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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 51m

John Oliver taking Bari Weiss and The Free Press to town was appreciated. She’s such a hollow fraud: her success just reflects how hollow and fraudulent the current ruling class is

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 16h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 15h

My version of this is that Vought, Yarvin etc represent a kind of braindead right-Gramscianism, which leaves out all the interesting subtleties and treats civil society _only_ as a realm of indoctrination, where one ideological master-narrative can readily be substituted for another.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 16h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3h

This really fucking sucks!!! I’m not even paid to be here by an outlet, so doing this is just fucking me personally!

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 3h

The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.

It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Moosic11 @moosic.bsky.social · 6h

They have whitewashed the violence by being non-violent.

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Dan Davis @bindlestiff.bsky.social · 3h

OMG YES

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

Trump’s ice goons pull guns on an unarmed guy on a bike in Rogers Park. Terrorizing neighborhoods

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.

The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.

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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 4h

Bluesky look at this gift I found for you

svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 4h

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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Dan Davis @bindlestiff.bsky.social · 4h

Milkweed: The Standup Comics of Botany

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Dan Davis @bindlestiff.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah I was going to ask her to drop us a pin if she could find it

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Dan Davis @bindlestiff.bsky.social · 4h

I mean why ask why?

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Abbey 8647 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 4h

But of course.

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Dan Davis @bindlestiff.bsky.social · 4h

INSIDIOUS

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Dan Davis @bindlestiff.bsky.social · 4h

So…um…is the violence…like…idk hiding inside their suits or something?

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 7h

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 9h

One year ago today in the New York Times.

In remarks about migrants, Donald Trump invoked his long-held fascination with genes and genetics.

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Dan Davis @bindlestiff.bsky.social · 5h

ALIEN: I’m granting you the gift of jumping to another timeline, but you only get one try.
ME: OK LET’S GOOOOO!
ALIEN: But I have to tell you that 99% of the alternate timelines we’ve surveyed are at least as bad as this one.
ME: Can I just come with you instead?
ALIEN: We breathe methane.
ME: And?

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

idea unlocked: furry army.

Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 6h

I think I want to go to Portland. I can show up to a cafe and order a lavender vanilla matcha latte while dressed in a brown bear costume.

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 5h

Every day at noon, no matter how busy, Johny Merida Aguilar left his construction job and hurried to his 5-year-old son's school to feed him. His son has brain cancer and generally only accepts food from his father.

Merida Aguilar was arrested by ICE in September and faces deportation to Bolivia.