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Big Brain @bigbrain1234.bsky.social · 1h

But Kamala Harris is the enemy of the far left?

She lost. They got what they wanted. Trump. Hope they’re happy with themselves.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

CHICAGO — WGN News editor/producer Debbie Brockman grabbed by Trump’s ICE goons.. who then intentionally ram a bystander’s car as they peel away.

More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 1h

This absolute emotional rollercoaster of a post

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1h

Why did the Trump administration decimate the CDC last night? If they destroy the systems used to measure disease spread and health outcomes, they can't be held accountable for killing thousands upon thousands of US residents with their eugenicist policies. This is fascism.

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NPR @npr.org · 7h

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2h

At least we no longer have to hear about freedom being in Americans' DNA or whatever. Turns out we love to eat shit and bow to some bloated halfwit like any other people throughout history

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1h

"The man with the most power has expended enormous energy targeting those with the least."

Katelyn on this Zohran quote: "This is the line. It's the line that got me to tear up as I was watching it."

strikes me how this kind of powerful, simple message grows from belief, not focus groups!

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 4h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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

Calling No Kings a 'hate America rally' when having no kings was a precondition for having a United States of America

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 5h

It’s a SAVE AMERICA rally‼️

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Big Brain @bigbrain1234.bsky.social · 5h

Yes! Thank you for calling it out. Journalists need to start calling this shit out instead of constantly circling the media wagons whenever there is criticism. Journalism does not improve without publicly acknowledging how it’s bending to help normalize fascism.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 5h

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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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 5h

Nine days.

It was nine days later that the coordinated efforts ceased, as these violent assholes moved on from Charlie Kirk to their next faux outrage

She posted about Charlie Kirk's death. Within eight hours, she was fired

Alexandra is one of many people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship."

www.npr.org

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 5h

Argentina edition of Libertarian bible

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5h

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Big Brain @bigbrain1234.bsky.social · 5h

It’s ultimately a tax on the consumer. Maybe not right away, but the consumer, me and you, are who ultimately pay for this.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

"She said to me after that - Samantha, 21 years old - all my life I've prepared for this moment. All my life, my mom, 53 years old, who was just going to get meat for a stew, has told me one day this could come."

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social talks ICE with @timmiller.bsky.social on The Bulwark Pod

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 9h

This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump #RFKJr. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Big Brain @bigbrain1234.bsky.social · 13h

Is he projecting?

Big Brain @bigbrain1234.bsky.social · 13h

We’re in the “well, actually” era with the press. It’s one of the most depressing and bewildering eras.

“Well, actually his tone is edgy and fresh. Until now we hadn’t seen a POTUS demand political foes be fired by a public message on their own social media network that they thought was private.”

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 19h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 19h

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

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14h

Maybe we should send billionaires to space in their rockets

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

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15h

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13h

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Julie McGalliard @mcjulie.bsky.social · 13h

This is a very general problem with all the Trump admin "let's bring back the 19th century!" plans: you can't do it. The 19th century in 2025 just looks like your country falling apart.

Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · Apr 2

It’s worse than that. 19th c. medicine in the 21st c. won’t produce 19th c. outcomes. Not when airplanes mix ppl globally on a daily basis, when pop. density has risen to dizzying heights, when human communities have encroached on animal habitats to unprecedented levels…

It’ll be so much worse.

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