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Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 3h

I got two paragraphs in and I think this guy has lived the most quintessentially American life possible.

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Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 4h

Football is a constant and never ending shit show.

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Andrew Perfors @perfors.net · 1d

Heartbreaking reading, but this Reddit thread gives a sense of the relentlessness of the horror inflicted by ICE, and the damage being done to so many innocent people that doesn't make the news.

From the AskReddit community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the AskReddit community

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Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 6h

This is the best thing to ever happen as a result of America’s idiotic obsession with spooky shit. This also mostly sucks.

Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 16h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 6h

This is why it’s important for everyone who is practicing witchcraft to be extremely specific when they’re trying to end the life of a certain 79 year old.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 10h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 10h

Then I don’t even get the bit. I feel even older.

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Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 1d

Luckily so many people dressed accordingly

Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 1d

Does that exorcise some demons from that 18 inning nightmare?

Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 1d

I liked that game more than One Battle After Another. We’ll see how I feel after I rewatch both of them.

Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 1d

Both fanbases are having their season extended, suck it up!

Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 1d

The rise of trump and his destruction of America would not be possible without the terrorist acts of 9/11.

Andy Brown could not be more wrong.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 1d

I gave $70 because I am too old to find the $69 tier funny.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

NEW: Last night, the Senate passed a bill that reauthorizes addiction treatment and housing services for recently incarcerated people.

This is a crucial step toward ensuring people coming out of prison have the support they need.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

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When Klein scolds that "we have to live here with each other" he is making a statement about who it is he is getting ready to live with and who he is getting ready to live without, and most gallingly he is ignoring the fact that when it comes to supremacists all of us have been living with them already all along. Nobody is suggesting mass deportation of white supremacists, or the dissolution of straight marriages, or stripping away health care for conservatives. The troops and the cops weren't ever sent down primarily white streets, masked kidnappers aren't terrorizing white churches or corporate courtrooms. These supremacist hatemongers are being criticized, yes, and opposed, yes, and yes the culture of violence they have created sometimes ricochets back on them, but we are living in the country they demanded on having. We are all now experiencing the Republican proposition for humanity. Many of us are demanding they stop pursuing this proposition, and Republicans and other supremacist hatemongers insist this demand represents violence against them. Klein, by drawing the lines where he draws them, is agreeing with Republicans about this.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago is safe, beautiful and vibrant. In fact, it was just voted the best big city in America for the ninth year in a row. If the jaw dropping images you’ve seen recently on TV or social media make it look like a war zone, that’s on Donald Trump. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Fearless journalists & vigilant residents tell Chicago's story

The abuses of federal power are far worse here in Chicago. Don't look away.

open.substack.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Let the Ass-kissing Olympics begin!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 2d

This braindead country doesn’t have to always default to football. There are other things in the world. Better things!

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Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 2d

It was an extra inning playoff elimination game vs possibly the least important NFL game of the season.

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Ben Wiers @benwiers.bsky.social · 2d

Dodgers-Phillies is tied in the 8th and you’re watching the NY Giants “play” football.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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MaxFunHQ @maximumfun.org · 2d

This is just a couple of hours away (and I've already endured an emergency LAN troubleshooting session about it that took three months off my life expectancy so please tune in)!

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn @bullseye.maximumfun.org · 2d

Tonight, Jesse Thorn will go live and interview 25 guests back-to-back! We're celebrating 25 years of the show, so we had to do it!

The livestream starts at 5pm PT on our YouTube channel. You won't want to miss this!

Watch here: www.youtube.com/@bullseyewit...

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2d

If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 2d

I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 2d

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 2d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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