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Tom Klitus

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Filming and editing. Fascinated by science, history, genealogy, interviews. Betsy-Tacy, Pride and Prejudice, War and Peace, anything by Baldwin. All music!

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Abby Ruggiero @ruggie13.bsky.social · 8h
I filmed this at Stadium-Armory Metro Station in Washington, DC this evening around 6:30 pm. He was minding his business waiting for the train, he wasn’t fighting them, but all of them piled onto him without giving him time to react to that many of them surrounding him.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
Trump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10h
Whistles work! New York, get some whistles.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h
NEW: The Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump has turned its Civil Rights Division’s mission on its head, a federal judge said in a decision blocking the administration from demanding states’ unredacted voter rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge rebukes Trump administration for perverting mission of DOJ’s ‘crown jewel’
Read more here.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 18h
Mike Rogers' yacht has a yacht.
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Courtney 🦊 @courtneyfox1.bsky.social · 18h
Reporters asking the right questions right now. How did they not know he had a child in the car and how the fuck do you expect someone to know that unmarked cars are ICE and not some random attack?!?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h
🔥 MEMPHIS: “If you’re not angry, now is the time to get angry.” A minor says she has been banned from meetings by the city council 🤔for speaking out after 7 delayed a data center moratorium vote — without letting the people speak. (H/T @901youthactionnetwork )
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 19h
ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court. www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 16h
this is the only reason why certain people wanted to know—and spread—her name without her consent. so they can abuse her, too.
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Cornell’s Jane Doe is ‘terrified’ after death threats and a swatting incident, her lawyer says | CNN
One month ago, the woman now known to America as Cornell’s Jane Doe was living in New York City and trying to break into the hotel industry, her lawyer says. Now she’s facing threats and hiding out at...
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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 12h
The D.C. Board of Elections says it’s asking the National Guard to avoid standing near D.C.’s ballot drop boxes, which opened today, in the wake of video footage showing them near a box in Foggy Bottom this week: www.washingtonsun.com/metro/nation...
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D.C. Elections Board Asks National Guard to Stay Away From Ballot Drop Boxes
Guard members were seen standing next to a drop box in Foggy Bottom this week.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 18h
An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 18h
City Takes to the Streets to Stop ‘Completely Outrageous’ Move to Rip Out Bike Lanes. momentummag.com/city-takes-t...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11h
We testified before the UN Human Rights Council about the alarming number of Black people who have been found dead, hanging, or drowned in the U.S. over the past decade. We urge UN human rights experts to investigate these deaths properly as our government continues to fail the public.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13h
Six months ago:
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DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13h
Immigrant New Yorkers belong here. ICE does not. If you need help, call our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or dial 311 and say “Immigration Legal.” Help is here in your native language, no matter your immigration status. More info: nyc.gov/knowyourrights
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Know Your Rights: Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) - MOIA
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 20h
This should be made into an ad and run non-stop on every channel until the election is over.
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MadameNostalgic✨Tanya @madamenostalgic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Charles Dickens witnessed a public execution in 1849. He wrote a scathing letter to 'The Times' calling for the end to such a practice. 200 years later and here we are again. Public executions, fear mongering about immigrants, and (basically) poor laws. Go read Bleak House and get some compassion.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 08/10/2026
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ExxonMobil's own scientists doubted climate fixes the company hyped
Court filings reveal new details about Exxon's decades of internal climate deliberations.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
7 shots fired. 4 pm in afternoon. At a car with 5-year old in it. Can’t use deadly force except in response to imminent threat of death of serious bodily injury. As in, from what we know, a blatantly illegal shooting. That’s without regard to victim’s criminal record. 7 Shots Fired.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 09/10/2026
My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️

"Today in Marble Hill, ICE agents fired multiple shots at a man in his vehicle while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat.
ICE's already unwelcome presence in our city has been growing more escalatory and dangerous by the day. Today's shooting is a grave development that requires a swift and immediate response to protect the safety of all New Yorkers.
First, we must have a full and independent investigation of this incident.
"There must also be a full and immediate release of all body camera footage of the incident.
In addition, the Target Corporation must stop offering their Bronx properties as private staging sites for ICE, in compliance with requests from New York officials. Target opening up large, active retail parking lots for paramilitary activity is unacceptable and places the entire community at risk.
ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency.
It does not belong in New York City and it should not exist in the United States of America. Abolish ICE.”
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 08/10/2026
Michael Ian Black had to write a satire column to point out that a sitting president suggested Iran take out Los Angeles and San Diego, which by his math are nearly 6 percent of US GDP. The president then doubled down. Satirists can't compete with that.
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The Real Threat to America’s Cities Isn’t Iran—It’s Our President
And not just because he keeps inviting Tehran to attack the West Coast.
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 08/10/2026
Starting January 2027, Washington will pay its workers $17.73 an hour – the highest state minimum wage in the country. I was proud to serve on the committee that helped tie the minimum wage to inflation here in Seattle. This is how you put workers first!
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WA’s nation-high minimum wage rising to nearly $18 an hour in 2027
Washington’s minimum wage workers will get a 3.5% pay bump in 2027.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
If you appreciate my work to cover two debates at the same time tonight, how about buying me a coffee? Your support is how I do this. You can chip in here:
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Aaron Rupar
Independent journalist and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter. Your support makes my work possible, including all the clipping I do across my social media channels.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So proud of this kid.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Anita Woodruff @anitaw1610.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n... Now, the wannabe Nazi regime is going after people with disabilities.
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Trump administration reverses stance on integration of people with disabilities
Disability rights advocates are angered by the latest reversal but are rallying behind proposed legislation and working with states to strengthen protections for community integration.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
NEW: America’s largest professional group of pediatricians has renewed its call for a nationwide ban on raw dairy products, warning of the serious health risks, particularly for children, as well as pregnant and immunocompromised people.
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American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk
Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribut...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 08/10/2026
One of the key lessons from Dutch cycling history is cities didn't start with protected lanes. They began by making streets safer, calmer and more inviting; with lower speeds, parking restrictions, traffic filters and reduced through-traffic to create an environment in which cycling could flourish.🧵
A cycling priority street in the Netherlands where drivers are guests and cyclists are the main users.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They think we’re all idiots As Jon Stewart says — if the goal is guaranteed income and jobs, why wait? Why is it only “socialism” if we don’t hand them trillions of dollars first?
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Michael DiTullo @d2lo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just a couple of old dudes coming back from a drive in an old car… that has been EV swapped! Not all EVs need to be giant SUVs. 😎🚗⚡️ #ev #classiccar #vwbeetle
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
25 years ago today, the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan. Weeks earlier, Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the 2001 Authorization of Military Force, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.
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The Leadership Conference @civilrightsorg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Latinas deserve to build generational wealth. To achieve pay equity, we need stronger labor protections, fair wages, access to benefits, and pathways to economic growth.
This image features a person with long hair holding a ladder. Text on the image states, "October 8 is Latina Equal Pay Day. It’s 2026. And still, Latina workers are paid only 53 cents to every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men, on average." The background is plain, and the handle "@civilrightsorg" is displayed in the corner.A person is seated at a table working with papers in front of them. A text overlay states, "Latinas have to work an additional 10 months and 8 days to earn what the average white man earned the year before alone." The image includes the handle @civilrightsorg.A young child is concentrating on drawing at a table filled with various office supplies. The background shows a kitchen area. Overlaid text states: "Latina workers stand to lose about $1.2 million over the course of a 40-year career due to the wage gap — that's generational wealth that Latino families are losing out on." The image is attributed to @civilrightsorg.The image is a graphic with text advocating for fair pay for Latinas. It states, "Pay Latinas what they deserve!" followed by, "When Latinas are paid fairly, families have more stability, communities are stronger, and our economy grows. It's long overdue." In the bottom corner is the handle "@civilrightsorg.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: The feds have filed their update in one of the multiple ongoing lawsuits seeking to restrict mifepristone, this one out of Louisiana. It says the FDA plans to complete its “review” of mifepristone’s safety by December, and release a report by March. Notably—after the midterm elections.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For our new film THE WORK IN PROGRESS, we spoke with people all across the country from different walks of life. What did we find out? Even when we ask ourselves the hard questions, we're not as divided as some would lead us to believe. theworkinprogressfilm.com/buy-ticke…
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NEW EPISODE: ICE never wanted you to see these: internal government documents that show Homeland Security Investigations has been probing nonpartisan groups that help register citizens to vote They even went so far as to outline a plan to use undercover agents. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJoZ...
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ICE Voter Plot EXPOSED in Smoking Gun Documents
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Voting rights groups are citing recent ICE activity near voting sites and new evidence of intimidation as they expand a lawsuit seeking to keep armed federal agents away from polling places during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls
Among the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Kim Guillyfoyle asking a donor for $100K to cover her credit card debt before starting in her new role as Ambassador to Greece. "Deters didn’t ultimately make the payment, telling Guilfoyle it would cost him his marriage." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
One of the bazillion reasons you should take domestic violence seriously is that abusers are completely unfit for leadership positions. Because they are abusive. Because they are violent. And their policies and rhetoric will also be abusive and violent.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump family runs the government, and the government pays the Trump family. This is not a coincidence – it's deep corruption that never would have been tolerated before a convicted felon took over the White House. Vote against all Republicans.
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Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The radical change of saying you'll do very obvious things that people desperately want and desperately need.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Portrait of a Girl, 1927 by Guan Zilan, Chinese Avant Garde painter #WomensArt
Painted portrait in vivid colurs of a sitting girl  in colourful dress holding a toy dog against a green background
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/10/2026
This Talon Air ICE flight has now landed in Ghana, a possible third-country removal. Migrant passengers onboard have been shackled at the ankles, wrists and waist for at least 14 hours.
An ADSBx map showing N120LW landing in Accra.
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