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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 21h

So proud to be a part of this film.

IFC Center @ifccenter.bsky.social · 21h

Artfully combining modern and archival footage, dramatic readings from George Orwell’s diary, and interviews, Raoul Peck’s ORWELL: 2+2=5 is “a vital film,” raves The Hollywood Reporter

A fulsome and eerie portrait of modern literature’s greatest oracle. Now playing!
ifccenter.com/films/orwell...

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 22h

Go Leo!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h

A quarter of all FBI agents have been reassigned to chase restaurant water boys and cherry pickers, FBI counterintelligence work targeting Russia and China has been shut down. Americans should ask why this is happening and whether foreign espionage or wait service in restaurants is a greater threat.

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 22h

Reign of Terror!

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 1d

I was working on the story and he just came out and said it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 2d

War zone!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 3d

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 3d

Love this!

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 4d

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 3d

I would agree. A gun is pointed at first amendment rights.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 3d

Definitive.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 3d

Read “Enshittification,” by Cory Doctorow.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 4d

Mike Johnson seems to be stalling to block the Epstein-files vote. The Speaker claims he can’t swear in Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who plans to sign the discharge petition, during the government shutdown. That’s not true.

Johnson Seems to Be Stalling to Block Epstein-Files Vote

Mike Johnson seems to be stalling to block the Epstein-files vote. The Speaker claims he can’t swear in Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who plans to sign the discharge petition, during the government shutdown. That’s not true.

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 4d

Something very scary from @thelever.bsky.social Citizens Unlimited: The Inside Plan To Deliver Citizens United 2.0 www.levernews.com/citizens-unl...

Citizens Unlimited: The Inside Plan To Deliver Citizens United 2.0

With regulators on the sidelines, a corporate litigator close to conservative Supreme Court justices is stepping in to defend a case that could unleash unlimited political spending.

www.levernews.com

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 4d

What, exactly, is Christian about terrorizing children?

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5d

Christian nationalist fascism: when they lower masked Gestapo goons from helicopters in the night to smash apartment windows, terrorize residents, and zip-tie and kidnap children for not being white looking enough— and then violate the 1st Amendment by reciting scripture from a government account.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5d

Gov. Pritzker: "[ICE] killed an unarmed person just a couple of weeks ago in Franklin Park...They killed somebody...They are just putting out their propaganda and then we've gotta later determine what actually happened."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5d

Liberal South Carolina
Judge Diane Goodstein's home is burning to the ground after an explosion. SLED is investigation as arson and refer attack as Judge Goodstein had been receiving multiple threats.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 4d

Just what the fuck have Republicans done on health care except to limit access and make it more expensive?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 4d

Good for Father Pfleger! I have an idea for the Catholic Church: excommunicate JD Vance.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 4d

DHS posts a promo trailer about its raid on a Chicago apartment in which masked men zip-tied children, ransacked their apartments and kept US citizens in detention. Coming soon to a city near you: the end of civil rights.

istanbulshiite.bsky.social @istanbulshiite.bsky.social · 8d

DHS posted a sizzle reel about it.

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 5d

More religious people should raise their voices.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

Christ follower enters the chat

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 5d

Raise a ruckus. This is uncharted territory.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 5d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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