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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1d

If we survive this, and Democrats are able to take back power, I guarantee you we will have to endure think-piece after think-piece that demand the rest of us reach out, stop shaming, and forgive fascists and the crimes they’ve committed. I absolutely guarantee it.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

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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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 4d

Video: ICE agents clash with Forest Park cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines Rive

YouTube video by WGN News

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Paul Devine @pauldevine.com · 19h

Russian troll spreading some bothsidesism to make the apathetic voter feel less guilty.

Paul Devine @pauldevine.com · 19h

It's overfed.
And thanks for doing your part. Just like the Russian nihilists before you.

a group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and armor .

ALT: a group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and armor .

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Paul Devine @pauldevine.com · 19h

Nihilism and bothsidesism were a contributing factor in 2024. Love to see them getting flexed in 2025.

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Paul Devine @pauldevine.com · 20h

"a man of lasting values"
Morally bankrupt Christian Nationalists don't have lasting values. They just bank on hate.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 20h

if we'd treated their obvious baldfaced lies and deflections more like this over the past eight years maybe we wouldn't be in this situation

shocking how easy it is when you actually see it done

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

So thankful that dudes without game now have the option of driving all of our energy bills up to come up with devastating lines like it was nice to meet you

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 2d

Vivek Ramaswamy goes to a Turning Point USA event in Ohio and quickly finds out that he is not on the team.

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Paul Devine @pauldevine.com · 1d

Part 4 of Mamdani's "Until it's Done" series highlights the achievements and struggles of NYC activist Sylvia Rivera. The series looks at many New Yorkers who challenged the establishment to make their community a better place for everyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 2d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 2d

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 2d

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 4d

Across the country, hospitals are vanishing and doctors and paramedics tell ABC News they’ve already seen conditions worsen in irreversible ways — even deaths — because of shuttered hospitals in rural areas. #TrumpShutUSDown

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'It can be a loss of life': First responders detail the deadly cost of rural hospital closures

Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.

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Paul Devine @pauldevine.com · 3d

Wattle so big he's gonna try and pardon himself this Thanksgiving

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Paul Devine @pauldevine.com · 3d

Gobble gobble

Post from Aaron Rupar with RFK stating women are gobbling Tylenol while pregnant. Above it is an image of an ad for "Now That's What I Call" music CDs with the line Gobbling Tylenol replacing the music genre.

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Matt Gaetz Forehead @mattgaetz4head.bsky.social · 3d

These circle jerks are nauseating.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

We take a look at ICE's skyrocketing expansion, the agency's failing standards, and where detention centers are planned for next.

The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

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Paul Devine @pauldevine.com · 3d

Tom Nichols' definition of fascism is just the lyrics to Hokey Pokey

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 3d

“Abortion providers say Missouri’s attorney general is trying to get patient records” 10/7/25 … 1/ apnews.com/article/abor...

Abortion providers say Missouri's attorney general is trying to get patient records

Planned Parenthood officials say in court filings that Missouri's Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of patients who’ve had abortions.

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Paul Devine @pauldevine.com · 3d

Giuliani "we've got lots of theories, we just don't have the evidence" vibes

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Paul Devine @pauldevine.com · 3d

Her opinion would be more qualified if it were the Nobel Rest in Peace Prize

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Paul Devine @pauldevine.com · 3d

Jamie Dimon already refused to cooperate despite his own employees alerting management to Epstein's suspicious activity. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...

How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein

www.nytimes.com

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