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Jeff Passan @jeffpasan.bsky.social · 11h

FINAL: Mariners 3, Tigers 2

The Seattle Mariners are headed to the ALCS for the first time since 2001 and will face Toronto after Jorge Polanco walked off Detroit in the 15th inning. It was the longest winner-takes-all playoff game in MLB history. Amazing night, amazing series.

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 11h

FUCK YES MARINERS

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 11h

This game...

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 11h

The non-fascist states need to immediately band together and build a new CDC, hiring all those RFK Jr has fired and try to quickly reassemble the infrastructure he’s destroyed. I assure you we don’t want to live in a world without proper infectious disease tracking and prevention.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 12h

I would expect the amount of ai content especially trying to muddy the waters around government actions like the fake reporter arrest video to accompany any actual video of fascist violence coming online in an effort to discredit it all as ai.

The information war is getting much more serious now.

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 12h

"Homeless Industrial Complex"? Allow me to translate from the wingnutese:

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Daniel Harper @danielharper.bsky.social · 14h

The left has stolen the frog meme. This is pretty great.

Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 23h

Now with #AltText

A black background has white text at the top that says “amphifa.” Two flags over each other, common antifa flags, have a black flag and a green one. An image of a green frog facing left with a blue ascot sits on the black flag. Circling the flags is the text, “amphibians against fascism.”

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 17h

Oh this is good. It flips the "Church at Planned Parenthood" tactic right back.

Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 17h

Scenes from today's Communion service outside the Broadview ICE facility. 🧵

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 16h

Oh, I'm sure they probably weren't thinking of that at all. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if the Chicago people were unaware of the other people,although Cardinal Cupich might check the Spokane news sometimes🤷

Probably one of those happy little accidents,but it's genius as a protest tactic.

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 17h

Oh this is good. It flips the "Church at Planned Parenthood" tactic right back.

Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 17h

Scenes from today's Communion service outside the Broadview ICE facility. 🧵

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1d

The government is arguing in court that Trump is a dictator.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Hamilton: “The president’s power is unreviewable.”

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 20h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

"When people tell you who they are..."

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

Other hopefuls for restraining an Antichrist include the technology power center of San Francisco, though the Californian city is "godless" and "liberal," Thiel said. He and moderator Peter Robinson discussed if Trump could be a check on the Antichrist, too, acknowledging that liberals could see the president in a different light.
"Do you think Trump is the Antichrist?" Thiel mused at one point. "I will give you a hearing. And we should consider that."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

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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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

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Murph @murphtracks.bsky.social · 1d

The Mark Bray situation is so completely fucked right now and if you're a journalist you need to start saying how it's fucked because you're fucking next. They won't stop at academics.

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Murph @murphtracks.bsky.social · 1d

The Mark Bray situation is so completely fucked right now and if you're a journalist you need to start saying how it's fucked because you're fucking next. They won't stop at academics.

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Murph @murphtracks.bsky.social · 1d

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao based

www.foxnews.com/media/portla...

Portland City Council member recommends burner phones and encrypted apps for ICE protesters in FB video

Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo posted a video to her Facebook account on Monday advising constituents how to avoid immigration officers.

www.foxnews.com

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

This clip goes fucking hard.

Bulldog @harpua.bsky.social · 1d

Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo humorously criticizes Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, leading to laughter from CNN's Boris Sanchez.

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

Update:

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 2d

Someone's making A LOT of money from all these detentions...

youtu.be/ABXKjnoatfo?...

How immigration raids make private contractors wealthy | The Chicago Report

YouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 2d

Update:

Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently at a hotel, rebooked for tomorrow.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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