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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 5h

I’m starting to suspect Republicans don’t share our values.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 13h

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

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 9h

Imma give it a look! Thank you!

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Simon Hildrew @sihil.net · 18h

@daviddark.bsky.social I sense that you would have an interesting and insightful reflection on Thiel's recent lectures.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 20h

There goes another Trump admin talking point.

Claim: Abrego told an immigration judge that he fears persecution in Costa Rica.

Judge Xinis reads the immigration judge's ruling, which doesn't say that.

"That's very troubling to me," Xinis tells Ensign.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 20h

Judge Xinis says the clock is ticking for the government to agree to that.

"While I'm writing, if I don't get a yes, I'm going to take this as a no," she says.

That no would show the Trump admin has been trying to punish Abrego, rather than deport him.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 20h

On Sept. 5, feds sent Abrego an email notifying him of their intent to send him to Eswatini.

Two weeks later, Eswatini rejected it, saying the U.S. never approached them.

DOJ has no info what happened after.

Xinis: Wasn't that in my order to come to court prepared to tell me about that?

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Josh Crutchmer @jcrutchmer.bsky.social · 23h

Would have made the first words in this post “In a New Netflix film,” but I’m built different

NPR @npr.org · 23h

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. n.pr/48przga

Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 6d

Art & Empire: Counterliturgical Dispatches from the United States of America. That's the title of my talk at University Chapel (University of Glasgow) on October 15th at 5PM. Tell your friends. It's free. Let's talk.

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 1d

I don't have enough words or specifically adjectives to respond to this. It is human trafficking even if they are not getting paid by the recipient countries.

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 1d

I wish to state for the record that while I am among "We, the people of the United States of America," my federal government's decision to terrorize #KilmarAbregoGarcia is not one concerning which I was consulted. I stand with him and his family. That's me in the corner.

Nashville citizens standing with the family of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 1d

Oh.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s the email DHS sent to Abrego Garcia’s lawyers on Sept. 5.

“[W]e hereby notify you that your new country of removal is Eswatini, Africa.”

Per testimony today, the government didn’t ask Eswatini if it would accept Abrego Garcia until the last day or two.

From:
Subject:
Date:
Abrego Garcia Removal Notification
Friday, September 5, 2025 2:55:00 PM
Dear Mr. Abrego Garcia,
As you know, the United States seeks to remove you from the United States based on your final order of removal. Currently, you are designated to be removed to Uganda. Your attorney has informed us, however, that you fear persecution or torture in Uganda.
That claim of fear is hard to take seriously, especially given that you have claimed (through your attorneys) that you fear persecution or torture in at least 22 different countries. Those countries include:
• El Salvador
• Uganda
• Mexico
• Belize
• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Haiti
Nonetheless, we hereby notify you that your new country of removal is Eswatini, Africa.
Sincerely,
Principal Legal Advisor
Office of the Principal Legal Advisor
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement U.S. Department of Homeland Security
ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE *** ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT ***

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, my friend. I will.

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chris walla, cricket command AS @calculizer.bsky.social · 1d

stay safe, friend

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 1d

God sees everything money hides. daviddark.substack.com/p/god-sees-e...

Menacing letter held by gloved hands in Eyes Wide Shut

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 1d

I love how the frog is being reclaimed as a symbol of resistance! Also these weak ass bitch Nazis are scared of people in inflatable animal costumes... truly embodying desiccated dingleberries on bloated roadkill.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

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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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

This pretty much captures the contradictions of the politics of Kirk and Turning Point: Of course we oppose doxxing and violence, but we will absolutely use inflammatory language, false claims, and enemies list that fuels threats and intimidation.

Several days after publishing the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s dismissal from Rutgers, the Turning Point USA chapter added an update saying that it did not support harassment or the doxxing of him or anyone else.

“I think that all death threats and doxxing are unjustified and not how political disputes should be resolved in civilized society,” Ava Kwan, a Turning Point USA chapter member, said in an email on Wednesday.
But she defended the broader point of the petition, saying, “I think Dr. Antifa, who believes in violence as a political tool, should be fired, of course. Taxpayer money should not fund the salaries of terrorists.”

For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list.

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 2d

Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.

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City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning. We are the Best Podcast in Nashville, according to YOU, the kind people who voted in the @nashvillescene.com Readers Poll!!! The Scene also honored us as "The Best Way To Keep Up With Local Politics." Thanks for listening, reading, and being part of the conversation, everybody! 😻

Best Way to Keep Up With Local Politics

You’re not supposed to reach for your phone the moment you wake up, but it’s hard to resist opening the City Cast Nashville email first thing in the morning. With

www.nashvillescene.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 3d

"That’s is the thing about corruption. It is the price of admission and the reward for loyalty. But it also a double-edged sword when you fall out of favor." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/h...

How Kash Patel and Pam Bondi became Slaves to Stephen Miller - emptywheel

By indicting the first of Trump's FBI Directors and preparing to frame the second, Kash Patel may have signed his own arrest warrant.

www.emptywheel.net

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 3d

@daviddark.bsky.social: God sees everything money hides

God sees everything money hides.

I am no expert in God.

open.substack.com

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joel hanes @joelhanes.bsky.social · 3d

This is why mob bosses insist on using made men.

Their complicity gives the boss a power over them; they can be betrayed and destroyed if that helps the mob boss.

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 3d

Fear has no future.

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