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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, and … it’s about dehumanizing and rejecting certain Americans, increasing the country’s “white” birthrate and reversing the 2045 whiteness cliff when supposedly superior white people become the minority in the United States.

It’s not like those motives are hidden very far from the surface.

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h

“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 9h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Via Malcontenti @viamalcontenti.bsky.social · 7h

Clearing up some stuff.
www.salon.com/2025/10/12/a...

At least Trump didn't win the Nobel Prize. Or, wait — did he? - Salon.com

Nobel's cowardly shuffle: Prize goes to Venezuelan right-wing activist, who immediately

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Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 3d

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

It looks as if they are trying to kill us

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 1d

Excitedly announcing a giant new cost turns "money you actually have" into "excitement about money you expect to have"

Do that enough times and all you've got left are costs and expectations

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 1d

I'm no business major but I'm pretty sure revenue is "money people actually give you that you actually have"

and stock prices are "how much people think you're worth"

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 1d

This is the thing about ai. The benefits are nebulous hypotheticals but the costs are very high and immediate

The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 1d

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 2d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 1d

From the memory box:

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

What a work schedule. The Republican speaker of the House grinds hard

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing subtle here

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s Albert Speer-style German Arch of Triumph now planned for DC.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 1d

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

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Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · 1d

Caribbean Matters: Belize celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Resistance Day
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Caribbean Matters: Belize celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Resistance Day

Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of ...

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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 1d

2,500 NO KINGS events scheduled. I counted FIFTY events in Iowa. “NO KINGS” All Over Iowa Next Saturday #nokings #iowa

“NO KINGS” All Over Iowa Next Saturday

Unless you live in a hole you know that there is another NO KINGS rally across the US. Usually I would list the times and places of the protests in Iowa. However, as I write this there are already …

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Via Malcontenti @viamalcontenti.bsky.social · 1d

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Is This What ‘Late-Stage Democracy’ Looks Like?

What if the Constitution *is* a suicide pact?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

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Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 1d

The Colorado River Indian Tribes may soon become the third Indigenous government in North America to grant personhood rights to a river.

“The river is my grandfather.” @debkrol.bsky.social www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Colorado River Indian Tribes may grant personhood rights to 'living' river

The Colorado River Indian Tribes may soon give their eponymous river personhood status, following moves by other tribes and Indigenous peoples.

www.azcentral.com

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Via Malcontenti @viamalcontenti.bsky.social · 1d

So dim, so dull. As I recall, way back in the day, Dear Abby said large people talk about ideas, medium people talk about things, and small people talk about other people. Or some such. Well, PT gets CREDIT for talking ideas, but this is actually all about Andreesen, Musk, Gates. Just pathetic.

Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 1d

Having now read the Peter Thiel thing, it seems obvious to me that he has a barely concealed Christ delusion and therefore anyone opposed to him is allied with the antichrist.

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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 5d

Meanwhile, in war-ravaged Portland…

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 2d

"World’s tropical forests are getting younger and that’s a major problem for the climate -- 140 million tons of above-ground carbon are lost per year because old-growth forests are being replaced by younger stands." 🌍 www.zmescience.com/ecology/worl...

World’s Tropical Forests are Getting Younger And That's Actually a Major Problem for the Climate

New research quantifying the global impact of forest age transitions found that 140 million tons of aboveground carbon are lost per year because of old-growth forests being replaced by younger stands.

www.zmescience.com

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Via Malcontenti @viamalcontenti.bsky.social · 1d

A VERY generous sense of "reality."

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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