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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 1h

I can’t watch or repost this enough

Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 1d

The uprisings in Portland are truly terrifying.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

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

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 1h

OMG, yes!

Marilyn Munster @heyfren.bsky.social · 3h

Hahaha. Excellent idea!

Bad Bunny should perform a Spanish version of YMCA just for the hell of it.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

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

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 11h

the makers of that inflatable frog costume right now

bugs bunny is holding a stack of money in his hands

ALT: bugs bunny is holding a stack of money in his hands

media.tenor.com

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 2h

Well this is not what I want to see while on an airplane…

Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 10h

Cool cool cool cool cool.

Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: The government shutdown is pushing air safety workers to the limit.

“One person can only answer, troubleshoot, and resolve so many problems at once,” an FAA employee tells @aarianmarshall.bsky.social:

Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 2h

Send the war criminal Putin to The Hague!

Iryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 16h

This is Mark. He was only seven years old when a russian projectile hit his family’s home in Zaporizhzhia, killing him.

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 2h

Everything has become so f**king stupid

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Oh god

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

🤷🏼

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15h

"Stalinism and Stephen Miller: Cause for concern"
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/stalinism-...

Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 2h

What the actual f**k?!?

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

All conspiracy theories eventually lead to antisemitism.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 6h

It’s unnerving but I’m starting to like it

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 23h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 2h

More dangerous and delusional idiocy from Muscovy’s state media

Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 4h

Meanwhile in Russia: military expert Igor Korotchenko claimed that massive strikes against Ukraine are "humanitarian" in their nature. He complained about Trump not getting the Nobel Peace Prize & urged Denmark to give him Greenland as a consolation prize.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AU4...

Igor Korotchenko praises Russia's humanitarian strikes & bemoans Trump being denied the Nobel Prize

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 2h

Putin the war criminal to The Hague!

Iryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 16h

This is Mark. He was only seven years old when a russian projectile hit his family’s home in Zaporizhzhia, killing him.

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 2h

Putin to The Hague!

Iryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 16h

This is Mark. He was only seven years old when a russian projectile hit his family’s home in Zaporizhzhia, killing him.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 5h

🚨 Baltic NATO states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plan for mass evacuation to relocate over 1 million civilians when Russia invades - one out of every six people.

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 2h

Congratulations! I quit in 2006 and it was the smartest thing I ever did. It was hard at first but it got easier soon enough & today I can’t imagine ever being a smoker

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22h

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 2h

This…

Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 1d

Funny but true.

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 2h

Meanwhile in Texas…
substack.com/@jamestalari...

James Talarico (@jamestalarico)

I’m tired of being pitted against my neighbor. I’m tired of being told to hate my neighbor. People across the political spectrum are hungry for a new kind of politics.

substack.com

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 2h

This…
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Broadwaybabyto (@broadwaybabyto)

Tonight in “war ravaged” Portland… a frog brigade standing guard outside the ICE facility. Trump says there’s “nowhere worse than Portland”… and the frogs magically multiply. They’re showing that ...

substack.com

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 3h

Clarity from NY Times. Both-sides-ism from The Washington Post. That’s why I cancelled my subscription to the latter.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 4h

Word.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 9h

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 4h

What the actual f**k?!?

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 5h

“Sparking debate”

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5h

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 4h

From one Nobel laureate to another

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 10h

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 5h

??!!!!

Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 9h

Wait what.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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