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Unai Montes-Irueste

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Paul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 6h
This bill would abolish ICE, DHS, and CBP, transferring legitimate customs duties to other departments. It would sunset Section 219 of the INA close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility and shutter all immigration detention centers. You have my sword, milady.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 20h
The other day I talked to an aunt who has truly seen everything, and she couldn’t overstate how much more racist England now feels. When a working-class black woman in her mid-seventies tells you it’s bad, then it’s really bad.
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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 12h
Ah yes, perhaps the most beloved literary trope of all: the classic McMuffin
A screenshot that reads: Moore throws in a Hitchcock-style McMuffin in the shape of a secret tape recording which will reveal just who has been betraying the gangsters.
The problem is that no-one has a machine on which to play it.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h
Vance certainly has gay acquaintances. Most obviously his mentor and most important political booster, Peter Thiel, is gay. But his mental model of Texas voters is that they are a bunch of redneck rubes, so a insinuating a straight candidate is gay will work.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 11h
The closeted members of the Republican caucus would have such happier lives if their leadership didn't so consistently traffic in playground-level homophobia.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
we built a machine that can automate internet crimes. who should be held accountable? nobody of course
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 09/10/2026
Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...
Proposal	Favor or oppose
Favor	Oppose
Enforce strict ethics code for justices	89	10
Limited terms for justices	79	21
Increase number of justices	53	47
Marquette Law School Poll, national survey: Sept. 2-9, 2026
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If you‘ve studied history, you know what Trump and his fellow fascists are doing in Minnesota. They’re calling Somali Americans “garbage” and “enemy combatants“ because fascists need to create enemies and foment hate to excite their sick supporters.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When I started writing about Supreme Court expansion, you couldn’t get the question *asked* in a poll. The first time I saw it actually polled, it was 8%. Now, we here.
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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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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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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is the kind of heat we like to see
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ossoff is definitely not listening to Yglesias/Klein/PodSave reactionary centrist crowd, he does not think his marginal voter is a white-supremacist, and that is what makes him such an attractive candidate to the vast majority of US who are not white-supremacists.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
he communicates clearly.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/10/2026
troy jackson came to play, huh you love to see it
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It is remarkable how many Dems in competitive races are not doing the squishy bipartisanship tapioca routine and are instead just letting rip with these guys are a bunch of evil goddamned nazis who want to take all your rights and are also corrupt as fuck. It’s reading the room, I suppose.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/10/2026
nationalize everything Elon Musk owns.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
At this stage it doesn't matter to me if this guy is cosplaying. I want a person who talks like this and then promises to back it up to be the next president. If there's somebody who winds up being more convincing than him in the next year or so, I'll vote for that person instead.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sources close to Jared and Ivanka say, privately, the couple disapproves of letting Iran obliterate LA and San Diego.
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 06/10/2026
alright I'm off to bed early so I can get my steps in before the heat. 😴
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Brazil, don’t let the Bolsonaro family back in power! www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Bolsonaro beats expectations in Brazil presidential vote, faces Lula in runoff
Senator Flavio Bolsonaro held a narrowing lead in the first round of Brazil's presidential election after more than half the votes ​were counted, with pollster Datafolha projecting that the election w...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
this guy sounds like a minor character in legend of the galactic heroes
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Arguably the biggest democracy referendum next month: Virginia is one of only three states where the state constitution says people should lose their right to vote FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFE if they are convicted of any felony. This measure would allow anyone to vote after prison.
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“It’s Time”: Virginians Will Decide Whether to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting - Bolts
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting.
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Spreadsheet enjoyer 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @bluser12.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
the monster in ferngully scared the shit out of five year old jamelle
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
From the growing rightwing belief that UK and US should not have entered the war to the kinda crazy increase in outright holocaust denial--there are some insane numbers--to the too-broad enthusiasm for bring-it-on let's-have-a-war-cuz-we'll-win, as applied anywhere.
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Henry Snow @henrys.now · 05/10/2026
Yang wen-li, a character from Legend of the Galactic Heroes, saying in two panels "I believe that being ruled by the worst democracy is preferable to being ruled by the best autocracy"
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oh, dear. This is global-level not good.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The clearest and most succinct expression I've read of how, beyond the clear fascist rhetoric, the Prairieland prosecutions have terrifyingly expanded federal legal power, beyond the point many feds even wanted to go.
For other activists on the left — and on the right — the Prairieland case has set a dangerous precedent. Cadeddu, the federal defense attorney, told me that the most worrying of all the “terrorist acts” was vandalism. There is no dollar amount set on what sort of damage might qualify as an act of terror. Even throwing a snowball at an ICE vehicle during a protest and scratching the paint or damaging a taillight might qualify. “In theory, if you happen to be on a Signal chat with some people planning a protest, and one of the people at that protest — you don’t even have to know them — throws that snowball, you could be implicated in material support for terrorism, simply for helping to organize,” she says. “That’s the meaning of the case.”
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/10/2026
We’re moving 10,000 low-income children off the child care voucher waitlist — at absolutely no cost to their families. Eligible families with children ages 6 weeks to 13 years, and through age 19 for children with special needs, will be invited to apply for a voucher on a rolling basis.
Mayor Mamdani and others make an announcement at a podium with signage that reads “Child Care for all”Children hold hands in front of signage that reads “Child Care for all”
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 05/10/2026
Since everyone in the northeast is foliage posting here's my ONLY good picture of it. Taken north of Sonoma County, California, I believe.
The milky way vertically over a road, next to the road are fall colored trees, I believe the foreground was a 45 second shot and the sky is 390 seconds with a star tracker
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
i just want to note that as soon as i posted this i did think "oh yeah, this is just fukuyama's last man"
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/10/2026
Last week, I was invited into the homes of Jewish New Yorkers across the city to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot.
Mayor Mamdani stands in a sukkah with Brad Landwr under warm lights and strings of pomegranates. Mayor Mamdani and Asm Claire Valdez and Sen Jabari Brisport join New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani visits New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani sits in a sukkah with New Yorkers.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Correct!
Angela Van Der Pluym
@anjewla90

Failed congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh sits on top of a sign with her friends in Bridgeview, Illinois that calls Jake Lang a pedophile.


@DRSABHAFIERCE video depicting me, her, and Demi sitting atop her truck with a screen showing Jake lang’s texts to minors and the words JAKE LANG IS A PEDO
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Absofreakinlutely They Should......
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
the idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There were a lot of great performances at Power to the People yesterday but personally I was obsessed with the ASL interpreter working the main stage—she rocked so hard
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/10/2026
It's Fire Prevention Week in New York City. Learn more about fire safety at fdnysmart.org.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026
Black text on white page that reads:

The Rent Guidelines Board’s rent freeze for one- and two-year leases goes into effect today! 

If you’re in a rent-stabilized apartment, any lease renewal starting today must remain at the same rent that it was last year.

Contact 311 and ask for the Tenant Helpline to find out whether your building is covered and your rights as a tenant.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
Today in New York City, it got easier to escape subscription traps.
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A little law gives hope that government can suck less and make people’s lives better
New York City wants to make it easier for you to cancel subscriptions.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 01/10/2026
Fine in 2029 we're exonerating Sacco and Vanzetti.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well, this is dumb. I guess they're mad that Americans were angry that ICE officers killed a woman, so they decided to completely invent their own version of events for a low-budget movie that nobody is going to watch?
The film’s first minutes will likely get the most attention. As Pawn Shop opens, two ICE agents in Minneapolis arrest the Latino man, later revealed to be an MS-13 boss. Dimwitted liberal activists film and scuffle with the agents as they try to take their suspect away.

Then the film’s Renée Good stand-in enters, slamming her Subaru into the ICE van. Described with the subtlety of a brick as “MELANIE (40), a fat blue-hair,” the woman, blasting NPR, revs up again and fatally hits ICE agent “Juan” with her car. Then his ICE partner, “Mike,” shoots her in a justifiable killing.

Melanie reacts to the drawn gun with panic...

She MASHES on the gas as she throws the car into reverse, accidentally SLAMMING Juan out of the way. He goes flying into the gutter, bleeding...

And as the car reverses, Mike FIRES TWICE through the

windshield...

The first shot takes the [sic] Melanie in the neck, below her covid

mask. The second in the head, above her covid mask.

Blood SPLATTERS on her PASSENGER’s (40s, female, overweight)

forehead and matching covid mask.

From there, the ICE agent drags his suspect into the pawn shop, with an Antifa mob hot on their heels. The stage is now set for a siege, during which numerous Molotov cocktails will be thrown and shotgun shells will fly. Rest assured that no liberal piety will survive.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I give up. I’m moving into a cave.
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