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exd @meoutloud.bsky.social · 1d

I saw someone use the term 'hopescrolling' and if seeing pictures of all the little red towns in WA & OR turning out for #NoKings isn't hopescrolling, I don't know what is.

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amyys.bsky.social @amyys.bsky.social · 21h

It was great turnout. Even more than the June rally in Ardmore.

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amyys.bsky.social @amyys.bsky.social · 22h

Spotted at #NoKingsDay Havertown PA

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23h

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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amyys.bsky.social @amyys.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings! Havertown PA #NoKings

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Reuters @reuters.com · 9d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Übermentions @ubermenchies.bsky.social · 9d

Kirk was an anti-Semitic, racist, misogynist, homophobic, transphobic propagandist whose "debate me, bro" shtick was designed to launder anti-Semitic, racist, misogynist, homophobic, transphobic propaganda into acceptable mainstream discourse.

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amyys.bsky.social @amyys.bsky.social · 12d

In a related note, if you want to look at a case study to illustrate the frying of the brains of older American white men by years of marinating in Fox News, Chuck Grassley is your man.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13d

"We're gonna crash some planes if you don't fund ICE."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16d

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

blockclubchicago.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21d

If you think Trump deploying troops in American cities is nothing more than an opportunity to pivot to a completely different subject, you do not belong in Democratic leadership.

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 22d

The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.

Here’s a thought.

Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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amyys.bsky.social @amyys.bsky.social · 25d

Jake Tapper is headed for Mitch McConnell-level regret.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 27d

I'd start informing your friends and loved ones they're going to need to get off of TikTok

it's indisputably going to be converted into yet another right wing surveillance and propaganda machine

Trump says Murdochs are potential TikTok deal partners

President Donald Trump also said that Larry Ellison and Michael Dell are also likely to be involved in the TikTok deal.

www.cnbc.com

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 27d

Serious scholars have examined what happens when we change the number of H1-B visas issued.

Cities that get more H1-B immigrants subsequently see the wages of natives *rise* substantially.

Skilled immigrants bring new ideas, fill labor shortages and make us all more productive.

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amyys.bsky.social @amyys.bsky.social · 27d

This. And the hatred and anger he’s brought into so many lives on a daily basis.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 28d

More than anything else, I object to this president stealing our time and attention. We can’t even have a Sunday morning without hearing about some insane thing he said and wondering if that insane thing will become real because he’s insane.

amyys.bsky.social @amyys.bsky.social · 27d

Chicken thighs and cabbage is a classic in my house. Braise the cabbage in some white wine.

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · Sep 18

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Sep 18

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Sep 16

The US President has zero business seizing control of our universities one by one, eviscerating their financing, and hobbling America’s innovation capacity for a generation.

A flagrant violation of our laws. Those entrusted to enforce our laws choose to look away, abandoning us, and their duty.

Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · Sep 15

These are the Trump Administration’s demands on UCLA, in addition to a 1.2 billion dollar fine, as reported by the LA Times today. I must note again that the Trump Administration’s attempt to use title vi to enforce conservative agenda items is flagrantly illegal.

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• Make five years of payments — $200
million annually - and set up a $172 million fund for people with claims of civil rights violations.
• Ensure foreign students who are "anti-Western" will not be admitted.
• Pay for all costs of the settlement, including the fee for an outside monitor.
• Annually release demographic data for hires as well as students who have applied or have been admitted, broken down by "race, color, grade point average, and performance on standardized tests."
• Make a public statement declaring that transgender people's identities are no longer recognized.
• End gender-affirming care for minors at medical facilities.
• Give the government access to "all
UCLA staff, employees, facilities, documents, and data related to the agreement" not protected by attorney-client privilege.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Sep 13

@sallyjenx.bsky.social Turning Point USA mounted campaigns of harassment against many many educators and researchers. The violence this week was inexcusable but whitewashing TPUSA is wrong. www.professorwatchlist.org/searchbyschool

Search by Name - Professor Watchlist

Professor Watchlist is a project of 501(c)3 non-profit Turning Point USA. The mission of Professor Watchlist is to expose and document college professors who discriminate against conservative students...

www.professorwatchlist.org

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · Sep 12

last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper"

anyways, great news! (1/X)

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 12

Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Sep 12

Heads up!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 12

Trump on DC: "We have actually more power in DC. I can change the mayor if I want. I can do whatever I want."

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