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adepsis @adepsis.bsky.social · Mar 26

The news media *in particular* needs to remember this and report on them accordingly instead of like some royal edict that becomes objective reality before the ink dries.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Mar 25

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

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Liberal Librarian, Emotional Support Cuban 📚 🌿🕓 @liberallibrarian.bsky.social · 22h

And stupid wins out every single fucking time.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Michael Adzema @sillymickel.bsky.social · 1d

#TruthWarriors

i'd like to hear it from either legacy or independent media. i haven't heard a thing, yet the fact that it supply munitions to DHS & Homeland Security

at this exact time

and NOT A WORD is said about the motive. or cause.

SHOUTS OUT TO ME FOR ATTENTION

#justwonderin

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Michael Adzema @sillymickel.bsky.social · 20h

#TruthWarriors ... sounds about right.

Truthbee @truthbee.bsky.social · 20h

The part of the bible, in reference to Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt. I know, I should get verse...When God saw, that his people were disobeying His word. He told them, to wander the desert for 40 years until new generation is born. VOTE GOP OUT FOR A GENERATION.

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Michael Adzema @sillymickel.bsky.social · 26d

This is brilliant. #TruthWarriors

Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 26d

It's poetic that the party that created school shooters is now facing assassinations and attempts by individuals who are less ideologically motivated assassins and more just local meme-poisoned school shooters who happened to pick the nearest obnoxious famous guy to shoot instead of kindergarteners

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 21h

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 23h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 21h

FFS. Is Vought going to be held accountable for this fuck-up?

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 20h

Eugenics, all the way down www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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crooksandliars.bsky.social @crooksandliars.bsky.social · 21h

Judge Blocks Trump From Sending Troops To Chicago

This judge saw through all the BS right to the heart of the matter.

dlvr.it

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 22h

The brown people aren't stealing your jobs.
The orange man is stealing your future.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 3d

This is what it looks like when one side is about to cave on a shutdown. How do I know? I had a front-row seat as as an aide to the House GOP leadership during the very first shutdown, in the 1995 battle with Clinton. When they get nervous and defensive like this, they're looking for a way out.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "It's about keeping Congress operating so we can get to healthcare. We always were going to. They're lying to you. Okay? The healthcare issues were always gonna be something discussed, deliberated, contemplated, and debated in October and November."

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Robin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 2d

You know the assignment 👍

It'd be a real shame if this photo of President Obama receiving his Nobel peace prize went viral today, for no particular reason

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 2d

THE USE OF AGENT
PROVOCATEURS TO REPRESS
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS WAS
"PRETTY ROUTINE"
THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
Chomsky concluded his answer to Steele by saying, "But that's so routine there's not even any point giving examples" (quoted in Steele 2012). As a long-time activist, I think Chomsky is only half right here. Routine, yes; but the problem of agent provocateurs is still not very well-known by many activists and organizers. Given that this lack of awareness increases a movement's vulnerability to
agent provocateurs, I want to share some historical examples of agent provocateur activity around the world, including an in-depth case study from the Black Liberation Movement in the United States.
My hope is that this examination will encourage civil resistance organizers to think more deeply about what can be done to minimize the negative impact of agent provocateurs and agent provoca-teur-like behavior on movements for peace, justice, human rights, and sustainability. I then close the essay by sharing some useful first steps toward achieving this goal.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

UPDATE: The @nytimes tells Hegseth to pound sand on his new policy to restrict how reporters cover the Pentagon

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 3d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

More on the destruction of the presumption of regularity

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 3d

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 3d

As with Comey, the charges against Letitia James have no signature other than Trump’s handpicked personal attorney Lindsey Halligan.

No line prosecutor signed this document.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

fucking WOOF

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 3d

This is something all too rare: A Republican asking himself, 'How would I feel if a Democrat did to me what Trump is doing to Democrats?'

Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 3d

Oklahoma’s Republican governor criticizes guard deployment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.”

His comments, in an interview with The New York Times, marked the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and other Democratic elected officials have been strongly critical of the move and have implored Republican governors to join the opposition.

Mr. Stitt on Thursday said, “We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,” adding, “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 3d

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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