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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 11h

Oh she sucks

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

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

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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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 18h

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 18h

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 23h

So America's reached the "hiding Anne Frank" stage of a totalitarian terrorism.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 1d

Holy hell, I've never heard it before. What a stunning piece of writing and performance by the otherwise silent Chaplin.

Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 1d

TCM posted this a few days ago on YouTube.

The Dictator’s Speech (Clip) | The Great Dictator (1940) | TCM

YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies

www.youtube.com

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 1d

TCM posted this a few days ago on YouTube.

The Dictator’s Speech (Clip) | The Great Dictator (1940) | TCM

YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies

www.youtube.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Nominate anyone more deserving of a Peace Prize than Trump - I'll start

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

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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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 1d

CW: Animal killing

God, they're so evil. I hate every single one of them and hope they all suffer.

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

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 1d

lmao

Vulture @vulture.com · 1d

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

www.vulture.com

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 1d

Come for the criticism of Trump, stay for the brutal takedown of Cuomo.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mamdani: "Trump ran on 3 promises - punishment of his political enemies, easing cost of living crisis, & mass deportation. It's that second promise that brought so many to his campaign. And yet he's unable & unwilling to deliver bc he's beholden to the very billionaires that are profiting off of it"