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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 3h

she's a trump ally and you do sort of wonder if the committee was bullied into trying to compromise with him?

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 3h

Machado seems like someone who's courageously resisting an authoritarian regime...and also someone who's supporting other pretty awful regimes and has a fairly ugly far right vision for her own country.

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Shawn's Socialist Slipstreaming（宇祥）- he/him/他/dia @shawnybantzy.bsky.social · 4h

Apparently our newest Nobel Peace Prize winner wrote to fucking Netanyahu for help in overthrowing the government of her own country dawg

The population of Venezuela needs international protection against the widespread and systematic attack to which the Venezuelan regime subjects it. This is demonstrated by the report dated May 29, 2018, submitted by the Organisation of American States to the International Criminal Court. This has served as the basis for nine states, including Argentina, to file complaints against the regime before that international body. We deeply appreciate this effort, which is decisive for the outcome of the Venezuelan tragedy.

I am convinced that the international community, in accordance with the responsibility to protect doctrine, is called upon to provide Venezuelans with the necessary support to bring about the regime change that is urgently needed to restore national and international security. Therefore, I have recently sent letters to several of the world’s leading figures to promote before the United Nations Security Council the adoption of effective protection measures for Venezuela by fostering regime change, a step that necessarily entails strengthening international security. Today I want to ask Israel and Argentina to contribute their expertise and influence to advance a sound and urgent decision-making process in the Security Council.

Such measures are imperative in the face of a hemispheric security hotspot like the one currently posed by the regime oppressing Venezuela. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organisation for Migration have certified that the current refugee crisis of people fleeing Venezuela is the largest in the history of the Americas. Argentina is an example of this crisis, having welcomed hundreds of thousands of our compatriots—a gesture for which Venezuelans will always be grateful. However, we must be aware that without a change of regime in our country, hemispheric and global security will be at risk.

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lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 3h

Boooo. 😭

lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 3h

Nope.

What Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado has said about Trump

The Venezuelan opposition figure has praised the U.S. president.

www.newsweek.com

lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 3h

She's a bad choice. Like... really really bad.

What Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado has said about Trump

The Venezuelan opposition figure has praised the U.S. president.

www.newsweek.com

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Robin L Turner @robinlturnerphd.bsky.social · 5h

“…many universities have scholars, including historians, sociologists, and lawyers, who have devoted their efforts to studying the consolidation of power by authoritarian governments. What is happening in America is not new. It has occurred, with variations, in many other countries….” [& here B4]👇🏽

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

New from @jeremymberg.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern:
"Silence may protect an institution from becoming an early target, but history shows that it increases the likelihood that that institution (and many others) will be become targets over time."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/deafening-...

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

Leaders are underestimating the risks of not fighting back

donmoynihan.substack.com

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lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 4h

Picking someone who is supported by Marco Rubio and who supports bombing her own people is definitely not a win for world peace.
Am I wrong to see this as a craven decision?

What Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado has said about Trump

The Venezuelan opposition figure has praised the U.S. president.

www.newsweek.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4h

nobel peace prize goes to Trump’s little extrajudical murder supporting friend

What a pack of fucking loser weirdos that panel is

Max P III @blackballer.bsky.social · 4h

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Lyz @lyz.bsky.social · 5h

I wrote about the Elizabeth Holmes of the media lyz.substack.com/p/let-the-al...

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 15h

it really has been amazing how much one person in a frog suit destroyed their fantasy visuals over the past week. this wouldn't work everywhere but Portland, you are doing amazing sweetie

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 16h

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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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14h

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 16h

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lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 20h

The Doc said "Fuck Trump" gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta.
Momma says research shows that being fash can cause dementia,
Fact Epstein would be alive if he never metcha,
We cool but ICE is melting better run cause Antifa gonna getcha.

a black and white cat wearing a hat and jacket

ALT: a black and white cat wearing a hat and jacket

media.tenor.com

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Tia @tiabia.bsky.social · 21h

Trash ass political party.

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 22h

NEW: 51 Senators urge RFK Jr. and Marty Makary to end telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone— and to suspend its distribution as an "imminent hazard" under Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Collins and Murkowski only GOP members not to sign
justthenews.com/sites/defaul...

screenshot of letter dated 10/9/25
Today, your agencies have all the information they need to bring an end to previous Democrat-administrations’ abortion drug regulations while a comprehensive review is conducted. As a starting point,
we recommend the following:
1. Suspend the approval of any new generic versions of mifepristone pending the outcome of the REMS safety review;
2. Commit to ensuring that all generic versions of mifepristone are included in the ongoing reevaluation of prior REMS approvals;
3. Reinstate the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone and all its generic versions;
4. Suspend the distribution of mifepristone and all generic versions as an “imminent hazard” under Section 505(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA); and
5. Withdraw FDA guidance permitting pharmacy distribution of mifepristone and all its generic versions.

We are committed to continuing to work together to give a voice to the voiceless and protect women from the dangerous effects of unregulated access to chemical abortion drugs. The life, safety, freedom, and health of millions of Americans, born and unborn, depend on it.

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lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 21h

"Gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta," sounds like the best hard rock song lyric ever.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21h

"Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman eight months pregnant—she is an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School—and she is saying 'eff Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta."

gizmodo.com/rfk-jr-compl...

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lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 22h

Damn hippie kids! Don't they realize their hopes are just a machine meant to eat their human proteins?!?

Need a nuke to stop them.

Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 23h

QUATERMASS (1979): The final adventure for Nigel Kneale's intrepid scientist saw him fighting a mysterious alien force harvesting members of the 'Planet People' youth cult. Here, the aliens come for Isabel, survivor of an earlier harvesting...

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lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 22h

Seems pretty reactionary doing a quick reading of it.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 22h

At the same time they want to force circumcision on Africans rather than give them medication, STI education and condoms. The right has an obsession with erasing autonomy and victim blaming.

lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 23h

Obsession with kid's genitals
AND
Antisemitism!

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Deb Haaland @debhaalandnm.bsky.social · 1d

I understand what it’s like to struggle to make ends meet – to have to put groceries back at the checkout line because you can't afford them. With the price of groceries rising, tackling affordability is at the cornerstone of my campaign. rollcall.com/2025/10/08/w...

2026 could be breakout year for blue-collar Democratic women - Roll Call

As Democrats try to win back working-class voters, female candidates are campaigning around economic populism and their blue-collar roots.

rollcall.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

No clearer indication of the right’s moral rot than the swift evolution from angrily denying any association with buffoonish bigots like like Posobiec and Fuentes, to “there’s no harm in having a conversation,” to openly praising and promoting them.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Not the least surprised by this. I’d hope it might finally wake up some mainstream libertarians to what Smith is really about. But it probably won’t.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

I went ahead and did the starting work for someone who wants to chase this angle. Most right-wing influencers who participated in the "Antifa" roundtable at the White House yesterday have easily provable ties to TPUSA (8 of 12). The other four need a closer look I don't have time for right now.

right-wing influencers standing for a photo together at the white house

(Left to Right)

Jack Posobiec - TPUSA employee
Seamus Bruner - Government Accountability Institute (GAI)
James Klug - TPUSA Ambassador
Jonathan Cho - TPUSA employee
Nick Sortor - Influencer
Julio Rosas - Former TPUSA, Blaze Media
Nick Shirley - Influencer
Andy Ngo - Human Events Media Group*
Brandi Kruse - Influencer
Savannah Hernandez - TPUSA employee
Katie Daviscourt - Former TPUSA, Human Events Media Group*
Cam Higby - TPUSA employee

(Human Events Media Group is closely tied to TPUSA. https://humanevents.com/about-human-events )

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 1d

One of the things that's terrifying about what's happening now is the number of Republicans who won't stand up to Trump because they're cowards who are terrified of backlash. MGT strikes me as just unhinged enough to not be sensitive to that, which turns out to be a liability for them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene on CNN (!): "I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't gonna be able to have health insurance. They're going to have to drop it."

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lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 1d

Who in this picture is more likely to leave you for dead or worse?

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 1d

Is this real or am I in a coma?

Young Conservative with a Doctor Who question mark pullover.