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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 6h

Vought is not interested in “normal” democratic politics: He seeks to “traumatize” civil servants, use the military to suppress protests, and sees Trump as an agent of God’s will. He is convinced to be fighting a noble war to defend his “real America” of white Christian patriarchal rule.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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waywardcats @waywardcats.bsky.social · 1d

This made me think of Adam Ant’s guest appearance on Northern Exposure from which there is this little blooper reel.

youtu.be/vtc3oMcsrVA

Adam Ant - Brad Bonner Blooper Reel

YouTube video by Pandora_Love

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

Adam Ant and your Teenscope. I hope you find happiness in the stars.

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waywardcats @waywardcats.bsky.social · 1d

Adam Ant is a blast from the past, love that! The cats have some real character. Perfect!

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waywardcats @waywardcats.bsky.social · 1d

May 25, 1981 please. And a page of your choice.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 2d

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 1d

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 3d

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Ted Olsen @tedolsen.bsky.social · 1d

Scenes from today's Communion service outside the Broadview ICE facility. 🧵

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waywardcats @waywardcats.bsky.social · 1d

Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · 1d

In its latest attack on academic freedom, the administration offered nine universities preferential access to federal funds in exchange for scrapping DEI, capping international student enrollment, and promoting conservative views on campus:
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Exclusive | White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement to Get Funding Advantage

An initial round of nine schools, including Dartmouth, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania, are being asked to sign a wide-ranging “compact.”

www.wsj.com

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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · 1d

The Trump administration has slashed hundreds of thousands of jobs this year, leaving many vital federal functions un- or under-staffed, and they don’t seem to be letting up. We updated our Equality at Work timeline this week, and here’s what we saw: unbreaking.org/issues/equal...

Equality at Work: Timeline — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · 1d

Since our last update, the administration ramped up its quest for voter data, suing six more states that refused to give their voter rolls to the DOJ:
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

DOJ Sues Six States, Escalating Campaign to Seize Private Voter Data

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 2d

These folks are SO scared of simple honest protest.

They’ve gone from 0 to 60 in lie-telling regarding October 18 immediately.

October 18—and the idea that lots of Americans will be peacefully marching in support of American democracy and “no kings,” is terrifying them.

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 2d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Debbie N @kith51.bsky.social · 2d

www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA...

In 2 days, right-wing election groups have submitted over 200,000 new comments to the Election Assistance Commission to require Americans to show a passport or citizenship document for voter registration. We must drive comments to oppose this before 10/20.

Regulations.gov

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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · 2d

The clear story in Immigration this week is the escalation of—and pushback against—the Trump administration’s militarized raids and warrantless stops in Democrat-run major cities. We’ve updated our timeline with a lot of events in this zone:

unbreaking.org/issues/immig...

Immigration — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

unbreaking.org

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 2d

The emergence of Phoebe's everlasting grin, brought out by the first falling leaves of October.

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waywardcats @waywardcats.bsky.social · 3d

He thanks you and he knows. 😸

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 3d

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waywardcats @waywardcats.bsky.social · 3d

Amos hanging out atop a cat tree. Yes, that is his belly hanging down through a hole in the platform.

Amos, a small dark gray cat is hanging out on top of a cat tree. One front paw is hanging off the right side of the platform. One front paw the left side his tail and on leg are hanging down. His belly is visible bowing below through a hole in the platform.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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waywardcats @waywardcats.bsky.social · 3d

Frisco

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 4d

KBJ’s blunt question today about the Supreme Court’s culture war hypocrisy kind of floored me, because it’s the kind of meta-criticism that we aren’t used to hearing from the justices.

It’s the second day of the term, and things are that dire already. slate.com/news-and-pol...

With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term

The justice stripped the veneer of constitutional principle from the court’s latest blatant culture war.

slate.com

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 4d

The emergence of Sluggo and his gumball machine getaway:

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