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Kat O

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1h
"I don't like bigotry. I don't like the Klan. I don't like neo-Nazis," Sen. Jon Ossoff says on his Republican opponent Mike Collins.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13h
They should also take up meth.
businessinsider.com
AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTO
Some AI believers expect the technology to make smoking-related health risks like cancer a thing of the past, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said.
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Alani Bankhead for U.S. Senate (D-MT) @alanib.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Would you like me to list his crimes chronologically or alphabetically? You're damn right, I'm gonna vote to impeach Trump. #mtpol
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Alani Bankhead for U.S. Senate (D-MT) @alanib.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It’s so amazing seeing the support around the state! As Montana’s U.S. Senator, I’ll show up to represent YOU: Rain or shine, whether you voted for me or not, majority or minority - your voice deserves to be heard. Vote ALANI BANKHEAD for U.S. SENATE by NOV. 3rd www.alaniformt.com #mtpol
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Biggest Little Action Group @renoactiongroup.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This is the way.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 9h
“I think of prison abolition as a vision of a restructured society, basically a world where we have everything we need...food & shelter, education, health & beauty, clean water, & art.” -Mariame Kaba, IC cofounder AKA @prisonculture.bsky.social #Abolition #AbolitionNow
“I think of prison abolition as a vision of a restructured society, basically a world where we have everything we need...food & shelter, education, health & beauty, clean water, & art.” 

-Mariame Kaba, IC cofounder
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 8h
BREAKING: "A House Democrat has introduced legislation that would abolish the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and replace it with a new department focused on community safety, three weeks before an election where immigration policy is likely to have an influence on voters."
newsweek.com
New Democratic bill would abolish ICE and shut down DHS
Illinois Representative Delia Ramirez wants to see some functions of DHS moved to other government departments.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 9h
🧊🛩️ SAINT KITTS & NEVIS 🌎⛓️ 😲 An Air Wisconsin jet (tail: N413AW) departs Miami, trafficking chained humans to Saint Kitts 🇰🇳
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
the year is 2026. it’s unclear if the white house press secretary knows how to read.
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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Luis, a high school senior and US citizen recorded ICE agents during a raid. ICE assaulted Luis, pepper-sprayed him, and threatened his family Exactly one week later, ICE ambushed Luis’s mother, Teresa, while she was working at a restaurant, handcuffed her, and deported her to Mexico within hours
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American teen who posted ‘ICE raid’ videos sees mother deported
The mother of an Edinburg teenager who earlier this month was arrested by immigration agents and posted about it on social media, was arrested outside her work and deported on Monday.
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 13/10/2026
NYC officials call for Target boycott, say ICE staged at Marble Hill lot before shooting gothamist.com/news/nyc-off...
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NYC officials call for Target boycott, say ICE staged at Marble Hill lot before shooting
Both Target and the lot's owner previously said there is no agreement with ICE.
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Chicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ms Rachel from the top ropes
From Ms Rachel's account on Threads, she writes, "CORECIVIC, a company that makes hundreds of millions locking up KIDS in immigration detention
has a PAC that's sending campaign checks to Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
Susan Collins chairs the Senate committee that writes ICE's budget.
ICE is CoreCivic's customer.
The company gets paid out of a budget she controls, and it pays into her campaign."
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Ground News @groundnews.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
UNDERREPORTED: Gasoline-only vehicles accounted for less than half of global new-car sales for the first time on record, falling from 73% in 2021 to 49% in the first half of 2026. ground.news/article/fuel...
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Group cheered as woman was sexually assaulted at University of Chicago frat house, police report says. From @sophiesherry.bsky.social and Rosemary Sobol, via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/1...
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Group cheered as woman was sexually assaulted at University of Chicago frat house, police report says
The 21-year-old woman told police the assault happened during a party at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house, according to the report. Her account was backed up by two friends, who stated they intervened by ba...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/10/2026
that’s right
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 13/10/2026
After a woman obtained public records indicating a Google datacenter would cover only one-third of the cost of a new solar plant to power the facility — contradicting its promises that ratepayers would not be on the hook — her electricity company sued her.
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An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.
Cases in Arkansas and California show how desperately we need a federal law against lawsuits intended to chill free speech.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Mamdani bans horse carriage industry in New York City. 👏👏👏
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Just want to point out if you live in a Democracy where you can't arrest the President. That's not a Democracy and they are not a President.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“If you’re going to mail your ballot, you better do it right away,” he said. “Don’t wait.” www.votebeat.org/national/202...
votebeat.org
‘Mail early’: Election officials urge voters to return ballots ASAP to avoid potential Postal Service delays
Postal Service cutbacks could lead to more ballots being rejected.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
ICE has not stopped abducting brown and black folks in our community. They are out in the community everyday from 5am until evening time. We need you to continue showing up for every community.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 13/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Delia Ramirez is bringing a bill to eliminate DHS a day after the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home.
theintercept.com
Don’t Stop at ICE, Says Progressive Dem: Abolish the Department of Homeland Security
The bill to eliminate the Department of Homeland Security comes a day after the HSI raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🧊✈️ These are all ICE flights 👀
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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A Marsh Wren singing while doing the splits.
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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 13/10/2026
So why have you done literally nothing to stop it??? @repstansbury.bsky.social #ImpeachConvictRemove
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404 Media @404media.co · 12/10/2026
Raven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in.
404media.co
AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo
Raven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 12/10/2026
Exactly as predicted: Elder abuse. This is from Danny Trejo’s son, Gilbert Trejo. Not only did Ben Shapiro’s camp trick the elder Trejo about what the movie really was, he apparently signed a contract barring him from even putting out a statement about it.
For anyone seeing this shit with my dad...
He was booked on a film, it's not pro-ice, it's not overtly pro anything. His agent described it as "a complicated story about a complicated time, where everyone looks bad except you, the hardworking Mexican shop owner who just wants peace"
He jumped at the idea of playing a good guy.
About 2 weeks into shooting everyone, including us, found out Ben Shapiro was involved.
My 82 year old dad has never heard of Ben Shapiro, I had to explain to him who that is, and what kind of guy he is.
My dad contractually can't bad mouth him, the film, or walk away without being sued for breach of contract. He couldn't even release the statement he wanted to.
It's fucked up. He's handcuffed to this stupid project, and swaths of people have instantly turned their back on him without knowing any of the facts.
Ben Shapiro got Mexicans to abandon one of their heroes, got his own name to the top of google's searches, and made us look like angry fools lacking any nuance. He wins.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Multiple things are true here. This is a fascist, authoritarian administration. It has not yet fully consolidated power. Some of its efforts to do so have been frustrated. Trump is a doddering, confused egomaniac who started an unpopular war that's costing everyday people a lot of money.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
washington square park
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🧊✈️ SEATTLE: A girl in chains boards an ICE-chartered GlobalX airplane (tail: N630VA) at Boeing Field, to be transported south to Arizona 👀
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 10/10/2026
What Derek Chauvin did to George Floyd was a public extrajudicial execution. Keep that in mind when you say we haven't had a public execution since 1936. We have, actually. Many times. They're called police murders.
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 09/10/2026
A shackled detainee was thrown to the ground, placed in a WRAP full-body restraint, and carried onto today's ICE Air flight at MSP. This is the first time we've seen the device used in Minnesota. If a loved one may have been aboard, full loading sequence is here: youtube.com/watch?v=MEMv2ngB1GI
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 07/10/2026
Thousands of Cornell University students protested on campus on Monday, demanding accountability for the mishandling of the 2024 rape case that has come under national spotlight. According to a 2025 survey, 35% of undergraduate women at Cornell reported experiencing sexual assault at the university.
truthout.org
Thousands of Cornell Students Protest for Accountability in Rape Case
In a 2025 survey, 35 percent of undergraduate women reported experiencing sexual assault during their time at Cornell.
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/10/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media obtained body cam footage of the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports:
404media.co
Watch Footage of the Flock Search a Judge Ruled Unconstitutional
"I saw her go by, and I just started running her info on Flock."
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
• More than 38,000 women (22,000) and girls (16,000) have been killed, including since the so-called ceasefire. These figures likely understate the true toll, as many bodies remain trapped under rubble.
The cost of the war in Gaza on women & girls
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.
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Christie Nold @christienold.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Anti-ICE protesters blocked entrances to two Department of Homeland Security buildings in Williston [Vermont] on Tuesday, turning them into temporary community gardens as part of a weeklong series of demonstrations.” 🥰🌱 www.wcax.com/2026/10/06/w...
wcax.com
Week-long protests aim to put Vermont ICE presence in focus
Anti-ICE protesters blocked entrances to two DHS buildings in Williston on Tuesday, turning them into temporary community gardens.
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404 Media @404media.co · 06/10/2026
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
404media.co
Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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NSPM 7 Defendants Union @nspm7union.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We are live! Sign the pledge. Join the union. Fight back.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A 911 call from Salem, Oregon, describes a disturbing encounter in which a woman was screaming that she was a U.S. citizen as ICE goons broke her vehicle window and forcibly pulled her out. According to reporting on the call, the woman suffered a concussion, torn rotator cuff and bruised ribs.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
10/6 ICE kidnapped two people from a van on Pleasant Valley and Bard. Call us at 805-296-1119 if you need support ☎️
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Brian ☀️🌏🌘 @balail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Belted Kingfisher #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
45 asylum seekers imprisoned in Georgia's Folkston ICE detention center went on hunger strike today. Some have been in this concentration camp for three years. They demand immediate release into the US, protection from re-detention and deportation, and reunification with loved ones.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 02/10/2026
Film-makers Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller’s new short is an unvarnished portrait of ICE-occupied Minneapolis
theguardian.com
The ICE documentary as chilling as a horror movie: ‘We’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror’
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SATX Indivisible @satx-indivisible.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Earlier today, we were at the #SanAntonio March for Freedom and Justice protesting the #ICEdetentioncenter concentration camp proposed on the East Side. #ICEout #CloseTheCamps @50501satx.bsky.social
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
Dial-a-chud
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Folks have insulted:  My Southern drawl.  My loc’d hair.  My clothes.  My shoes.  My intelligence.  I’ve been called a ghetto Black b!t€h. Now @JDVance says I don’t belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y’all. It is. #AngieForFlorida
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