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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 7h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 7h

Jesus fucking Christ.

The orcs have taken over.

Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 7h

Every day at noon, no matter how busy, Johny Merida Aguilar left his construction job and hurried to his 5-year-old son's school to feed him. His son has brain cancer and generally only accepts food from his father.

Merida Aguilar was arrested by ICE in September and faces deportation to Bolivia.

He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE.

A court has temporarily blocked Johny Merida Aguilar's deportation to Bolivia.

www.inquirer.com

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 7h

I hope that for the rest of Shapiro's life his rabbi, his bubbe, his mother & everyone else in his life point & say, "You did this. You."

And yes, the gates of tshuvah/repentance + repair are always open, but he's got a looot of work to do to grasp to the extent of the harm he's caused. A lot.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 13h

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 8h

100% accurate.

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 8h

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 8h

I mean, MAYBE on a memory foam saddle for a beach cruiser, but not on a road bike. YOW!

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 8h

He's still going on about this?

No, dude, you're in the express lane for the Bad Place.

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 8h

😆 EW!

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 8h

Love this energy!

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 9h

Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 8h

I missed Caturday, so enjoy this.

A close up of a cat, with a man in the background. The tweet says, "I have absolutely no idea who this dude is. Just wandered in."

Someone replies, "Choosing to read this from the POV of the cat"

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 9h

I would ove someone to explain to me how it isn't, because I really don't want it to be.

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 11h

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 12h

Trouble in paradise 🍿

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 15h

I have some bad news for JD Vance if he thinks violating the oath of office is "pretty criminal."

abcnews.go.com/Politics/pri...

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 12h

Can you say "civil war," boys and girls?

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: An @theintercept.com analysis finds that almost all Republican-led states — 23 of the 27 with Republican governors — have deployed National Guard troops in support of Trump’s war on immigrants or military occupations of Blue cities

theintercept.com/2025/10/09/r...

Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities

An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.

theintercept.com

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 13h

Jesus, I'm so sorry.

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 13h

Unchecked inflation and a failure of our tax system.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13h

Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
newrepublic.substack.com/p/maga-implo...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.substack.com

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 13h

Getting a dalek vibe.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 13h

NEW: We need to talk about Russia.

So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.

My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 17h

Clever boy.

A boy, a fart costume, which consists of brown and green tulle and a small horn.

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 19h

I mean, he looks like he's some sort of demon trapped in a human skin suit. Always a sheen on him, like the real him is fighting really hard to break through the epidermis.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1d

I'm SHOCKED he didn't make it through college.

watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1d

I'm getting really tired of the wrong people dying.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 2d

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 · 2d

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

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