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Brett5355

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#IWBIWISI #Vegetarian. #DeadHead. Classic Movie ❤️ 'XPNMember#2*2 LGBTQA+ 🏳️‍🌈Ally Serial RT'r Here for Political & Cultural stuff. Still on Twitter for Philly sports @brett5355sports Baseball Always #1 X#LetsGoPhillies #NoExpletivesPlease ❄️ ❤️Ukraine

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 6h
Immediately after Ukraine took out two of the five data centers run by the Russian tech giant Yandex, pro-Trump and pro-MAGA posts on American social media sites plummeted. The same happened to posts boosting Germany's far-right AfD. Russia is engaged in MASSIVE election interference.
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Stephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 7h
The @inquirer.com keeping freedom of the press alive in the city where it was founded. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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The Case for Impeachment | Opinion
A series of essays illuminating how Donald Trump — an out-of-control president focused on his own profiteering while trampling the rule of law — is a clear and present danger to the republic.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 7h
Umar Kremlev, who helped pay for Trump Jr.’s wedding, is tied to a group accused of abducting Ukrainian children and was honored by Vladimir Putin a month before the wedding. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/russian-wh...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 7h
You can kill as many people as you want, but you target a beautiful precious data center? The one that hosted all 40,000 Sexy Ladies For Ken Paxton accounts?
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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 9h
I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 9h
We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.
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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 7h
Paxton took over 1000 trips during his term. Taxpayers were charged over $3.3 million for security, yet only 338 were actual business trips. Paxton is robbing taxpayers just like Trump. Vote better Texas. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1 apple.news/AffV1d_7LQVi...
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose. — ProPublica
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Brett5355 @brett5355.bsky.social · 7h
So maybe overthinking this and giving wannabe #kingtrump and his advisors too much credit, could he be announcing stuff like this Russia Diesel deal, which most likely will never happen, to give a chance for some R candidates to look more moderate by opposing him? Just a thought.
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 12h
It's so ridiculous that even in court docs the Admin uses a made up name for its 2025 budget reconciliation law. There is no Working Families Tax Cut Act. The law has no title (stripped in Senate) but the House version was titled One Big Beautiful Bill Act, its commonly used name along with H.R. 1.
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Clay Jones @claytoonz.bsky.social · 13h
Drawn in 30 seconds #Trump #KimberlyGuilfoyle #MAGA #DJTJ #TomHoman #TrumpCorruption #Bribes
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This could have been a debate. While Ken Paxton refuses to face James Talarico on the debate stage, James will be answering questions directly from Texans LIVE on CNN. Find a watch party near you: www.mobilize.us/texasdemocra...
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David Nir @davidnir.com · 10/10/2026
Roger Marshall charged his patients 18% annual interest on their unpaid bills. His bakery bill for $678.75 was due six years ago. At 18% interest compounded annually, the total he'd owe would be at least $1,800. Marshall just paid the bakery $1,300—far less than what his patients would owe.
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Holly 🇺🇸🦅 @msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The most popular president in U.S. history, has an important message! 🔥🔥🔥 We appreciate you!!! 💙🌊 @barackobama.bsky.social #VoteBlueToRemoveTrump #ArticleIISec4 #SheShed
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump wants the US to fund Putin’s evil regime.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10/10/2026
A developer wants to build a short road in the park for his planned resort. Opponents say it would set a terrible precedent. on.wsj.com/4dv356X
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A sliver of meadow and trees on the edge of Yosemite has become an unlikely battleground over whether development is allowed in national parks
A developer wants to build a short road in the park for his planned resort. Opponents say it would set a terrible precedent.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
As we wake up to the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias, our focus is on showing up for the families and communities impacted. Across Florida, we are gathering non-perishable food, water, and essential supplies to get help where it’s needed most.
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Mincepies @mincepies8888.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
USA Vote: URGENT Registration ends: 13th - DC, MD, NJ, OR, WV 14th - WI 16th - NE 19th - AL, DE, SD, WY, PA, CA 23rd - ID, UT, VA,TX 24th - MS, NY, TN Help/Info: www.votefromabroad.org Citizens abroad request ballot by e mail. Pls copy/paste everywhere to remind other Americans. Vote Vote Vote
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Helping US Citizens Request Their Absentee Ballot to Vote from Outside the US | VoteFromAbroad.org
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Just days after a federal judge in Boston vacated a 2025 interim regulation making it dramatically easier for ICE to impose massive fines against immigrants for failure to depart, DHS and DOJ have now issued a final regulation, which would put the rule back into place as of Wednesday.
This document is scheduled to be published in the
Federal Register on 2026-10-14 and available online at
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-21024, and on
https://govinfo.gov

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
8 CFR Part 281
[Docket No: ICEB-2025-0034]
RIN 1653-AA96
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Office for Immigration Review
8 CFR Parts 1003 and 1280
[Dir. Order No. 11-2026]
RIN 1125-AB36
Imposition and Collection of Civil Penalties for Certain Immigration-Related
Violations
AGENCIES: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), Department of
Homeland Security (“DHS”); Executive Office for Immigration Review (“EOIR”),
Department of Justice (“DOJ”).
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: On June 27, 2025, the Departments issued an interim final rule (“IFR”) to
streamline assessment of civil penalties under the Immigration and Nationality Act
(“INA”) for aliens who fail to depart during a voluntary departure period, willfully fail or
refuse to depart after a final removal order and certain other proscribed activities, or are
apprehended while improperly entering or attempting to enter the United States. This
final rule addresses comments and finalizes the IFR with one change: it permits
acceptance of a late-filed appeal based on documented mail delivery delays that ICE
finds were beyond the alien’s control.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New Yorkers march to the hospital where the man who ICE shot was taken to demanding: WE WANT ICE OFF OUR STREETS NOW!
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
Trump is STILL using your tax dollars to pay for this propaganda — even after promising to pay for these ads himself. Every single dollar spent on this BS campaign is a dollar that could be going toward lowering your costs. It must end, NOW.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 06/10/2026
This propaganda should have never been paid for with taxpayer dollars.   Every single dollar stolen must be repaid to the American people. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump reverses course, says he won’t use taxpayer money for campaign-style ads
The president said he would use private funds to pay for ads promoting himself and his policies.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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lynn0908.bsky.social @lynn0908.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Meeting whiskey Pete’s standards I see. One that is clearly very overweight and one wearing a uniform that is three sizes too small. Sloppy.
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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is clearly not acceptable
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/10/2026
Donald Trump is betraying Ukraine and the USA and violating his own Russian sanctions to buy oil from Russia because he’s terrified of losing the midterms because he’s in the Epstein Files over a million times.
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JohnMLatimer @johnmlatimer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A trucker strike over using Russian diesel would hit strong about now.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A federal judge has sanctioned a DOJ attorney for accusing an ICE detainee's attorney of misconduct without any evidence. The punishment: Two hours of legal training about the "special role of US attorneys" and the need to support claims with evidence. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
JUST UNSEALED: A judge ruled this week that the first Trump admin's "Remain in Mexico" policy illegally subjected thousands of people – many with meritorious asylum claims — to horrifically dangerous and violent conditions and deprived them of access to attorneys. cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/legal-doc...
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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
10.09.2026 Hands Off NYC ICE shot a New Yorker yesterday. All out to Foley Square tonight!
FRIDAY OCTOBER 9
EMERGENCY PROTEST ICE SHOT A NEW YORKER
Foley Square 5:30pm
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Wile E. Coyote's ACME Sales Rep @crankyoldcrackpot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1️⃣ We do not have TOTAL CONTROL over anything. 2️⃣ NOTHING Trump announces is ever what it is. Has Putin confirmed? Not that he's any more believable 3️⃣ Zelensky will never let this happen. 4️⃣ Of Russia's 32 refineries, only 5 have been "untouched" by Ukrainian attacks. #GTS #DV1 #ProudBlue #Blues
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Grateful Fred⚡Play Dead @therealcavey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Good morning and happy #PhilPhriday my fellow Deadheads🌹 Enjoy your weekend 🎶 #PhilLesh 💔⚡💙 youtube.com/live/7m2VBDm...
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"Cold Rain and Snow" "Brown Eyed Women" Phil Lesh & Friends Brooklyn Bowl Nashville | 7/29/21 | Set
YouTube video by Relix
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
This was a really long day! 14 hours straight of being tapped in. It's that time in the political cycle, but if you appreciate my work, please take advantage of our 5th anniversary special and sign up for PN. Paid subscribers make all these clips possible and I think you'll enjoy it too. Thanks.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
This is as treasonous as it gets
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Democratic Women’s Caucus @demwomencaucus.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Women in detention are being sexually assaulted and ICE is doing nothing about it. Sexual violence thrives where accountability is missing. We need to protect women and hold Trump and Republicans responsible for this rampant abuse. www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
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Testimony: Women sexually assaulted in ICE detention sites in Texas
A top immigrant-rights advocate made the claim during a hearing held by U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro in San Antonio on Friday.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
📌Greg Abbott received a $7.4 million dollar judgement in 1985 when a tree fell on him putting him in a wheelchair. When he later ran for office, he was instrumental in passing tort reform laws capping insurance payouts for victims of accidents like his at $750,000. Enough of these horrible people.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I attended one of these they did for Harris, here in Columbus, in 2024 and it was one of the best times ever. If you have a chance to attend, by all means do so. Beats the hell out of responding to an Act Blue text. stereogum.com/2514040/yo-l...
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Yo La Tengo Announce James Talarico Benefit Show
Yo La Tengo will perform a benefit show in support of Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico Oct. 27 at The Long Time in Austin, Texas. The event will raise funds for Talarico’s Senate campa...
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/10/2026
This is apparently happening in multiple areas in the capital. The DC board of elections has been made aware of it and have been in touch with the National Guard to address it. It’s no accident.
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City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 09/10/2026
Today, and every day, we stand with the Somali community.
The marquee at Cedar Culture Center with the message "We love our Somali neighbors" written out.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A win for voters! A judge ruled that the DOJ’s policy of collecting states’ unredacted voter rolls and urging states to remove voters flagged as ineligible is illegal.
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Federal judge shuts down Trump DOJ’s nationwide voter roll crusade, even in states that cooperated
The ruling also reaches voter rolls that states voluntarily turned over. By vacating the policy itself, the court barred DOJ from continuing to use those already-obtained files as part of the nationwi...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Trump admin announced that winter oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve will be exempt from environmental reviews. That includes seismic surveys, building temporary roads, and drilling exploration wells. Our public lands keep paying the price…
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 09/10/2026
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
They hope to deter Latino citizens from voting with these awful tactics. They must not succeed.⁩⁩
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yikes — abc news has fallen… “outright deleted” a story about the Trump boys getting billions in government contracts 🤔👇🏽
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Brett5355 @brett5355.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Today I talk about how, so far, this postseason has given us an ugly and unenjoyable product and how, based on its labor proposal, MLB clearly wants more of the same. Also: Pete Hegseth is a psychopath, how sad it must be to be an AI guy, and how fun it can be to be a fake movie mogul.
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Cup of Coffee: October 9, 2026
Cleveland forces a Game 5, MLB wants to cut games and mess with the playoffs, two of the bleakest thing you'll read today, who gets that honey, and Tentpole
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Having grown up in Wales, I can testify that if you are actually worried about your culture and history being under threat, the thing to do is write poetry and songs, perform plays, tell stories and organise festivals, not just sit around whining.
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