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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 11h

This is not beautiful to see. This is the most racist democracy on planet earth, and people just expect Black people to sing negro spirituals and "overcome." It's not working. This still happens for one reason and one reason only: white US folk don't hold each other accountable for this racism.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16h

What is Brandon saying about this?

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9h

Is Tucker Carlson a secret Nazi? Probably not. But he's definitely an overt racist, conspiracy monger, Hitler defender, Putin supporter, and far-right extremist.

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Whitewashing Tucker Carlson

The New York Times and NPR recently failed to convey just how extreme the former Fox host's views have become.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 9h

It's a sign of how fucked up the country is that images of long lines to vote evoke comments like 'this is so great to see.' It's a sign of colonized imagination.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15h

I told ya, they both did it.

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 11h

He absolutely should be impeached and tried for treason, along with his many enablers in the White House and Congress. It's unfuckingreal that it hasn't happened yet. 🤬

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

I always have mixed feelings about these images. Yes, it's inspiring to see these college students committed to democracy, but the fact that they have to do anything remotely difficult to exercise their voting rights is enraging. Taking part in a democracy should be as easy as possible.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h

CENTCOM’s top commander just posted a video swearing the Strait of Hormuz is “controlled by the United States… not Iran.” The same week, Iran sank two cargo ships there, set a record for attacks, and oil hit $110. We fact-checked every claim in his video. 🧵👇

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“Let Me Be Clear”: CENTCOM Chief’s Rosy Hormuz Video Collides With Reality

It was a strange week to declare victory.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 12h

"James Madison drafted the Second Amendment to assure his constituents in Virginia, and the South generally, that Congress could not use its newly-acquired powers to indirectly undermine the slave system by disarming the militia, on which the South relied for slave control."

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The Hidden History of the Second Amendment

Professor Bogus argues that there is strong reason to believe that, in significant part, James Madison drafted the Second Amendment to assure his constituents i

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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 16h

On October 13 in National City, California, Status Coup reporter Tina-Desiree Berg was on the scene after ICE agents followed a man home and forced their way inside his residence—dragging him away as his young daughter watched in distress.

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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 22h

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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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/10/2026

ICE’s own confiscation directive only permits officers to keep belongings for a clearly defined reason. But a new lawsuit alleges the agency is refusing to return personal items like employment authorization documents, phones, and a wedding ring.

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ICE sued for refusing to return detainees' papers and property

One plaintiff is jobless after his work authorization was taken. The agency also won't return his wedding ring.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

🚨BREAKING: DOJ’s demand that California prevent an unverified list of alleged noncitizens from voting or face legal action “appears to be a plausible threat that DOJ will attempt to engage in warrant-based ballot seizure,” the DNC said in a new court filing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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DOJ’s California demand threatens ‘warrant-based ballot seizure,’ Democrats’ court filing warns

DOJ's new demand that California prevent an unverified federal list of alleged noncitizens from voting or face legal action “appears to be a plausible threat that DOJ will attempt to engage in warrant...

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 15/10/2026

“Pro-life” apparently comes with an execution clause.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Ex-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.

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A disgruntled boss filed theft charges against her. When she went to court, ICE arrested her. | Baltimore Brew

BREW EXCLUSIVE: A $12.08 dispute over a McDonald’s meal leads to the arrest of a 25-year-old by ICE agents in the Carroll County District courthouse.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026

Mike Johnson threatens us with a good time: "If this group took over, they would turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body. They'd spend every day investigating the president, the first family, the cabinet, donors to the party, leaders of business ... "

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Sam Altman saw the orphan crushing machine and said: "Pffft, that's for amateurs...Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the child suicide machine!" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit

US states sue ChatGPT maker and seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users

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John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Six days after ICE shot him in the Bronx, Oscar Belgal remains in MDC Brooklyn, and still hasn’t gotten surgery to remove the bullet in his neck. “He has experienced a loss of sensation in half of his face, as well as hearing loss in his left ear.” Gift link: www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/14/l...

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ICE never identified themselves during NYC shooting of Oscar Belgal, who still has bullet in neck: lawyers

The Legal Aid Society, which now represents the 28-year-old father, filed a habeas corpus petition in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday, seeking his “immediate release on reasonable conditions.”

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I did a long interview about the proliferation of police drones, what they're using them for--and importantly, what's keeping them from being armed. The answer? In most places, not much. Companies are noticing this lack of regulation and are starting to roll out plans for selling weaponized drones.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/10/2026

There’s a lot going on. The question is whether all the activity is moving us toward a safer world—or whether the government’s actions are giving us more crises to manage. Right now, that's sadly easy to answer.

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America Is Making Its Own Problems Worse

All of the crises facing us around the world have one thing in common.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Aaron Swartz, coding prodigy and hacktivist who helped develop RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit, died by suicide after facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison for felony charges, just for downloading pdfs of research papers with the intention of making them accessible to the public.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 14/10/2026

"Ukraine’s Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates. A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...

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Ukraine’s Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates

A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.

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Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The Chicago City Council just approved a $261 million settlement with 17 people who alleged disgraced Det. Guevara framed them for murder. One of those 17 men is Tyrece Williams. I detailed his battle to finally clear his name in the @injusticewatch.org & @boltsmag.org story below.

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Cook County prosecutor fights to block exonerated people from clearing their names

Certificates of innocence can help exonerated people get jobs and housing. State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is making them harder to get.

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Sara Libby @saralibby.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Absolutely incredible update to the DOJ's last-minute election interference in California. The DOJ gave California officials a thumb drive, with a password written on a Post-it. L.A.'s registrar says opening the device would violate security protocols. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

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DOJ says California must respond to voter fraud claims within 48 hours

The Department of Justice has sent letters to California officials demanding they review a list of alleged noncitizen voters and take steps to prevent them from casting ballots or face...

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 14/10/2026

Join us at the Civil Rights Memorial Center for a free screening of "American Hate – Survivors Speak," a documentary that confronts the rise in violent hate crimes in the U.S. through the voices of survivors and their families. RSVP: bit.ly/4hKU6AS

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

People are doing the work. Excellent and deeply moving, and inspiring, and powerful article.

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Listen I'm Scary OK @katiemcvay.cryptoanarchy.network · 14/10/2026

More people DIED than were housed after the eviction of Echo Park Lake's encampment.

Excerpt from "Storaging the Homeless": "The eviction of the Echo Park Lake encampment in March 2021, by a “battle-ready” police force, and the subsequent enclosure of the
park, was a pivotal moment in Los Angeles. Then-Mayor Garcetti declared this to be “the largest housing transition of an encampment
in the history of the city” and promised that the displaced would be housed in a year. The longitudinal research conducted by the After
Echo Park Lake Research Collective, which included several of us, exposed the lie at hand. More people died than were housed and
scores more were disappeared. But the “ruse of housing,” a phrase we borrow from housing justice scholar and organizer, Carla
Orendorff, justified the displacement and became the blueprint for the spatial governance of homelessness in Los Angeles, including
Mayor Bass’s Inside Safe. While the landmark Supreme Court decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson (2024) expanded the authority of
local governments to criminalize homeless encampments, such criminalization was already well under way in Los Angeles, including
with the amendment of the city’s long-standing anti-camping ordinance, LAMC 41.18, in 2021. The Los Angeles Community Action
Network characterized that amendment as a “Jim Crow, Sundown Town, segregationist throw-back,” and the hefty 2024 report by
Human Rights Watch, “You Have to Move!” The Cruel and Ineffective Criminalization of Unhoused Persons in Los Angeles, provides
meticulous analysis of its effects."

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I cannot recommend this @johnkroman.bsky.social post enough: the pandemic-era trends in violence, both the rise and fall, track local government employment... and NOT of the police (which stay relatively stable). Fewer coaches, counselors, etc.? More violence. More of them? Less violence.

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How Prevention Reduced Crime and How To Get More of It

Prevention is the third rail of Abundance. Let's fix that.

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 14/10/2026

🚨NEW: Nearly 200,000 women and girls are incarcerated in the U.S. on any given day — a number that stands out globally. Where are they held? For what charges? And what conditions do they face? Our latest report, Women's Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie, answers that & more 🧵

Pie chart showing the number of women locked up on a given day in the United States (199,000) by facility type and the underlying offense using the newest data available in 2026

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The words you're looking for are "attempted murder charges" He intentionally drove his SUV into a pedestrian

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Truthout @truthout.org · 13/10/2026

Air Force Maj. Jason Watson was arrested July 1 on the steps of the US Capitol after calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. According to his lawyer, he’s now being held in solitary confinement 24 hours a day in what some legal experts say could amount to illegal pretrial punishment.

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Air Force Major Who Called for Trump’s Impeachment Held in Solitary Confinement

Some legal experts say Jason Watson’s confinement for 24 hours a day could amount to illegal pretrial punishment.

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

If you're wondering why Flock leaves cameras up after a contract end, part of their business model and marketing strategy is being able to advertise that their customers can access data from cameras all over the country. You may have canceled your contract, but the cameras still fuel the system.

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 12/10/2026

Of the first 500 enslaved Indigenous people that Christopher Columbus sent back to Spain, 250 died en route. Over the following decades, hundreds of thousands more died working in the gold mines and sugar plantations of Hispaniola and resisting Spanish domination. Today, we honor their resistance.

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“Each Crueler Than the Last”

As protesters tear down statues and "experts" debate their merits, we review the deeds of Christopher Columbus and the tycoon who commissioned the statue of him in modern-day St. Louis.

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