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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 23h

The extreme left’s weird soft treatment of Nick Fuentes is a reminder that if you go far enough in either direction, you loop back around

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23h

* Over 20,000 Palestinians killed since January
* 100s starved to death, including kids
* Congress bypassed to send more & more bombs to Israel
* US citizens murdered in the West Bank

I hope this ceasefire holds & I am glad the hostages are free, but this is Trump’s *actual record* so far.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

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TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Chernynkaya @chernynkaya.bsky.social · 1d

Amen, brother!

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‘We Should Be Cleareyed About What’s Happening Here’ | The Ezra Klein Show

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

"Show them you're not afraid. Do it for the country. For the Constitution. For your family. For yourself. Do it for your freedom. While you still can."

This is excellent. Every Dem strategist who thinks there's risk in engaging these debates should watch it for guidance.

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely brutal.

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 1d

New Column: Portland is not burning. Not remotely. It's unconscionable what Trump & co. are saying. newrepublic.com/article/2016... via @newrepublic.com

Trump’s Lies About Portland: An Excuse to Create a Police State

The disturbances in Portland are basically limited to a single block about two miles from the city center. And Trump says the city is burning. Why?

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Chernynkaya @chernynkaya.bsky.social · 1d

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Joy-Ann Reid (@joyannreid) on Threads

Every word of this. 🙏🏿 #ripdianekeaton . Repost from @thedominiquemorgan • My GOD ON TODAY! May Sis. Keaton rest in peace!

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Chernynkaya @chernynkaya.bsky.social · 1d

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Don Lemon (@donlemonofficial) on Threads

If you support this, it’s BULLSH*T. #ice #chicago #donlemon

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 1d

This weekend, Trump said “the Biden FBI” placed 274 agents in the January 6 insurrectionist mob.

He wrote “If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies.”

But it ISN’T so: TRUMP was still POTUS until January 20. It was the TRUMP FBI.

Oops. Never mind. 👑 😳😵‍💫😎😟

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely this.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2d

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

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Chernynkaya @chernynkaya.bsky.social · 1d

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This Week in Democracy – Week 38: Bombing Boats, Deploying Troops, Targeting Democrats

Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Chernynkaya @chernynkaya.bsky.social · 1d

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He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE. — Philadelphia Inquirer

He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Once they understand that it is an unelected bureaucrat carrying out a coup, who knows.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/AoXcgAq

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 2d

These people protested an event that ended with hundreds of people praying in Hebrew that today would be the day the hostages were finally brought home.

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 2d

Zohran is speaking at my synagogue. These folks are outside.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Chernynkaya @chernynkaya.bsky.social · 1d

The word she might be looking for is heilhitler. It’s German for fear.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 2d

Trump's potbellied storm troopers are now ripping children from their parents on the streets of Chicago.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

ICE GOONS arrested a father and mother in front of their child.
Chicago, Illinois

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Chernynkaya @chernynkaya.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for your service, sir!

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 2d

Recommended.

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 3d

Careful and powerful analysis by @gregsargent.bsky.social of the New York Times treating Trump's propagandists as "provocateurs" and decision to treat MAGA's ideologically-driven lies as part of a legitimate clash of perspectives in describing Portland.
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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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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"Gilded Rage" isn’t simply a rehash of existing reportage. What separates Silverman’s book from other writeups, and where his book truly shines, is in his attempt to get at the root of Silicon Valley’s anti-democratic lurch. ICYMI @cjcmichel.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-our-te...

Why Our Tech Overlords Took a Hard Right Turn

A new book tells the story of how Elon Musk and other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs became angry admirers of authoritarianism.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 1d

He's also declared war on the United States, so there's that

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Rep. Van Orden: "Listen, at this point the Nobel Peace Prize does not deserve Donald Trump. It's just shocking and so in your face. I mean, this guy has done more for world peace in 9 months any any president in history. Period. And it should be recognized. But unfortunately he's not a globalist."

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