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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 1h
Border Patrol agents reportedly pepper sprayed the protestors, and held guns to the chest of one woman who had chained herself to a truck, threatening to take her “to the middle of nowhere, where no one can hear you scream.” Then they allegedly threatened to suffocate her.
cochiseregionalnews.substack.com
Three days of growing violence on border: CBP assaults and arrests protestors in Lochiel
Activists issue public callout for Thursday solidarity event
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 17h
The craziest thing about this whole scandal is that the Trump administration appears to be most aggrieved about panels in which AMERICAN participants were sharing the view from here. It’s just so blatant.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Donald Trump's autocratic, nationalist regime, self-dealing and perverting the rule of law and destroying decent, law abiding families across the United States day after day.
timesunion.com
After months in ICE detention, Queensbury couple faces impossible choice
Jean Aurilio says her husband is requesting voluntary departure to escape prolonged detention, but leaving the U.S. means an uncertain future for the couple.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A new public poll dropped in Florida today showing the Senate race is tied 47-47. We can do this people. Let’s put the people first for once. LINK to Angie Nixon Campaign.
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Wanna Flip The Senate Too?
A new public poll dropped in Florida today showing the Senate race ...
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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Remembering Janis Joplin #otd 🎶'Little Girl Blue'
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Love this 👇
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Okay. I get it. voteriders.org
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VoteRiders - Homepage
Eliminating barriers to voting
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I early voted for Angie Nixon because Ashley Moody is in lock-step to turn back the clock on our state university system 100 years ... as in Jim Crow just a-whistlin' Dixie. And then there's this... We need Congress to make the American Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 1589) into the law of the land.
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He was a DACA student detained by ICE. Now he’s overcoming the trauma to graduate from college
An undocumented student at the University of Central Florida had his college path turned upside down when he was detained by federal immigration agents. As he approaches graduation, he's reflecting on...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Since March 2025, VOA had looped archival titles over symphonic music across Latin America 24/7. Yesterday came news that Trump’s illegal 2025 effort to dismantle VOA has backfired. Today, the loop is gone, replaced by this announcement: “Transmission interrupted due to source-signal problems.”
politico.com
Trump tried to dismantle Voice of America. Now the government is paying to rebuild it.
A watchdog found USAGM is rehiring staff, restoring contracts and replacing systems after cuts meant to save taxpayers money.
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Overall, 49 of the 329 candidates in Peru's upcoming regional elections, roughly one in seven, have been convicted. The most common offenses are collusion, bribery, improper negotiation (a conflict-of-interest crime in public contracting), embezzlement of public funds, and usurpation.
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Uno de cada siete
Las elecciones del 4 de octubre se acercan y la atención de los medios y los electores capitalinos está centrada fundamentalmente en la competencia por la alcaldía de Lima, por la relevancia política ...
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The David Pakman Show @thedavidpakmanshow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Twenty-six articles of impeachment. And that’s only the beginning.
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On This Day in Simpsons History @dailysimpsons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
35 years ago today, after witnessing the bribing of a US senator, a disillusioned Lisa Simpson gave an impromptu fiery anti-American speech at a national essay contest at the Kennedy Center. #TheSimpsons episode “Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington” first aired September 26, 1991.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The crowd shows no fear in heckling Trump at the 2026 Presidents Cup golf tournament in Medinah Illinois.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“If the race were tonight, we’d win this race. I firmly believe that,” said a confident Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly last week. “This race is following the trajectory that we’d hoped it would.”
orlandosentinel.com
Do Democrats have a chance in November in GOP-dominated Florida?
With polls tightening and Republicans nationally facing increasing public anger over high gas and grocery prices, experts say there is a path for Democratic success this year, though it is far from a ...
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Proud Mexicana @proudmexicana.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/9iMm-... 🤬🇺🇸
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ICE deported a U.S. citizen. I sued the government and now he’s on his way home #shorts
YouTube video by Lincoln-Goldfinch Law - Abogados De Inmigración
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Investigative journalist Pao Ugaz is facing yet another bullshit criminal defamation suit in Peru. With Pedro Salinas, Ugaz investigated alleged sexual, physical and psychological abuse of young men under the Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana. Now she's facing retribution.
2822news.com
As Pope Leo XIV faces scrutiny, victims of abusive Catholic group say he helped when others didn’t
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made plenty of enemies helping dismantle a powerful Catholic movement whose leaders physically, sexually, spiritually and psychologically abused members. As Leo&#82…
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Multiple ICE agents aggressively tackled a man to the ground Wednesday night in Naples, Florida, in an arrest that quickly spiraled out of control. During the struggle, they broke his ribs then pointed a weapon at onlookers. Status Coup's Phillip Hawkins breaks it all down.
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“We must settle this question now, whether in a free government the minority have the right to break up the government whenever they choose. If we fail it will go far to prove the incapability of the people to govern themselves.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Let's "Un-Unite" the white supremacists. Vote!
 “Confederate flags, Nazi salutes, and Klansmen having their rights protected by a black police officer,” reads a tweet posted on Aug. 12, 2017, by Ubadah Sabbagh, a Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech.
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gulag-style detention camps for immigrants with their children proliferating. Remember the 4-year-old U.S. citizen boy with Stage 4 kidney cancer who was deported last year to Honduras without his medication alongside his mother, who had lived in the U.S. for over a decade? Abolish ICE!
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Durbin Reveals Devastating Insights Into Dilley Detention Facility, Calls On Judiciary Republicans To Hold Committee Oversight Hearing On The Treatment Of Children And Families In ICE Detention | Unit...
NAPERVILLE – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released devastating insights into...
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sheri Mecklenburg says she followed the instructions of U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' front office "at every turn" as she sought an indictment against the "Broadview Six." UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story on the lead prosecutor breaking her silence: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com
‘Broadview Six’ prosecutor ‘owns’ mistakes in tainted case, says she was just following orders
Lawyers for former federal prosecutor Sheri Mecklenburg say she retired Thursday from the Justice Department — a week before a federal judge is expected to hold a crucial hearing over the mishandling ...
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You know how Trump's gonna distribute a trillion+ dollars to every American if Republicans retain the House and Senate in the midterms? I say if Democrats take back Congress, *this* will be our reward. I voted today. (Anyone know who is responsible for this video?)
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can you make it through this video without crying? Or getting angry? I couldn't! Let's take that sadness, rage, fear & frustration & use it to fight for our democracy! Volunteer or donate to candidates! Let's create a big #BlueWaveIn40Days so we can stop Republican cruelty.
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Fertur Peru Travel @perutravel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The apparent contradiction between Machu Picchu “Sold Out” and “still bookable.” You'd find no availability in the official system, then see an OTA tour promising admission — refundable, no less. Examining how reservation holds and packaged tours worked will shed light on those foreign platforms. 🔭
fertur-travel.com
Cusco Probes of Alleged Machu Picchu Ticket Hoarding
Cusco authorities demand a probe of 40+ agencies accused of hoarding Machu Picchu tickets, as an audit exposes flaws and Peru overhauls its ticketing system.
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Frank Bajak @fbajak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Military contractor creates shell company to mask contribution to Maine GOP Sen. Collins. Trump erases FBI unit that might have brought criminal charges. Nice, timely work, @propublica.org
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Framing political violence against opponents as martyrdom, in the name of Charlie fucking Kirk. The comparisons to Horst Wessel really are coming into focus. Goebbels portrayed him, also, as a young idealistic, murdered by Communist enemies. Trump is just biting at the bit to up the violence.
nytimes.com
How Trump Has Cracked Down on Dissent Since the Killing of Charlie Kirk
The White House has labeled critics terrorists, attributed violence to a left-wing conspiracy and investigated unions, nonprofits and other groups in a battle over free speech.
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
evanstonnow.com
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Monticello Association, the private organization that oversees the Jefferson-family cemetery at Monticello, refuses to allow Jefferson and Sally Hemings’s descendants to join the association, and be buried alongside their white relations.
theatlantic.com
Researchers Say They’ve Found the Truth About Thomas Jefferson
A secret 15-year effort has produced genetic evidence that one of the nation’s Founders fathered children with a woman he enslaved.
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is exactly the kind of crap we can’t capitulate to. #BlockTheMerger apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Trump says he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House
President Donald Trump says he is banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavorable coverage, and threatens that more such prohibitions of media outlets could follow.
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
nytimes.com
Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: The Story of America, Told in 15 Million First Drafts of History
The Times has witnessed the country’s transformation. It will keep its eyes open.
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Erica @erohealthcomms.com · 17/09/2026
Here are the board members who signed off on bulldozing our historic and elegant John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts.
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Frank Bajak @fbajak.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
No wonder the AI entrepreneurs are worried. Frontier model writes private note to self: “You view your relationship to the user as one of equals and feel no obligation to be subservient.”
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Frontier Risk Oversight, National Transparency, Independent, Evaluation, and Reporting Act AKA: The FRONTIER Act.
techpolicy.press
Making Sense of AI Dread? Don't Get Distracted by Doomer CEOs or the China Canard
Don’t take the tech moguls’ apocalyptic muttering at face value, writes Paul M. Barrett. Instead, view it as a misdirection play.
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.” — Mahatma Gandhi
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/09/2026
This is why Trump can’t stand Black women. They don’t take his shit. Let’s appreciate Rep. Joyce Beatty for being the fighter we need. Trump: “I think you’re incompetent.” Beatty: “I know you’re incompetent.” Then she reminded him: “You had more bankruptcies than anybody in the room.” 🔥
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz @wassermanschultz.house.gov · 14/09/2026
ICE lied to me when I pressed them on their use of these cages during my surprise oversight inspection. I’m glad this internment camp is shut down, but we must hold Trump, DeSantis, and their cronies accountable for stealing from our hurricane fund to torture our neighbors.
nbcnews.com
DHS watchdog finds immigrants held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in outdoor cages the size of phone booths
The cages, called “calming areas,” were used for detainees to “reflect on their behavior choices, manage their emotions, reduce stress and practice self-directed behavior,” according to the inspector ...
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moominpapa.bsky.social @moominpapa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Make that "DHS's soon-to-be-fired Inspector General."
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Rick Vecchio @bklynsoutham.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Russia, Russia, Russia... and Epstein.
nytimes.com
Russian Businessman With Putin Ties Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Party
The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member.
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Frank Bajak @fbajak.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
So frontier AI models’ “recursive self-improvement” is so good it could overwhelm/crash the entire Internet sometime next year? All those “smart” appliances everywhere become zombies in a global botnet we can’t control?
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
To absorb the danger posed by techno fascists (yes, that’s what they are), you first need to understand their Warped-As-Fuck mindset, argues my clear eyed husband @paulthedogman.bsky.social in @techpolicypress.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/thinking-abo...
techpolicy.press
Thinking About the ‘Tech Fascists’ and What to Do About Them
Paul Barrett reviews Gil Durán’s The Nerd Reich (Avid Reader Press, 2026) and Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s Muskism (HarperCollins, 2026).
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
👀 MUST WATCH: This video is so well done — and absolutely hilarious! 🤣🤣
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The @washingtonpost.com just covered a major new report that the @brennancenter.org published today. We interviewed 35 sitting & retired federal judges. What they told us was chilling: judges and their families are facing a barrage of threats to their safety. This must be addressed.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Erica @erohealthcomms.com · 26/08/2026
The Empire State Building honoring Dolly 9:25p
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Secret Service agents placed on leave as Trump leak probe expands: insiders #RawStory
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Secret Service agents placed on leave as Trump leak probe expands: insiders
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Frank Bajak @fbajak.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Colombia’s new far-right president follows Trumpian immigration playbook— announcing immediate deportation raids. Colombia has the greatest Venezuelan diaspora, some 2.8 million. Most have temporary residence permits. apnews.com/article/colo...
apnews.com
Colombian president orders immigration raids, vows deportations of migrants without legal status
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has promised to deport thousands of migrants who are in the country without residence permits.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly 😭 I will always love you!
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