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Dan Eckstein
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gelliottmorris.com
oh, i didn't see that, honest mistake
October 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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chicago.suntimes.com
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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levostregc.bsky.social
Thei are sellinge poste cardes of the hanging
Thei are payntinge the passe-portes broun
The beautye parlor ys filled wyth mariners
The circus it ys yn toun
Lo heere ys the blinde commissioner
Thei have spelled hym yn a traunce
One hande ys bounde to the tighte-rope walker
The othir ys yn hys pantes
October 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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crushbort.bsky.social
uwu pwease don’t be mean to them they’re just smol beans in remedial army 👉🥺👈
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 17
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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radosh.bsky.social
I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it.

Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
Q: So I wonder what you think about that, about the phrase “globalize the intifada” and what we've seen as some anti-semitism coming from the left-wing protesters. A: The first thing as you were saying is anti-semitism is a real issue in our city and it's one that can be captured in statistics, the ones that you're citing. It's also one that you will feel in conversations you have with Jewish New Yorkers across the city. And I remember one conversation I had with a friend of mine after the horrific war crime of October 7th. He was telling me that he went for Shabbat services at his temple and he was facing forward when he heard the door open. And he turned back with a chill going up his spine because he didn't know who was coming in. And that's more than a year ago. And then just a few weeks ago, I had a conversation with a Jewish man in Williamsburg who told me that the same door he would keep unlocked for decades is one that he now locks out of a fear of what could happen in his own neighborhood. And I think that this is something that has to be the focus of the next mayoral administration, is not just talking about it, but tackling it. And these are the conversations that have informed our commitment around increasing funding for anti-hate crime programming by 800% in our Department of Community Safety. To the question of language that's being used. I am someone who I would say am less comfortable with the idea of banning the use of certain words and that I think it is more evocative of a Trump style approach to how to lead a country. And- Q: Does that just make you uncomfortable? Like the phrase globalizing intifada. And like the phrase from the river to the sea, does that make you uncomfortable? Or do you think- A: Okay, those are different. Those are super different. Q: They're not really. A: Those are like different genres. Q: I'm sorry, I'm asking so wrong. Then they're not really different to me. And to some people they are not different. A: I know people for whom those things mean very different things. And to me, ultimately, what I hear in so many is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights. And I think what's difficult also is that the very word has been used by the Holocaust Museum when translating the Warsaw ghetto uprising into Arabic because it's a word that means struggle. And as a Muslim man who grew up post-911, I'm all too familiar in the way in which Arabic words can be twisted, can be distorted, can be used to justify any kind of meaning. And I think that's where it leaves me with a sense that what we need to do is focus on keeping Jewish New Yorkers safe. And the question of the permissibility of language is something that I haven't ventured.
June 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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resnikoff.bsky.social
At the risk of getting yelled at, this is part of why I keep saying blue state NIMBYism is a travesty for democracy. When we make it so that low-income immigrants, LGBTQ people and pregnant people can't afford to live where they want, think about what they end up being subject to.
stevenmazie.bsky.social Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · Jun 27
Which means a baby born in New York to undocumented parents will be a citizen. But a baby born to undocumented parents in Kentucky will not be a citizen.

This is madness.
June 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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bubbaprog.xyz
"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"
June 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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gwynnefitz.bsky.social
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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ufw.bsky.social
We feed you.
They hunt us.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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strictlychristo.bsky.social
Newark Brownshirt named and shamed

HSI Special Agent in Charge Ricky Patel 👎
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Newark Brownshirt named and shamed HSI Special Agent in Charge Ricky Patel Newark Brownshirt named and shamed HSI Special Agent in Charge Ricky Patel
May 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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azrww.bsky.social
Avelo Airlines recently announced a partnership with the Department of Homeland Security to assist the Trump administration with deportation flights.

The operations will be carried out of Arizona’s Mesa Gateway Airport starting on May 12.
igd.bsky.social It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · Apr 20
"Protesters lined DuPont Highway outside of Wilmington Airport near New Castle on April 19, demanding Avelo Airlines ground its deportation flights. Avelo Airlines is the only airline that flies commercially out of Delaware." www.delawareonline.com/story/news/l...
Rally at Wilmington Airport protests Avelo's role in deportations
Protesters line DuPont Highway outside of Wilmington Airport, near New Castle, to protest Avelo Airlines' deal with ICE.
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April 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
deckst.bsky.social
@gec.bsky.social final article for Salon goes deep on Social Security
"They want to rob it": Former Social Security head says Musk, Trump are "wrecking" agency to raid it
The former steward of the benefits program says DOGE's cuts put Americans' benefits in jeopardy
www.salon.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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gec.bsky.social
Marco Rubio says he alone can deport people for their “past, current, or expected beliefs”
"Thought crimes": Rubio lays out government's justification for deportations based on "beliefs"
Rubio said that speech-based deportations were one part of the United States' fight against antisemitism
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April 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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gec.bsky.social
“At least once a week I'm on the phone with leaders, public school champions throughout the country on why not to be Arizona,” Marisol Garcia, the President of @arizonaea.bsky.social, told Salon. “This is a privatization scam. The intent of this is to help privatize public education.”
Arizona's "privatization scam" is starving public schools. Trump wants to take it national
Educators call Arizona the “chemistry lab of terrible ideas" as costs spiral, cutting services for students.
www.salon.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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brandyjensen.bsky.social
new Pynchon novel!!!! about a 1930s private eye!!!! named Hicks McTaggart!!!!
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon: 9781594206108 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The new novel from Thomas Pynchon Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation busines...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
deckst.bsky.social
Arizona's "privatization scam" is starving public schools. Trump wants to take it national
Educators call Arizona the “chemistry lab of terrible ideas" as costs spiral, cutting services for students.
www.salon.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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60minutes.bsky.social
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
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April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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RIP MICHAEL HURLEY. the great snock has made his last wish for a potato. he made this planet a much better place to live & i miss him already
April 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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jerodmacevoy.com
Do you or someone you know work at an Arizona airport and believe you are witnessing deportation flights? Please, reach out to me via email at JerodMacEvoy @ AzMirror.com PGP in bio. Signal given via email.
March 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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nycbikelanes.bsky.social
In New York State, more people have reported being sexually harassed by Andrew Cuomo than the number of people killed by cyclists.
March 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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gec.bsky.social
The WH says labor unions "declared war on President Trump’s agenda" by suing to stop potentially illegal firings
Trump claims the right to ban 700k federal workers from having union representation | Salon.com
Award-winning news and culture, features breaking news, in-depth reporting and criticism on politics, science, food and entertainment.
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March 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
If you're scooping up students off the street for writing op-eds, you're secret police, and should be treated accordingly.
March 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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archive.org
Internet Archive Responds to Record Labels in 78s Lawsuit: Stop Playing “Hide-The-Ball” ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/03/21/i...
“More than 850 musicians have called on Universal Music Group to drop its lawsuit against the Internet Archive. Instead, the recording industry has decided to aggressively escalate its attack at a time when the Internet Archive’s preservation efforts have never been more vital.” Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive
March 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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gec.bsky.social
Hundreds rallied outside Chuck Schumer’s @schumer.senate.gov Brooklyn home to protest him “capitulating to fascism” and letting a spending slashing CR through the Senate — @bkindivisible.bsky.social says Schumer needs to fight back
"He is not the leader for this moment": Protesters rage at Schumer for backing GOP spending plan
"He is off course and capitulating to fascism — and we won’t stand for it," one protester told Salon
www.salon.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM