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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 5h

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/rcna236856

Texas AG Ken Paxton announces ‘undercover’ investigations into liberals

The GOP Senate candidate’s announcement of the probes targeting liberals is modeled after Donald Trump’s authoritarian attacks.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 6h

“Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors ***
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat [alleged] antisemitism” 1/7/25 … 1/ forward.com/news/686797/...

Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors

The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.

forward.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

WTF 🤬
Goons brutally pushed a peaceful protester to the ground and dragged them across the floor.

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Renée in L.A. @reneepatrice.bsky.social · 1d

Some of you thought we were being alarmist when we said that they were trying to kill us all - or at least a very large swath of us.

Do you believe us yet?

cdpositive @cdpositive.bsky.social · 1d

The 🤡 is running the zoo. Please note which departments that got notices & then got "oooops" notices. Would *you* want to work for this circus? It was hard enough to get good people. Now, it's going to be impossible.

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"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 21h

Disgraceful framing — jfc

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

President Trump has made clear that he is eager to use the might of the American military and the resources of the federal government to crack down on what he sees as domestic threats: violent crime, illegal immigration and the antifa movement.

Trump deploys tactics and language of war against perceived domestic threats

It represents a dramatic shift in the use of the military, which has been focused for most of American history on threats from abroad.

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 21h

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Crystal Voted 4 Harris @crystal4mvpharris.bsky.social · 1d

After his nasty antics to Black folks, Karma is swift.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 2d

Vivek Ramaswamy goes to a Turning Point USA event in Ohio and quickly finds out that he is not on the team.

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 1d

A nifty inflation calculator

#dwulator#dw" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.minneapolisfed.org/about-us/monetary-policy/inflation-calculator#dw

Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 1d

So sad…

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 23d

So sorry, ANTIFA. I’m afraid we have to let you go. 😌

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 1d

Some stagnate, like the regime fascism in Italy after The Dictatorship was announced. Others radicalize — as in Germany or Cambodia.

But we are clearly looking at an accelerationist threat in the U.S., no question.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

One feature or authoritarian movements: They get more extreme.

"The highly unusual request appears to have originated from a letter sent from 25 Republican members of Congress asking [the EPA] to investigate how mifepristone might be contaminating the water supply."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 1d

Shocking…

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. Let me know how the rest goes. The reviews were pretty weak, I saw that. I also thought Bleeding Edge was under appreciated.

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, the coup is only the *prelude* to the REAL crimes that will inevitably follow.

It is not the ‘condition’; only the *pre*-condition.

Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 1d

Reading a realistic crime novel from 1955. Two little girls, age 9. One has polio. The other incipient TB.

Not that long ago.

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 2d

& note all the serious men standing behind him…

Smiling and nodding, Marty…??

Jfc…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 2d

And speaking of Lunatics….

His China move seems to *him* to be alpha.

But to everyone else it’s:
“here comes Peewee again…!”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 2d

Peter Thiel, once assumed to be a cynic, has now revealed that he is actually a lunatic.

🤦‍♂️

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PhillFoss @phillfoss.bsky.social · 2d

Unbelievable. Entire world going nuts…..
www.newsweek.com/nobel-peace-...

Nobel Peace Prize winner dedicates her award to Donald Trump

María Corina Machado has publicly dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump.

www.newsweek.com

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 2d

Peter Thiel lecturing me on the Anti-Christ... 😂

What a pompous and delusional ass...

A man who has NO idea of how much he doesn't know...

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sfnativekelly.bsky.social @sfnativekelly.bsky.social · 3d

Can’t stand her!

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 3d

Toast.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

California voter here 🤚🏽

Not cool. Judge Katie Porter for yourself, but all the whiteboards in the world don’t make up for losing your cool when the questions get uncomfortable.

Even worse, flipping out on your own support team. This isn’t sexist, it’s about staying level-headed under pressure…

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 3d

First win the seat — and knock out Collins. THEN worry about what to do next…. And longer term.

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3d

Will Maine really choose a 77 year old senate candidate because that's what Chuck Schumer wants?

I know Janet Mills is popular, but she'll be 79 when the next senate term starts and the entire Dem base is crying out for a new generation.

When will they learn to stop shooting their own feet?

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Ari Costello @aricostello.bsky.social · 3d

Just recently read Satantango — I suppose that I now have to go on to the next one…