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If it's stickers it might be in the air vent 🫠
Death to fascists
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If it's stickers it might be in the air vent 🫠
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣 my 4 year old still hides things lol check EVERY drawer lol
ICE Flight Monitor (@iceflightmonitor.bsky.social) reposted
Today we monitored ICE flights in support of legal partners who worked tirelessly to stop the unlawful deportation of unaccompanied children to Guatemala. Thanks to their monumental efforts, the planes never took off
Bunny 🕊️ 🦋 🌊 🔔 🌈 🌲 💙 🌊 (@pittsburghlady.bsky.social) reposted
Trump sneaking Guatemala children
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Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) reposted
You asked me to confirm Trump sightings Went through all pool reports. This is the last activity involving second party that confirmed that this occurred. “On background from a WH Official: Can confirm the President has spoken with Governor Walz. Wed, 12:32pm ET”
Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
“could a dead man be blasting les miz???” is objectively funny, props to the WH for that one
Sharif 🎬169 (@shadowtrace.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Every time I look at our pictures, I almost lose my mind from the weight of longing. I am still here for our children, for the promise between us. I will go on, I will fight Until we meet again. chuffed.org/project/sharif
Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) (@brainnotonyet.bsky.social) reposted
A potent form of actual resistance to authoritarianism and anti fascism you can practice day to day is wearing a mask.
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Hope is good 😊
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social)
Omg omg please be true 😁
404 Media (@404media.co) reposted
Thanks to America’s ever shifting trade policies and Trump, LEGO has stopped shipping more than 2,500 pieces from its Pick a Brick program to both the United States and Canada. 🔗 www.404media.co/lego-stops-s...
Snitty (@clofsnitville.bsky.social) reposted
The confusion and mess are intentional.
Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) reposted
70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men. His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
G Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris.com) reposted
"Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role" www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Jeong Park (@jeongpark.bsky.social) reposted
There aren't many stories that prompt gasps at our editors' daily budget meeting. But this was one.
Tori Williams Douglass (@toriglass.bsky.social) reposted
lying to fascists saves lives.
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
In a country. The rest of the world doesn't have to live with that fear.
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't appreciate how they seem to deny the humanity of pregnant people by refusing to call us people 🙃
Doc Impossible (@impossiblephd.bsky.social) reposted
Okey dokey, the new COVID vaccine restrictions suck, & you can only get one if you have a condition that makes you high risk. Here's the CDC's own list of conditions that meet that definition, and will let you get a shot if you want it. Let's note the most common ones: www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-f...
Twilight Greenaway (@twyspy.bsky.social) reposted
I appreciated this story about the Miccosukee people, who were part of the lawsuit that is shutting down Alligator Alcatraz. english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
My understanding is that all three are the creator because they're one 🤷♀️ but also gowdy will rot in hell soon not sure it matters
Kori Schake (@kschake.bsky.social) reposted
Important warning from Chris Purdy of @chamberlainvets.bsky.social: "What this does is it retools both the National Guard and some federal agencies into a new type of law enforcement arm.”
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Lmao isn't this doing Star wars discourse 😆
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Agreed 🙂
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
I agree it's not disqualifying, but it's not exactly a point in his favor 🤷♀️
taylr (@taylordahlin.com) reposted
MN crime reporting an active shooter call at annunciation church on 54th and lyndale in south minneapolis. a bomb may have been placed. two people confirmed dead, 20 injured
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Capitol Capital 🥴
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
The shock and trauma of it causes dissociation, and it's meant to do that so people are easier to control 😩
Rude Law Dog (@esghound.com) reposted
All these people just started eating some supplement tainted with massive quantities of mercury and lead at the same time, I have no better explanation for this.
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm a natural
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Walz
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Holy hell
alec karakatsanis (@equalityalec.bsky.social) reposted
Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Sorry not sorry
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
This is the kind of fight we need
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Yea 😵💫
🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 (@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social) reposted
Mark Ruffalo has more courage and compassion than almost all of Hollywood.
IllCaesar (@illcaesar.bsky.social) reposted
Gavin Newsom suggesting that 25 years of age is too young to transition and agreeing to right-wing entryism of concern trolling about trans people in sports. This is your opposition leader? I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
This is so important… Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and she’s finding they don’t match the vehicles. In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tactics—just like we suspected. REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency. @governor.ca.gov 🧵
Siem Eikelenboom (@sieboom.bsky.social) reposted
Shocking:
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Fucking disgusting
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
He's not mimicking it, he's mocking it.
Harlow’s Musings (@harlowsmusings.bsky.social) reposted
TN HOLLER The Tennessee Holler: National Guard soldier speaks out: "I swore an oath to defend our constitution... seeking refuge is not an act of violence. Locking people up for it is." Camp Atterbury, IN 🇺🇸💙✊🏽❤️🔥
Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.bsky.social) reposted
Friday: Trump says Putin claims voting by mail cannot be fair and it's how the 2020 was purportedly "rigged" against him Today: Trump announces executive order to ban mail voting and also voting machines Also today: Newsmax pays Dominion $67 million to avoid trial for lying about voting machines
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
My god this is bad
Senator Roland Gutierrez (@rolandfortexas.bsky.social) reposted
This is full-on authoritarianism. Free Nicole Collier. #txlege
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course it's not a fucking crime. What it is is shameful and unnecessary.
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Ffs why
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social)
This fucker
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly though, I'm not surprised. 😉
Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted
what an image
Meredith Rose (@mrose.ink) reposted
Boost and for everyone in DC. Know your rights. (Gift link)
Alanna Vagianos (@alannavagianos.bsky.social) reposted
Multiple men have impersonated ICE agents to assault women & @demwomencaucus.bsky.social is demanding action. “People cannot tell the difference between a real agent & a criminal & that makes everyone less safe – especially immigrant women who are the most vulnerable," @velazquez.house.gov told me.
Leigh Harrison Helberg (@leighhelberg.bsky.social) reposted
Do not turn away.
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
IRA Irish
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News (@froomkin.bsky.social) reposted
Massive, fascist Border Patrol power play outside Newsom's presser apparently netted them entirely one person, who was delivering strawberries. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Ari Costello (@aricostello.bsky.social) reposted
Ahh… psst…, psst… https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/mayor-dc-trump-national-guard
Jeff Sharlet (@jeffsharlet.bsky.social) reposted
Press needs to stop repeating govt euphemism of “clearing homeless camps.” I’ve witnessed it in other cities: massive destruction of personal property. Not just bedrolls & tents; family photos, Bibles, meds. Times I’ve seen it people weren’t even given option to move their things.
Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
People cheer as some federal agents get in their cars and leave. NY plates on their cars.
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Now I need some pierogi what have you done
Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn.bsky.social) reposted
A 4-year-old boy’s ongoing care for stage 4 kidney cancer was interrupted when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers illegally deported him, his sister and mother “without even a semblance of due process.”
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Huh?
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) reposted
Five more Palestinians have died from starvation in Gaza, due to Israel’s restrictions on aid, bringing the total to 217 since the war began, including 100 children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/1490et
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Lmao
Michael Colborne (@colborne.bsky.social) reposted
Oliver Willis (@owillis.bsky.social) reposted
work will even set you free, ive heard
Brendel (@brendelbored.bsky.social) reposted
Liz Warren to her absolute credit shows up on CNBC and is willing to call everyone a stupid piece of shit in a way that even Bernie would refrain from
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
📽️ WATCH: “The U.S. sent us to El Salvador so that El Salvador could do the dirty work that the U.S. couldn’t.” Hear from Juan José Ramos Ramos, Andry Omar Blanco Bonilla and Wilmer José Vega Sandia — three of 230+ Venezuelan men the Trump administration sent to CECOT — in their own words:
Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) reposted
Texas House Democrats offer a brief response to Gov. Greg Abbott's threat of arrest and expulsion: "Come and take it."
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
POSSUMS ARE THE BEST THEY EAT TICKS FOR US!
Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) reposted
my “i never had the privilege of going to pedo island” press conference is raising a lot of questions already answered in the press conference
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
That's incredible
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
As Trump moves to turn corporate media into regime propaganda, please support independent journalism that won't bend the knee. I'm really proud of the work we do at PN. If you appreciate my coverage here on social media, it would mean a lot for you to sign up. Thanks.
Cockroach Queer "Woke Scold" Public Universal Fiend 🦇⚧️♿ 🇵🇸🦋🏳️⚧️ (@alexpetrovnia.bsky.social) reposted
"pro lifers" should be storming ICE facilities for actually killing fetuses and babies rather than Planned Parenthood where the extremely vast majority of services have nothing to do with abortive care but oops! they don't care about "life" or "babies" at all www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Antidepressants save lives
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
I have to come back into the us this weekend and I am beyond stressed 😩
Gravel Influencer (@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social) reposted
"They falsely stated that I, a U.S. citizen, have no Constitutional rights at a point of entry, and officers became increasingly agitated as I continued to assert my rights regardless."
Alvaro M. Bedoya (@bedoyausa.bsky.social) reposted
A man coughing up blood. Men zip-tied face down on a wet floor. CCTV turned off. Men forced to eat off of a chair like animals while handcuffed. Solitary confinement if you complain. This is just three paragraphs from a new report.
LA Legault (@lalegault.bsky.social) reposted
How could you know this is happening and do nothing? @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social
Aaron Fritschner (@fritschner.bsky.social) reposted
CNN just published newly uncovered pics and video of Donald Trump hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein in the 1990’s, including at Trump’s second wedding: www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/p...
Jessica Valenti (@jessicavalenti.bsky.social) reposted
Feminists and abortion rights activists warned that this would happen, and now here we are: A Tennessee woman has been denied prenatal care because she’s unmarried. The woman—who hasn’t shared her name—spoke about her experience at a town hall last week.
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Lol appreciate the press corpse play on words 😆
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Practically a checklist for me after just decreasing my meds during pregnancy (I'm fine now)
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
Having one good doctor makes a huge difference 💖 for me it's my neurologist, she's been my main doctor for over a decade 🙂
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
🫠
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
It's scary because I always wonder if I'm going to miss a warning sign for something fatal because I'm always in so much pain already that it doesn't register.
Jake Grumbach (@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social) reposted
looking at the 30+ democracies that have successfully prosecuted heads of state for violating their constitutions over the past 15 years
Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes.bsky.social) reposted
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
smilingrain.bsky.social (@smilingrain.bsky.social) reply parent
So cute 🥰
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "CBS canceled [Stephen] Colbert's show just three days after Colbert called out CBS owner Paramount for its $16 settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons."