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Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 11h

This photo is not from recent anti-deportation protests in Portland, Oregon. The image is more than a decade old and can be geolocated to Toronto, Canada. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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Susie Bright @susiebright.bsky.social · Sep 10

Dorothy Allison forever.
We’re throwing a marathon of her greatest work at Litquake this year.
susiebright.ink/p/bastard-ou...

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 4h

Holy shit. I slept on this and they are out of stock in my size but that doesn’t mean they are out of stock in *your* size, now does it?

The Cola Corporation @cola.baby · 5h

Check ur inboxes

Graphic of black tee. Two blue stripes in background at top and bottom. White and red text reads Protest at top and Chicago at bottom. In middle is a diptych of black and white photo of Chicago protests 1968 and a color photo of man carrying USA flag amid tear gas at Broadview Illinois in 2025.

Close up of text on inside sleeve

1. "¿Soy libre de irme?"
Si no: "¿Me están deteniendo?"
2. "Deseo permanecer en silencio. Quiero hablar con un abogado."
3. "No doy miconsentimiento
ara un registro"
4. Ademas de 1-
de 1-3, cállate.
5. En serio, cállate
5. En serio, cállate.
Gremio Nacional de
Abogados
(872) 465-4244

1. "AmI free to go?"
If not: "Aml being detained?"
2."i choose to remain silent.
"I want to speak to a lawyer."
3."I do not consent to a search."
4. Besides 1-3, STFU.
5. Seriously, STFU.
6. National Lawyers
Guild Chicago

Close up of tag inside tee collar.

UNION MADE IN THE U.S.A
100% COTTON
SMALL

In background is image of Chicago flag

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 4h

Don’t print lies in the newspaper.

Reuters @reuters.com · 5h

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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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 4h

Never thought I’d say this, but hell yeah aces.

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 6h

His SF based employees should, every last one of them, walk out. If he's asking for violence to be directed against the people of the city, the people of the city shouldn't advance his economic interests.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 6h

Area billionaire has wet brain www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...

Marc Benioff says Trump should send National Guard to San Francisco

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said that President Trump should deploy the National Guard to San Francisco to combat crime: “We don’t have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I’m all for it.”

www.sfchronicle.com

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 8h

9 attorneys named on this sucker and still garbage a 2L wouldn't let happen

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 8h

Someone gonna get fired …. @kenwhite.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 9h

oh ok sure that definitely sounds totally true and like something that will definitely hold together in a fragile peace

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: What guarantees did you give Hamas to persuade them Israel will stop the bombing campaign once hostages have been exchanged?

TRUMP: What did I do with respect to them? Well, you know, I spoke a little bit tough ... they knew retribution would be tremendous. Would've been complete obliteration.

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 9h

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 9h

pedocon theory not really being disproven these days huh

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 10h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

churchleaders.com

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 9h

this weenie little fuck

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

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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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 10h

**goose meme** what sort of gunman, motherfucker????

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 10h

hell yes good for her

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 11h

Neko Case ends Tennessee show early after venue refuses to remove armed security guard

Neko Case Ends Tennessee Show Early After Venue Refuses To Remove Armed Guard

Neko Case played a show Thursday night at the Caverns in the tiny Tennessee town of Pelham — or at least she started to, before walking off stage after her first few songs. The reason for her departur...

www.stereogum.com

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Andy "Legal BOO-a" @legalba.bsky.social · 11h

Me in the Antifa waiting room: frog, frog, frog

Receptionist: (thumping table) Frog! Frog!

All the people in the waiting room: (stamping feet) FROG! FROG! FROG!

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 12h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 13h

in general this admin seems to not understand why executing hostages *lowers* your leverage instead of raising it

Ben McAdams Memorial Act. but on BlueSky @purrtah.bsky.social · 14h

Yea fuck this keep it closed down come hell or high water

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 13h

“we are telling you right now that we do not intend to honor anything we agree to” is certainly a negotiating position one can take

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 14h

So this is the difficulty. Not just how do we get to a deal, but how do we get to a deal we trust will be honored when Johnson is here *promising* to let Trump impound and take back whatever he wants from what they pass?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 16h

Thread on ICE in holland, Northeast Minneapolis the morning of 10/10/2025.

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 16h

Man, just imagine being represented in Congress by this absolute toad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Tom Emmer on Trump rescinding energy funds that were appropriated for Minnesota: "Literally this could end today if Chuck Schumer and the Democrats would reopen the government. What's happened is the White House has to make some very serious and difficult decisions."

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 17h

next step: a fork in the road email

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 17h

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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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 17h

THIS ALERT IS OVER

I HAVE MORE TO REPORT BUT IT IS OVER.

I have reason to believe they are going elsewhere in MPLS but there is a car following them with bullhorns

Two unmarked SUVs, two unmarked chargers, AND TWO MPD SQUADS

Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 ICE IN HOLLAND NEIGHBORHOOD 🚨 26th and Howard COME NOW

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 ICE IN HOLLAND NEIGHBORHOOD 🚨 26th and Howard COME NOW

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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 1d

Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.

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