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Texas Krusty @texaskrusty.bsky.social · 1h

Guy who only reads Rowling: ackshullay Voldemort is the good guy

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Texas Krusty @texaskrusty.bsky.social · 1h

Welcome to the 2025 season Collin Simmons!

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2h

The thing about the Roberts Court is they're not evil geniuses, because they're not geniuses.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 8h

“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 1h

“I got them to stop shooting for a couple of days gimme a prize already”

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 1h

It is so absurd watching MAGA praise Trump’s Gaza “peace plan” considering it isn’t even implemented yet and there have been SO MANY ceasefires in the region over the past 75 years.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 1h

My stupid theory is that the C&G "we're gonna live forever" hype really started in the late 2010's, suspiciously right around the time that Netflix did the Altered Carbon TV show.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 2h

Like we are dealing with the fact that Trump literally thinks the government has a checking account where all the money is.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2h

If you're going to write headlines like this, why even have newspapers?

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Texas Krusty @texaskrusty.bsky.social · 1h

Squad goals

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Yorubarbie says put away childish things @caladaley.bsky.social · 2h

Basically the Unitary Executive Theory is not just anti-constitutional in terms of the specific US constitution, but is opposed to constitutionalism as an entire theory of law and government. They chopped of Charles 1 heads for this shit!!!

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 11h

"Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — the so-called “disease detectives” who respond to outbreaks around the globe — received layoff notices"

There is no 'make healthy' objective here, but there will be costs and consequences, to readiness, safety, and lives.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 19h

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 9h

I'm late to this masterpiece by @lopatto.bsky.social but it's a series of darts sticking Bari Weiss to the bullseye. A totally different viewpoint on why she's been put in charge of CBS News and why she will regret that forever👏👏👏👏👏 www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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Taking Action 4 US🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇨🇦🇩🇪📚📗 @takingaction4us.bsky.social · 1d

A far cry from the care & thoughtfulness of Paul White, news director, CBS News, in a memo, Feb 1944:

Keep an informative, unexcited demeanor at the microphone…Don’t risk accuracy…Use care in your choice of words

From “When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day” by @vermontgmg.bsky.social

Paul White, news director, CBS News, memo, February 1944, on how to cover an invasion: Keep an informative, unexcited demeanor at the microphone.… Give sources.… Don’t risk accuracy for the sake of a beat.… Use care in your choice of words.… Don’t say “German defenses were pulverized.” Say “German defenses were hard hit.”… When you don’t know, say so. Locutions like “Allied troops were believed to be progressing, etc.” are out. Rather say “Nothing has been released during the past 24 hours, etc.”… Exaggeration and immoderate language breed dangerous optimism.… Respect the listener’s trust. Remember that winning the war is a hell of a lot more important than reporting it. The first news reports of D-Day came in Berlin, from Germany’s Trans-Ocean News Service, which announced that a possible invasion appeared under way at 6:33 a.m.—just 43 minutes after the first bombardments had begun. Four minutes later, the Associated Press followed with an international news bulletin: 12:37 A.M. WASHINGTON, D.C. / 6:37 A.M. LONDON Bulletin London Tuesday June 6 (AP): THE GERMAN NEWS AGENCY TRANSOCEAN SAID TODAY IN A BROADCAST THAT THE ALLIED INVASION HAS BEGUN.

12:48 A.M. WASHINGTON, D.C. / 6:48 A.M. LONDON Jim Sirmons, CBS News: We are interrupting this program to bring you a special bulletin. A bulletin has just been received from the London office of the Associated Press which quotes the German Transocean News Agency as asserting that the invasion of Western Europe has begun. This report—and we stress it is of enemy origin with absolutely no confirmation from Allied sources—says that American landings were made this morning on the shores of northwestern France. There is as yet no reason to believe that this report is anything more than a German propaganda move or a fishing expedition for information. You will recall that Prime Minister Churchill warned us not long ago that the actual invasion would be preceded by feints and diversions. Nevertheless, until confirmation or denial of this German report is forthcoming, the CBS World News staff is standing by and will bring you developments as reported. Beginning at 3:32 a.m. in Washington, 9:32 a.m. in London, the Allies officially confirmed the landings and issued a series of messages from key leaders of occupied nations—a series, again, carefully calculated to sow doubt and confusion among the Germans about whether the Normandy landings represented an initial stage or the entirety of the…

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Sweet Bobby @sweetbobby.bsky.social · 2h

This shit is just flagrantly illegal.

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awesomecosmos.bsky.social @awesomecosmos.bsky.social · 2h

This is literally criminal: Federal employees who violate the Antideficiency Act are subject to two types of sanctions - fines, imprisonment, or both.
While the fascists clearly think they’ll be in power forever, Vought has just issued memos on a fucking criminal conspiracy!

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 2h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1h

the Constitution obviously has a lot of room for improvement (which shouldn't be a controversial statement imo but that's a conversation for another day), but there are a lot of lines that Trump has illegally crossed where it's like...THAT LINE IS THERE FOR A PRETTY GOOD REASON, ACTUALLY

Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 2h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 7h

Ukraine continues to destroy the core of the Russian economy.

youtu.be/Bhahkm5jIyg

Ukraine Hits The Core Of The Russian Economy

YouTube video by Jay in Kyiv

youtu.be

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Texas Krusty @texaskrusty.bsky.social · 1h

Matter absolutely does not want to get hit.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

This was my first thought too. When the military became reliant on the leader and not the state, the republic died.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2h

Many historians of Rome identify Roman generals becoming the personal sources of payment for their armies as a key step in the downfall of the Republic, since it personalized military authority and freed armies to fight for their immediate leader, who paid them, instead of for the Republic

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Willow2 @tswillow2.bsky.social · 1d

You know this is all about abortion/stem cell research and the use of placentas. Old habits from their abortion talking points. We lost years of stem cell research during Bush's ban because of this.

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Texas Krusty @texaskrusty.bsky.social · 2h

Definitely. I still think he injured his shoulder agains OSU

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Texas Krusty @texaskrusty.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, might as well dissolve parliament

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 2h

woke up from a nap in a frenzy

a few good men but make it a few small beers

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