ablecitizen.bsky.social

ablecitizen.bsky.social

@ablecitizen.bsky.social

Native NYer. PoliSci PhD. Pugnacious progressive. NY Mets / Giants fan. Currently in the Rio Grande Valley delivering the goods daily at UTRGV. Have not perfected any student indoctrination spells. US Navy vet (87-93). Opinions my own.

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Dang . . .

#StudentsTalkPolitics@studentstalkpols.bsky.social

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u... #StudentsTalkPolitics The new press secretary only lasted one-half of a Scaramucci! That's savage, yo.

#LGM #Mets Did y'all hear that tepid crowd response when they played the "CHARGE!" music? At least on TV it sounded like three people yelled "charge"in the entire stadium. Sorry Cleveland, y'all got NOTHING on Mets fans.

The reporting on this incident is precisely why we NEED a free press and not just stenographers who will ape the talking points that electeds spew forth from their pie holes.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Juan Proaño on the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo: There were three others with him in that vehicle. Those individuals are now being pressured to sign self-deportation orders. They’re trying to get rid of them as witnesses as well.

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ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.

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6 months ago, I predicted that the biggest bailout in corporate history was going to be Nadella, Altman, and Dario Amodei,,, and that it would be dressed up as investment/growth. It's a bailout.

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As ICE agents kill more people, it's worth remembering that, according to former members of the agency, this kind of violence isn't a fluke; it's "by design" under Trump. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things."

motherjones.comFormer members of ICE say recent violence is "by design""What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."

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KEY: all three witnesses are being detained apart, and their story is consistent. They say that there were agents along the side of the vehicle but none in front. When you add the videos showing a lack of evidence of damage to the front despite ICE's ramming claim, ICE's story is falling apart.

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social

All 3 men inside of the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo “‘reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van…They came in and started shooting from the sides.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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March 9: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil." April 1: "It doesn't really affect us. We have so much oil, much more than we need." June 17: If I didn't agree to the MOU, we "would run out of reserves at about 4 weeks..."

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On this day in 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Loving v. Virginia case, legalizing interracial marriage across the country. We celebrate love, freedom, and this important moment in the fight for equality today.

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Pollitical Cartoonists keep us sane. This gem is from Mike Lukovich. Now we know where they hid the Epstein files. Trumpy should know we ain't forgetting what he did to all those kids. Not now, not ever.

These sewer clowns have debased themselves to be close to the seat of power. May their microwave popcorn NEVER fully pop.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

Love to invent incredibly unlikely threats, set off a massive war that does serious damage to U.S. interests at obscene fiscal costs to fight that incredibly unlikely threat, then declare victory on a claim that the incredibly unlikely threat now definitely won't happen.

And none of us are surprised. The corruption is "like nothing we've ever seen before"

The New York Times@nytimes.com

The contractor working on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is being paid an inflated and excessive profit margin, according to federal documents obtained by The New York Times. nyti.ms/4dz0oSb

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Both of Marco Rubio’s parents were born in Cuba. Marco Rubio was born in Miami in 1971, before they became US citizens. He is a US citizen because he was born in the US under birthright citizenship. #Hypocrites

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Gas skyrocketing, bombs dropping, our standing in the world in tatters, taxpayer dollars up in flames — meanwhile this oligarch dictator wanna-be brags about his new ballroom and the “Corinthian” columns How is every American not sickened by this?