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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 1h

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities

Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 34m

It’s been a bad faith operation to seize power since before Trump. The Caucus Room plot on January 20, 2009 is an easy place to start.

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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 2h

Oh man. This piece, this recap and analysis, should be part of every response to every shadow-docket application to the Supreme Court and, eventually, to every response to Trump's illegalities he bases on Mad Hatter fabrications of fact.

GIFT LINK:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/o...

Opinion | How a Trump Judge Exposed the Trump Con

www.nytimes.com

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 51m

In the history classes they are trying so hard to whitewash.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 54m

Per WSJ, the Trump regime and Bannon are bragging they’re “ruling Congress with an iron fist” and that it is “largely ceremonial” like the Russian Duma.

Shameful. Not what the founders intended. 🇺🇸 @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @AndyOgles

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 2h

I think he was "Commentator 3" in the criminal indictment.

Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 2h

Person, woman, man, camera, tv.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 12h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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scarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 3h

If Joe Biden was unable to close an umbrella there would have been +/- 1,000 think pieces in the newspapers of America questioning whether he was capable of discharging the duties of the office of President of the United States.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump gets some help closing his umbrella while boarding Air Force One

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 3h

Your boss pardoned everyone in the picture.

Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 3h

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 4h

You are a living joke if you are more concerned about “the thought-police” than the secret police

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 4h

"I haven't read it" is one of those phrases their propaganda/disinfo/psyop has established to unlock an invincibility mode. Can't be held accountable, I haven't read it.

Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 4h

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 7h

If the presenter didn't begin engagement with him by informing viewers of his admitted habit of lying for political effect, that presenter failed. It's this thing called context.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 8h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7h

Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 8h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 7h

Why isn't there a running tally of the documented false arrests and detainments on the right of every tv screen and computer monitor?

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 7h

If the presenter didn't begin engagement with him by informing viewers of his admitted habit of lying for political effect, that presenter failed. It's this thing called context.

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 8h

The right wing disinfo/psyop/propaganda machine turned "free_____" into magic words to unlock an invincibility mode. Freedom, freedom of speech, free whatever. Utter the phrase and you are 100% unaccountable for the results of the excrement you spew. Invincibility mode against facts and truth.

Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 8h

Keep up the great work Charlie! Go Brew Crew!

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't it a media/journalism no-brainer to keep a running tab of all the wrongfully detained people? I haven't checked this list but it's a simple concept that would probably make a captivating graphic on the right of screen.

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Claire @lb395.bsky.social · 2d

Corporate media: "Ok, but maybe this time they're telling the truth.

Blue and white graphic with red text reading “DHS lied about” in blue, followed by a list of names and phrases in red: Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Kilmar Abrego García, Andry Hernández Romero, Neri Alvarado Borges, Rep. LaMonica McIver, Los Angeles, Jaime Alanís, Sen. Alex Padilla, Portland, Brad Lander, George Retes, Francisco Longoria, Chicago, Silverio Villegas González, Miramar Martinez, taking the “worst of the worst,” and everything.

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 1d

I like your take, thank you very much. I've been revisiting some of the horror classics I watched with my grandma when I was a kid. Next up is The Omen. I will enjoy a couple hours of Jack next, haven't done that in a while.

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

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 1d

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