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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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Tim Verstynen @tdverstynen.bsky.social · 4h

Conservatives in the 90s: We should cut government funding for higher ed and let them operate more like companies.

<Universities adapt to a more corporate system, substantially increasing costs>

Conservatives today: Academia is broken, so the government should fix it by dictum!

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

Does this make more sense?

headline adjusted to read: Academia is Broken. Trump University Can Help Fix it

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 4h

one thing that’s definitely new over the past decade or so is the number of bumper stickers and signs threatening to kill you

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J Hoberman @jhoberman.bsky.social · 4h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

"Casablanca" ban next?

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Death Threats

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 5h

“Few commentators have considered how Trump v. United States has changed the distinction between lawful and unlawful orders.”

www.justsecurity.org/121919/milit...

The Crisis in Uniform: The Danger of Presidential Immunity for the U.S. Military

Military personnel are increasingly aware that they may be asked to prioritize loyalty to an individual over their rights and responsibilities

www.justsecurity.org

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 4h

Remember the expression "friendly fascism"?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 18h

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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Dorothy Parker Fucks @dorothyparkerfucks.bsky.social · 5h

Tweet from @dril: turning a big dial taht says "Racism" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right

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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 8d

Centrists don’t want to change the system, however many people die, because their beach house is cool.

Adam Johnson
@adamjohnsonCHI
Crazy that Obama, Hillary, the NYT, Darren Aronofsky, Time magazine all puffed up Greta Thunberg when they thought she'd settle into a life of Aspen institute panels and Pepsi-style gen z NGO activism but she instead went beastmode on Gaza and now they act like she never existed

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🎃ℝ𝕆ℂ𝕂𝕐 𝕄𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕀ℕ 𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎𝕊🎃 @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 4h

I don't know about you, but I would rather this money go to feed kids, help homeless veterans, keep rural hospitals open.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Trump’s Albert Speer-style German Arch of Triumph now planned for DC.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 14h

Please keep making podcasts about how democrats need to stop being so condescending about red states

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

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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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 14h

Jared from Subway is a condo billionaire?

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14h

Let the kids know where the holiday presents are coming from this year.

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 20h

It's a half-baked DORK TOWER FRIDAY! Great (British) new strip up now, at the Mothership!

www.dorktower.com/2025/10/08/h...

Reblog/Repost/Repeat! Thanks SO much!

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14h

So not for cause, or to address fraud, waste & abuse.

For partisan political pain.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16h

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

Douthat: So that’s the first purpose of your political project, for America to stop making God angry.

Wilson: Yes. And most people think that when they are confronted with that project, they think that we want to get our tentacles into everything and start controlling everything. I actually think we need limited government. The government should be significantly smaller than it is, and we need to curtail a lot of the busybodyness that we have. That’s why I would call myself a theocratic libertarian. There is a true libertarian element in this, and yet, the transcendent grounding for what we’re talking about means that we acknowledge the authority of God.

We have racked up quite a body count of awful crimes, and I believe the only way out is for us to repent and turn to Christ. This would be things like no more Pride parades, no more drag queen story hours, no more abortion on demand, no more legalized same-sex unions — all of that, done. That’s the repentance part.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16h

I wonder why?

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 21h

Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

www.nytimes.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

It is very telling that behind Trump stand senior HHS officials. They literally stand behind the most obvious falsehoods, which tells you all you need to know about how much faith you should put in any statements they make about the science of public health

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

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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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 17h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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The Get More Smarter Podcast @getmoresmarter.com · 17h

Abortion surveillance. What the fuck are we doing?

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

www.nytimes.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 17h

This.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18h

If GOP wants to abolish the filibuster over this, awesome. It helps Rs way more than Ds. It’s also a central reason for loss of faith in government over the last 25 yrs. Rs can reopen the govt tonight if they want. If they want to do it to make sure 15 million lose their health care that’s on them.

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 21h

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 20h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 17h

OMG.

The meritocracy is really showing how the DOJ is now made up the best of the best, I guess.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 18h

Someone gonna get fired …. @kenwhite.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social

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Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · 21h

If you've never encountered the details of these events in 1919 and are wondering how bad it could possibly be: its absolutely fucking awful. Genuinely, horrendous.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 1d

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

eji.org

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