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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 3d

I’ve been circling a cursed thought for a while and it’s time to let it out: These guys are Disney Adults for fascism.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 4d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 56m

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 3h

The people who work this work schedule want for you to never be able to retire.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

What a work schedule. The Republican speaker of the House grinds hard

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 22h

“we are reneging on previous deals you’ve made with us until you make another deal with us” wow l can’t think of any reason this strategy ain’t working

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 22h

in general this admin seems to not understand why executing hostages *lowers* your leverage instead of raising it

Ben McAdams Memorial Act. but on BlueSky @purrtah.bsky.social · 23h

Yea fuck this keep it closed down come hell or high water

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 23h

So this IL Hospital Association memo describes an incident where ICE detained a US citizen, gave them HEART PROBLEMS, took them to a hospital where the fought with medical personnel, then left when they realized they detained a CITIZEN.

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randy @deimachy.bsky.social · 23h

free platform for any dems running for senate

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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spooky tim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 1d

If I were a DC reporter, I’d consider maybe pressing Johnson on how he reconciles these two statements.

@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, l'm a very patient guy, but l've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ..."

@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "People have got to stop framing simple policy disagreements in terms of existential threats to our democracy. You can't call the other side fascists and enemies of the state and not understand that there are some deranged people in our society who will take that as cues to act."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

On the 18th we need to be vigilant for increased violence and provocation by both law enforcement and counter-protestors, both of which will be used to try to justify more violence and authoritarianism.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Justin O’Brien, ICE melter @justinobrien.bsky.social · 1d

Cooked as a country when art can’t be made because we have to take into account the fee-fees of Klan members.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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randy @deimachy.bsky.social · 1d

It's impossible to make the satellite cannon look uncool

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Laurasaurus @laurasaurus.bsky.social · 1d

It is frankly strange to be this obsessed with college if you no longer attend one and do not work in education. More people in legacy media need to be told that.

Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 1d

And who is the author of this op-ed? The billionaire CEO of an asset management firm who helped author the compact.

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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 1d

Although initially pursuing him in relation to the deaths of the Pietzel children, investigators were overwhelmed by the discovery of HH Holmes's "murder castle."

"It was too complicated, so we fined him for zoning violations and released him," said police. "There was a third story and everything."

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

NEW: Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

www.propublica.org

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 1d

Federal charges against a Chicago couple who were arrested for protesting against ICE were dropped after a grand jury refused to indict them.

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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 1d

I have a great idea for someone who can win the Nobel Peace Prize: Andry José Hernández Romero, the gay Venezuelan asylum seeker sent by the United States to an El Salvadoran torture prison for 125 days, with no due process, & who, afterwards, epitomized grace.

english.elpais.com/internationa...

Andry Hernández’s life after leaving Bukele’s terror prison: ‘Our bodies are free, but our minds are still there’

The Venezuelan stylist, one of the 252 men deported by the United States to a third nation for the first time, is trying to rebuild his life after four months of detention

english.elpais.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.

It methodically goes through each problem in the review.

The latest from S. Baum.

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New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”

While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 1d

No incarnation of any political party at any time in any country on earth has ever spent so much time thinking about children’s genitals.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 1d

This is a federal agent pointing a weapon at a person recording them.

ICE has become Trump’s personal military that he is using to terrorize communities and cities that don’t support him. And some say we shouldn’t call him a fascist? Open your eyes.

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