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Read @nicolefoy.bsky.social's investigation that prompted the congressional probe. We found that agents had detained >170 Americans this year. More than 20 citizens said they were held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their loved ones.

On this day in 1945, four German U-boat officers were executed for war crimes; the machine-gunning of survivors in the water after the sinking of a merchant ship in the South Atlantic. www.executedtoday.com/.../1945-hei... “History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain.

David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”: “Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)

If the President doesn’t want to be called a Russian asset, perhaps he should stop acting like a Russian asset.

Our convicted felon president, who pardoned Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy, wants to charge Mark Kelly, a decorated war veteran and astronaut, with seditious conspiracy. That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.

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Just thinking out loud … How about giving our teachers a $50,000 signing bonuses, $100,000 salaries, and $60,000 in student loan forgiveness. You know, like ICE receives for tormenting and abusing our immigrant community.

Everyone Kidnapped by ICE and Border Patrol In Southern California Since August lataco.com/everyone-kid...

Y'all cannot conceive of the level of pure rage I feel every time I read about something Brooke Rollins has done. She's malicious and incompetent. They're making hungry people reapply for SNAP. There no widespread SNAP abuse. There are billionaires abusing us so kids and elders go hungry.

In 2001, terrorists tried to destroy the White House with a hijacked plane. 24 years later, the president of the United States accepted a plane from people funding terrorists and destroyed the White House himself.🔄

This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months" China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.

happy birthday to my biggest inspiration, one of the pioneers of planetary science and astronomy, carl sagan. we miss you more and more each day ❤️🌌

ICE is completely out of control

ICE is jumping kids and their moms on the way to school. Local reports of ICE lurking around schools in NoPo, Hillsboro , SE PDX, David Douglas, Reynolds Here’s how to help stop it.

Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨

Jared Isaacman, the billionaire Space X fanboy picked to take over NASA, plans to eviscerate the agency

A long-deranged and deeply depraved man with a pronouncedly and acceleratingly deteriorating mind announces that he intends to play with the large arsenal of nuclear weapons he controls. But it's okay, because he's not seeking a third term.

I have a very bad feeling about this...

Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone? Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate. They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.

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@uarizona.bsky.social STANDING UP!! At the same time, @arizonastateuni.bsky.social gets sent the compact. 👀 Still waiting to see what @utaustin.bsky.social and #Vanderbilt University do with this moment... #StrongerTogether #SaveHigherEd www.axios.com/local/phoeni...

Magapedo bites the dust

In June, millions of everyday Americans from every walk of life peacefully took to the streets and declared with one voice: NO KINGS! And President Trump’s attempt at a coronation collapsed under the strength of a movement rising against his abuses of power. Please join me on 10-18-25! NoKings.org

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Every sign in DC marks the loss of someone’s neighbor, someone’s loved one, someone’s friend. Every sign marks yet another step toward authoritarianism. wapo.st/4nJqjZQ

Really looking forward to this webinar: SHIELD Voyager StoryCorps. "From punch cards to www: How technology changed the way we did science on Voyager" Friday, October 17th, 2 pm ET Speaker: Fran Bagenal Registration at shielddrivecenter.com/shield-webin...

It is insane to not pay our troops. Democrats are here. Republicans need to come back from their vacation, work with us, and we need to pay our troops.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

PDX, the regime is tweaking out over the fact that they can't get us to riot. They are frantic to get us to do something to justify their extremism. Do not give them what they want. They want to manufacture a war. Don't let them. We have to power to deprive them. So deprive them.

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data. We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district. Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

Apple caved to the Trump DOJ and removed the anti-ICE apps from its App Store. Cowardice.

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

So great to have a student developed instrument on this mission! Such a fantastic mentor in @drbwalsh.bsky.social Go Terriers! #heliophysics #BU #Terriers

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life? #TwentyfiveFortyseven

“It was heartbreaking to watch. Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Spot on.

Federal agents reporting to Secretary Noem have spent weeks snatching up families, scaring law-abiding residents, violating due process rights, and even detaining U.S. citizens. They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

While civil servants are furloughed or working without pay, funding for NASA remains uncertain. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne... . . #astronomy #NASA #federalbudget #fundscience #NASAFunding

Workers at Wafler Farms are fed up. They've been waiting for two years since they first voted for the UFW to get their contract, but all the company gives them is delays. Sign their petition demanding Wafler sign the contract now. act.seiu.org/a/waflerpeti... #WeFeedYou

Sad to lose another giant!

Priorities.

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Really looking forward to this discussion later this month! SHIELD Voyager StoryCorps: From punch cards to www: How technology changed the way we did science on Voyager Friday, October 17th, 2 pm ET Speaker: Fran Bagenal Registration at shielddrivecenter.com/shield-webin...