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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1h

Fucking fascist pigs. Every single one of those bastards needs to face judgement at Nuremberg.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 3h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 5h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 7h

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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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 5h

Pull quote from a great 🧵 by @gregsargent.bsky.social.

I find few things more dispiriting than the stubborn, willful, unwillingness of political reporters to reflect the earned knowledge that Trump & MAGA center lying & bad faith in their communications. You needn't give credence to proven liars!

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

The conventions of political reporting today are not well equipped to handle this concerted use of pretexts for instrumental purposes and the bottomless bad faith they employ. Grasping the industrial-scale deception at the core of MAGA politics is essential. 6/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 20h

New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."

Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"

The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...

www.cato.org

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

Collect a claim from one side, collect a claim from the other, present them both to the reader with an awkward shrug and a "who can say?"

And the photo choice -- Noem's looking down ... on what? The reverse angle showed a small crowd and a quiet street. But can't show that, it's biased to one side!

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 9h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 18h

This game is incredible!

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 20h

Hmm, I don’t get it. Oh, wait, ah, yes, I see.

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 20h

They’re all grifting crooks.

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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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 21h

there's really just zero motivation for Ds to negotiate when they're saying things like this. if they're just going to rule by recissision anyway, might as well make them admit they're gutting the fillibuster in order to destroy healthcare.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 20h

The devil you say!

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

Not today, Satan‼️

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, I understand that my monthly ANTIFA donation is no longer a tax write-off, but I can keep the tote bag, right?

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 22h

So maybe you ought to add this shit to your shutdown demands and NOT just message about healthcare!

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani: I run against a disgraced former governor who, in this moment, has chosen to issue a statement in which he cannot even say the name Tish James, nor the name Donald Trump.

If you cannot say Trump’s name today—how will you stand up to him tomorrow?

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

I have no confidence that Schumer or Jeffries are capable of such broad spectrum thinking, unfortunately.

Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

Lol. Whatever, bot (or paid DNC shill).

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

Reading it and thinking, Oh no...

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

Hakeem Jeffries: Donald Trump, I don't see how indicting Letitia James will lower the price of eggs.

(Yes, I know Jeffries made a better statement than this.)

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Avi Zollman @avi.zollman.com · 1d

Hear me out:

Tomorrow, the Nobel Committee should award the Peace Prize to Barack Hussein Obama.

Did he deserve it the first time? Probably not. Does he deserve it this time? Absolutely not.

Would it cause the current president's head to explode? Yes. Ipso facto: Give Barry the Nobel again!

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

Uncool? Johnny Cash?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

Well, Pastor Wilson, if you insist Donald Trump should be stoned to death, I'm not schooled enough in the Bible to argue with you.

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