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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 33m

As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.

And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.

Cashing in on cruelty.

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 37m

I know not to put compounds on dolls. I would be invited back. But I want to play with stretchy fluffy compound!

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 39m

Omg. But whatever the pink stuff is (slimy sand? mad matr?), I really, really want to squish it.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 59m

my father (a retired white engineer who has been in oklahoma for 40 years) is my weathervane for what normal people who just watch the news periodically think, and he was like “so, they want to call the guard out on a bunch of kids wearing frog suits? is that true?”, the admin is losing the PR war

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 43m

Wouldn’t it be [adjective] if they had to let Luigi go?

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1h

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/e8Tnv6T

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

trib.al

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 44m

Read the first part of that like “wait, how are you posting?” then got to the end and was like “oh, okay, that makes sense.”

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 47m

I think it’s only the cola bottles, actually. Bears should be fine.

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Jenny Trout @jennytrout.bsky.social · 51m

So, apparently you can die from eating too many gummy bears. Because I can't have just one fucking thing.

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 51m

Jujube: Need blanket. Where blanket?

Me: It’s right here, like 2 inches from you.

Jujube: But why not on me???

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she jack on my lantern til i o' @rhena.bsky.social · 4h

guy who just wants to be able to fly: i wish i was a bird :(

"guy" whose understanding of language is almost entirely based on 1960s british slang: me too :(

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Kaia Sand @mkaiasand.bsky.social · 5h

Really sweet resistance scene outside ICE in Portland of coffee, donuts and morning.

Person in bunny costume carries donuts outside ICE in Portland

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UAE Exotic Falconry & Finance𓅃 @falconryfinance.bsky.social · 1h

A total of four victims were transported to local hospital in critical condition by Beaufort County EMS. Four unidentified victims died at the scene.

At least two dozen were injured by gunfire and showed up to the hospital under their own means to avoid ambulance bills, per authorities.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 2h

It’s a complete sentence

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 1h

No, no, that was all fine. It’s just when we started making privileged white men feel slightly bad sometimes, over tiny little things like supporting genocide. That’s when things truly went too far.

Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 1h

Apparently I was actually shaking cause I was hungry, not cause I was mad. I have finally reached the stage of Wegovy treatment where I need to remind myself to eat!

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 1h

And the antisemite blocked me. That was a lot of wasted posts that no one will see now. 🙄

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 1h

I’ve already calmed down. I’m fine. And you’re free to stop replying to me any time you want.

Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 1h

How about you just stop doing antisemitism?

Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 1h

It’s actually a joke about Jews being cultural parasites. It’s a meme created by self-described neo-Nazis. Speech that is intended to provoke hate against people of a protected category, eg a nationality or religion, is in fact hate speech. Sorry your offensive comments were offensive.

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 1h

So maybe you should consider not telling people on the receiving end of hate speech you’ve participated in that they’re overreacting. You don’t actually have any standing there. Just a suggestion.

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 1h

So given that I have like midwestern white person level of spice intolerance, it’s a good bet that I’ll react very poorly to pepper spray, right?

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NurseGenius @nursegenius1019.bsky.social · 2h

Uber driver and I chatted about Mr Frog saying pepper spray inside of his frog costume wasn’t very spicy because he represents the Latino culture. My driver said she is upping her jalapeños in her tamales to get ready. Love Portland

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 2h

Man it really sucks that people heard “Jews and Israelis aren’t synonymous” and interpreted that to mean “you can be as antisemitic as you want if you just say Israeli instead of Jewish”

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 1h

Where did you get yours, btw? I did order from Amazon, but it seems suboptimal if there’s another option out there.

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 1h

I was gonna put them in a Safeway bag, but now I’m thinking a clear ziplock will be better. I’m pretty good at just standing there holding things out. This is helpful.

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