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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
youtu.be/uL7W1KYtK6Y?...
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Jesus fucking Christ. Murderers!
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Cold blooded murder.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times." Bovino was there. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Emily Heller lives near 33rd and Portland and said she woke up to a commotion outside her home. She said she saw a car blocking traffic on Portland Avenue that appeared to be part of a protest against federal law enforcement operations.

Heller said she heard ICE agents telling the driver, a woman, to “get out of here.”

“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” Heller said.

Heller said it appeared the woman then accelerated and traveled about 100 feet before striking a utility pole and some other vehicles. She could be seen slumped over inside her car.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
A warning that this is a disturbing video. Proceed with caution. But it shows that the ICE version of the story is an absolute fucking LIE. As is standard for them! We need justice.
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Bari take issue with something again? That insufferable twit is the demise of CBS News. Just trash.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders: Durbin Gallego Hassan Hirono Kaine Kelly King Klobuchar Reed Rosen Whitehouse
SUSAN RODRIGUEZ
Susan Courtwright Rodriguez, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, is a longtime conservative lawyer whose career reflects
deep partisan ties, loyalty to corporate interests, and a record of rulings that hurt
workers, employees, and consumers and puts profits over people. She held multiple
roles in the George W. Bush administration, including as a political appointee for the
then-newly formed Department of Homeland Security, as well as with the White
House counsel’s office. After a second stint at the DHS, Rodriguez spent 12 years at
McGuireWoods, where she co-led the Financial Institutions Industry Team and
defended banks, payday lenders, and fintech companies against lawsuits and
government investigations. She now serves as a magistrate judge for the U.S.
District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
CORPORATE DEFENSE & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
At McGuire Woods, Rodriguez devoted her practice to defending large financial
institutions and high-cost lenders. She co-authored industry-facing publications
framing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s regulatory oversight as part of
a “name-and-shame playbook,” and dismissed CFPB efforts to hold corporations
accountable for consumer abuses. She defended Sprint against allegations brought
by CFPB and the Federal Communications Commission related to unauthorized
third-party charges and represented banks accused of violating anti–money
laundering laws (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Sprint Corp.).
In one case, Rodriguez defended Truist Bank against claims brought by a
whistleblower executive who alleged the bank failed to report suspicious wire
transfers and allowed accounts linked to criminal activity to remain open (Denise
WHITING, Plaintiff, v. TRUIST BANK f/k/a Branch Banking and Trust Company,
Defendant). Rather than addressing systemic fraud, the bank allegedly retaliated
against the executive, demoting and ultimately firing her. Rodr…Rodriguez’s leadership role on the board of Mira Via underscores her alignment
with organizations that oppose reproductive rights. Mira Via explicitly affirms life
“from the moment of conception,” situating Rodriguez firmly within the anti-
abortion movement. Her long membership in the Federalist Society and Republican
National Lawyers Association further underscores her alignment with conservative
legal networks committed to rolling back reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ rights, and
other substantive constitutional protections.
STAUNCH CONSERVATIVE ADVOCACY
Since joining the bench, Rodriguez has issued rulings that repeatedly favor
corporations, law enforcement, and institutions over individuals seeking relief.
In Rodriguez v. Wipro Ltd., she ruled against a whistleblower who raised concerns
about corporate conflicts of interest and later suffered retaliation that exacerbated
serious health conditions, dismissing the case for failure to exhaust administrative
remedies. In Puranda v. City of Charlotte, she dismissed a civil rights case brought
by an 18-year-old subjected to an aggressive traffic stop, where officers allegedly
drew weapons, forcibly removed him from his car, and detained him without cause.
In Robey v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, she rejected claims brought
by parents whose child had repeatedly disclosed self-harm to a school counselor
who failed to notify them, ultimately leading to a hospitalization. In each of these
cases, Rodriguez prioritized institutional protection over the workers, children, and
their families who simply wanted justice when they were hurt.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Trump is now selling his Trump Wine on military bases. www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
forbes.com
Trump Wines Sold At Coast Guard Stores On Federal Property
Exchanges in Washington, D.C., and Virginia have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider, allowing his family’s business to earn revenue from sales on federal property.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant” He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago



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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The regime gets more deranged every day. A rightwing conspiracy theorist assassinated a Democratic lawmaker - which the attorney general presents as an example of leftwing political violence in order to justify an authoritarian crackdown on the opposition… We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Non-stop Hatch Act violations over both terms, what even is the fucking point of it, hell, any of it, if we aren't enforcing these things. Abdication by all the spineless Republicans in the majority, the coward loyalists in the fed government, just a mess.
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Whole family of grifting trash. So fucking embarrassing that millions of rubes fall for this shit.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."
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furby hancock @furbyhancock.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
substack.com
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Dude photographed himself doing graffiti 🤡
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Motherfucker never even finger painted. Posing like he's all hard 😂
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Trump threatens to withhold federal funding from NY if NYC elects Mamdani. An impeachable offense for any other president in any other era. In this one it’s just another Monday.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Yet more of the levers slipping into the hands of the few.
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Having an electronic billboard honoring the divisive hatemonger, and dozens of flags at half staff on my way to drop off mail at the post is a bit infuriating. Fucking nuts.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
It’s almost like there’s a pattern we should watch for more carefully.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 13/09/2025
Brian Kilmeade just openly endorsed killing homeless people on FOX. This is a chilling call for state-sanctioned murder of the most vulnerable among us. Dehumanizing rhetoric like this feeds violence. It cannot be normalized. Share this. Demand accountability. Human lives are not disposable.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 13/09/2025
The Supreme Court just greenlit ICE racial profiling in LA. @profmmurray.bsky.social says we are moving “dangerously close” to “real tyranny” #Velshi
msnbc.com
The shadow docket ruling Melissa Murray says brings us ‘dangerously close’ to ‘real tyranny’
The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority this week effectively greenlit racial profiling during ICE sweeps in Los Angeles, undermining the Fourth Amendment’s ban on unreasonable searches. Individuals can now be targeted if they “look” like they don’t belong—a move Melissa Murray calls “after-the-fact justice.” She warns we are “moving dangerously close" into real tyranny and explains how Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence plays “fast and loose with other people’s lives,” ignoring the Constitution’s commitment to individual dignity and rights.
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
This is the guy who is supposed to be in charge.
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Manik @manik.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
hey the people that stormed the capitol and erected gallows to murder elected leaders want you to know that political violence is not ok
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 11/09/2025
“These people are full of shit.” Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social, who faced multiple death threats from people who've since been convicted, calls out Trump +allies for weaponizing Charlie Kirk’s killing against the left. Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's full interview: zeteo.com/p/full-of-sh...
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
President of a country found guilty of attempting a coup. God I've prayed for that headline here in America, looks like Brazil beat us to it. www.npr.org/2025/09/11/n...
npr.org
Brazil's Supreme Court votes to convict ex-President Bolsonaro of a coup plot
A historic conviction: Brazil's Supreme Court delivers a majority vote to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro over a plot to overthrow the government.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
This you, just days ago?
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 11/09/2025
All this suggests is that the shooter wants people to believe they're a far-left ideologue. Maybe they are; without more evidence, we don't know. But a far-right "accelerationist" wanting civil war, more hatred, more violence would do the exact same thing.
Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved with Transgender, Antifascist Ideology: Sources
By

Sadie Gurman

and

James Fanelli

Investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, according to an internal law enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation.

The older-model .30 caliber hunting rifle was discovered in the woods near the scene of Wednesday’s shooting at Utah Valley University, wrapped in a towel with a spent cartridge still in the chamber, the sources said. There were also three unspent rounds in the magazine, all with wording on them.

Kirk, 31, was onstage going back and forth with a student about mass shootings involving transgender people when he was targeted, according to videos of the attack. The student has not been publicly identified.

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/charlie-kirk-shot/card/ammunition-in-kirk-shooting-engraved-with-transgender-antifascist-ideology-sources-pdymd1sXXMSlVRhpvR4b
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 11/09/2025
Liberals are doing the right’s job for it. By lionizing Charlie Kirk and refusing to acknowledge his real political project, they’re giving power to the right’s completely predictable effort to use his death to forward their goal of an authoritarian, fascist state.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
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The Isaac Who Came In From the Butler @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I feel like I am taking crazy pills. Charlie Kirk’s ultimate goal, which he said time and time again, would have been the suppression, through threat of violence and the use of state power, of the rights of those he disagreed with, including freedom of expression. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
“Kirk & I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side of the continued possibility of American politics.” So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I ignored the murder of Melissa Hortman. Here’s why I’ll be talking about the murder of Charlie Kirk all day today. by most liberal pundits
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
What a grotesque take. Countless examples of his hatred at the fingertips of the masses, and you think that is doing politics " the right way"? Just abhorrent.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
You can write this only if, by virtue of your income, identity, or both, you are utterly removed from the consequences of politics. To pretend that the racist, misogynistic, anti-gay vileness that Kirk spent his life spreading is secondary to the fact that he spread it "the right way" is appalling.
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Got death threats for literally posting Charlie's own words. Just him speaking. MAGA seem a TAD unwell.
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Anastasiya Paraskevova @ukrainianana.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
OK. He tried his best in English... 127 brigade is asking for drones guys ☝️🇺🇦 Can we help get them at least two? Question of $2000. Fundraiser time! 🟨🟦 PayPal: anastasiyaparaskevova@gmail.com
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
As many of us do, I occupy the right wing echo chambers to spread information, call out lies, and hypocrisy daily with some false hope to change some MAGA minds over the years. The madness, the violent threats, the "civil war" rantings were a new low. Some calls to violence had MILLIONS of views...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Unhinged even for her.
comicsands.com
Leavitt Slammed After Claiming Domestic Violence Victims Will 'Make Up' Crimes To 'Undermine' Trump
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Phil Maier @philmaier.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
That millions support these spineless, morally bankrupt Republicans, especially their ongoing revision of the January 6th insurrection, is such a complete betrayal of country, but a hundred fold a betrayal of the brave officers that laid down their lives to protect those same R's and our democracy.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Congress passed a bipartisan law long ago mandating that a plaque honoring the officers who defended Capitol on J6 be displayed in the building. Mike Johnson has ignored that law and refuses to do it.
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
What a POS
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Olga Patlyuk @olgapatluyk.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Trump is a great strategist🥴
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