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Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social · 1d

In Albuquerque, where @mayorkeller.bsky.social is cruising towards re-election, his 1st TV ad gives top-billing to his non-police emergency response dept, what @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is promising for NYC. Just to say, it's possible to run on community safety. www.facebook.com/reel/1486960...

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 1d

MAGA and its agenda are *wildly* unpopular, and media are hugely out of touch for not saying so. Politicians who tap into this reality will thrive, and media outlets that reflect this truth will earn enormous audiences.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 2d

Personal news in the midst of
💫everything💫

It’s my last week at my favorite newspaper in Portland, @streetroots.bsky.social. I’m proud of the work we’ve done the past few years and can’t wait to see what’s next.

Excited to join my second favorite newspaper @portlandmercury.com later this month!

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

There is no need to editorialize. Just quote.

“Why don’t we tattoo a Star of David on the forehead of every terrorist we have to release?” - My daughter

Proud father.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Bulldog @harpua.bsky.social · 2d

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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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 2d

These people are fucking monsters

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t get over how beyond despicable it is to detain street vendors, people that keep our streets vibrant and safer because of their presence. Street vendors are some of the most vulnerable and visible yet we are being told their detainment is to keep us safe. Ridiculous.

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Lydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social · 2d

Making core memories

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3d

Apropos absolutely nothing else there is still a rather rude awakening which is yet to come for those in the Democratic Party and in the camp of liberalism writ large if they think Israel's public image is at all recoverable among young and nonwhite voters and apparatchiks.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 3d

Only 41.5% of Alabama registered voters voted. When you factor in people who can’t register because of age, citizenship status and voter suppression- it means that of the approximately 5.1 million citizens or Alabama only about 28% of them voted for Trump.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 3d

Doug Wilson co-authored a (plagiarized) book that defended the institution of slavery *as it was practiced in the antebellum South*. This is how Douthat introduced the subject while providing him with the NYT's platform:

Douthat: So, just to take a related example, one of the controversies of many that you’ve been mixed up in has to do with slavery, and whether slavery is absolutely forbidden by the Bible, absolutely forbidden to Christians, or whether it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: And you think it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: On this, on a straightforward reading of the New Testament, I would agree with you. I would say, pretty clearly, there is a pretty clear path from the message of the Bible to the abolition of slavery. But there is no moment in the New Testament when Jesus insists on the manumission of slaves.

Wilson: Right.

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Lydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social · 3d

I saw One Battle After Another at 11:15 on a weekday in a huge theater with about four guys total in it and when the line "a semen demon" was uttered my squawk was audible in the street

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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 6d

He and Regina Hall were the two standouts to me. Deeply human, deeply genuine performances that show two (of the myriad) ways you can approach embodying solidarity / revolutionary acts and each from the opposite end of the emotional spectrum.

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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 3d

Portlanders will not be cowed by this administration. When undignitaries like Kristi Noem visit for their photo ops and get mocked by people in animal costumes it’s because that’s the level of respect they deserve. Doing the work of mass deportation is the least honorable thing a person can do.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 3d

stellar investigation by 972Mag on IDF's manufactured videos that are reproduced uncritically in media. Truly a propaganda war."These videos are produced in-house by a small animation cell in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, working mainly in After Effects + Blender"
www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3d

The withdrawal line is different now, allegedly up to 600 meters closer to the borders of Gaza, as part of minor concessions given to Hamas in negotiations. This means for the first phase (however long it lasts) Israeli forces will remain in approx 50% of Gaza. It will then be "phased withdrawal".

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 6d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 3d

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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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 4d

It's a whole block party vibe over here.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 4d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 4d

Noem appears to have arrived? Not sure how long we’ll be blocked from the street outside ICE processing facility. I can say unequivocally she did not witness anything she claims is happening at this facility, as she entered the facility…

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