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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 8h

Please keep making podcasts about how democrats need to stop being so condescending about red states

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 9h

Jared from Subway is a condo billionaire?

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8h

Let the kids know where the holiday presents are coming from this year.

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 14h

It's a half-baked DORK TOWER FRIDAY! Great (British) new strip up now, at the Mothership!

www.dorktower.com/2025/10/08/h...

Reblog/Repost/Repeat! Thanks SO much!

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8h

So not for cause, or to address fraud, waste & abuse.

For partisan political pain.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11h

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

Douthat: So that’s the first purpose of your political project, for America to stop making God angry.

Wilson: Yes. And most people think that when they are confronted with that project, they think that we want to get our tentacles into everything and start controlling everything. I actually think we need limited government. The government should be significantly smaller than it is, and we need to curtail a lot of the busybodyness that we have. That’s why I would call myself a theocratic libertarian. There is a true libertarian element in this, and yet, the transcendent grounding for what we’re talking about means that we acknowledge the authority of God.

We have racked up quite a body count of awful crimes, and I believe the only way out is for us to repent and turn to Christ. This would be things like no more Pride parades, no more drag queen story hours, no more abortion on demand, no more legalized same-sex unions — all of that, done. That’s the repentance part.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11h

I wonder why?

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 15h

Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

www.nytimes.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

It is very telling that behind Trump stand senior HHS officials. They literally stand behind the most obvious falsehoods, which tells you all you need to know about how much faith you should put in any statements they make about the science of public health

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 11h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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The Get More Smarter Podcast @getmoresmarter.com · 11h

Abortion surveillance. What the fuck are we doing?

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

www.nytimes.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 11h

This.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12h

If GOP wants to abolish the filibuster over this, awesome. It helps Rs way more than Ds. It’s also a central reason for loss of faith in government over the last 25 yrs. Rs can reopen the govt tonight if they want. If they want to do it to make sure 15 million lose their health care that’s on them.

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 15h

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 14h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 12h

OMG.

The meritocracy is really showing how the DOJ is now made up the best of the best, I guess.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 12h

Someone gonna get fired …. @kenwhite.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social

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Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · 16h

If you've never encountered the details of these events in 1919 and are wondering how bad it could possibly be: its absolutely fucking awful. Genuinely, horrendous.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 20h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

eji.org

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 12h

Senator, I am once again asking all of you to coordinate with your governors for a National Guard escort in order to assist you in upholding FEDERAL LAW

Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 14h

We were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois.

WHAT is the Trump Administration hiding?

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

"they are focused on performative fairness to Trump and to MAGA — even while this president and his allies are trying to destroy what journalists do." - @sulliview.bsky.social margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/legacy-med...

Legacy media's destructive addiction to describing Trump's 'winning'

Plus: Why disillusioned Democrats are abandoning traditional news outlets

margaretsullivan.substack.com

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 12h

Which will bubble will pop first—AI or Trump?

Looks like Trump has taken the lead, again.

Which will pop first—AI or Trump?

Two enormous bubbles threaten everything around us.

www.thefarce.org

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Colorado History Photos 🏔️ 📸 @coloradophotos.bsky.social · 12h

Labor Protest | People march supporting UMW coal miners on strike against CF&I in Trinidad on North Commercial Street. First Presbyterian Church, Fire Department, and Rice School visible in background.

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

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

...and counterproductive? The more you take control the instruments of government communication, the harder it becomes to credibly blame others.

William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 17h

Petty garbage www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/u...

Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown “rolling out” at TSA security checkpoints across the country | CNN

Travelers waiting in airport security lines across the country will now be met with a video where the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown.

www.cnn.com

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Pitchbot Reply Guy @pitchbotturd02.bsky.social · 17h

The NYTimes has been on a roll lately...

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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 18h

not that i'm a fan of this, but the US has military bases in dozens of countries, and I've always been curious about the reaction folks would have to hosting a foreign military here. guess we get to find out now

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 17h

Melania talking about a private pipeline with Putin about Ukrainian children does make you wonder what’s in the Epstein files. But #complicitmedia are just stenographers.

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