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allinwithchris.bsky.social
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmNt...
‘They decided on a narrative’: Hayes rips DHS ‘lies’ after deadly ICE shooting
YouTube video by MS NOW
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January 8, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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petersagal.bsky.social
Excellent, damning analysis of the video of the killing of Ms Good, from the NYT, including a quick debunking of the “evidence” the President showed other Times reporters last night.

www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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petersagal.bsky.social
After the killing of Ms Good, Greg Bovino of the CPB led a raid on a Minneapolis HS. An official there said: They don’t care. They’re just animals,” I’ve never seen people behave like this.”

All MPLS schools now closed for the week.

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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mikehixenbaugh.com
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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jael.bsky.social
Minneapolis Public Schools on Wednesday canceled classes for the remainder of the week “due to safety concerns”

Why? Reported use of chemical munitions and alleged wanton use of brute force

Via @mprnews.org
The school leader said armed officers with apparent Border Patrol insignia on their uniforms arrived at a street near the school in several SUV vehicles during dismissal on Wednesday afternoon. They broke out the window of a vehicle. "There's a car that got hit. I don't know how it got hit. They broke out the window," the school official said. "Then different Neighborhood Watch, people, everybody, people, the staff in the school came out. And then they started coming on the property of the school and pushing people and tackling people and shooting pepper spray and pepper balls. And they handcuffed two of our employees." Video shared with MPR News show armed, masked officers with apparent Border Patrol insignia on their uniforms dragging a person on a sidewalk outside of the high school and tussling with another person as bystanders blow whistles
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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josie.zone
So far, the only outlet that has an accurate Brigitte Bardot obit headline is @aljazeera.com:
December 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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shepardcdr.bsky.social
Finally, The Kotaku Review for Hundred Line. I spent much of it reflecting on how its incredible ambition makes it nearly impossible to recommend without caveats. But it's one of the most important games of 2025, and a testament to the power of making something for yourself without compromise.
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy: The Kotaku Review - Kotaku
One of 2025’s most important games is one you probably haven’t heard about
kotaku.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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katelynburns.com
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:

It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!

www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic. (Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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sydney-bauer.com
I wrote about a potential IOC ban over transgender, intersex and DSD athletes and how that ties in with the tragic death of Lia Smith here in the U.S.

Mostly, I ask is anyone going to care about those who have been hurt the entire time by this movement?
What happens when the dog catches the car does it just stop and wag its tail and everyone pats it on the head saying good job?
Ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea the IOC held a series of roundtables with journalists on a number of topics. This was a standard thing that their media relations team wou...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

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I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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darrigomelanie.bsky.social
If at least 26 billionaires can waste at least $27 million trying to defeat Zohran Mamdani, then those same billionaires can afford to pay an extra 2% on their income over $1 million to make New York a better, thriving city for everyone — including themselves.
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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assignedmedia.org
23 Oct 2025 - Katelyn Burn's on how cis women are turning to same testosterone to improve their sex drive that trans men have to jump through hoops for. And they get the same estrogen for HRT being taken away from trans kids. Why is affirming care only good for cis ppl? @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Gender Affirming Care for me, Not for Thee
The New York Times this week ran a magazine feature about a group of cis women who take testosterone for to get a more active libido. It got me thinking about the double standards we have for trans pe...
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October 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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mroscartk.bsky.social
"One of gaming's best-written, and best-paced narratives"! Here's why you can't afford to miss this one on PlayStation or Xbox.
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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sarahkendzior.bsky.social
"Everything they do is extremely violent."

Greta Thunberg on Israel:
Excerpt of greta thunberg article in link below
October 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Drugs treating cancer, epilepsy, & HIV were developed thanks to millions in federal funding for universities.

What lifesaving drugs are future patients missing out on due to Trump’s attacks?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2025/trump-university-research-medicine
www.washingtonpost.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:07 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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karenattiah.bsky.social
Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.
October 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
“The Govt sometimes makes brief, investigative stops to the check the immigration status of those who gather in locations where ppl are hired for day jobs; who work or appear to work in jobs such as landscaping, construction, agriculture, or car washes…” -Justice Kavanaugh
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Please read and share and consider becoming a paid subscriber. I depend on the generosity of my readers to continue to do this work as my opportunities within mainstream media get smaller and smaller. <3 burns-notice.ghost.io/what-would-t...
What Would Trans Compromise Even Look Like? (The Right Won't Accept It)
Conservatives and complicit centrists have obliterated every trans compromise position, so I don't know what we're supposed to do now. How would you react if I said that puberty blockers were once th...
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September 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Jeff Bezos has cozied up to Trump and silenced criticism of him at the Washington Post.

Now Amazon will pay Trump's FTC a slap-on-the-wrist fine of $2.5B — just 1/10 of 1% of its total market cap — to settle a major lawsuit.

More pay-to-play schemes in Trump's swamp.
September 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
They are so afraid of this they won’t seat a newly elected Congresswoman from AZ to keep it from happening.
The image is a screenshot of an X post from the account @Re... (Really American) dated 11 hours ago, claiming that Speaker Johnson has refused to swear in newly-elected Democratic Rep. Grijalva, who is described as the decisive 218th vote needed for a discharge petition to release the Epstein files. The post questions the reason for the delay. The image also includes a video still labeled "EXCLUSIVE" from Meidastouch Network, featuring Rep.-elect Grijalva, with text stating she is ready to sign the discharge petition. The background shows campaign materials with her name and slogans like "Se hizo historia!"
September 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.

Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
September 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
This is fucking horrifying.
noturtlesoup17.bsky.social amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · Sep 27
A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
September 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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kirstimiller30.bsky.social
Study of trans athletes concludes blanket sports bans are a mistake.

The lead researcher of a landmark IOC-funded study looking at strength, power & aerobic capacity of trans athletes says “sports federations should consider its findings carefully.”

www.outsports.com/2024/4/12/24...
Trans athlete study concludes blanket bans in sports are a mistake
The lead researcher of a landmark IOC-funded study looking at strength, power and aerobic capacity of trans athletes tells Outsports that sports federations should consider its findings carefully.
www.outsports.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM