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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 14h

I love guys who are just blithely confident in their ignorance, they read like one statement on a tankie forum four years ago and now they think they know everything about one of the most involved conflicts in human history.

Teles Santos @telesjr.bsky.social · 15h

The US never fought to end fascism anywhere. They joined the war because Japan forced their hand, and they saw a great way to make money. After the USSR pretty much had pushed Germany out of eastern Europe and they knew the nazis were going to lose, they jumped in.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13h

Hello Idaho, we’re here to keep your potatoes safe from Antifa.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 13h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 9h

We need a Senator Emeritus role where they still get to go to events and feel important but that gives them a graceful retirement route

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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 8h

Every time I feel like they run out of ways to admit they are absolute monsters, they find a new one.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 14h

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Ed @edmoriarty.bsky.social · 9h

Fucking A brother

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 13h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 13h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

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Ed @edmoriarty.bsky.social · 9h

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It's pronounced "azaleas"

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Ed @edmoriarty.bsky.social · 9h

Yes

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 11h

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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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 11h

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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

Children that were kidnapped by invading Russian barbarians, not displaced.

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Gail Helt @gailhelt.bsky.social · 13h

What kind of man does such things? Assaulting a 15 year old?? They should be in prison.

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 16h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 20h

There is no leader of Antifa.
There is no girlfriend of the leader of Antifa.

They are creating imaginary people so they can justify going after real people.

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Ed @edmoriarty.bsky.social · 13h

The party of small government.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18h

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

www.motherjones.com

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 18h

“After Trump got his.”

A useful, replicable phrase.

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18h

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

The SpEd system in this country is set up in a way that families know they're entitled to certain things but also know they have to fight tooth and nail to get what they deserve.

They're tenacious experienced fighters who'll do anything for their kids. These assholes just sucker punched them all.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 18h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h

Blue!💙

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 17h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 17h

Both the more long-term rot and the very recent decay, perfectly captured: Thiessen has been producing disingenuous reactionary garbage for years at WaPo - that, in fact, was his entire mission. But until recently, excellent people were also writing opinions for them. They're gone. His ilk is left.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

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