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johndoe 🇺🇦 @beitz.bsky.social · 2h

i really like this idea.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 6h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Justin Gill @justin-gill.bsky.social · 3h

@meidastouch.com is reaching people because they elevate voices that may be hidden in established media circles. On healthcare, they embraced frontline nursing & medical voices from the start. Congrats on your success this far! @meiselasb.bsky.social @bmeiselas.bsky.social @meidasjordy.bsky.social

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle

His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings – and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan’s. Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?

www.theguardian.com

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3h

This is our moment to fight back.

It’s about health care for millions of people, and saying we’ve had enough.

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 9h

11 days into a government shutdown.

This is where we are:

Eleven Days Into a Shutdown. This Is Where We Are | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 9h

11 days into a government shutdown.

This is where we are:

Eleven Days Into a Shutdown. This Is Where We Are | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

youtu.be

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 15d

What the USA thinks it's #1 in (and its actual rankings):
Life Expectancy: 46th
FreePress: 42nd
Healthcare: 30th
Education: 26th
Happiness: 23rd
Freedom: 17th
What the USA is #1 in:
Military Spending
Number of Billionaires
Incarceration
Bankruptcy filings
Medical debt
Gun deaths

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 1d

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 28d

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 11h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 9h

Exactly.

Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 11h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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johndoe 🇺🇦 @beitz.bsky.social · 7h

learn what propaganda is.

recognize how hard it is to dislodge the lies of propaganda, big & small, from the minds of the people who are predisposed to want to believe them to support their world view.

prepare to fight the very hard fight to re-establish the truth.

kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi is lying but it’s worse than that: she’s blurring the line between fact and fiction for the GOP base. If nothing is true, no one can be held accountable. Keep speaking the truth.

The Nine Principles of Propaganda
1. LIE BIG Big lies work better than small because the masses won't believe that anyone would lie "about that."
2. FOCUS Don't make it complicated, ignore history, keep it simple for simple minds.
3. REPEAT People cannot tell the difference between facts and
familiarity. If they hear the same words repeated enough, they become true in their minds.
4. BLAME Never credit the other side, always blame, debase, defame, and dehumanize.
nere by dennis prestosk
5. PROVOKE Outrage, fear, and resentment are more powertul than reason, logic, or facts.
6. CRISIS Issues must be lite or death, good vs evil, love vs hate, us vs them.
Urgency defeats objection.
7. EMOTION A person might question facts, but they will never question their own feelings. Go emotional.
8. PANDER Ignore reasonable arguments, demonize all who disagree as having bad intentions.
9. NO LIMITS Morality is for losers. The victor's morality will not be questioned. No limits.

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johndoe 🇺🇦 @beitz.bsky.social · 7h

in the running for the most obscene amongst the tens of thousands of obscene lies this administration has tried to weapons in its propaganda …

lies?
- the shooter was a trump followers
- all targets were democrats
- he was not "antifa"
- "anitifa" is not wrecking havoc on the streets of our cities

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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johndoe 🇺🇦 @beitz.bsky.social · 2d

cruelty is & always has been a central tenet … both for the people demonizing "illegal immigrants" and the individuals who are recruited to sign up & brutalize them.

even with my lack of incredulity at what this administration seems capable of, ICE funding the next few years is truly jaw-dropping.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

When it comes to Trump’s immigration policy, cruelty has always been the point, but anti-immigrant animus is now being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology.

The new immigration dragnet is everywhere, rife with conflicts, and it’s only just begun.

American Gulag

The brutal rollout of Trump's police state.

www.motherjones.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value.

This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.

Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.

Be warned.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 3d

BREAKING: I just forced a vote with Senator Kaine to block the unauthorized boat strikes in the Caribbean.

In an important step forward, the vote was bipartisan, even if it fell two votes short.

Bipartisan measure to restrict Trump’s war powers fails in Senate

A bipartisan Senate resolution to restrain Trump’s ability to wage war against alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers failed in a 48-51 vote.

www.washingtonpost.com

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johndoe 🇺🇦 @beitz.bsky.social · 2d

if large populations don't get a handle on the mostly deliberately started dora's of misinformation, then, as in this case, the first lie becomes the truth, and then some large segment of the population never believes the actual truth.

reference? decades of Fox in the usa!

NPR @npr.org · 3d

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact. n.pr/4nLAI7A

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

n.pr

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

Network television is the perfect target for Trump. He knows it matters because it made him rich and famous, and also because TV news still carries information to a lot of people who aren’t news junkies.

Nice little TV network you got there

How easily has Trump rolled corporate media? So much more easily than he probably expected.

www.motherjones.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

"A rival petition began circulating Sunday, calling on the Rutgers chapter of TPUSA to be disbanded, accusing it of inciting violence. As of today, that petition had several hundred more signatures than the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s firing..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Receiving Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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JDub @jwaggo.bsky.social · 3d

🚨TONIGHT 5:30🚨 I'll be live posting the San Francisco Police Commission for @lwvsf.bsky.social

Agenda, docs, how to watch or go person: www.sf.gov/httpswwwsfgo...

October 8, 2025 Police Commission meeting | SF.gov

www.sf.gov

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johndoe 🇺🇦 @beitz.bsky.social · 3d

the chilling effect is large …

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

“Senior military leaders should have stepped in to prevent Trump from turning addresses at Fort Bragg and Norfolk into political rallies; the silence of the Army and Navy secretaries, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and some top generals and admirals is appalling…”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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johndoe 🇺🇦 @beitz.bsky.social · 3d

this is one of the dozen+ things happening EVERY DAY in the executive branch

… 11 of 12 of which barely get reported, 99% of which get mostly forgotten by most who read it 2 days later …

… but all of which displace competent humans doing scientific/logical work …

… and all of which are heinous.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3d

Hey cool the NOAA guy who was found to have violated the agency's code of ethics for his role in Sharpiegate has been confirmed as the head of NOAA.

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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johndoe 🇺🇦 @beitz.bsky.social · 3d

if anybody says "this isn't us" or "we're better than this" …

… and then votes for anyone currently in the house or senate …

… i have news for you:

it us you.

and it always has been.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

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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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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