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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis. snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...

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Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?

Nazi Lies in Vance's America

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Coyle "Barricade Material" Boron @fack.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:

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Hundreds of immigrant mothers and children detained at a South Texas facility on Saturday protested the killing of a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis, chanting "Let me out" and "Libertad," or "Liberty," according to an immigration lawyer who witnessed the demonstration.

Eric Lee, the lawyer, said he had been waiting for his client in the visitation area of the family detention center in Dilley, Tex., when detention officials abruptly asked him to leave. Once outside, he peered through a chain-link fence and saw hundreds of women and children walking out of the facility and chanting in protest.

Lee said his client later told him on the phone that he and other detainees were outraged over the latest killing in Minneapolis and the detention of Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old boy from Ecuador detained with his father in Minneapolis and sent to Texas.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

🚨BREAKING: Hours after federal immigration officers shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, Pam Bondi seized upon the incident to demand access to voter rolls, directly tying the Trump administration’s quest for voters’ unredacted personal data to its aggressive immigration raids across the state.

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AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting

Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Today is the tipping point. youtube.com/shorts/LDETj...

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He was EXECUTED

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows:
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.

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Ashley Miller @amreports.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Several agents hold a person down and sprays them with pepper spray.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

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You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.

What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

BREAKING: WELL, WELL, WELL! Newly unearthed footage shows Pete Hegseth saying EXACTLY what the six Democrats said in their video that prompted Trump and Hegseth to hysterically smear them as traitors! You must refuse illegal orders.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

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At-Will @at-will-employee.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Most people don't understand how much a billion dollars is. It's difficult to comprehend. Comparing a million and a billion using time helps: A million seconds is almost twelve days. A billion seconds is nearly thirty-two years. And yet we have multi-billionaires. Nobody needs that much $

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/11/2025

The Trump administration told states in a late-night Saturday memo that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, adding to the chaos surrounding the anti-hunger program. Here’s a timeline of the SNAP developments that led up to this point.

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A Timeline of the Legal Saga Surrounding SNAP Payments

Weeks of uncertainty during the longest government shutdown in American history have left some states struggling to issue payments to food stamp recipients.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/11/2025

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

For years, but especially for the past year, Democrats have been in thrall to the idea that they need to chase an imagined median voter, and adopt that voter’s positions. Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/10/2025

Reagan was opposed to trade wars.

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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Trump hit his lowest approval rating on the economy *ever* this week. And not only ever in his history, but ever in *any* president’s history. Trump is wildly unpopular, and the economy is his single worst issue. Don’t forget it and don’t treat him like he’s inevitable. He’s not.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

asked about their nazi propaganda video, a dhs spokesperson told the reporter to “touch grass” man, i’m inching closer and closer to permanent dissociation

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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Kayak ICE protest Coast Guard Island in Alameda/Oakland 25.10.25 in the AM via ig/movementphotographer

protest kayakers at coast guard island in alameda/oakland sf bay area

photo by brook anderson movementphotographer

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/10/2025

The local activists and organizers who were the beating heart of No Kings Day are continuing to lead the fight on the ground in your community. Check out our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

The company brought Junior in right after the election as part owner. They just won the largest drone motor contract awarded by the Pentagon.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Not just bigots; we’re also fucking stupid. That’s the ICE Promise™️

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I laughed way too hard at this 🤣🤣🤣

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hilariously, they've arrested fewer people with criminal records than if they'd just picked up random folks off the street. Oh wait, they ARE picking up random folks off the street. Wow, they're terrible at this.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

This just happened: "Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Discovered near the ICE facility in Portland this morning.

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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/09/2025

Republicans don’t need a single democratic vote to fund their regime. Here’s why. Please share widely.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Bring on the war crimes

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Don’t get me wrong, shit’s fucking scary—but this last week’s worth of absurd headlines and wonky ass shit coming out of the WH really convinces me that they’re are flailing around and grasping at straws that are getting harder to pick up The window for resistance is still open, folks

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

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Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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SKELLYTON @pizzalawyer420.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

To get serious for a minute it's already brutal to be an autistic person forced to live in a capitalist society designed for neurotypical people. I don't think people really get how much translation autistic people have to do, the onus is ALWAYS on us to interpret, and perform neurotypical-ness.

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SKELLYTON @pizzalawyer420.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

No neurotype is inherently bad, but a society so inflexible to its members' needs is. To pathologize us, to say the very base of who I am is diseased and must be eliminated is a culmination of this inflexibility and the heart of eugenics - anyone 'different' must be cast out or destroyed. It sucks!

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes. That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures. Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims. Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

This is the way

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

😂🤣😂🤣 Dropkick Murphy played this video at their concert. Taco can’t get away from the Epstein Scandal. #arresttrump

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Here’s how you tell if someone is disabled or not… youtube.com/shorts/ZD--q...

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How Can You Tell If Someone Is Disabled?

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone. Don't fall for it.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/07/2025

Elon Musk has basically reprogrammed Grok to be a transphobic Nazi. Deadnames trans people and says Jewish people are in control of Hollywood. I believe this is the first AI system to be reprogrammed this way.

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

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