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boudro666.bsky.social @boudro666.bsky.social · 12h
I still remember the photo of him on his knees hiding behind a bench on Jan 06...the look of fear on his face.
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Serendipity @serendipityinfl.bsky.social · 11h
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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 16h
“That’s the problem, Mike. It’s not just that you hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office, and you have promoted neo-Nazi content online,” Ossoff said. “It’s that you’re robbing your constituents to subsidize your donors.” talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/s...
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Somehow, Mike Collins Was Completely Unprepared for Questions About His Neo-Nazi Ties During Senate Debate
Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) failed to answer a question about who won...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Trump: "They viciously attacked the reflecting pool. Cutting it with probably box knives. Knives or box knives. Uh, boxcutters and uh, it's almost fixed now and finished."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h
NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.
A vertical graphic on a white background displays an October 9, 2026, joint statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The full statement, presented in black serif text, reaffirms unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), strongly opposes U.S. sanctions against the Court, warns of their impact on its work, staff, and families, and pledges continued support for international justice, accountability, and the rules-based international system.Marco Rubio, mouth agape, as he announces sweeping sanctions on the ICC to try to punish them for acknowledging Bibi Netanyahu’s war crimes
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 10h
DHS and CoreCivic swore the fire alarm at the Florence ICE lockup wasn't constantly going off, then a reporter heard it blaring live on a call with a detainee. People paid a dollar a day can't even sleep, and DHS calls the truth false. Liars, all of them.
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'You hear that alarm?' ICE lockup's denial unravels as reporter hears blaring siren live
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Florence has had fire alarms going off throughout the day for at least two months, according to detainees who spoke with the Arizona Mi...
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 10h
The man shot by ICE in NYC yesterday has disappeared after he was admitted to the hospital, and his lawyer reportedly doesn’t know where he is. www.courthousenews.com/ice-shot-a-m...
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ICE shot a man in New York City; his lawyers can’t find him
The agency claims Oscar Belgal "weaponized his vehicle” against agents in the Bronx, prompting them to fire seven shots at his car.
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Brian Morans @whpshw.bsky.social · 9h
I was wondering why he was going on about Columbus and Italians and I had to check the calendar before realizing Columbus Day is October 12. The reason I had to check is because WHO THE FUCK STILL CARES ABOUT COLUMBUS DAY???
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There's an execution scheduled for today in Texas - using the same method, same drug that Tennessee used last week when they tried to kill Christa Pike. Background here: www.propublica.org/article/chri...
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump Administration Plans to Have Its Own Lawyers Represent Migrant Kids #MotherJones
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Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Landslides, flash floods and raging seas: is California ready for the ravages of El Niño? #TheGuardian
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Landslides, flash floods and raging seas: is California ready for the ravages of El Niño?
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Uzza @uzzamodea.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
PDX Let Dante's know that they've lined up a white genocide conspiracy band And they should cancel that shit
Live Nation event: Soapgirls with guests at Dante's in Portland, OR on Wednesday on Oct 28
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Congressional report exposes massive aircraft losses as war drags on under Hegseth #RawStory
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Congressional report exposes massive aircraft losses as war drags on under Hegseth
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Kerry Kennedy @kerrykennedy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
1/ Human rights work has been my life’s work. It has shaped who I am, introduced me to some of the most courageous people I have ever known, and given me a profound sense of purpose. I’m so very grateful for everyone who has been part of this journey.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"editorial independence": if everyone thought freely they'd agree with me, you're free to do so too "don't politicize": my views are normal, so taking a different view is being political, don't do that "intellectual diversity": censor ideas I dislike, lower your standards to promote ideas I like
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 07/10/2026
Brendan Carr is illegally destroying U.S. media consolidation limits so that Trump-friendly local broadcast TV companies (Sinclair, Nexstar, Tegna) can all merge and pummel local TV news consumers with propaganda. This is even pissing off major cable companies, who say it's unfair to them:
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Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap
Cable industry to sue, says FCC can't repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🧊🛩️ HEADS UP SAN DIEGO‼️ ⚠️ 2nd ICE flight inbound to Miramar Key Lime Embraer 145 Tail: N975DC – ETA 8:50am 👀
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 07/10/2026
A veteran walked into a California police station to make a horrifying confession. Exclusive criminal investigation documents obtained by The Intercept reveal that he confessed to killing an unarmed man and wounded a woman. He said that he had “committed a war crime.”
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He Confessed to an Afghanistan War Murder. The U.S. Military Promptly Closed the Case.
An Army veteran walked into a California police station to make a horrifying confession.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 07/10/2026
Border Patrol asked for National Guard support, canceled two days before the raid, then called troops back in mid-raid. They arrived without a briefing, and according to a leaked Army document, agents had no plan for moving detainees. What the troops did next is now at the center of a legal fight.
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Fears rise as leaked report suggests improper use of troops at chaotic raid
National Guard troops under President Donald Trump's control were pulled into a chaotic Southern California immigration raid on short notice and with little guidance, according to a leaked internal Army document.The military report shared with MS NOW suggests the soldiers may have crossed a long-sta...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Remember it was Trump that called for the destruction of 2 American cities.
Not Mamdani. Not El-Sayed.
Not any Muslim.
Trump.
A white, billionaire, rapist, pedophile.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 06/10/2026
I called my 92 year old grandmother last night to tell her Trump's poll numbers had fallen even further because I knew she’d be delighted. She giggled and said, “Did you hear that Jim Baker fucker died today too?”
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I know Tony and Wendy well. They're good friends and long-time Greens, and they've spent decades fighting to protect the Hunter Valley they love. Today they took on the fossil fuel giants and got an important win.
Guardian article screenshot. Headline: Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case over coalmine.Photo of David Shoebridge, Larissa Waters, Wendy, and Tony standing together and smiling in a Parliament office
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If you ever want to know what conservatives will do no matter where in the world they are? It’s ALWAYS slash aid to those in need or safety nets and ALWAYS ALWAYS cuts taxes for the rich. Every time. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Conservative plans to slash aid budget would ‘irreparably damage’ UK’s global credibility, charities say
Party’s pledge to reduce aid budget from £9bn a year to £1bn to fund new prison places branded as ‘posturing’
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zaddysocks.bsky.social @zaddysocks.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Osteospermum
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PoliticalNash @politicalnash.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been illegally detained by the #TrumpNaziGestapo and true to form, DHS claims this doesn’t happen. #ProPublica has the receipts, this is what fascists do and the #FascistInChief Trump must be stopped #DV1 #ProudBlue #VoteBlue 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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Harmony @harmonys.bsky.social · 14/07/2024
In the cottage garden this morning. Sun kissed dahlia, Iceberg rose, and osteospermum. 🌱
A yellow dahlia with rounded petals that fade to white at the tipsAn orchid-purple osteospermum with a dark purple center. They look like a purple daisyA white rose just unfurling with glossy green leaves around it.Sunny yellow osteospermum with deep purple centers with a small ring of white around them. They look like brightly colored daisies
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oddmanout @oddmanout.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We don't really have a supreme court now, do we....
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Not A Bot A Lot @notabotalot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The reason these people paid higher costs is because Republicans voted to not to continue ACA subsidies, resulting in people paying higher costs. And they just did it again, so millions of Americans are going to have big increases to their ACA plans next year: spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/po...
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Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies
It's an unceremonious end to a monthslong effort by Democrats to prevent the COVID-19-era subsidies from expiring on Jan. 1
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FOGGthat 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @foggthat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The eldest 3 are surgically altered.
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FOGGthat 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @foggthat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Maxima @maxima-infinity.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Jake Macy @therejakemacy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just as ugly as his father inside and out. #fuckbaron #fucktrump #8647 #eightysixfortyseven
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machappy2024.bsky.social @machappy2024.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Owensgrandpa @owensgrandpa.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
September 30th 2025 Osteospermum
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/10/2026
Not my president. Clearly, not a president for all Americans. “Let them (Iran) take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.” Then Trump called it a “small price to pay.” Millions of us dead. And his audience laughed. Reporting from my local news…
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Arabella @arabellaspireship.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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glen2.bsky.social @glen2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tariffs never work but people have short memories and/or are clueless about history. Great Depression was made so much worse because of tariffs. Fact. The end!
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LJ @lajack2013.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I am convinced they told him he was in the 1st percentile and he is so stupid he thought it meant he was top of his class.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I thought Trump’s tariffs were specifically designed to dramatically reduce this number to zero.
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wiseoldsnail @wiseoldsnail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Arkansas campaign ad sparks conservative backlash for portraying lazy welfare recipient as white
A new video from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was standard issue Republican messaging for promoting her state’s stricter rules for people on Medicaid.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, Pete Hegseth is so incompetent that our troops go without necessary medical care, but at least they are called "warriors" now while they go untreated. So it all evens out . . .
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If you want to read more for yourself, including detailed analyses of individual cases and lots and lots of stories from survivors and perpetrators about how they were treated, here’s a link to the book:
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On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence
"Bedera dispels deeply ingrained campus rape myths and puts the innate violence of the campus sexual assault reporting process into focus."--Jezebel"The book's grim conclusions are tempered with a hop...
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Talena @surelyyoujokeme.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is a little like Hitler screaming, "I said I hate JUICE! Not Jews!"
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted. I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.
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The Reason Why Colleges Still Fail to Address Sexual Violence
The “Cornell Seven” case highlights what’s wrong with Trump’s Title IX rules — and how the system was always designed to fail.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump ran $10M+ in TV ads promoting himself, paid for w/ your tax dollars Facing backlash, he now says his super PAC will cover it Small problem: presidents can't direct super PAC spending either I'll get into it w/ @ms.now at 11AM ET👇 -TN
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
RELATIONSHIP ADVICE: Find someone who will defend you with the same ferocity that Megyn Kelly defends rapists.
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