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Michael Stahlke @michaelstahlke.bsky.social · 2h

I think that elected state representatives should be able to observe federal law enforcement activities without being menaced by masked goons.

Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 6h

State rep. Hoan Huynh shared video of agents surrounding his vehicle/stopping him + staffers shortly after he said one agent pointed a gun inside his vehicle at him while another threatened to break a window. They were following feds in Albany Park after four people were reportedly taken.

Story tk.

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Axios @axios.com · 18h

The U.S. military has killed at least 32 people in seven strikes off the coast of Venezuela without telling Congress or the American people who was killed, or on what evidence.

Trump's Venezuela operation expands in the dark

32 people have been killed. We don't know who they are.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2h

Trump demands $230 million straight from the Treasury and the NYT sees potential ethical conflicts.

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William Easley @williameasley.bsky.social · 4d

AI arms race is way less of a concern than the fact that we can’t build ships and SecDef is more concerned about beards and making the military more racist than anything else

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Valastrius @valastrius.bsky.social · 1h

*beloved other human

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🧨 primary everybody 🧨 🌻 @prowhaledad.bsky.social · 7h

would love to know how far up the chain this went before the DOD said it was safe to fire live munitions over the freeway, apparently deviating from standard procedures to do it

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Truthout @truthout.org · 1d

RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us.

RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 10h

there is a new scandal as bad or worse than what got trump impeached the first time about every 48 hours

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 9h

friend speculates that it's not just a $ thing, they're doing this to also performatively act anti-woke for the admin; just incredible elite capitualtion

jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 12h

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero

Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 9h

as long as we're mad about Nazis in government, did you know the vice president of the United States follows many of the internet's most prominent neo-Nazis and often repeats their rhetoric

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 9h

like the modern east wing exists because of the bunker, not the other way around

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 9h

again this ON TOP OF THE PRESIDENTIAL BUNKER

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 9h

holy fucking shit

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 9h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 9h

ICE totally shot a US Marshal while smashing out a window with their service weapon. And I dunno but I doubt that is SOP for window smashing. Maybe these guys need more than an afternoon of training.

www.kktv.com/2025/10/21/u...

According to CNN, investigators believe an ICE officer approached the suspect's car and smashed the window with their service weapon. CNN's source reported that it is believed the agent's weapon discharged while they attempted to grab the suspect, striking both the suspect and a deputy U.S. Marshal.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 15h

statements like

"half the marines I know have tattoos like that"

"the average millennial had a Nazi phase"

just expose your social circles lol

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Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 3d

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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 9h

I mostly think it's a sign that Trump has collapsed into habit. He's not pursuing presidential ambitions, he's pursuing the ambitions of a small-time real estate guy who happens to be sitting in the Oval Office all day

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 9h

People have said the ballroom is a sign that he won't leave, but imo it is the opposite a screwed-up way way to quickly secure a legacy in the only way he can process.

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 8h

Oh we're doing the "Good tsar, bad boyar" thing

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 9h

lmfao x.com/MeriwetherFa...

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Conversation
Meriwether Farms
@MeriwetherFarms
Dear @POTUS
Trump,

We love you and support you— but your suggestion to buy beef from Argentina to stabilize beef prices would be an absolute betrayal to the American cattle rancher.

We understand there are larger economic and geopolitical dynamics at play, including countering CCP influence in countries in our hemisphere. But the practice of solving problems “over there” before solving problems here on our soil is what contributed to the downfall of our country: Americans always come last.

We understand beef prices are high, and we admire your concern for all Americans, but this is not the fault of the American producer. This is the fault of politicians who have allowed BRICS-aligned entities to dominate the meat industry, that participate in price fixing and who also continually lie to their consumers.

Washington for decades has facilitated the squeezing of our own ranchers while allowing these entities to flood the market with cheaper, lower-quality imports -- and the American people don't even know these products are foreign because they are allowed to be marked as “Product of the USA”.

On top of all this—there is only chaos coming from the Department of Agriculture. There is no true guidance, mixed messaging, and a copious amount of photo ops. There is no one to trust over there that truly understands the issues and isn’t bought out by or aligned with Big Industries.

The American cattle rancher is one of the last symbols of independence we have in the nation—but the continued manipulation and betrayal by the very people who claim to support them, needs to end immediately.

While only representing 1% of the population, the work is tireless, daily, in poor conditions, with low margins, without thanks— all in order to keep this country fed. We would be a failed nation if we continue to betray the very people who put food on the table for us.

There are so many voices on the outside that support you and wan…

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 8h

this is the moderate position

martin’s basket carrier @dcpianoman.bsky.social · 8h

I am a single issue voter and that issue is I want the Republican Party in federal prison.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 8h

That rage you feel, as you watch the White House get leveled? That's how we beat Trump. Harness that, refine it, find ways to get other people equally enraged. Get them so mad they can't see straight. None of this kumbaya BS. White-hot, unreasoning anger, that demands the people who did this PAY.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 8h

*Trump destroys the legal and constitutional heritage of the US*

Dems: "We can't make noise about this, it's not concrete enough for voters"

*Trump destroys the literal, physical White House*

Dems: "We can't make noise about this, not when the legal and constitutional heritage is at stake"

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 2d

Lmfao "I'm gonna stop them Chiners from takin' yer jobs" is losing against the Indian guy who campaigned on the dangers of immigration to the white race

Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 2d

BSGU/YouGov poll | 10/2–10/14 RV

Ohio Senate
🔵 Sherrod Brown 49%
🔴 Jon Husted 48% (incumbent)
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Ohio Governor
🔴 Vivek Ramaswamy 50%
🔵 Tim Ryan 47%
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🔴 Vivek Ramaswamy 49%
🔵 Amy Acton 47%

www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sci...

BGSU Poll

The BGSU Poll conducts regular statewide polling in Ohio to better understand citizen views on a variety of issues and political preferences. A team of scholars

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7h

Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 7h

Honestly, I think the 2024 election was basically viewed as a referendum on public morality by elites and therefore nobody is ever going to apologize for anything ever again no matter how heinous because the American people have spoken.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

yeah it is not “liberal censoriousness” to think that you shouldn’t nominate the guy without the sense to not get a nazi tattoo and then not remove it

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Baptiste Lerak @baptistelerak.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, to put things in perspective, 10 years ago it seemed we were well into the End of History: nuclear deal with Iran, Republicans in the US going to the left after two defeats against Obama, and far-right parties having little sway in Europe. Trends can change and fast.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 7h

Matty floating abolishing birthright citizenship as the compromise position should give you a sense of what the key groupchats and intellectual circles are contemplating, and it's not exactly positive! And the far right is very likely to the UK, France, Germany, and Italy within the next decade.

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · May 20

Yglesias is now calling for repealing the 14th amendment, if you want a sense of the scale of retreat being contemplated, and why I don't think it's a tenable strategy.

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