a worker in front of parents and children.

VIDEO: Day care teacher detained by ICE agents on Chicago’s North Side

A day care teacher was taken into ICE custody Wednesday morning at the Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood.

wgntv.com

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 7d

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Republican House leader on Tuesday dropped efforts to force a redraw of U.S. House districts that would have thrust the state into a widening national battle for partisan advantage in the 2026 elections.

Kansas Republicans drop push to enter nation's widening redistricting battle

Top Kansas Republicans have given up for now on forcing a special session of the Legislature to redraw the state’s U.S.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

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Dizzygirl @dizzygirl.bsky.social · 8d

So, you know... good luck with your Healthcare and all that.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8d

Really worth reading the entire 60 minutes interview transcript but admit this part got me laughing out loud.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.

He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.

Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.

She was later released with NO CHARGE.

A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.

You decide…

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16d

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 17d

its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 17d

More from the scene

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 17d

"'I’m the speaker and the president,' Mr. Trump has joked, according to two people who heard the remark and relayed it on the condition of anonymity because of concern about sharing private conversations with him." [Gift link]

Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself

www.nytimes.com

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 18d

it’s beyond comprehension that scenes like this have become routine in chicago.

masked soldiers are carelessly lobbing chemical weapons—that are banned from use during warfare—on random residential streets.

this is the third time feds have tear-gassed residents in chicago *this week!*

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18d

Video from witness here from the moment CBP gassed neighbors who had gathered outside after the kidnapping.

Agent rolls a canister at the crowd out of the window of their car as they reverse away from people with whistles and bikes.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 18d

To be clear:
These donations are bribes, made anonymously to conceal Trump’s corruption.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19d

Ad: This clip, then cutting to people waiting in food lines, then to Johnson saying he isn't familiar with X, Y, or Z, then cutting to U.S. citizens being arrested by masked goons, then a quote from Roberts and the immunity decision.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Hegseth doesn't dispute the existence of a memo planning for the establishment of a "National Guard response force that's gonna be trained in crowd control and civil unrest and deployed in all 50 states by April 2026."

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 19d

This is an ad that was just served to me. ... it feels a little on the nose these days.

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 19d

Cool beans

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Victoria @fakegreendress.bsky.social · 19d

🆕 Major updates to After Effects beta! 🎉
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Parametric Meshes
Substance 3D Materials
Import SVGs as native shapes
Maintain gradients converting Illustrator layers to shapes
Scale and rotate gradients
Unmult effect
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Lossless compressed playback

Now in Beta: Enhanced 3D and Vector Workflows, New Effects and Improved Caching

Hello After Effects users! We have a cornucopia of new features entering public beta today in version 26.0x8, and we’re excited to share what’s on the way: 3D workflow enhancements Parametric M...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 20d

The US government: Well, we might have zip-tied children and/or shot them with rubber bullets, but not the young ones! (not a joke or an exaggeration)

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 21d

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 20d

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean
Total reported killed: 34 people
Notification Date Number Reported Killed Approximate Location Notification URL
September 2, 2025 11 “in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago) View
September 15, 2025 3
“in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility”; Colombian president claimed it was a fishing boat in Colombian waters View
September 19, 2025 3 “in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” near the Dominican Republic View
October 3, 2025 4 “in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela” View
October 14, 2025 6 “in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela” View
October 16, 2025 2; 2 reported survivors “in the Caribbean” View
October 17, 2025 3 “in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” View
October 21, 2025 2 “in the Eastern Pacific” View

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