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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h

This is AI.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 9h

Seems like they are going after reporters who are women. They hit one w/pepper spray ammo in her car, the WGN reporter and now this.

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 8h

What about his "brain age?" I mean, "cardiac age" is not a thing.

Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 8h

it is frustrating how much space NYT gives to people with nothing worthwhile to say

just an uninteresting man with stale, despicable views talking to a lazy man with no intellectual curiosity

like wow, a white Christian nationalist? is he just like the other ones? is he wearing a suit? fascinating

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11h

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

Douthat: So that’s the first purpose of your political project, for America to stop making God angry.

Wilson: Yes. And most people think that when they are confronted with that project, they think that we want to get our tentacles into everything and start controlling everything. I actually think we need limited government. The government should be significantly smaller than it is, and we need to curtail a lot of the busybodyness that we have. That’s why I would call myself a theocratic libertarian. There is a true libertarian element in this, and yet, the transcendent grounding for what we’re talking about means that we acknowledge the authority of God.

We have racked up quite a body count of awful crimes, and I believe the only way out is for us to repent and turn to Christ. This would be things like no more Pride parades, no more drag queen story hours, no more abortion on demand, no more legalized same-sex unions — all of that, done. That’s the repentance part.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 8h

I too am nostalgic for the days when the distinction between people who knew shit and people who didn’t know shit still mattered.
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Two Groups of People | Alonzo Bodden #shorts

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 12h

Like the "plenary authority" statement, not what I would call an "accident."

Miller's been seeking out the limelight, probably because Trump is totally checked out and incompetent now, and he's testing boundaries.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14h

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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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 12h

Ghana’s foreign minister just posted this to X:

“The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US Department of Homeland Security.”

Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa &
@S_OkudzetoAblak
X.com
The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US
Department of Homeland Security.
We have also followed with satisfaction that DHS has today taken the appropriate steps to inform Garcia's lawyers and amend court submissions to reflect the fact that Ghana cannot be an option for Garcia's deportation.
The Mahama Administration will continue to be transparent and truthful to Ghanaians at all times.
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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 12h

Every day

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 15h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 12h

Dewey think we've ever seen a better sunset?

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 12h

The founders in fact did NOT create the filibuster, but they DID give the Senate and House each the power to set their own rules, which includes changing rules to allow passage of appropriations bills with simple majorities

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 15h

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 12h

I was just thinking the other day that I would definitely do this, if necessary.

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Cade Roux @caderoux.bsky.social · 12h

Anne Frank speedrun

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 16h

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...

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 15h

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 15h

Missed this but according to a recent Hebrew University poll, half of all Israeli Jews think Fox News is biased in favor of Palestinians

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 15h

Poppy seed with scallion cream cheese (I can't eat lox)

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 16h

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 16h

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 15h

Some littles out here are having a second line

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 17h

Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.

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Carolyn @newscarolyn.com · 17h

I couldn’t find any information about this on the news sites, only on Nola.gov, but you don’t need a prescription anymore to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Louisiana. Spread the word, a lot of people were probably not going to the 💉because of that dumb restriction that was in place.

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Malber1 @malber1.bsky.social · 17h

If there is anyone not scared of these goons, they have not been paying attention.

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 18h

#TheLensNola🔍 Marshall is one of the main forces behind the Oct. 11 charter amendment that would amend the New Orleans Bill of Rights to add “conviction history” alongside race, religion, disability, and gender.

✍ Katie Sikora for ANTIGRAVITY Magazine

Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/2PTOggA

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 18h

Flatterers up the *ss of the rich man. Some things never change! Here in 1592 by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, whose day is today.

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 17h

Wait, what? Wow!

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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 17h

Of the 25 states with the highest percentages of federal workers in their labor forces, 15 are Trump-majority red states. Thousands of federal workers in every Republican congressional district. Where the new *permanent* mass firings Trump has decided to make—unrelated to his shutdown—will hit hard.

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 17h

So they're boning, right?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 17h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 18h

Actually, it does work like that now. The US Congress could pass a resolution giving Trump a Nobel Prize, the White House would host a formal ceremony, and within months it would become “true” for half of the country that Trump had won a Nobel Prize.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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