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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/10/2025

A No Kings organizer in Franconia, VA tells @eggerdc.bsky.social that the turnout has been "beyond anything we had expected"

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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

China slapped fees on U.S. owned, operated, built, flagged vessels as countermeasure to U.S. fees on China-linked ships. Trump’s raising tariffs on Chinese exports to 100% imposing export controls on software in reprisal to China export limits on rare earth minerals. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

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China hits back on US port fees with retaliatory levies

China will slap port fees on U.S.-owned, operated, built, or flagged vessels on Tuesday as a countermeasure to U.S. port fees on China-linked ships starting the same day, China's transport ministry said on Friday.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 17/09/2025

"TikTok's board would become 'American-dominated,' sources further confirmed, including 'one member designated by the US government.'" So now TikTok could have both Chinese *and* US government surveillance and censorship? Sounds like a recipe for commercial success!

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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

"If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter." -- Justice Kavanaugh

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Clayton Cubitt @claytoncubitt.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Why is Congress still getting paid

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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 11/10/2025

Bloomberg: ‘ASML is preparing for disruptions, particularly due to a clause that requires foreign firms to seek China’s approval for reexports of products containing its rare earths, said the person familiar with ASML, […] noted that ASML is lobbying Dutch and US allies for alternatives.’

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The World’s Chip Supply Chain Is Bracing for Fallout From China’s Rare-Earth Curbs

Businesses across the global semiconductor supply chain are bracing themselves for disruptions from an escalating trade war, after China imposed curbs on rare-earth mineral exports and the US responde...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

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Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

“Senior military leaders should have stepped in to prevent Trump from turning addresses at Fort Bragg and Norfolk into political rallies; the silence of the Army and Navy secretaries, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and some top generals and admirals is appalling…” www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 09/10/2025

Foreign companies will now require Beijing’s approval to export products that contain even trace amounts of Chinese-sourced rare-earth minerals, or that were manufactured using the country’s technology on.ft.com/4ofimM8

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2025

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641. As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570. (Published July with @texastribune.org)

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...

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The Economist @economist.com · 08/10/2025

Digital surveillance grids are part of a tech-driven approach to make the country’s grassroots governance more efficient—but also more pervasive

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Chinese officials boast a god’s-eye view of towns from above

Digital surveillance grids are meant to help solve local problems quickly. But they also track potential troublemakers

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I wouldn’t advise anyone in Portland to walk your dog near this building.

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Julian-Ferdinand Vögele @julianferdinand.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Recorded Future just published a report diving into the Beijing Institute of Electronics Technology and Application (BIETA), which is almost certainly a front for China’s MSS, developing technologies to support intelligence and military missions. Full report: www.recordedfuture.com/research/bie...

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BIETA: A Technology Enablement Front for China's MSS

Discover how China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) almost certainly operates BIETA and its subsidiary CIII as public fronts for cyber-espionage, covert communications, and technology acquisition. C...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Another tragic accident.

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Cindy Wan @cindywan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Best wishes for a peaceful and happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

A festive graphic with the text: “Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 中秋節快樂！”

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Christopher Whitaker @civicwhitaker.com · 05/10/2025

For those outside of Chicago, these signs are pretty common

Four signs hanging up in a restaurant - The top left says “EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE * EXPECT ICE * in English. The bottom left is the same message in Spanish. A know your rights card is on the right in both English and Spanish. The food is delicious.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Ten years and five months apart

Greg Abbott & @GregAbbott_TX
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I've ordered the Texas State Guard to monitor Jade Helm 15 to safeguard Texans' constitutional rights, private property & civil liberties
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

American taxpayers are paying people to post Bible verses on a US government account.

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Not surprising that Beijing would politicize the Mid-Autumn Festival www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

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Beijing politicizing festival: academics - Taipei Times

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

GOD: "Do not mistreat foreigners living in your country, but treat them just as you treat your own citizens. Love foreigners as you love yourselves, because you were foreigners one time in Egypt. I am the Lord your God." --- Leviticus 19: 33-34

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Texas proudly invading Illinois. It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 06/10/2025

2 years into the war, Americans’ skepticism of Israel’s military operation against Hamas and the Israeli government has grown: 39% now say Israel is going too far in its military operation against Hamas 59% now hold an unfavorable opinion of the Israeli government www.pewresearch.org/...

Chart shows 2 years into its military operation against Hamas, a growing share of Americans say Israel is ‘going too far’

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our own cities. Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement. It’s illegal and un-American.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/10/2025

Gov. Pritzker: "[ICE is] just picking up people who are brown and black and then checking their credentials. I don't know about you, but I don't carry around papers that say I'm a U.S. citizen. So U.S. citizens are getting detained and arrested."

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Hsiao Bi-khim put out these “senior images” for the Mid-Autumn Festival

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Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ @drmarkpbarry.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

KPop Demon Hunters - SNL www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW9Q...

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KPop Demon Hunters - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 05/10/2025

The man had been detained for more than 37 days without being charged with any immigration violation.

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ICE Ordered to Release Man From 24/7 Guard After Leg Break

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Needs more cowbell.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Naked children torn from their mothers and tossed into vans. U.S. citizens detained for hours in zip ties. Doors kicked in and belongings stolen or destroyed. This is the reality of Trump’s deportation agenda. It was always about cruelty.

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Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Joel Chan @kjoules.org · 03/10/2025

Beijing has assigned Sun Shangwu 孙尚武, 56, the deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily, to the post of chief publicity officer at its liaison office in Hong Kong, in an enhanced effort to tell good stories about Hong Kong. www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

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China Daily senior editor to helm publicity efforts at Hong Kong liaison office

As office’s deputy director, Sun Shangwu will help Beijing engage better with English-speaking world and improve mainland, Hong Kong narratives.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I regret to inform you that in addition to the collapse of Reconstruction and the Red Scare we all need to bone up on how Woodrow Wilson cracked down on journalists and dissenters. We've got you covered, with this piece by Adam Hochschild www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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America’s top censor—so far

Woodrow Wilson’s postmaster put papers out of business and jailed journalists. The tools he used still exist.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 02/10/2025

The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money. Let that sink in

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WIRED @wired.com · 03/10/2025

United States immigration authorities are moving to dramatically expand their social media surveillance, with plans to hire nearly 30 contractors to sift through posts, photos, and messages to target people for deportation.

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ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Imagine the Last Supper reimagined in a Ming Dynasty courtyard: Christ at the center, not in Jerusalem, but beneath carved wooden beams and fluttering lucky clouds. In this early 20th-century painting, Peter wears a flowing blue hanfu, seated on a three-legged stool beside lotus blooms rising 1/2

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 03/10/2025

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This is a bad idea, whether it’s Netanyahu or Putin. Hosting the UN means letting people we don’t like attend the meetings. We signed hosting treaty to this effect.

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