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Jillian Schweitzer

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Defund the police! #FreePalestine Trying to survive this capitalist hellscape, one day at a time. Mama to a kiddo and various cats. she/her. Comments are mine.

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Top ICE official elaborates on plan to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia - Maryland Matters U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detailed to a federal judge Thursday the Trump administration's plans to again remove the wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the Wes...

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Judge to rule on whether to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration custody A federal judge in Maryland promised on Thursday to rule as soon as possible on whether to order the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration custody.Ab

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Karoline Leavitt Tells Reporter Trump's 'Piggy' Insult Shows He's 'Respectful' by Being 'Honest to Your Faces' Donald Trump's 'Piggy' insult was proof of his 'frankness,' says White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

I realize I shouldn't be the least bit surprised, but fucking really?

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A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.

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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy' Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files

"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."

Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?

people.com/donald-trump...

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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything

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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

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serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them

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Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz Team With β€˜Ready or Not’ Filmmakers for New β€˜Mummy’ Movie Radio Silence, the directing team known for the recent 'Scream' hits, will direct the feature for Universal.

MORE GOOD NEWS AND BLESS THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race, in a historic victory for progressives Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person β€” as well as the youngest in over a century β€” to serve as New York City mayor.

JUST IN: Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person β€” as well as the youngest in over a century β€” to serve as New York City mayor.

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I had thought most of my naive idealism had been stomped out of me by now, but it’s amazing to me that this level of public animosity could be directed by Democratic leadership toward a sweet and personable young candidate of their own party seemingly exclusively because of his background.

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There’s a special place in hell for anyone who can watch this and feel joy.

And for the ones just standing there doing nothing, you’re not much better…

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🚨UPDATE TO SNAP BENEFITS
No guarantee, but it is the first sign of hope. 1/2

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A federal judge in Tennessee warns Trump officials over statements about Kilmar Abrego Garcia - WTOP News A federal judge in Tennessee on Monday warned of possible sanctions against top Trump administration officials if they continue to make inflammatory statements about Kilmar Abrego Garcia that could pr...

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'I’m so terrified': 40 million to lose food assistance amid shutdown
YouTube video by MSNBC 'I’m so terrified': 40 million to lose food assistance amid shutdown

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Jesus christ. Republicans are letting this happen. We got money for fucking bullshit ballrooms and fucking kidnappers but the 'pro-life' assholes are fine with this.

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Am watching a show with the kiddo and a Scotch Brite commercial started and Outkast's So Fresh, So Clean was the music and then I crumbled into dust as the ancient millennial that I am. Kiddo nearly choked on his food because he was laughing so hard at my face.

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A very incomplete list of things we wouldn't have done if we waited for the normies to care:

- abolish slavery
- child labor laws
- votes for women
- social security
- fdic
- welfare
- medicare
- medicaid
- desegregation
- women's sports

24.10.2025 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2026    πŸ” 555    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 15
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YES!!! Arizona isn’t playing.
Mike Johnson thinks he can hold democracy hostage, but Adelita Grijalva is done waiting for permission to get to work for her constituents.

Also: RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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I got this in early and I'm so excited to dig into it! Go pre-order from you fav local bookstore or pester (gently!) your local library!

22.10.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'We will not fall back’: Protesters demand justice for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, other immigrant detainees Members of the Penn State community gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Allen Street Gates in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a unionized metal sheet worker, and all immigrants who were

www.psucollegian.com/news/campus/...

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Democratic governors form a public health alliance in rebuke of Trump administration - WTOP News A group of Democratic state governors has launched a new alliance aimed at coordinating their public health efforts.

wtop.com/local/2025/1...

Hell yes Maryland!

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ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t β€œLook Like” Her Last Name She even had her U.S. passport on her.

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t β€œlook” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🀬

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VIDEO: Speaker Johnson calls Portland naked bike protest β€˜most threatening’ ICE demonstration yet - The Portland Tribune U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Tuesday described a recent naked bike protest in Portland as the β€œmost threatening” demonstration he has seen against federal immigration authorities in the c...

portlandtribune.com/2025/10/15/v...

Seriously? Naked people scare ya?

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a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and saying nope . don 't like that . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and saying nope . don 't like that .

I am working with local folks to set up a #NoKings day protest right in our town and I posted it accordingly in our local FB and Nextdoor group. And then I looked at the comments.

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I don’t think you can β€œabuse” your right to protest

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: β€˜I didn’t want them to take her’ During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

"β€œI didn’t want them to take her,” said the man, who didn’t want to be named because he fears he’ll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions."

So we're at Anne Frank now.

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This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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