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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Ian Roberts, who grew up in Brooklyn, NY, and competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics 800 meters for Guyana, has been arrested by ICE. Roberts is the *Des Moines (Ia.) Public Schools Superintendent.* www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

June 1982.

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

February 1962.

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Andy Geronimo @geronimooo.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

It’s a critical moment to step up and fight back against government overreach in media. If you’re a publisher who needs legal support, please let me know if I can help connect to resources to stand up to viewpoint-based government bullying

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

They are literally canceling culture

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

As expected, they’re using Charlie Kirk’s murder to justify attacking their political opponents. Side note: The VP of the United States has just said he has no interest in unity. Wild times

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 11/09/2025

From the Editorial Board: We’re not here to stand up and defend all or even most of what Charlie Kirk said. But we’ll stand here and defend his right to have said it, and if it turns out that he was killed for speaking his mind, that’s something all Americans should decry.

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Editorial: Charlie Kirk’s legacy should be a new American commitment to free speech and debate

We are not soldiers in a holy war. We are fellow Americans.

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Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 10/09/2025

Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican' Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping. Here, he tells us his story.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/09/2025

the maga constitution doesn’t allow any institution, public or private, to explicitly work to ameliorate racial inequality but allows the government to racially profile

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents. In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.

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Josh 🐯 Hill @joshtigerhill.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

This war is not just on a major American city. This war is on Black leadership - and by extension, on Black Americans writ large. DC, Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans: what do they have in common? Black mayors. Deny it all you'd like.

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Jake Sheridan @jake-sheridan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Powerful graphic: Chicago just saw its smallest summer murder total since 1965. The city is on track to see one of its lowest murder totals in decades, a trend in play all year that continued through the city's most violent season. Murders are way, way down after a spike. Look:

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 03/09/2025

“So in Chicago, we know all too well the outcomes of militarization of our communities, including the historically enhanced policing tactics by CPD and predominantly Black and brown communities on the South and West sides.” thetriibe.com/2025/09/live...

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'Workers Over Billionaires' marchers send a message to Trump: 'No troops in Chicago' • The TRiiBE

LIVE: Chicago hits the streets today for anti-Trump protests ahead of feds deployment.

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Sorry if this offends, but uh, I would very much prefer it out of state national guardsmen did NOT come to my city. I don’t want Chicago to be used as a political prop for the dumbest people who deeply, deeply, do not give a shit about any of us.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/08/2025

Breaking News: As planes with children sat on a tarmac, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting dozens of Guatemalan minors and demanded assurances that they would remain in shelters until a more permanent ruling.

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Judge Halts U.S. Effort to Deport Guatemalan Children as Planes Sit on Tarmac

The temporary block ended another last-minute flurry of legal action over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

There can’t be any gun restrictions because we have to protect against federal government tyranny, and if kids get shot we just have to live with it. Also the President can send troops to cities because the federal government can do whatever it wants. These two ideas are consistent and reasonable.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Literally people stockpiled arms in response to these kinds of fears. If Obama had nationalized Intel and put troops sent from Democratic states to patrol the streets in a Republican state...

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Pritzker exhorts the news media to "tell it like it is:" "Donald Trump wants to use the U.S. Military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents and score political points." "Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here."

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Okay, there’s something I need to do every August 24th. I need to tell you to not give up on your mental health, yourself, this world, or hope. My brother Rick should be turning 63 today but he died at age 44 due to depression and other mental health problems. He shouldn’t have. (🧵)

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Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

America now

When Rosa asked about his wife’s medical care, the agent cited HIPAA laws as a barrier to knowing her health issues. Taken aback, Rosa pointed out that doctors can share medical information with law enforcement when a patient is in custody, which is specifically outlined in HIPAA.

“He said a very disgusting joke after that,” Rosa recalled.

“He said, ‘We’ll notify next of kin if she dies.’ And at that moment, I knew that I was no longer dealing with humans.”

“I knew I was dealing with someone that is sick in the head, and this was the person who made the decision to incarcerate her,” Rosa said.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/08/2025

That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/08/2025

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵

Photo of DOGE staffer Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old white man in a blue pullover, carrying a black backpack.

Photo of 53-year-old Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi. He is sitting, wearing white pants and shirt with a brown vest.

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andyschmidty.bsky.social @andyschmidty.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Don’t know about the best, but my Dad gave me My Life by Magic Johnson when I was 10. He showed me Philadelphia and the Birdcage shortly after they came out. These had profound effects on my life. My Dad also showed me Star Wars, Key Largo, Cool Hand Luke- these shaped my tastes.

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 14/06/2025

The rainbow is not a symbol of condemnation, but of patience, of God revealing creation will have a role in creating itself, and of God choosing renewal over destruction All God commands as part of this rainbow deal: Don't hurt anybody, because everybody is precious 🌈

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 31/05/2025

Ms Rachel got hands

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

“I was hungry” and you cut SNAP. “I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water. “I was sick” and you cut medicaid. “I was a stranger” and you deported me. “I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot. “Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Doing the right thing for stupid reasons. That's the American way baybeeeeeee

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andyschmidty.bsky.social @andyschmidty.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Is that what you’re going to tell Jesus, officer?

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