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Sonia Shah @soniashah.bsky.social · 10d

a huge loss 💔

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10d

Dr. Jane Goodall, the legendary animal rights advocate, has died at 91.

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Sonia Shah @soniashah.bsky.social · 10d

Ah ok so now, according to the party of DOGE, the healthy functioning of the federal government is, in fact, super important for the well-being of Americans?

I like this turn of events

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14d

Hey @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social,I asked Steve Bannon directly if he thinks Miller will now unleash the state on groups that describe ICE as "authoritarian," and he said: "Yes," adding that Miller is "in charge." cc @mcopelov.bsky.social

newrepublic.com/article/2009...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14d

The two middle aged joggers on the side street are TERRIFYING.

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 14d

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 13d

Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record.

I just don't know what to say anymore.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 19d

I’m in Boston. This ad just came on TV

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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 19d

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended.

It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 22d

firmly believe it wasn't what kimmel said about kirk's killer that made dollhands so mad.

it was showing this clip and adding: "He's at the 4th stage of grief, construction ... This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he called a friend. This is how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d

Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?

TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.

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Sonia Shah @soniashah.bsky.social · 23d

@indivisiblebaltoco.bsky.social @indivisiblebaltimo.bsky.social

Sonia Shah @soniashah.bsky.social · 23d

Sinclair Broadcasting, which is cracking down on Kimmel, controls local stations that reach 40% of US households but instead of giving us local news they give us right-wing culture wars

Read what Kimmel actually said

Then pledge to boycott at tinyurl.com/dontfeedthefox

Allies for Democracy @alliesfordemocracy.bsky.social · 23d

Read what Kimmel actually said.

Join the STOP SINCLAIR boycott at tinyurl.com/dontfeedthefox

#dontfeedthefox #stopsinclair #foxtakedown #donteatatlas

youtube.com/shorts/e1kkb...

Stop Sinclair!

YouTube video by Stop Sinclair

youtube.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 23d

Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.

Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.

Collective boycott.

Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 23d

We cannot make the headlines blunter people www.theverge.com/policy/77979...

Republicans are honoring Charlie Kirk’s memory by declaring war on the First AmendmentThe guardians of ‘free speech’ sure had a change of heart.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23d

i’m 70% “this is the bad place” and 30% “you chucklefucks are such goddamn crybabies that you can’t handle jokes from JIMMY KIMMEL?”

ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after remarks about Charlie Kirk | CNN Business

Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.

www.cnn.com

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23d

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments.

that fox news host still has his job.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28d

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 23d

BREAKING: ABC has announced it is pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air “indefinitely” to censor the host after comments he made Monday night about the "MAGA gang" doing everything to claim Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin was "anything other than one of them."

Here is the clip:

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23d

I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live! From the Air ‘Indefinitely’

The decision follows conservative backlash to a comment the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk.

www.vulture.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 23d

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

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Sonia Shah @soniashah.bsky.social · 26d

The VP is on the TV yelling about defunding this fine and storied magazine. I have no idea which article he objected to but rn seems like the right time to subscribe if you haven't already and just read all of 'em

@thenation.com

subscriptions.thenation.com/TNA/?f=Site0...

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you @postguild.bsky.social ❤️

Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social · 26d

Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah

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Sonia Shah @soniashah.bsky.social · 29d

i'll be presenting an AFFIRMATIVE case for migration as a life-saving adaptation--NOT a crisis that requires police-state tactics--today at @towsonu.bsky.social

(DHS is hoping to recruit TU students into their anti-migrant efforts later this month)

events.towson.edu/event/the-ne...

The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move

events.towson.edu

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Sonia Shah @soniashah.bsky.social · 29d

plus a canvass for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social with my one and only zb <3

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Sonia Shah @soniashah.bsky.social · 29d

How lovely NYC is in September! and what a blast to hang out with the excellent @johnvaillant.bsky.social, author of some of my most beloved books AND ALSO a fellow Obie!

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Jamaica B @brixbuilder.bsky.social · Sep 9

No, it isn’t.

This is probably the most offensive page in his birthday book, among many contenders.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Sep 7

No solidarity. Reporters let Trump talk this way to a woman reporter and then clamor to get their own question answered. He used to do it to April Ryan, Yamiche Alcindor and Abby Phillip.

And that’s why he controls media. No solidarity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 7

Trump tells a reporter who asks him about going to war with American cities to “be quiet” and “listen”

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Sep 4

The other thing about the RFK Jr hearing is just the entitlement, how dare you question me, the smugness...

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