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Paul Slimin' @legendsofthepaul.bsky.social · 5d

The right employs a two-track strategy to win the war of persuasion: to liberal audiences that hate your ideas, push the “open inquiry, everyone’s voice must be heard” to work your way in, but to conservative audiences do whatever is necessary to prohibit liberal views.

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Bobo Chimpan (A-Z) @bobochimpan.bsky.social · 1h

If Sasha Bordeaux doesn't dump Rick Flagg, Sr. for Mr. Terrific we riot

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1h

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 4h

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 15h

Not my original saying, but no one becomes a better person behind the wheel of a car.

Peter Kaufman @inklake.com · 15h

Cars turn people into a*holes. It's a syndrome.

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 14h

this is so good. throw em some bones if you can. (the goal is to buy street vendors out of their merch so they can still support themselves but not have to be out on the streets where they’re vulnerable.)

Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!

Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi

forms.gle/dY931Sxzs6V9...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16h

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 1d

another week of the portland frog guy clowning ice and i think stephen miller might actually stroke out

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15h

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Bobo Chimpan (A-Z) @bobochimpan.bsky.social · 1h

Oh shit

CALLED IT!

Bobo Chimpan (A-Z) @bobochimpan.bsky.social · Aug 29

Me watching Peacemaker s2: "whoa, who's the hottie? OH SHIT THAT'S SASHA BORDEAUX!"

Man, deeeeeeep Rucka cut

And also Max Lord... is Gunn setting up for Checkmate?!

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 10h

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 18h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 7h

They are also racing against their realization that Trump looks and sounds like he isn't going to last much longer, and people like Miller and Vought realize that once the god-king goes the successor(s) won't have the juice to carry out their vision.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7h

I love y'all and I love Chicago.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 7h

Everybody who pushed Democrats to be more aggressive after the insurrection was right. Listen to them next time (if there is a next time).

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 7h

There will be those who will once again council empty reconciliation with Republicans, on the grounds that “we need to be better than them.”

But here’s the thing: we ARE better than them. Much better than them. Everyone is far far far better than them. That’s why they all need to go to prison.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 7h

Everybody who pushed Democrats to be more aggressive after the insurrection was right. Listen to them next time (if there is a next time).

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 14h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 5h

essentially no one looks worse in all this than Biden, followed closely by the tiresome, morally bankrupt blue wave scolds who shouted at all of us about how Biden couldn’t do anything

Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social · 6h

This week has confirmed my suspicion that Biden’s Middle East policies will look worse, and will be even more embarrassing for Democrats, with the passage of time.

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catz @whenwearebothcats.bsky.social · 1d

funniest thing about this (and someone said this in a reply) is that there doesn't even seem to be a theoretical bigot on the right who's saying, "ill join you if you promise that some random trans kid in another state doesn't get to participate in sports." so they're doing this for nothing.

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 8d

It's fascinating and revealing how many centrists think refusing to compromise on human rights to gain the support of bigots represents a "political purity test," yet also think that a bigot saying "I won't join you unless you accommodate my bigotry" does NOT represent a "political purity test."

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 9d

anyway:

www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-...

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 1d

Their truth will be exposed to the entire world once the hostages are released. For two years they lied, calling it “self-defense” and “rescuing hostages,” while in reality they carried out a cold-blooded genocide against an unarmed people.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

It wasn't the genocide that freed the hostages.

It was a ceasefire deal.

Because the genocide was never about the hostages, no matter how much Netanyahu and his band of fucking fascists claim victory.

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Lindsay Ballant @lballant.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Yankees Elimination Day to all who celebrate

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

The federal government as ordained and established by the Constitution has ceased to function, and what has replaced it isn't our government under our Constitution. That's not flippant rhetorical hyperbole, I don't say it insensitive to what the consequences are. But it's the grim reality we face.

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Lacci @lacci.bsky.social · 1d

This is a really good discussion by a couple of people who dealt with releasing a book through Unbound as it collapsed. @alicefraser.bsky.social and @chrisskinner.bsky.social are great, Alice's book is fantastic, and it's really unfair this happened to so many great people. youtu.be/8l73x6t27U4?...

We made a hit book, and saw none of the money! Chris and Alice Unleashed!!! B'Ankruptcy Edition

YouTube video by The Bugle

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 21h

If Trump, who has put in zero effort and done it through hacks, can get here simply by yelling and being impatient, it's yet another reminder that Biden's steadfast support for the first 16 months of killing was a choice he made to disastrous consequences abroad and at home.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 21h

Israel could have done literally anything, much of it with the support of the world, after Oct. 7. They chose genocide. The Biden and Trump admins chose to support them in that endeavor, until Bibi went completely ape-shit and bombed the negotiators in Doha, personally offending DT for some reason.

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♨ naïve dumbass @atticusgf.bsky.social · 1d

Trump vs. US was the final straw imo. You cannot read that ruling and continue believing they have legitimacy. It is not only against the plain text of the constitution, it is anathema to the national ethos. It is offensively, insultingly un-American and they ceded legitimacy by committing that sin.

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