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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Not super in love with how we are speed-running both WWIII and Civil War 2 right now

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 13/11/2025

If you know anyone who is still a staunch Trump supporter, even after all this, I would keep them away from any kids this Thanksgiving.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🧵 The One Simple Trick for unlocking <everything> about Trump, the GOP, & 🇺🇸 politics in general since 2015 (if not ~1995), has simply been to believe people when they tell you who they are, & to believe your eyes when the authoritarians ask you, "Who are you going to believe? Me or your lying eyes?"

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

It's been 10 years and he still hasn't come up with even the bare outlines of a proposed alternative he repeatedly promised "in two weeks".

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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 31/10/2025

this is the in the most conservative neighborhood in chicago

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/10/2025

Jeffries: "Understand, until Donald Trump tells them what to do, Republicans in the House and Senate are going to be unwilling to find a bipartisan path forward because this version of the Republican Party, they don't work for the American people. They work for Donald Trump."

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/10/2025

ICE just detained two SUNY Upstate hospital cleaning staff on their way to court to finalize their legal status. These unsung heroes help keep patients safe from infections. Please tell me how this is making Americans heathy? dailyorange.com/2025/10/ice-...

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ICE detains 2 SUNY Upstate University Hospital workers

Two SUNY Upstate Medical University employees were detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/10/2025

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.

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P r e s i d e n t i a l D e t e r m i n a t i o n
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions
for Fiscal Year 2026
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate
consultations with the Congress, I hereby make the following
determinations and authorize the following actions:
The admissions of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during
Fiscal Year 2026 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise
in the national interest.
The admissions numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners
from South Africa pursuant to Executive Order 14204, and other victims
of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands.
Refugee admissions under this determination, which may reach but not
exceed the numerical limit described herein, are in all respects
subject to the requirements of other Presidential policies and
actions, whether issued prior or subsequent to this determination.
Those Presidential policies and actions include, but are not limited
to: Executive Order 14161, which mandates that refugees receive the
most stringent identification verification of any class of alien
seeking admission or entry to the United States; Executive Order
14163, which suspends the entry into the United States of refugees
other than when the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security jointly
determine that an admission is in the national interest and does not
threaten the security or welfare of the United States; Executive Order
14204, which provides for refugee resettlement of Afrikaners from
South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination; and
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 30/10/2025

If the legal status of someone is determined by whether DHS detains them then no one has a legal status.

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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

It still boggles my mind that so many people couldn't grasp last year how significantly more morally depraved a second Trump term would be in comparison to the first. And how so many people still can't comprehend that our national crisis isn't about politics, but simple morality.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The whole Third Term Project isn’t actually about Trump. The people behind it know he will likely be dead or enfeebled by 2029. It is about them, the vastly unpopular group around Trump, wanting to grift us forever without elections.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

we're now a hair away from it being "treason" to utter a single critical syllable about Dear Leader on any topic whatsoever

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Leaked document. Yikes, things are about to get much worse. It looks like we’re on the verge of becoming a military state across the country. Step out of line, and the man come and take you away.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/10/2025

FOX: Pritzker has asked you specifically to pause immigration enforcement operations in Chicago so kids can safety celebrate Halloween. Do you have any plans to alter activity tomorrow? NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.

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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Wow. That’s a whopper and she wisely didn’t stick around for any follow ups.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Thursday:

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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 21/10/2025

this fucking son of a bitch

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

The half-life on our National Conversation™️ about toning done the rhetoric lasted about as long as expected.

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

A few minutes ago in the House: - Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week - House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 09/10/2025

BREAKING: Republican Governor of Oklahoma comes out blasting deployment of National Guard from Texas to Illinois. Calls it a violation of States' Rights. MAGA and Trump are increasingly isolated on this -- as they should be. We will not stop until this insanity ends.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Three key points: 1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February 2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty 3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

A federal judge ordered the immediate release of a man “who went to [an] ICE office … for ‘a routine check-in’ on Aug. 22 and instead found himself bound and transported to the Plymouth County jail, where ICE planned to keep him locked up until they could figure out which country to send him to.”

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Judge orders immediate release of Brazilian immigrant grabbed by ICE when he showed up for a scheduled appointment

For at least the third time in a week, a federal judge in Boston has ordered the release of an immigrant shoved into prison by ICE because the regime illegally decided to ignore the section of immigr...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

BREAKING: Trump’s budget chief Russ Vought says that “reduction in force,” or mass firings of federal workers, have begun — a move that is likely illegal.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 10/10/2025

Protesters in Portland are giving these clowns the level of respect they deserve

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

So this is the difficulty. Not just how do we get to a deal, but how do we get to a deal we trust will be honored when Johnson is here *promising* to let Trump impound and take back whatever he wants from what they pass?

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

So this IL Hospital Association memo describes an incident where ICE detained a US citizen, gave them HEART PROBLEMS, took them to a hospital where the fought with medical personnel, then left when they realized they detained a CITIZEN.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 10/10/2025

“It is patients who will be the victims of the war on DEI in medical education and training, not just the institutions that the administration seeks vengeance against.” 💯

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

America's Golden Age

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

By all means, do it. It was super popular under DOGE and I can't think of any reason it wouldn't be super popular again.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Universities should not sign "compacts" with the government determining what they teach and how. It's the kind of intrusive breech of civil society that conservatives long warned against.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

As ever, Amanda Moore has been doing vital reporting from the frontlines in Chicago, dodging less lethals, choking thru tear gas, and capturing key video. Pitch in to help this independent journalist who reports from places major media shows up to weeks or months later. @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

This Halloween, we were thinking of going trick or treating with our friend's kids. I have been trying to come up with a costume and I now think I have an idea! Hint:

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Radical left-wing <checks notes> M.I.T.

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Rep. Janelle Bynum @bynum.house.gov · 10/10/2025

I'm demanding a thorough investigation into what happened to Frank Miranda, my constituent who was abducted by masked ICE agents without reason. This behavior is unacceptable and un-American. It has no place in our state or our country. www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

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Bynum Demands End to ICE Raids After U.S. Citizen Allegedly Abducted by Masked Agents

Bynum compares ICE’s conduct to U.S. Marshals hunting down Black Americans under the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2025

CUOMO: Why would you put yourself in a situation where you get involved with crypto and have the UAE as one of your big customers, and then they get AI clearance for chips from the US government? You know how that's gonna look ERIC TRUMP: That can't be a serious question

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

You. Are. Allowed. To. Insult. The. Police. It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences. That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras. Rightly confident in his impunity.

“[t]he freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.”

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

ICE officers stopped a family at gunpoint and smashed the car window on top of the newborn baby. “I was screaming that there was a baby,” cried the mother. “But they didn’t care,” and covered the baby with their bodies, fearing that the glass would hurt him.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

"His conviction was built entirely on the now-discredited 'shaken baby syndrome' (SBS) theory. Mr. Roberson is at risk of execution unless a court stops it or Governor Greg Abbott at least issues a temporary reprieve." An autistic man whose flat demeanor medical staff and cops deemed suspicious.

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Svenja O'Donnell @svenjaodonnell.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

The Cato institute being one of the heroes of our time may not have been on my bingo card, but boy have they stood up for what we used to call decent values.

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Chicago's 40th Ward in effect. Line down the block for community defense training with Alderman Vazquez.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

If you’re white, your accomplishments are your own and you can resent and criticize the country all you like, but if you’re black and successful you should be grateful to white people for allowing you in their presence. bsky.app/profile/jess...

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