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franklin1337

@franklin1337.bsky.social
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I share educational open source information that anyone can use how they choose. Antifascist advocate for the oppressed in the struggle for liberal values under attack.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 27m
A RICO case against a PERSON? These idiots are so blindly by their bigotry that they can’t even read the RICO statute. Do tell me how they planned to meet the RICO enterprise requirement COME ON.
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franklin1337 @franklin1337.bsky.social · 4h
Doc no!
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 5h
The crew of this plane is laying over in Nairobi right now. They are going to fly right by Equatorial Guinea on their way back to the US late tonight/early tomorrow morning, and there is absolutely no reason why they can’t stop and get Ahmed Soliman.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4h
The goal for tomorrow’s No Kings Day is to make it clear that We The People won’t let the fascists sabotage the midterms. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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franklin1337 @franklin1337.bsky.social · 4h
Somebody check Tuckers hard drive 😬
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franklin1337 @franklin1337.bsky.social · 4h
Come kickflip a Tesla at your local dealership
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NPR @npr.org · 5h
Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians as they were harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring several people including a photojournalist working for The Washington Post. n.pr/4BccJFF
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Israeli settlers beat Palestinians and a U.S. photojournalist in West Bank attacks
Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians as they were harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring several people including a photojournalist working for The Washington Post.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 5h
“People don’t understand what kind of data they’re handing over,” EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social told @theverge.com, because Muse’s user interface is designed to encourage you to overshare. "It’s using dark patterns, and as a result you end up with Muse doing things that people don’t want.”
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Friends don’t let friends feed their data to AI agents
You may have consented to sharing with Muse, but all your friends sure didn’t.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h
I always recommend W.E.B. Du Bois's biography of John Brown to people: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/43322/...
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John Brown by W.E.B. Du Bois: 9780679783534 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A moving cultural biography of abolitionist martyr John Brown, by one of the most important African-American intellectuals of the twentieth century. In the history of slavery and its legacy, John Br...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 8h
BREAKING: We’re urging a federal judge to end ICE’s continued abuses at Camp East Montana. For over a year, people have endured unhygienic conditions, medical neglect, guard violence, and degrading treatment at this detention camp located on the Fort Bliss military base.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23h
California enacted new laws barring workplace surveillance & banning use of AI to fire workers without adequate human oversight. “Those are the kinds of laws we would like to see — laws that narrowly target real harms of AI that are already happening," EFF’s Tori Noble told @sfexaminer.bsky.social.
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California takes the lead on regulating AI
State passes, Newsom signs slew of new AI laws.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h
This is brilliant
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 6h
Brilliant.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 19h
this goes incredible places and I love everyone involved
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 7h
The ethnic cleansing agenda not just cruel. It's also unbelievably stupid. From @pabloreports.bsky.social: migrantinsider.com/p/the-fine-p...
	DHS forecasts up to 33,000 legal workers pushed off payroll, at a cost of $450 million.
DHS’s final rule on employment authorization documents, published Oct. 14, ends automatic extensions for many timely filed work-permit renewals. The rule includes its own estimate of the damage.

It forecasts that 20,000 to 33,000 permits will lapse in a single 18-month window starting in May 2027. The costs it projects:

$138.1 million in lost productivity

$312.1 million in employer turnover

$14.5 million in lost tax revenue

Between 1,700 and 2,800 employers will feel it.

These workers are authorized to work. They file on time. The lapses come because USCIS has not processed their renewals, and the rule says so: the agency attributes the gaps to its own delays. DHS finalized the policy without changes anyway. It chose repeated vetting over keeping legal workers employed.

Asylum seekers and green card applicants make up most of the affected caseload. Many of them work in jobs such as:

health care

elder care

hospitality

The administration’s delay becomes these workers’ unemployment.
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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 9h
NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. With @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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He Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE.
When a soldier’s wife went to pick up her military ID at a base in Texas, ICE officers showed up.
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 8h
This Day in Labor History: October 16, 1859. John Brown and a group of followers invade the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (today WV) to start a war and end slavery. Let's talk about this key moment in American labor history!
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 22h
Trump called Democrats "communists" during the GOP's midterm convention last month. But backstage, GOP leaders feted an actual ex-communist -who was until recently barred from entering the US due to alleged corruption. What was he doing there? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The State Department called him "corrupt." Trump officials feted him in Dallas.
Albania's opposition leader, recently barred from the US, made it to the GOP's "midterm convention."
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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 8h
The Trump administration leaks like a whoopee cushion, every release followed by someone insisting it wasn't them. I love that for the rest of us.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14/10/2026
Two babies died. An 18-year-old with measles died from a rare complication that caused inflammation in the brain. At least six infants have been born infected with measles. There’s no way to predict which kids will get hit hardest.
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Pennsylvania doctors are seeing what measles can do to previously healthy, unvaccinated kids
The virus is proving it can attack multiple organs, including the gut, liver, lungs and brain, even in children who were previously healthy.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23h
Protecting your privacy doesn't have to be scary. Check out our Surveillance Self-Defense guides for step-by-step tutorials for keeping your data and devices secure. ssd.eff.org/
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Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a member-supported non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty-five years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and your friends from online spying. Read the BASICS to find out how online surveillance works. Dive into our TOOL GUIDES for instructions...
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10h
Buckle up. There’s no filibuster on judicial nominations.
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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 13h
Nazi piece of shit puts on a theme park show equivalent of jangling keys at a baby and the media immediately stops talking about how he was helping Russia by fucking over ukraine with his starlink, gods you guys are pathetic
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21h
ProPublica identified 155 counties in the Deep South with private schools that opened as likely segregation academies. One in Amite County, Mississippi, has never — over nearly 30 years of surveys — reported enrolling more than one Black student. (Published Dec. 2024)
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The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation
A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with w...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10h
Joe Rogan is going to be 60 years old. He is talked about everywhere as though he is an ingénue. THIS IS A GROWN ASS MAN.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22h
Paolo Zampolli, a close friend of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell who introduced Melania to Trump, was just fired as a special envoy to the State Department. The official explanation? A months-long email feud and accusations of leaking information about Melania. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Trump ally ousted from administration after messy email fight goes public
Paolo Zampolli says he had “absolute zero surprise” that he was dismissed after POLITICO detailed his email brawl with the deputy secretary of State.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
"While the Dem base has grown more liberal but also more highly educated, the Republican base has become more ideologically extreme but also more committed to a particular style of politics: loud, angry, encased in a deranged media bubble, and indulgent of almost any idea, no matter how ludicrous."
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The GOP’s parade of horribles
Gawdawful candidates are hurting the party’s hopes of holding the Senate.
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franklin1337 @franklin1337.bsky.social · 9h
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
The crowd absolutely erupts when Carney says the Pacific Link pipeline will reduce Canada's dependence on the U.S. Mark Carney: "Careful. They might think that's election interference. They're a little touchy down there. We're not. We're getting on with it."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h
“.. Today, Skydance has a market cap of under $40 billion — less than half the predecessor companies’ combined value.” @variety.com $SKYD variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 23h
Status Coup’s Jon Farina was on the ground as a local priest spoke out against the overreach and violence coming from the governor’s office—executed by police and ICE. Reminding everyone that this injustice isn't new; it is part of a system that has been going on for hundreds of years.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h
The Department of Justice’s alarming lawsuit to stop California from counting roughly 20,000 ballots from people suspected of being noncitizens could lay the groundwork for challenges to Election Day results, experts warned. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump DOJ suing California marks major ‘escalation’ in election interference attempts, experts warn
The concern extended beyond Democratic officials.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21h
We could use your help to make the next No Kings Day as big, impactful, and historic as possible! Thousands of protests with millions of people and hundreds of moving parts can only come together with a lot of grassroots support. Please chip in to support recruitment and anchor events for Saturday.
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I just gave to Indivisible!
Show your support with a contribution.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 17h
This map kills fascists
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h
Yikes. An embarrassing moment for Sen. Dan Sullivan. Sullivan falsely accuses Mary Peltola of getting debate questions beforehand because she is doing a better job than him. Peltola then drops the hammer: “I’m prepared!”
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 18h
Thank you to everyone who stood with me over the years. It’s been a scary journey but I have always been grounded in my work and ability to provide exemplary service to my constituents. Trump and his administration have been after me since I arrived in Congress.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h
It’s corrupt Ken Paxton and his sugar daddy oligarch Elon Musk v. Talarico and tens of thousands of people giving $10-100. Choose your brand of democracy.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 22h
🧊✈️ HOW IT ALL STARTED 👀 “I figured if they’re trying to hide [the flights], then we should definitely be looking at them closer. It’s not a classified military mission. You’re just doing a law enforcement function, supposedly.” – JJ in DC
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Flight Trackers Against ICE
How a loose network of individuals who track flights built a powerful tool for immigrant detainees and their supporters.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE? Alabama Republican lawmakers have gone silent after one of their own Rep. Brett Easterbrook was arrested for attempting to solicit sex from an underage prostitute. Sure does remind us of the TNGOP with Rep. David Byrd. www.al.com/politics/202...
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ADHD Memes @adhdforreal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
BREAKING: The FBI made a video trashing Democrats & hyping Kash Patel, then posted it during early voting Spending your tax dollars to campaign or to hype the director is illegal -- This video did BOTH We want watchdogs to find out who signed off Our @democracydefendersfund.org letter👇 -TN
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TUZ... New Tabernis, medieval beekeeper bagpipe metal
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Tabernis - Apes Saltis
YouTube video by Tabernis
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/10/2026
Official No Kings merch has arrived: merch.nokings.org ❌👑
Image showing a collection of "No Kings" merchandise, including T-shirts, hoodies, tote bags, and caps. The text reads "No Kings Merch Alert!" and "No Kings Merch Store." A graphic saying "Now Open" is displayed at the bottom. The products feature various designs and logos.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
A decade ago, a few of us tried to get across the significance of Putin’s patronage of Trump. Here’s my book, "Road to Unfreedom," which puts that relationship in the larger setting of oligarchy vs democracy. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/570367...
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The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder: 9780525574477 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of On Tyranny comes a stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America. “A brilliant analysis of our time.”—Karl...
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
As ICE is terrorizing California’s Central Valley, one gas station owner has been preparing and delivering food directly to his farmworker customers. "For Mohammed, delivering meals is one way to show farmworkers they have not been forgotten.” kmph.com/news/local/c...
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Cutler gas station owner delivers meals to farmworkers amid immigration enforcement fears
As fears surrounding immigration enforcement grow across the Central Valley, one local business owner is finding a way to support farmworkers, one meal at a tim
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
“PET ROCK”: Trump’s meme coin not only cons his supporters out of their cash but it also facilitates corruption on an international scale. Endless grifting and corruption.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Heckuva job you’re doing running the State Department Marco. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Nasty email fight between 2 top Trump appointees spills into the open
The messages offer a window into interpersonal conflicts within the administration.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14/10/2026
The IRS is refusing to publish a report on the real impacts of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. trib.al/vfLyiI5
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Trump Hides IRS Report on How His Tax Cuts Have Ruined America
The IRS is refusing to publish a report on the real impacts of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15/10/2026
No one should have to think twice before criticizing the government online. But a mass surveillance program known as "Catch and Revoke" was created to make millions do just that. Find out more with our latest issue of EFFector: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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🗣 A Victory for Freedom of Speech Online | EFFector 38.18
No one should have to think twice before criticizing the government online. But a mass surveillance program known as "Catch and Revoke" was created to make millions do just that. EFF and other
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franklin1337 @franklin1337.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Yes, frumpy. so many cases of this happening… Jesus Christ
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