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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 1h

Still the greatest and most relevant Onion headline

theonion.com/recession-pl...

Recession-Plagued Nation Demands New Bubble To Invest In

WASHINGTON—A panel of top business leaders testified before Congress about the worsening recession Monday, demanding the government provide Americans with a new irresponsible and largely illusory econ...

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 50m

I can’t decide between frog or dinosaur.

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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 50m

They found the rifle used to assassinate Charlie Kirk wrapped in a towel in the woods...
But he clearly had no rifle with him when he jumped off the building... can someone explain that to me...

Simple! He pointed his finger and shouted "Pew"

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Edward A. Rowe @edwardarowe1.bsky.social · 4h

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 3h

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

Dear media,
1/ ICE consistently lies about its violence toward people in Chicago, with its initial accounts later disproven.
2/ When protesters shout at ICE agents to get out of their neighborhood and ICE tear-gasses them and throws them to the ground, that's not a "clash" – that's ICE violence.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1h

A man in the crowd shouted, "Go Cubs!"

The Pope, grinning, shouted back: "Han perdido! They lost!" ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Pope Leo had 2 simple words to troll Cubs fan who yelled at him

Pope Leo kept it simple responding to a Chicago Cubs fan.

ftw.usatoday.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

They arrested a giraffe.

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

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2h

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Diane Ravitch🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🗽🇨🇱🏳️‍🌈✡️🇨🇦 @dianeravitch.bsky.social · 1h

open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Does dissent=terrorism? Trump thinks so.

Inside Trump’s NSPM-7: The Secret Directive Targeting Americans as “Radical Threats”

A new national security memorandum quietly signed by Donald Trump is being used to surveil and label millions of Americans as potential terrorists for their political and religious beliefs.

open.substack.com

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Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 1h

Is it a $20 Billion Bailout or a Private Business Deal ?

The Treasury Department had not published any details about the terms of the swap agreement as of Tuesday and ultimately the dollars it's offering to Argentina's central bank are U.S. taxpayer dollars.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 3h

The Master Race, ladies and gentlemen.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 3h

The GOP that gave us the Jan 6 terrorist attack and then pardoned the terrorists is calling the No Kings rally a pro-terrorist rally. These are despicable people.

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Just Jill 💖 @just-jillg.bsky.social · 20h

This should be considered everywhere. They are kidnapping, abusing, harassing and threatening people who have rights. Every single one of them have rights and they are ignored. What they’re doing is unconstitutional and illegal.
Payback will come.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 2h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1h

This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.

Everything else is noise and bluster.

This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.

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laloublue.bsky.social @laloublue.bsky.social · 20h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 4h

Meet the Master Race!
Insane GOP Telegram Chat Rips Off The Mask

open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

Meet The Master Race

Insane GOP Telegram Chat Rips Off The Mask

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 5h

“No Kings equals no paychecks”

It means the oligarchs must control everything and you must be ok with it.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h

$40 billion for Argentina now. America First!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Sunny Hostin to Cheryl Hines: "The problem is that your husband is the least qualified HHS head that we've had in history. I think that's very dangerous. He has spread a lot of misinformation, chaos, and confusion."

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1h

There's always been a fight over the true story of America. I believe deeply in the story that says we’re all created equal, and that if we can treat each other with decency and respect, all of us will be better off.

I talk about this and more on the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Watch now:

My Conversation with Marc Maron | WTF Podcast

YouTube video by Barack Obama

www.youtube.com

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