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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 5h

Israel bombed south Lebanon overnight

This is what Israel means by ceasefire

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 20h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 4h

All the "good cop" Democrats like Biden, Harris, Schumer, Pelosi, Torres, Fetterman, etc. refused to draw the line at genocide, and now we ALL suffer the wrath of their BFFs, the "bad cop" GOP. They all got filthy rich and they had a fully-furnished prepared script to blame the left. It's repulsive.

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Revy but spoopy @catgirlfingies.quest · 7h

Annoying orange made me trans

Dane boe before transition at a PC editing annoying orange.
New pic of her now looking pretty and text says happy birthday annoying orange

Catgirlfingies comment
We're all trans now!!!

Daneboe replying hahaha! Our agenda worked! 😜

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Roberto Faria @betofaria.bsky.social · 19h

If my grandma had wheels she would’ve been a bike type of comment

youtu.be/A-RfHC91Ewc

Gino D'Acampo "If my Grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike" -18th May 2010

YouTube video by digitalmediafan

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

We live in a country where the government honors insurrectionists who sacked the Capitol, and defines peaceful protest, even before it occurs, to be terrorism.
They know their position is weak, they know they are unpopular, which is why they are seeking to stamp out dissent.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Roberto Faria @betofaria.bsky.social · 23h

These scary inflatable frog costumes!

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aslynn's tremendous 'tism horror show 👻 🎃 @audhd-psychnp.com · 1d

Sherman!

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 1d

Portland PD threatens ICE with arrest! More. Of. This. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

Elon Musk, together with LibsOfTikTok call for a nationwide boycott of Netflix and mass cancellations over a single cartoon character coming out as trans. This is picked up and massively promoted by a host of right-wing influencers, As a result, Netflix stock... is up 2%. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

Area man surprised to discover that other countries have agency & domestic politics, too 🇨🇳

Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 1d

Trump says he was blindsided by new Chinese trade restrictions. He is “calculating at this moment is a massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products coming into the United States of America.” Market not happy.

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 1d

We went from "reduce spending by $2 trillion" to "spending increased by $400 billion."

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Roberto Faria @betofaria.bsky.social · 23h

What a trade: a plane for an airbase

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

Trump crudely mocks transgender people in front of Canadian Prime Minister, one of whose children is nonbinary. Keep it classy, America. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Donald Trump mocks transgender people in Oval Office meeting with Canadian PM, whose child is nonbinary

Mark Carney sat silently as the U.S. president went on an anti-trans diatribe.

www.advocate.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

"After a few moments of laughter..."

The No Kings organizers with a fun, tidy response to Mike Johnson's shenanigans.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Jeffrey Epstein once dug into his safe to take out photos of Trump posing with topless girls on his lap. The photos became the subject of controversy earlier this week when AG Pam Bondi dodged Sen. Whitehouse’s questions about whether the FBI found the images during a search of Epstein’s belongings.

I’ve Seen Epstein’s Photos of Trump With Topless Girls: Author

Trump biographer Michael Wolff reveals he was shown the lewd photos by Jeffrey Epstein himself.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

Wrote a bit about the content mill for consensus the Trump administration has created to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

More here:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

www.wired.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

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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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.”

She was lauded for being a “key, unifying figure" in the once deeply divided opposition to the Maduro regime.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” The former op...

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Roberto Faria @betofaria.bsky.social · 1d

I’d say it’s ironic that the government celebrating the inaugural (and truly criminal) immigrant of the old days is the same one funding ICE raids against the innocent immigrants of today.

If it wasn’t just white supremacy at play, that is.

Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 1d

This proclamation is batshit insane and i just want everyone to try to fathom, for one second, what is like being a Native person on their homeland with invaders and occupiers continuously spouting lies and threatening violence against those who defy it.

Also, this means we’re winning 💅🏽

The WHITE HOUSE
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus — the original American hero, a giant of Western civilization, and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the earth. This Columbus Day, we honor his life with reverence and gratitude, and we pledge to reclaim his extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue from the left-wing arsonists who have sought to destroy his name and dishonor his memory.

Just over 2 months later, on October 12, 1492, Columbus made landfall in the modern-day Bahamas. Upon his arrival, he planted a majestic cross in a mighty act of devotion, dedicating the land to God and setting in motion America's proud birthright of faith. Though he initially believed he had arrived in Asia, his discovery opened the vast frontier and untold splendors of the New World to Europe. He later ventured onward to Cuba and other islands in the Caribbean - exploring their coasts and engaging with their people.
Guided by steadfast prayer and unwavering fortitude and resolve, Columbus's journey carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across the Atlantic into the Americas — paving the way for the ultimate triumph of Western civilization less than three centuries later on July 4, 1776.

The WHITE HOUSE
Outrageously, in recent years, Christopher Columbus has been a prime target of a vicious and merciless campaign to erase our history, slander our heroes, and attack our heritage. Before our very eyes, left-wing radicals toppled his statues, vandalized his monuments, tarnished his character, and sought to exile him from our public spaces. Under my leadership, those days are finally over — and our Nation will now abide by a simple truth: Christopher Columbus was a true American hero, and every citizen is eternally indebted to his relentless determination.

The WHITE HOUSE
This Columbus Day, more than 500 years since Columbus arrived in the New World, we follow his example, we echo his resolve, and we offer our gratitude for his life of valor and grit. Above all, we commit to restoring a Nation that once again dares to tame the unknown, honors our rich cultural inheritance, and offers rightful praise to our Creator above.
In commemoration of Christopher Columbus's historic voyage, the Congress, by joint resolution of April 30, 1934, and modified in 1968 (36 U.S.C. 107), as amended, has requested the President proclaim the second Monday of October of each year as
"Columbus Day."

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 1d

Grassroots activist and Salt River First Nation member Mskwaasin Agnew is part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) aboard a ship called the Conscience.

Israeli forces holding First Nations woman who was on flotilla: FFC

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition say that Mskwaasin Agnew from Salt River First Nation is in custody of Israeli authorities.

www.aptnnews.ca

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