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Yvette🦋
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“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.

He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.

Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.

Abolish ICE
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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warontherocks.bsky.social
The USS Ford has arrived. The pressure is rising. The next move matters. (Members Only)

Listen here: warontherocks.com/ep...
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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profolus.com
KONSYSE: Federal versus state control of AI is heating up. Trump calls for uniform rules to maintain competitiveness. Several states insist on autonomy to protect children and enforce ethical standards.
Oversight Clash: Trump Pushes Federal AI Rules Amid State Regulation Battle — Konsyse
Trump calls for a nationwide AI standard and warns that state-level rules could stall innovation and weaken U.S. competitiveness.
www.konsyse.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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sacbee.com
The county released its annual crop and livestock report Wednesday, showing major declines in the county’s largest agricultural industry.
Wine grapes’ value in Sacramento County dropped nearly 20% in latest crop report
The county released its annual crop and livestock report Wednesday, showing major declines in the county’s largest agricultural industry.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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financialtimes.com
Donald Trump is expected to seal a raft of deals covering defence, artificial intelligence and nuclear energy — including an unprecedented sale of F-35 fighter jets — when he hosts Prince Mohammed bin Salman on a high-profile visit to Washington this week on.ft.com/3K5cOFg
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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urocklive1.bsky.social
Oh.👀

The RNC is reportedly sending "menacing texts" to voters in Missouri, ordering them to retract their signatures from a ballot petition to suspend Republicans' recently passed Congressional gerrymander that deletes a Democratic seat in Kansas City.
www.rawstory.com/missouri-ger...
GOP sends 'menacing texts' to voters ordering them to un-sign petition: report
The Republican National Committee is reportedly sending "menacing texts" to voters in Missouri, ordering them to retract their signatures from a ballot petition to suspend Republicans' recently passed...
www.rawstory.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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kateinkharkiv.bsky.social
The ‘Flamingo’ missile, funded in just two days by ordinary citizens of the Czech Republic🦩❤️‍🔥
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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kateross.bsky.social
Border agent seen in viral arrest of U.S. citizen fatally overdosed, lawyer says

“Everyone just f****** hates me here."

ktla.com/news/local-n...
In body-worn camera footage obtained by the Long Beach Post, the 29-year-old appeared to imply that he and his family had been doxed because of his job, saying at one point, "Everyone just f****** hates me here." He also reportedly insinuated that he was trying to be extra careful, saying, "People are after me here in Los Angeles," The Post reported.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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realtuckfrumper.bsky.social
‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family Mediaite
www.mediaite.com
'This Is Corruption': '60 Minutes' Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He 'Enriched' Crypto Biz Tied to Trump Family
twp.ai
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
Trump doesn’t have to call on House Republican to vote to release the file.

Trump can order Bondi and Patel to release the files. Tomorrow.

The question is, has he already ordered Bondi and Patel to destroy some of the files after they went through them months ago.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d
Trump: "House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide."
As I said on Friday night aboard Air Force One to the Fake News Media, House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent Victory on the Democrat “Shutdown.” The Department of Justice has already turned over tens of thousands of pages to the Public on “Epstein,” are looking at various Democrat operatives (Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers, etc.) and their relationship to Epstein, and the House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legally entitled to, I DON’T CARE! All I do care about is that Republicans get BACK ON POINT, which is the Economy, “Affordability” (where we are winning BIG!), our Victory on reducing Inflation from the highest level in History to practically nothing, bringing down prices for the American People, delivering Historic Tax Cuts, gaining Trillions of Dollars of Investment into America (A RECORD!), the rebuilding of our Military, securing our Border, deporting Criminal Illegal Aliens, ending Men in Women’s Sports, stopping Transgender for Everyone, and so much more! Nobody cared about Jeffrey Epstein when he was alive and, if the Democrats had anything, they would have released it before our Landslide Election Victory. Some “members” of the Republican Party are being “used,” and we can’t let that happen. Let’s start talking about the Republican Party’s Record Setting Achievements, and not fall into the Epstein “TRAP,” which is actually a curse on the Democrats, not us. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
“The Department of Homeland Security has diverted thousands of federal agents from their normal duties to focus on arresting undocumented immigrants, undermining a wide range of law enforcement operations in response to mounting pressure from President Trump.”

x.com/marksalter55...
Mark Salter on X: "By the time this idiot leaves office the damage done to our security will be incalculable. https://t.co/9LAEW0nd1j" / X
By the time this idiot leaves office the damage done to our security will be incalculable. https://t.co/9LAEW0nd1j
x.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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texasobserver.org
New from @francescadnunz.bsky.social: Texas Department of Public Safety and ICE signed a pair of agreements that will authorize state police within DPS’s Criminal Investigations and Highway Patrol divisions to effectively operate as ICE agents, on a statewide basis.
Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump
The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.
www.texasobserver.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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nancylevinestearns.bsky.social
Spotify has been running recruitment ads for ICE.

$SPOT #Divest #Spotify
mrianjohnson.bsky.social Ian Johnson 🔆 @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 23d
Spotify has been running recruitment ads for ICE

In response, "Spotify, don't stream fascism" has been projected onto their LA building
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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lisabahr.bsky.social
F47 & Miller wanted the numbers up. 1,000 arrests per day, now it's been bumped to 3,000 arrests per day. Doesn't make a difference if you are a criminal or not, or are a U.S. citizen or not. They need the numbers of arrests up to support their evil narrative about immigrants to their racist base.
qasimrashid.com Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23d
Remember how Trump said ICE targets “violent criminals?”

Trump’s own DOJ now reports that ONLY 2.5% of the people ICE arrested in Chicago have any criminal history.

That means 97.5% have ZERO criminal record. They were targeted because they were of Latino ethnicity. This is what fascism looks like
November 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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radiofreetom.bsky.social
I saw White Man's Blind Spot open for Joe Jackson in 1984
j-kindy.bsky.social j-kindy.bsky.social @j-kindy.bsky.social · 24d
As usual, Tom locks down his replies as soon as someone addresses the major flaw in his thinking. In this case, it’s his white man’s blind spot. He completely ignores the difference between his white man experience and the current targets of fascism. They didn’t come for Tom, so it’s not fascism.
radiofreetom.bsky.social Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 24d
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.

So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.

If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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urocklive1.bsky.social
IDK why at least half the FBI haven't walked out yet. What an insult to the men and women who protect us.
sethabramson.bsky.social Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24d
Pam Bondi has posted rants and videos saying that there’ll be no mercy for those who threaten federal agents.

But she and her boss just pardoned a woman who threatened to shoot federal agents.

Why did this Florida woman get a pass? She’s MAGA.

Trump doesn’t care about federal agents. Never did.
Trump Pardons Two for Crimes Related to Jan. 6
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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us-political-news.bsky.social
Border Patrol agents smashed car window, tried to arrest US citizen TWICE, says Charlotte citizen…

Dragged out of car. Citizen filed a report with Charlotte police…

youtu.be/XkWcibsWD8g?...
Man films Border Patrol agents smashing his car window in Charlotte
YouTube video by Associated Press
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November 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:

In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.

“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”

www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
6d Listen to this article Congregants of an east Charlotte church scattered into the woods Saturday when masked federal agents arrived and detained one of their members, according to witnesses. About 15 to 20 church members were doing yard work on the property off Albemarle Road while their children played games and their spouses cooked meals. Agents parked just outside a closed gate leading to the church parking lot and ran into the yard, said the pastor, who did not want to identify himself or his church. The agents asked no questions and showed no identification before taking one man away, whose wife and child were inside at the time, the pastor said. They attempted to grab others, too. "Right now, everybody is scared. Everybody," he said. "One of these guys with immigration, he say he was going to arrest one of the other guys in the church. He pushed him." Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken. Some yard workers fled into the surrounding woods when officials arrived, including 15-year-old Miguel Vazquez.
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Premium: The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble Vol. 2
We’re approaching the most ridiculous part of the AI bubble, with each day bringing us a new, disgraceful and weird headline. As I reported earlier in the week, OpenAI spent $12.4 billion on inference...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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urocklive1.bsky.social
"to get her to be good probably requires more firmness than I enjoy ..."😯
econmarshall.bsky.social Marshall Steinbaum @econmarshall.bsky.social · 24d
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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qjurecic.bsky.social
“But I never thought the enemy would be ME!” cried the leopard after running for office as a member of the Friend-Enemy Distinction Party
michellegoldberg.bsky.social Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 24d
This is a Texas Republican who was part of the January 6th mob
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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newrepublic.com
The Affordable Care Act created a marketplace where consumers could use subsidies to help purchase private-sector plans. Trump’s concept of a plan involves no such marketplace, plunging consumers into a state of nature

"It’s so good ... They’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs" trib.al/7cyWvzQ
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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badideas.bsky.social
So… A BP agent filmed in LA in June kidnapping someone from a Walmart got arrested by Long Beach cops after drunkenly flashing his service pistol in a women’s restroom. He demanded they call BP Commander Bovino. After making bail he died of a drug OD at his parents house. lbpost.com/news/isaiah-...
A viral arrest, a drunken brawl and an overdose: the last days of a notorious Border Patrol agent
We obtained hours of body-camera video that give the fullest — and perhaps last — glimpse of Agent Isaiah Hodgson’s mindset when he became a flashpoint in the fight over immigration raids.
lbpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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yasharali.bsky.social
1. Ultra-nationalist minister Itamar Ben Gvir posts this just as Israel is reportedly pushing Trump to sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia only on the condition that Saudi Arabia normalize relations with Israel.
X.com @itamarbengvir G Translated from Hebrew Show original & There is no such thing as a "Palestinian people." It is an invention that has no historical, archaeological, or factual basis. The collection of immigrants from Arab countries to the Land of Israel are not a people. And certainly they do not deserve a prize for the terror, the murder, and the atrocities they have sown everywhere, and especially from Gaza— the place where they received self-rule. The only true solution in Gaza is encouraging voluntary emigration, and certainly not a prize state for terror, which would serve as a base for continued terror. Jewish strength will not be part of any government that agrees to this. I call on the Prime Minister to clarify that the State of Israel will not allow the establishment of a Palestinian state in any form. Rate this translation: B q
November 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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self.agency
my wife worked for a catholic hospital and gave birth to our last child there and _their own obstetrician_ told her to get her tubes tied because it was _medically necessary_ and the hospital wouldn't allow it to be done with her c-section because it was against their beliefs, even though we're jews
jessdkant.bsky.social Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 25d
Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.
MAP 1| States with the most Catholic hospital beds Percentage of staffed acute care hospital beds that are in Catholic facilities ranging from 20-46%
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM