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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 6h

New article out this month on how doctors become fascists.

50% of German physicians joined the Nazi Party––twice the proportion of any other profession. US doctors today are arguably the most conservative in the world, and we're heading along a similar path.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CAk9...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h

Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country. I will be there on October 18th, and I hope you will be too.
#NoKings
snyder.substack.com/p/no-kings-f...

No Kings — Freedom (video)

Why protest is patriotic

snyder.substack.com

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 1h

How I Expect the Supreme Court to Kill Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Callais (If It Does So): Not By Direct Overruling but By Pretending They Are Simply Reinterpreting the Meaning of Section 2 electionlawblog.org?p=152471

How I Expect the Supreme Court to Kill Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Callais (If It Does So): Not By Direct Overruling but By Pretending They Are Simply Reinterpreting the Meaning of Section 2...

I’ve written of good reason to believe the Supreme Court is going to sap Section 2 of its power in the Louisiana v. Callais case, being argued on Wednesday. I won’t rehash those arguments here. Instea...

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 37m

Also seems reasonable to note the transparent racism is reacting to a protest about Palestine, in London with a call to deport Muslims (who may have nothing to do with either Palestine or London!) from the United States.

Racializing a religious identity so he can do racism to it.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 49m

United States Congressman calls for the deportation of all Muslims from the US.

All Jewish groups should join together to denounce this.

Tweet from Congressman Randy Fine: "Muslims calling for the destruction of Israel — after the peace deal.

It was never about Gaza.

Why did the UK allow these demons in?

We must ban Sharia in the United States and deport them ALL before this becomes us.

Religion of peace."

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 35m

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

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CMHoskins @cmhoskins.bsky.social · 38m

Huh. I'm surprised she didn't get tangled up in her bed sheets yet. Maybe she's moving into a high rise building with windows that open when she get's moved. Hmmmm.

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CMHoskins @cmhoskins.bsky.social · 41m

THIS is the way America!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 45m

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 44m

True bravery!

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CMHoskins @cmhoskins.bsky.social · 51m

Beautiful!

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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 2h

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2h

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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juridical.bsky.social @juridical.bsky.social · 1h

Same group? Is that a pistol being pointed at the guy in blue?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

Rep. Jim Himes on Trump blowing up boats in the Caribbean: "The White House has not shared what they believe their legal justification is. They did put out a memo. I will tell you based on what I know now and the reading of that memo, these are illegal killings."

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 1h

quite a take from someone who called COVID restrictions "fascism" and "a violation of constitutional rights," and argued that SEC penalties for announcing a fake leveraged buyout of Tesla trampled on his first amendment free speech protections

San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 1h

The remarks from the tech leaders come as city officials tout falling crime rates even as overdose deaths continue to climb.

‘The only solution’: Elon Musk backs call to deploy federal troops to San Francisco

The remarks from the tech leaders come as city officials tout falling crime rates even as overdose deaths continue to climb.

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 2h

www.axios.com/2025/10/10/f...

Trump refuses to negotiate
Speaker Johnson refuses to bring House Republicans back in session
Senate Republicans refuse to negotiate

Now this 42 MILLION people could have SNAP BENEFITS CUT..Food for Families and Children
And your insurance premiums rise

Scoop: Trump administration warns of "insufficient funds" for food stamps if shutdown continues

It's the administration's latest warning of painful consequences of a lengthy government shutdown.

www.axios.com

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 6h

God Bless America is just a song by Irving Berlin. It’s not the national anthem. America is so far down the moron hole it will never get out

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1h

"We’ve seen this movie before, and Black communities have been telling America how it ends."

Black People Knew This Would Happen

Generational experience has taught us what happens when the state builds a weapon for someone else: Sooner or later, it finds a way back to us.

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 1h

Trump’s National Security Presidential Memo: No King’s Day and More. Join me LIVE on Substack, Sunday at 3p ET: substack.com/@thefrankfig...

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence

NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

www.whitehouse.gov

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CMHoskins @cmhoskins.bsky.social · 1h

The Divided States of America.

The great experiment is over.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

This is the distillation of DOGE: control and punish Democratic or progressive spaces. That's it.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2h

Red state government declaring open war on blue city governments in Florida.

This is the MAGA model: using every tool of the state to punish political opponents, without even a pretense that you are governing "for everyone."

Doge-ish comes to Florida: a DeSantis loyalist is going after ‘waste’ in Democratic cities

Blaise Ingoglia was handpicked by the Republican Florida governor to lead an assault on municipal spending

www.theguardian.com

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 3h

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫,

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 2h

“This is setting us up for the Insurrection Act,” Dr. Jason Stanley warns of Trump's authoritarian tactics in cities across America. “I think we are facing the moment in which a coup is happening. This is the moment.” What’s needed now, he adds, is full-scale nonviolent resistance. #Velshi

‘A coup is happening’: A new warning against Trump’s authoritarian slide

In a stark warning, Dr. Jason Stanley says America is entering a dangerous period with President Trump’s growing rhetoric against the so-called “radical left” and “domestic terrorists.” “I think we are facing the moment in which a coup is happening,” Stanley warns. “This is the moment,” he says, and adds that what’s needed now is full-scale, nonviolent resistance.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 19h

I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 20h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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