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Jayne4Freedom @jayne4freedom.bsky.social · 1d

We're in a very dark time in America and yet I feel that people still don't get what We're in for. We're so completely Fucked up.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 12h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely. Would I be disbarred for setting up a GoFundMe to buy a 2-minute Super Bowl ad to teach about jury nullification, preferably hiring the South Park guys to handle the Schoolhouse Rock animation?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 1d

So Conversion Therapy is a perfectly legal humbug business like Psychic Readings.

Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 1d

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2d

This sounds like they're gearing up for a violent crackdown. The talking points obviously went out.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 2d

Are we allowed to talk about 6th Amendment solutions? Despite SCOTUS's corruption at the top, We the People have some power at the bottom. "No, we're not going to convict the protestor in the inflatable unicorn suit of obstructing anything."

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 2d

It's important to focus on who won, not who did not.

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 3d

SCOTUS is corrupt at the top of the system, but We the People have a say at the bottom. It's one of the boxes Frederick Douglass said secures liberty. It might be time to talk about using that leverage.

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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 3d

a woman wearing a scarf is sitting on a bench .

ALT: a woman wearing a scarf is sitting on a bench .

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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 3d

After Trump bullies NBC into blocking the ad from the Super Bowl broadcast, I'm sure they'd be glad to.

Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely. Would I be disbarred for setting up a GoFundMe to buy a 2-minute Super Bowl ad to teach about jury nullification, preferably hiring the South Park guys to handle the Schoolhouse Rock animation?

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 3d

I teach in my undergrad class on the history of the US jury system that the institution's roots are in colonial juries serving as a counterweight to abuses of imperial power. The American jury has problems for sure but still can serve that roll. Don't blow off jury service.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4d

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 5d

Celebrity Jeopardy showdown.
Trump v. @crockett.house.gov .
Let's go. Put up or shut up time.

He's a coward and knows he'd get demolished.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Q: Are you concerned about the delays at airports?

TRUMP: Oh sure. They're all Democrats delays. There are delays at the airport. That's standard ... I look at people with very low IQs like Crockett, this woman Crockett. I've never met her but she's a low IQ individual

Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 5d

I'm thinking of offering a Maarva Andor package to my estate planning practice. "I wish to be cremated, turned into a brick, which a burly, young friend will use to smack a fascist goon upside the head."

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The Tabby Report @tabbyreport.bsky.social · 5d

So, they’re not going to give the federal furloughed employees their back pay… people are going to lose their homes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 5d

FFS. They're coming up with new ideas to provoke a riot.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5d

A new White House memo says that furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay.

This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.

Brian Marron @brianmarron.bsky.social · 5d

Any data on whether more people are paying attention than a year ago? How much of this disaster is actually being noticed? Are the lightly informed head-in-the sand people waking up at all?

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 5d

You need to fix this @cnn.com.

Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 5d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 6d

We all know that Stephen Miller is a disgusting POS. But hes doing everything he can to undermine normalcy all so he can promote his agenda (Project 2025)
My latest

open.substack.com/pub/harrydun...

Stephen Miller Calls January 6th Rioters Peaceful Protestors. He Calls Trump Judges Insurrectionists.

Stephen Miller — the same man who sat in the White House crafting policies that divided this nation, who still defends every authoritarian impulse of Donald Trump — just called a Trump-appointed feder...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 6d

Weird thing where people say “no one could have predicted it” when really what they mean is their political commitments and orientation were such that they ignored everyone who was predicting it

Sorry but “no one could have“ and you having your head stuck up your ass are two different situations

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 7d

This shit must hit so hard if you’re stupid.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 7d

"The strength of a people lies in its purity, not in its diversity."
—Tom Metzger, a white supremacist, neo-Nazi and Klansman

"Real strength comes from homogeneity, from people who share the same blood and values."
—William Pierce, neo-Nazi, author of the Turner Diaries

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

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