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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 4h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Leif Hancox-Li, PhD @struthious.bsky.social · 2h

if I wanted to make the worst parody of the feckless left, I'd protest someone who isn't in office and can't change the current world situation

Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 16h

Let Kamala have her fucking book tour

If y'all wanted to protest her, y'all should have elected her

Stop blaming Kamala, she didn't tank the economy and send stormtroopers into US cities

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2h

Important to note that this isn’t a problem for the billionaire buying media properties. If they make them into successful rightwing propaganda? Cool more money. If it fails? Cool they’ve destroyed one of the few outlets with the resources to investigate them. Either way they achieved their goal

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 18h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 1h

If the Democrats were any kind of party they’d be promising to abolish ICE and offer $45000 signing bonuses to join the civilian conservation core they pledge to create

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 12h

i cannot get over how quickly this is happening. the decline of the other two branches/ascent of the lawless executive is outpacing actual democratic decline, which is usually what precipitates executive consolidation. but in our case, the other two branches are collaborators

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 13h

We are living through the most consequential shift in the constitutional government of the United States in over a hundred and fifty years and nobody seems to have even noticed yet.

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 13h

Congress no longer holds the power of the purse, the executive can just do whatever they want with federal monies

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 12h

Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law"

Declaration of Independence: "For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever."

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 13h

since there's reports on social media of money hitting accounts worth reiterating that this is illegal and unconstitutional as shit, it's not a close question, and while I don't expect anyone on H/SASC or H/SAC will do anything, anyone performing this 'reprogramming' should face criminal penalties

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d

It's also worth reiterating that absent this reprogramming authority being written into law it would be not just illegal but flatly unconstitutional for DoD to expend money in any fashion not explicitly specified (by both type/use and quantity) by Congress in an appropriations bill

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Shaun Griswold @shaun505.bsky.social · 11h

bees joining the frogs to protest ICE in Portland

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 13h

Precisely the person Justice Kavanaugh said would not be inconvenienced.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13h

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13h

Solidarity is the only way

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 13h

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 13h

since there's reports on social media of money hitting accounts worth reiterating that this is illegal and unconstitutional as shit, it's not a close question, and while I don't expect anyone on H/SASC or H/SAC will do anything, anyone performing this 'reprogramming' should face criminal penalties

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d

It's also worth reiterating that absent this reprogramming authority being written into law it would be not just illegal but flatly unconstitutional for DoD to expend money in any fashion not explicitly specified (by both type/use and quantity) by Congress in an appropriations bill

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d

Since we're getting a crash course in DoD reprogramming authority, CRS has a good report on it linked below. Some important points:

Congress gives DoD reprogramming authority because when you're dealing with a trillion dollars, some stuff is probably going to need to be changed over 12 months

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 13h

antifa are literally removing their skins to evade capture

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 13h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Cryptö-Zఠఠl໐gᴉcal Dis⅍ter 𓆑🏴 @eatyrselffitter.bsky.social · 12h

avengers assemble

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 13h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13h

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 13h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Portland debrief:
-Eem is incredible
-Powell’s is overwhelming
-How does an entire city sustain itself on thrift stores, coffee shops, bars, and restaurants? I’m a little worried the regional economy is a pyramid scheme built around the exchange of vintage cardigans

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17h

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 15h

The Portland frogs merit better artistic renditions than all the AI slop that’s being created about them!!!!

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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The Wicker Dan (1973) @danlehner.bsky.social · 14h

“dressing up as animals is insulting, this is war” is kind of a particularly bad complaint for Portland because they’ve been doing black bloc streetfighting shit for like, years at this point and the feds clearly aren’t scared to come back. might as well give “embarrass them” a shot.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 21h

housing politics is cool because every fight is like “mixed income housing vs. a bunch of the dumbest unhinged rich NIMBYs who lose their mind at the sight of midsized apartment buildings”

Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 21h

If you guessed "someone's trying to build a new apartment building," you'd be correct!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

I wonder if all the people braying about the "war on Christianity" might raise some objections if it were a *Democratic* administration who had its armed thugs shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and waiting outside Catholic Churches to disappear parishioners?

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 21h

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 20h

every asshole on this website loudly braying that elections either won’t happen or won’t be fair in 2026 had better be buying an inflatable costume and sturdy walking shoes for this saturday, because if truly believe that, you’re not gonna like what the next step is

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