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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 7h

Woah, sleazebag

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spooky tim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 12h

Free speech is when I encourage people to send you death threats; hate speech is when you tell me to stop.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

Can you hear the words coming out of your mouth, Megan?

Yes, the guy who received so many threats because of your own actions he had to flee to Europe isn’t the real victim. No. You are, because people called you out.

Megyn Doyle, a student at Rutgers and the treasurer for the Turning Point USA chapter who started the Change.org petition to remove Bray, told Fox News Digital in a statement that Di Filippo's petition is slanderous.
"The petition once again proves that Conservative students are always on the receiving end of hate when speaking about concerning issues," Doyle said.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 12h

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

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 8h

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 11h

What are those blow up costumes called? I think I need that in my life.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 11h

Dire as the stakes are, leaning into absurdist and lighthearted forms of protest seems like a great way to puncture the fantasy Trump & co are spinning to attempt to rationalize a violent crackdown.

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 11h

As the administration goes all in on an alternate reality about portland that bears no resemblance to fact and rule of law, continuing radical (and just plain funny, ridiculing) acts of the imagination along with other ways of getting out the reality on the ground may help curb their momentum.

fake film poster with a sunset and the portland frog protestor with words The Portland War, A Film by Ken Burns

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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 11h

What about when someone steals a flag in the capitol building after breaking a window to get in. Is that free speech?

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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 11h

Wondering if my viral tweet is being enhanced by bots

Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 12h

They took that billion from Fox and ran

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

The Rutgers TPUSA chapter — whose characterization of a historian there as a “outspoken, well-known antifa member” led to death threats and moving his family to Europe — think *other* people are being “blatantly defamatory.”

Not them, though. They’re doing politics the right way.

Rutgers TPUSA officers slam petition to shut down chapter, ‘Blatantly defamatory’

Alexander Di Filippo accuses Turning Point USA of inciting violence against Antifa handbook author Mark Bray.

www.foxnews.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12h

There are certain hypotheticals you simply never get to test out. This seems to be an exception. How will a judge and later a jury treat an indictment if you had to fire multiple prosecutors before you could find someone to bring an indictment. I guess we'll find out! www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department | CNN Politics

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in federal court on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two source...

www.cnn.com

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CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 14h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Apparently the $20 billion for Argentina was just the beginning of the US bailout according to Bessent today, since so many American oligarchs have big investments there that they can’t afford to lose.

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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 13h

The files are *inside* the computer

Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 14h

“With her baby in her placenta.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 15h

I think there might be a connection between unsafe handling of whale carcasses and autism

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

So they're just going to trust Republicans. Didn't they also promise a vote to fund DC after the Big Ugly Bill stripped $1.1B in funding to the District? How did that go?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

An up or down vote on extending the ACA subsidies, and I would add a separate up or down vote the same day to release the Epstein files.

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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 15h

Don’t let them just help themselves by caving. Get something else as well, not just healthcare.

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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 16h

Musk doesn’t get public opinion, so not sure why he’s trying to lead it.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16h

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

Subscribe to support my journalism.

Netflix Stock Up As Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Boycott Fails To Materialize

Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 16h

Were they on the same horse or on different horses holding hands? This is very important

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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 16h

“The anti-fascists were also against us in 1930s Germany” is not the banger you think it is.

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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 16h

“The anti-fascists were also against us in 1930s Germany” is not the banger you think it is.

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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 16h

With all the extra money in your pocket due to the AMAZING policies of President Trump, you can surely afford paying top dollar for a new luxury Trump watch!

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 16h

“You’re going to be priced out of health insurance but EVERYONE GO BUY MY WATCH”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 16h

Clarence Thomas would prolly still argue that racism doesn’t currently exist, even tho his legacy was almost erased entirely bc of his skin color.

Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 16h

The only reason they didn’t delete the entirety of Clarence Thomas’s legacy is bc they still need him. The order was given, but it was undone.

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