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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20h

Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 19h

Good morning to everyone except Speaker Mike Johnson, who still hasn’t sworn in Adelita Grijalva.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21h

John Oliver is good at his job

youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Revenge of the Oxford Comma @pensivetoker.bsky.social · 1d

DAMN! More of this please!

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

This is a fantastic statement from the governor of Washington, but I can't get past the fact that the man who's standing up to the right-wing anti-immigrant machine is named ...

Bob Ferguson?

Seriously?

Does he have a daughter named Willa?

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

Revenge of the Oxford Comma @pensivetoker.bsky.social · 1d

Who are the corporate sponsors 😈

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 2d

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Revenge of the Oxford Comma @pensivetoker.bsky.social · 1d

And here comes @theatlantic.com laundering the reputation of Jake Tapper.

What a joke! No one should be paying Tapper to write about anything except Trump’s mental decline.

Journalistic malpractice here.

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Gary Gehman @glgehman.bsky.social · 2d

All you peacenik liberals wringing hands over what to do: Yes, of course, vote. It's your primary responsibility as a citizen.

But now more than ever, fulfill your second civic responsibility: Serve on juries. Never has it been more imperative to thwart rogue injustice.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

This is insane. I feel like I’m going insane when I’m watching this. Not just the fact that it’s clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d

Argentina edition of Libertarian bible

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 3d

If you like my work, please share and subscribe. I'm trying to override a variety of shadowbans and broken algorithms. Thank you!

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 3d

New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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Revenge of the Oxford Comma @pensivetoker.bsky.social · 2d

It’s called marijuana George.

That’s what happens when you start teaming up with leftist radicals.

You sit around talking about the Epstein files and someone passes you a blunt.

Now you’re ANTIFA™️ and want to save healthcare.

There was an afterschool special that warned about this in the 80s

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Revenge of the Oxford Comma @pensivetoker.bsky.social · 2d

Cities standing up for, helping instead of harming each other.

We do this all the time for natural disasters (👀). We collect food and supplies. We send people to help. We gather in solidarity.

We have a long history of helping each other and being demonized for it.

We do it anyway.

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 2d

"It would be powerful if folks from Dallas stand up for Chicago and folks from Chicago stand up for Dallas, so that narratives like 'Texas invades Illinois' can't take hold. Cities are not invading each other. The federal government is attacking Americans."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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Revenge of the Oxford Comma @pensivetoker.bsky.social · 2d

I am so proud to call @gallego.senate.gov and @captmarkkelly.bsky.social my Senators right now!

When @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social is finally sworn in I will have representation in the House so right now, these guys are my only congressional representation.

Thank you!

#NoKingsTucson

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

SEN. @gallego.senate.gov on the terrible Milei rock concert: “Millions of Americans are about to lose their health care and have their insurance premiums double, but Trump & Republicans are giving this idiot $20 BILLION. Good job. Way to make America First, guys.”

Revenge of the Oxford Comma @pensivetoker.bsky.social · 2d

two men are sitting in front of a sign that says " white north "

Alt: two men are sitting in front of a sign with a disco ball

media.tenor.com

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Revenge of the Oxford Comma @pensivetoker.bsky.social · 2d

He can’t even refer to it as No Kings because that gives away the game.

This level of stupid is painful to watch. I can only watch a few minutes before I need to take a few Tylenol and go lay down for a bit.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d

The MSM does not interview community organizers. It's part of why they miss so much of what happens at the local level.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

If it’s worth banning, it’s worth owning.
#BannedBooksWeek

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 3d

it's gonna be like the end of Magnolia up in this bitch

The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 3d

The Frog Costume has gone from $25 to almost $40 on amazon over the last week. There's an army brewing.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 4d

a lot of people are finally waking up to the importance of the 3rd amendment. As a 3A absolutist, i think it should be illegal for soldiers to be quartered anywhere in this country. they should be camping under the open sky at all times. all military bases and barracks are unconstitutional.

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Revenge of the Oxford Comma @pensivetoker.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone who has worked in corporate world is familiar with this.

This is how corporate America has operated for years.

I am enjoying the pearl clutching over such a common American worker experience.

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Revenge of the Oxford Comma @pensivetoker.bsky.social · 3d

Revenge of the Oxford Comma @pensivetoker.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, these have been pretty standard in corporate world for years.

I just did my quarterly one a couple days ago.

They’re used during performance reviews.

Are there really American workers who find this unusual or newsworthy?

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