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🎃ℝ𝕆ℂ𝕂𝕐 𝕄𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕀ℕ 𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎𝕊🎃 @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 3h

Agreed.

After what the Europeans had to put up with at the Ryder's Cup, no foreign teams should ever want to play hear.

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Anton van Walraven @avwraven.bsky.social · 10h

It's probably a good idea to take away the worldcup from the USA and have all games played in Canada and Mexico.

Does any of the teams - except for the US team - want to play in the US at all?

#FIFA
#Worldcup2026

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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🎃ℝ𝕆ℂ𝕂𝕐 𝕄𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕀ℕ 𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎𝕊🎃 @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 3h

Dear Donald Trump,

Your constant insults and attacks on major US cities is not going to make us vote for you. EVER.

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Corgidad @alkisky.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks to Palantir, it’ll only get worse. Much, much worse.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

Anyway, either State took the snitch lists fascists put together about Kirk and decided to find some foreigners -- did they use State databases to do this? Did State search on the identities of every post that exercised free speech abt Kirk and exclude the US Citizens?

The datamining is outrageous

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

If that's the source, it's not even clear Sixtus has a visa (or would need anything but a tourist visa).

Neither interpretation or State's is accurate. Someone can help w/German nuance, but not complaining is different than celebrating.

This all feels like Darren Beattie's work bc he's so sloppy.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

Translation includes:

from ZDF screenwriter and publicist Mario Sixtus, published just hours after the assassination attempt on Charlie Kirk, marks a moral low point.
Anyone who speaks like this exposes themselves: not as a democrat, but as a cynic who tramples on the foundations of our free order

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

Here's one of the posts that State listed as foreigners whose visa they stripped. Ask yourself, how they found this? Unlike the others, it doesn't mention Kirk, nor anything in English.

It likely came from this Facebook post.

www.facebook.com/philippbreit...

„Wenn Faschisten sterben, jammern Demokraten nicht.“
Dieses widerwärtige Zitat des ZDF-Drehbuchautors und Publizisten Mario Sixtus, veröffentlicht nur Stunden nach dem Attentat auf Charlie Kirk, markiert einen moralischen Tiefpunkt.
Wer so spricht, entlarvt sich selbst: nicht als Demokrat, sondern als Zyniker, der das Fundament unserer freiheitlichen Ordnung mit Füßen tritt. Wer den Tod eines politischen Gegners feiert, beweist nicht Haltung, sondern bestätigt, dass er in Wahrheit keinerlei Respekt vor der Demokratie hat – denn Demokratie lebt vom Wort, von der Debatte, vom Streit der Argumente, nicht vom Hass auf Menschenleben.
Ja, Charlie Kirk hat radikale Positionen vertreten, ja, er war streitbar und unbequem. Aber er hat die Debatte gesucht. Und solange Debatte, Rede, Diskurs möglich ist, gibt es einen zivilisierten, legitimen Rahmen. Gewalt, Häme über den Tod und Entmenschlichung gehören nicht dazu.
Darum sage ich es klar: Jeder, der sich über den Tod eines Menschen freut, disqualifiziert sich selbst als Demokrat. Wer vorgibt, gegen Unmenschlichkeit zu kämpfen, dabei aber selbst unmenschlich handelt, ist ein Heuchler.
Der Fall zeigt erneut, wie tief die Risse in unserer Gesellschaft sind – und wie groß die Gefahr, dass die selbsternannte „moralische Elite“ in Wahrheit jede moralische Orientierung verloren hat.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 3h

Dominic West is 56
The Wire S5 has its problems but as a jet black comedy it takes some beating.
McNulty’s reactions whilst getting accurately profiled by an unsuspecting FBI profiler are just perfect with an eyebrow raise at 0.43 worthy of Roger Moore.

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 2h

Why are they rising? Trump. Say it in the headline, #MurdochMedia. It's stupid's economy.
Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt. www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt.

Shoppers say they are cutting back on purchases, stockpiling certain foods or exploring more-affordable stores.

www.wsj.com

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 2h

FFS, #BrokenPost, wake up and smell the fascism. US values? Retribution. Corruption. Non-judicial murder. Those are US values under Trump.
Trump’s pardon request for Netanyahu marks shift from promoting U.S. values abroad www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump’s pardon request for Netanyahu marks shift from promoting U.S. values abroad

Trump has upended American presidents’ tradition of promoting the rule of law and democracy overseas.

www.washingtonpost.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h

"Many obstacles remain" to peace in the Middle East. Indeed.
wapo.st/3KY6D65

Analysis | Trump, hailing a ‘new Middle East,’ avoids many of the hard questions ahead

In touting his Gaza ceasefire win, the president projected optimism for a wider peace while sidestepping the many obstacles that remain.

wapo.st

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I'm V and Sunny is my ❤️ 🐾🐾 @veronicasam13.bsky.social · 2h

They want propaganda/brain washing on 24/7 everywhere. Good for OHare!!
#GoodTrouble

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 1h

OK, it's good to tag their fashion with the word "fascism." Let this be an lesson to American journalists to see and label fascism in everything the Trumpists do....
The not-so secret language of fascist fashion
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The not-so secret language of fascist fashion

Today’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you

www.theguardian.com

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 1h

How the world sees us: @spiegel.de: How the US government continues to exploit Charlie Kirk's Death. The propaganda show continues....

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1h

Visited the Alhambra. It's pretty cool!

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 51m

When the next generation of your party is more repugnant than the current generation, it’s proof positive your ideologies are deeply toxic and un-American.

Politico @politico.com · 19h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 26m

I’ll talk with Steven Beschloss on a Substack Live video today (Wednesday) at 12:30 p.m. ET about the Trump regime’s campaign in Chicago to terrorize immigrants and violently assault protesters and journalists. Subscribe to www.stopthepresses.news (it’s free) and we’ll email you when we go live.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to hitting the campaign trail next week with my friend & Virginia’s next governor, @abigailspanberger.com.

Pete Buttigieg to appear with Spanberger in Charlottesville

With the election for governor three weeks away, Democrat Abigail Spanberger is getting some outside help to get out the vote. Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will appear with t...

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 22h

Trump is counting on you thinking that everyone’s on board with his politicization of the military. He’s wrong - most Americans can see right through it.

Read more here:

The Cost of Trump’s Politicization of the Military

They’ve crossed one line after another since January - and we must not become numb to the mounting damage to our military and national security.

open.substack.com

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16h

The Trump-Vance Administration getting rid of biodefense personnel is, to state the blindingly obvious, a very bad choice.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10h

*Reads post

*Holds tongue

*Keeps scrolling

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

"George has continued criticizing the president and figures of his administration, including Stephen Miller (during her appearance on The Katie Miller Podcast, Kellyanne described the Millers as some of her 'best friends' in the current administration)."

www.thedailybeast.com/kellyanne-co...

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