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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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acabylon 👻 BOO! 👻 @acabylonbee.bsky.social · 14h

least problematic gamer

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 1d

Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 11h

RAMIREZ SECURE THE BASS PRO SHOP PYRAMID

ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 13h

We're sending squad-sized elements to secure the Bass Pro Shop

Screencap of an AP article

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — National Guard troops patrolled in Tennessee’s second-largest city for the first time Friday while soldiers in Illinois were engaged only in planning and training after a judge handed a loss to the Trump administration and blocked their deployment to the Chicago area.

At least nine armed Guard members began their patrol at the Bass Pro Shops located at the Pyramid, an iconic Memphis landmark, about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from historic Beale Street and FedEx Forum, where the NBA’s Grizzlies play

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 20h

So the Dems need to be clear again that any FMer carrying out direction to implement mil paychecks in the absence of appropriations will be subject to anti-deficiency act criminal penalties, because to be clear even with the reconciliation slush fund BS there is no way to legally so this, period

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 17h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 14h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 1d

This is good, actually. This is the kind of thing we need to build a pro-court expansion majority.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 21h

It's the life tenure

No, seriously

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 22h

District court judges, appointed by presidents from Reagan to Biden (including Trump I), seem to understand the assignment more than most law firms. This is curious because the data shows that lawyers as a whole are more liberal on average than federal judges

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2d

Perry asks directly whether the feds started the alleged violence in Chicago.

She asks whether it matters if the inability to execute the law was "caused by the federal agents."

Hamilton: "No, your honor."

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 23h

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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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22h

Everything about this is bonkers. The arrest, the charge, the possible sentence, the **$2 million bail.**

reason.com/2025/10/10/t...

Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

reason.com

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 22h

You’ll never guess how much empathetic outrage Benny Johnson expressed when someone broke into Nancy Pelosi’s house with the intent to kill her, fracturing her husband’s skull in the process.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 22h

There’s lot of disturbing language in the letter mailed to pro-Trump influencer Benny Johnson, but will be curious to see if a jury sees this language as an actual threat.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

DOJ charges man with sending threatening letter to pro-Trump influencer Benny Johnson

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the charges at a news conference in which Johnson argued that violence had been "mainstreamed by the Democrat Party."

www.nbcnews.com

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܀𓂃 Kaori Fujisawa ‎𓈒𓏸𑁍 @layla1988.bsky.social · 1d

China’s choking off rare earths to hit 🇺🇸defense and chips. But Trump already did Beijing a favor — he burned bridges with allies and called his own people enemies. Who needs Chinese sabotage when you’ve got American civil war cosplay?

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

oh no

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 1d

Stella Sacco
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It's really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it's clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it's all "please don't forget you have to feed your troops" and "if someone asks if you're going to attack them consider lying about it"
April 23, 2024 at 1:28 AM © Everybody can reply
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1d

you gotta have *some* lines if you want to be trusted and she clearly doesn't bsky.app/profile/hamm...

hammerhead179.bsky.social @hammerhead179.bsky.social · 1d

She also praised Trump for killing those fishermen in the airstrikes.

I just don't give her benefit of the doubt.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d

gonna be at least one SCOTUS case that ends up hinging on a comparison of an autopsy derived time of death vs an autopen time stamp

nah just kidding 6-3 the President lives eternal and his signature is always valid

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

the day that it finally happens is gonna be surreal because the way they report it will be fucking deranged

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

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

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

the day that it finally happens is gonna be surreal because the way they report it will be fucking deranged

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

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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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

this man's name is written in the book of life

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...

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National Atropian People’s Army Air Force @napaafofficial.bsky.social · 1d

There has never been a man easier to manipulate

Uckema - New Mount Laurels Strongest Solider @uckema.com · 1d

They are cooking

This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 1d

Trump to China: obey my command or I will destroy the United States

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

not only that, but when Dems do get organized and pay creators who are pushing aligned content, all of a sudden it becomes an attack line against them. meanwhile Russia literally pays conservative commentators and they are cool with it

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

Charlie Kirk was a terrible person, but his prowess at organizing was astonishing.

Democrats, progressive and moderate, are using tactics from the 1970s.

Republicans spend hundreds of millions on networking, jobs, and outreach every year. Democrats waste their money on obsolete stuff.

flux.community @flux.community · 1d

Charlie Kirk was a religious extremist and an advocate for mass censorship of academics he hated.

But as a political organizer and creator of opportunities for his comrades, there's much that can be learned from what he did. @matthewboedy.bsky.social discusses on the latest Theory of Change

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 1d

looks like it went great

picture of trump half-assedly waving with a dejected look on his face. Caption reads President Trump Returns To The White House
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 10: U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House following a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump traveled to Walter Reed to visit with troops and receive a medical check up. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

the administration is laser-focused on making sure Americans don't get clean energy, so Saudi Arabia (Trump's paymaster) has someone to sell their oil to in 10 years when the rest of the world has moved on to solar+batteries

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 2d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

There aren’t really any American-built, -owned or -operated ships in international trade, are there? This one is just for the love of the game.

Wheredafukarwi @wheredafukarwi.bsky.social · 1d

Ka Ching.

China retaliates against U.S. port fees with charges on American ships share.google/q4GqoqujLnLX...

China retaliates against U.S. port fees with new charges on American ships

The move comes a day after China ramped up restrictions on rare earths exports amid ongoing tensions with the U.S.

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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 1d

TikTok works for the MAGA regime. It is every bit as fundamentally hostile to pro-democracy, pro-liberty dialogue as Xitter.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 1d

The answer to his question, by the way, is "YES".

Because those 'sleepy' Southern rural towns are overrun with gun violence by drugged-out paranoid nutcases.

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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