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Dan Larsen @danlarsen34.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely agree with the call. Don't let it get to Game 5

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3d

"We need to remind ourselves, constantly, that in the median experience of tyranny, life is largely unchanged. ...If we wait until the abuses become severe and widespread enough to register in our standard analytic tools, it will be too late."

www.offmessage.net/p/the-median...

The Median Experience Of Tyranny

If the politics of tyranny were self-discrediting, we wouldn't need mantras like "never again."

www.offmessage.net

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Dan Larsen @danlarsen34.bsky.social · 4d

I feel the same way. We got incredibly lucky that the zone didn't end up mattering last night. That was one of the worst umpiring performances behind the plate that I've seen in a while.

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Dan Larsen @danlarsen34.bsky.social · 5d

Our economy is almost certainly in a recession already. Data points like this are demonstrating just how bad things could get.

Over 50% of all economic spending is coming from the top 1% as well.

When this bubble bursts, it may make 1929 look like a blip.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 9d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 9d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10d

Let’s open our eyes. This isn’t a functioning democracy any longer when - in the middle of a high stakes funding fight - the President illegally suspends federal projects in states run by Democrats as a way to punish the political opposition.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10d

It's worth noting that the Republicans control all three branches of government and the Dems literally couldn't pass a CR on their own. So anyone who writes anything about Dems being responsible is not only lying, they're doing it in service to this administration.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10d

Good morning.

The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.

Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10d

That's the definition of fascism from Robert Paxton, one of the preeminent historians of the subject, from his book ANATOMY OF FASCISM which came out more than two decades ago.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11d

Oh yes, this is clearly now.

A post on X by Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan
) expresses frustration, asking how anyone can read a definition of fascism and not be alarmed, emphasizing that it is happening now. The post includes a quote from Cody Johnston (@drmistercody
) from one day ago, defining fascism as a form of political behavior marked by an obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation, or victimhood, and compensatory cults of unity, energy, and purity. The definition describes a mass-based party of nationalist militants working with traditional elites, abandoning democratic liberties, and pursuing redemptive violence for internal cleansing and external expansion without ethical or legal restraints.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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Dan Larsen @danlarsen34.bsky.social · 11d

I'm annoyed with elected dems too, but can we direct this at Republicans as well? After all, they're the ones who saved him after 1/6 and are the biggest reason why this is happening.

Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 11d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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RYΛNN WΞLLΞR 🔜 #TwitchCon @theonlyryann.bsky.social · 11d

“…Troops to protect war ravaged Portland”?

*walks outside to peaceful rain*

Huh…oooookaaaaay

What are we fighting over here? Too many micro breweries, artists, and copious amounts of Farmer Markets??

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Dan Larsen @danlarsen34.bsky.social · 11d

It was annoying enough to see this back in 2011-12, but at least back then I could somewhat get where it was coming from. Now, though?

Dan Larsen @danlarsen34.bsky.social · 11d

There's really not anything else left to say at this point other than everyone in this country needs to oppose this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

Dan Larsen @danlarsen34.bsky.social · 11d

So, Trump and the GOP want to shut the government down as an excuse to permanently alter Social Security and Medicare?

Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 11d

👀 Just Now -- President Trump in the Oval Office said a government shutdown gives his administration the power to cut benefit programs, which include Social Security and Medicare.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them, and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like. And, you all know Russell Vought. He’s become very popular recently because he can trim the budget to a level that you couldn't do any other way. So they're taking a risk by having a shutdown. Because of the shutdown, we can do things medically and other ways, including benefits. We can cut large numbers of people. We don't want to do that, but we don't want fraud, waste and abuse.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12d

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 12d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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Dan Larsen @danlarsen34.bsky.social · 14d

He illegally sent federal forces into DC to try and provoke a reaction that would give them cover to push further. It didn't work.

Now, he's targeting Portland for the same reason. The people of this country will not stand for this.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 14d

Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
+
At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Dustin @hareandthere.bsky.social · 14d

War ravaged Portland.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.

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Dan Larsen @danlarsen34.bsky.social · 15d

If you needed any further proof that this administration never cared about just targeting "criminals" for deportation, here's the data that proves it.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15d

🚨NEW: For the first time in history, the single largest group of people arrested in the interior and sent to ICE detention is people with NO criminal record.

As of yesterday's data release, 40%(!) of those arrested in the interior and detained by ICE had no prior conviction or pending charges.

Chart shows Detention Population, Among Those Arrested by ICE in the Interior, by Criminal Record. The chart shows three lines; Prior conviction, pending criminal charges, and no criminal record. From 2019 through September 2025, the largest group is people with criminal convictions, with much further down people with pending charges. But starting in January, those without criminal records spikes dramatically. In July it crossed pending charges and in the latest data it jumps above criminal convictions.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 16d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Dan Larsen @danlarsen34.bsky.social · 16d

Since when did universities become conservative? After all, the victimhood complex has become the center of all "conservative" thinking.

Dan Larsen @danlarsen34.bsky.social · 16d

What's the point of them asking this if they aren't going to push people to choose? These numbers basically just represent how base voters feel about the parties on these issues right now.

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