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Alexander Reid Ross

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · Apr 15

My latest is on the raging conflict between the techno-oligarchy, Traditionalists, and center right, including some broader historical and cultural analysis.

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Steve Bannon and Elon Musk Are Battling for the Soul of Trumpism

A growing rift within the MAGA coalition between populists and techno-oligarchs may determine the future of the Republican Party

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 20m

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

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.

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 2h

did that zebra actually kill and eat that young cheetah? depends on the narrator.

spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 5h

Imagine if you did this in any other journalistic context

"Did the Tigers or Mariners Win Game 5? In Detroit, Depends on the Narrator."

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 9h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 5h

Imagine if you did this in any other journalistic context

"Did the Tigers or Mariners Win Game 5? In Detroit, Depends on the Narrator."

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 9h

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 7h

I also suspect that "flooding the zone" with fake videos makes the real ones less impactful

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h

That TikTok account has a few fake videos of reporters getting detained. They make these videos because it’s a big story in the news. Real reporters are getting arrested. And so people are making AI videos to get engagement on TikTok.

dontbeonline • 1d ago
Journalist gets detained while doing her job #ForYou, #viral, #foryoupage, #tikto... more
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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 8h

side thought: someone's going to shoot the frog, aren't they?

Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 8h

just crossed my mind how much Graeber would have loved the frogs... not just as a response to tyrannical state violence but to reinforcing feedback systems of patriarchal power in general.

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 18h

told yall

Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 18h

this is it, folks. 15th inning is where the magic happens. there's a rule about this.

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 18h

that was kind of a funny hit to win a 15 inning ball game off of

Rose Harding 김윤지 @roselharding.bsky.social · 18h

Omg Mariners

Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 18h

hooooooooooooo baby

Michael Senters the Sigillite, ABD. (Yang Wen-li stan) @mikesenters.bsky.social · 18h

Mariners have the bases loaded.

Michael Senters the Sigillite, ABD. (Yang Wen-li stan) @mikesenters.bsky.social · 18h

Mariners in a good spot here. Let’s see if they can capitalize.

Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 18h

this is it, folks. 15th inning is where the magic happens. there's a rule about this.

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 18h

Welcome to Mariners postseason baseball

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 18h

This has gotta be a bit lmao

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Andrew Hammond @ahamm.bsky.social · 18h

I’ve gotta be up at 6 am.

a man with a mustache is sitting in front of a window with blinds and says don 't even care .

ALT: a man with a mustache is sitting in front of a window with blinds and says don 't even care .

media.tenor.com

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 18h

this game is exhilarausting

Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 18h

FOURTEEN

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scrambled egg globalist @matthewraskob.bsky.social · 19h

lmfaooo. come on, dude. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 1d

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 22h

I just mean, nothing about this violates Republicans' joy

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 23h

I guess TikTok isn't fully right wing yet, huh?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘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 th...

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 1d

at this point, the "portland is burning down" bit is just integrated in Trump's standup act alongside bringing prices down "1000%"... these are easily disprovable lies that ole Archie Bunker repeats for the spectacle of making people angry, in the parallel universe of Archie commanding the military.

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 1d

they missed the funniest one,

Gränsfallet @brosen67.bsky.social · 1d

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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 1d

time to bring back the word "flagitious"?

Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 1d

One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife | Lost Coast Outpost | Humboldt County News share.google/uVQP2LZbeEVE...

One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Doubt.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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