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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 14h

Good. The more of these guys who go fash, the easier it will be to tax them into oblivion.

Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 15h

Former Harris supporter, Salesforce's Marc Benioff, has gone total Trump. He wants troops patrolling San Francisco. Incredible account by the NYT's
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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 15h

A bunch of fucking goons.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 16h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 21h

How to keep troops loyal: make them beg for food from the people you want them to oppress

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 18h

Trump's 'Divorced From Reality' Depiction of Portland Ridiculed by Local Officials

US President Donald Trump falsely claims Portland is a lawless wasteland. Local officials and residents debunk his lies.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 21h

Honestly, anyone on the left who cheered Hamas' sadistic attack on Israeli civilians on October 7th is a cretinous moron. There was no way that action would lead to anything but more mass death and a worse life for Palestinians.

Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 21h

The memos here, if genuine, show that Hamas basically Leeroy Jenkins'd itself against what it knew was a fanatical far-right Israeli government that would retaliate with horrific brutality against Palestinian civilians.

worldnewsstudio.bsky.social @worldnewsstudio.bsky.social · 23h

A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans

NYTimes - Israel-Gaza War (2023- ) | 2025-10-11 11:27 According to a report by NYTimes... A directive, which Israeli officials believe was written by Yahya Sinwar, the powerful leader of Hamas in Gaza, and recordings called…

A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans

NYTimes - Israel-Gaza War (2023- ) | 2025-10-11 11:27 According to a report by NYTimes... A directive, which Israeli officials believe was written by Yahya Sinwar, the powerful leader of Hamas in Gaza, and recordings called for fighters to target soldiers and civilian communities — and to broadcast the violent acts. complete report is on below link.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 22h

I'm here working on a Saturday. Give me a read if you'd be so kind :-)

Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 22h

Judge Shuts Down Trump's Chicago Troop Deployment And Questions Administration's Grasp on Reality

Federal judge questions Trump administration's rationale for deploying National Guard in Chicago, citing lack of rebellion or danger.

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 22h

Judge Shuts Down Trump's Chicago Troop Deployment And Questions Administration's Grasp on Reality

Federal judge questions Trump administration's rationale for deploying National Guard in Chicago, citing lack of rebellion or danger.

www.commondreams.org

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 23h

'A coisa aqui 'ta preta.'

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

I genuinely think that many people don't fully understand the situation in the USA.

Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 23h

'A theocratic libertarian' I cannot even.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 1d

The bigger problem is TikTok which Larry Ellison will turn into MechaHitler Short Videos.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 1d

1.) Agree ceding the cause of free speech to the right was a spectacular own goal.

2.) You were way, way too sanguine about Musk's designs for Twitter (I thought it was obvious at the time he just wanted to build a propaganda network).

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

I fucking love this so much.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

If Mike Pence has the courage.

Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

Seja frangão, seja herói.

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 2d

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Sam Rosenfeld @samrosenfeld.bsky.social · 2d

ActBlue, Open Society, Indivisible—terrorists all.

Note how slipshod, confused, and ramshackle this project sounds even from quoted behind-the-scenes insiders. Miller WANTS it to sound maximally ominous and intimidating. The targets should hold their heads high and carry on.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly surprised it didn't get no billed.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

The disturbing reality is that only happened because he tried to get an immigration bill passed.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

Governor is different from AG.

Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

This is something all too rare: A Republican asking himself, 'How would I feel if a Democrat did to me what Trump is doing to Democrats?'

Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 2d

Oklahoma’s Republican governor criticizes guard deployment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.”

His comments, in an interview with The New York Times, marked the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and other Democratic elected officials have been strongly critical of the move and have implored Republican governors to join the opposition.

Mr. Stitt on Thursday said, “We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,” adding, “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

I miss the Dig and the Phoenix so, so much. I hate what's happened to alt-media.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 3d

The most important point it makes is: The National Guard are just being used as props for the time being. ICE is the agency that's the actual danger.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 3d

This is a good video.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 3d

did my second ever YouTube segment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWRt...

National Guard Brutally Mocked for Chicago Deployment

YouTube video by KlipNews

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 3d

This is what every Democratic state needs to do, tell its state university leaders that they will lose all state appropriations if they sign the compact. Take the decision out of feckless college administrators’ hands.

Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 3d

Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 3d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 3d

That's really not good

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