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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 6h

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: Trump is literally allowing the nation, which gave him a $400 million jet that he called a “terrorist supporter” eight years ago, an Air Force Base in Idaho.

Is this “America first“?

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Neil B @firstclasspost.bsky.social · 5h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

Mr. Secretary, the president is on the phone. He sounds very angry and he keeps calling you Lil Marco.

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Neil B @firstclasspost.bsky.social · 6h

I can only imagine Putin's shock when he hears Trump has the military on the streets and has masked insurrections kidnapping people.

Then again, like father, like son.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 6h

Dear AP, extortion is not leverage.

apnews.com/article/gove...

Budget office says 'substantial' firings of federal workers have started in government shutdown

The White House budget office says that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

apnews.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6h

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

Trump administration had offered nine universities benefits in exchange for signing on to an agreement to protect conservative voices and use test scores in admissions, among other things. M.I.T. is the first to say it will not sign

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15h

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Neil B @firstclasspost.bsky.social · 15h

I had to read the title again, I thought it was a BBC circular.

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Neil B @firstclasspost.bsky.social · 15h

'America First’ turned into tariffs, trade wars and bailouts for everyone else. China buys from Argentina, the US bails them out, and MAGA farmers get the bill.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 18h

🚨 Today in Portland, large groups peacefully gathered to unite against hate and oppression. 1/2

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Neil B @firstclasspost.bsky.social · 15h

Thatcher's greatest lie was the linear economy.

Based on that deceitful logic, privatisation:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A short history of privatisation in the UK: 1979-2012 | Richard Seymour

Richard Seymour: From the first experiments with British Aerospace through British Telecom, water and electricity to the NHS and Royal Mail

www.theguardian.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Neil B @firstclasspost.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed, the Conservatives pursuing fascism is done better and with more conviction by Reform.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

How is that probable cause?!

Screenshot of a tweet from Matt Hill (@thematthill) on X. The tweet states that Greg Bovino admitted agents can detain people based on behavior like looking scared or gripping the steering wheel tightly, even if they’re U.S. citizens. Below is a CNN screenshot showing Bovino being interviewed, with the headline: ‘Exclusive: Agent leading Trump’s immigration crackdown speaks to CNN.’

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffries to Lawler: "You're a complete and total embarrassment. You're embarrassing yourself and your district right now. And you're going down to defeat next year."

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Nikki Budzinski @budzinski.house.gov · 2d

The President of the United States just threatened to arrest Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson. We can't stay silent in the face of this dangerous, anti-democratic rhetoric.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

How much does Fox News pay if you go on one of their shows and claim to be a "Former ANTIFA Member"?

Because I'm ready to spill tea on the Real-Housewives-level shenanigans that go down in the 72-story ANTIFA corporate headquarters. Especially by the lab assistants on the Molotov Cocktail floor.

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