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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20h

Writing something about ICE and sweet Jesus it is so incredibly dark what they are doing to these cities. We have all seen the videos, but when you wade into the details of their actions, it is extraordinarily bleak.

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Deontological Warfare But She's A Skeleton Or Something @clockworklady.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky is a place where you can post "I like pancakes" and someone will respond "WHY AREN'T DEMOCRATS DOING ANYTHING AND WHY AREN'T YOU PERSONALLY FREEING GAZA, AMERICA IS DOOMED AND THE TIDE OF BLOOD RISES" and then maybe, if you are lucky, in four hours, they will add "also why you hate waffles"

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Sick Hunt, Dracones @scalehelix.net · 12h

you don’t hate the media enough

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 12h

And yet he falls apart when someone calls him "Governor Hot Wheels"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Greg Abbott tells Pritzker to "stop complaining and do some pushups"

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 12h

The Trump ceasefire deal is the Biden ceasefire deal Trump begged Bibi not to accept in 2024 because it would've hurt Trump's chances of winning the election and I wish this was the first time a GOP candidate for president won by meddling in American foreign policy.

See: Nixon '68 and Reagan '80.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 14h

Belatedly reading about this and as always really important to remind people in *every breath* that when the right talks about “woke” and “DEI” they are talking about the cultural and political wins of the civil rights movement. This arrangement existed for 52 years because of historical activism.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

www.dailytarheel.com/article/e9c7...

UNC ends Black Student Movement's 52-year 'co-ownership' of Upendo Lounge

BSM President Adam Sherif said administrators cited new federal guidelines that instruct all federally funded entities to ensure they are not engaging in "discriminatory practices, including those lab...

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thee Matador 🇺🇸👟 @flushthechumps.bsky.social · 12h

Of course he didn’t vote.

Unimpressed fish from SpongeBob SquarePants episode “Squirrel Jokes”

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A.J. @andynear70.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely true 👍.

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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 13h

"If you want to talk about legacy, let's talk about the legacy of not voting." 💥

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 13h

Pull all of their asses over for violating state driving laws.

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 15h

Remember, though, it will hurt Kristi Noem's feelings if you call them secret police.

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

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Thad Ochocinco, Active Listener @thadochocinco.bsky.social · 21h

From the people that repeatedly shoot at the Emmitt Till Memorial Marker comes Brent Jones, who was arrested for pissing in the reflecting pool and destroying the eternal flame at Martin Luther King's burial site www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 14h

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Melania Trump used ‘back channels’ to contact Putin

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 16h

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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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 13h

This is something a lot of white people don't get about segregation...the GI bill did not apply to anyone not white until legislation passed for it much later.

Wine is my muse @timothyjones.bsky.social · 13h

My Grandfather fought in WW2. While the GI Bill lifted an entire generation of White vets, he was unable to obtain a GI Home Loan or a college education. Racial discrimination was legal in banking and education...and there weren't enough Black colleges to serve the demand. Reparations are due

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thee Matador 🇺🇸👟 @flushthechumps.bsky.social · 13h

Which is to say…

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thee Matador 🇺🇸👟 @flushthechumps.bsky.social · 13h

a man is giving a sermon in a church with the words oh , not so bad written on the bottom

Alt: From Letterkenny. Wayne says “Oh, not so bad” as he and Dary walk through the pews of Glenn’s church.

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thee Matador 🇺🇸👟 @flushthechumps.bsky.social · 13h

a man with a beard and suspenders is sitting in the grass .

Alt: From Letterkenny. Squirrelly Dan says, “Allegedly.”

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Kelly Jelly 🪼 @kellybdevoe.bsky.social · 16h

Whatever socialists think of Pritzker matters nothing to me.

These people are more than useless, and actively fucked us last election

Kelly Jelly 🪼 @kellybdevoe.bsky.social · 16h

Every idiot purist socialist on the internet all of the sudden has Pritzker thoughts, and I’m telling you RIGHT NOW

We are NOT doing this again in three years. I’m not playing their games

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 18h

I blocked this idiot, but I thought this stupidity deserved to be preserved via screencap.

“Writing for children makes you a sellout who has abandoned the trans community. So does not being as loudly and visibly trans as possible in every waking moment. Being happy means you aren’t really queer.”

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 2d

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 18h

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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What a wonderful world @monique99.bsky.social · 16h

Really appreciate this summary by Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) of where we are with Supreme Court cases impacting the Voting Rights Act. Also grateful for his and his team’s efforts on all our behalf. 🙏

youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA

Supreme Court's SHOCKING New Agenda Revealed!

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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