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observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 12m

Thanks for posting this. I'll take a guess that most of these dudes (and their counterparts in other groups who made similar choices) weren't hyperfocused on Gaza and inflation.

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joneson/dead bird site survivor. @joneson.bsky.social · 3h

GOP Speaker Mikey again is once again clueless about the goings on in our country. Americans are protesting because they DON’T WANT A KING especially not a selfish, senile, unwell, vindictive, cruel, lawless, & vengeful one!

PROTESTING PEACEFULLY IS A PART OF ARE OUR HISTORY!

#Voices4Victory

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 46m

Great article. On a related note, I think it's clear that a few/some (no way to know how many) of the small Anti-Dem Leftist accounts on here are part of psyops.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 3d

Besides staging violence that they blame on opponents, Republicans also run fake leftist candidates to trick people into voting for them.

Here's an earlier piece I wrote on this if you would like to know the *extensive* history flux.community/matthew-shef...

For decades, Republican consultants spent big to promote leftist candidates, now they've started creating fake ones - Flux

Instead of trying to build a majority, the American right has decided to divide and conquer

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

"send me your most salient posts"

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 9h

This is just so very, very illegal. And Republicans in Congress aren’t the least bit interested in controlling the purse. They’re just employees of trump org at taxpayer expense. This is a dictatorship.

Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 12h

Pentagon moves $8 billion from research to pay troops trib.al/G0HMywT

Pentagon moves $8 billion from research to pay troops

Left over R&D funds will be used to pay military members on Oct. 15, the Department of Defense said, following orders from President Trump.

trib.al

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 18h

Sure would be a shame if there were a lot of Epstein signs at No Kings.

#releasethefiles

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Buckleup36 @buckleup36.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, it's an unholy alliance of right-wing factions that have been growing in parallel for decades. Trump is their vessel - he's a corrupt/criminal who is only interested in money, the prestige of the presidency and adoration/attention. He will sign or do anything these factions put in front of him.

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Bob says: GOP == CRIME @yd52.bsky.social · 18h

No!
DONT STOP TALKING ABOUT EPSTEIN!
Raping teenage girls is HUGE CRIME!

-EPSTEIN! -EPSTEIN! -EPSTEIN! -EPSTEIN! -EPSTEIN!

-EPSTEIN! -EPSTEIN! -EPSTEIN! -EPSTEIN! -EPSTEIN!

-EPSTEIN! -EPSTEIN! -EPSTEIN! -EPSTEIN!
#usdemocracy

Rob Roy (he/him) @robertroy.bsky.social · 1d

Toddler in chief

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 14h

Portland councilwoman: You know I never thought that renown puppy killer Kristi Noem would be so afraid of protesters wearing frog costumes and chicken costumes but here we are…

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observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 9h

Hamilton didn't count on guys like Elon Musk and Mike Johnson.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 2d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 18h

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 18h

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 13h

The fact that Goldman is saying they seems to indicate the caucus is pretty in on this

Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 17h

No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.

Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.

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observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 9h

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a striped curtain and says this is the twilight zone

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a striped curtain and says this is the twilight zone

media.tenor.com

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jiggs22.bsky.social @jiggs22.bsky.social · 29d

The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...

Release the Epstein Files

The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of ...

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 9h

gotta burn this motherfucker down folks

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 10h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 11h

Remember, though, it will hurt Kristi Noem's feelings if you call them secret police.

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 9h

This account may well be a bot, but yeah.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 9h

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 9h

Vought wants a Christian Theocracy in which Liberals have no political or civic power, or any cultural influence. Miller wants actual genocide and a White Nationalist Autocracy. Trump wants to stay out of prison, grift, and hurt people who annoy, defy, or mock him. And they are "working" together. 2

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observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 9h

They have different end games, but the common ground that unifies them is hatred of pluralism, secularism, women, minorities and democracy. Thiel and Musk want a Techno-Feudalist society where Tech Oligarchs replace government.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah I think people here have unrealistic expectations for like jailing all ICE agents and that’s just almost certainly not going to happen even in extremely cool zone scenarios. But they should 100% have to lie for the rest of their lives about their employment history in conversation with everyone

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

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 · 12h

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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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 10h

(I covered Iraq protests in LA, the infamous “Battle in Miami” at the 2003 FTAA meeting, the 2004 GOP Convention in NYC, WTO ministerials in Hong Kong and Cancun and Occupy Wall Street, San Fran and Oakland. I’ve seen some shit.)

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