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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 6h

in case you want some non bullshit about antifa here is something i wrote

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This past Saturday, Donald Trump announced that his administration would be deploying federal troops to Portland, OR, authorizing the military to use “full...

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🎃 Scare-ah G. 🎃 @sglassmeyer.bsky.social · 6h

did image search for him and literally the first one was him and Andrew Tate

Newest White House sex pest pictures with notorious professional misogynist Andrew Tate

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 11h

This is exactly how I explain rich people to my kids.

Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 11h

I sometimes find "nice" and "kind" to be at odds. Nice requires a level of fakeness and veneer of politeness/respectability that simply isn't possible to deliver if your goal is to be kind, in most cases.

I often think of "Minnesota Nice" when I think of niceness. It's truly NASTY WORK! 😒

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 7h

a lot of people are finally waking up to the importance of the 3rd amendment. As a 3A absolutist, i think it should be illegal for soldiers to be quartered anywhere in this country. they should be camping under the open sky at all times. all military bases and barracks are unconstitutional.

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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 5h

“We have been told that they were detaining and deporting the worst of the worst,” Ayman Soliman said after his release from ICE detention at the Clifton Mosque. “And I can tell you firsthand that I saw the best of the best unjustly detained and unjustly deported.”

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A Chaplain Trapped Between Trump’s Deportation System and Egypt’s Autocratic Regime - UNICORN RIOT

Ayman Soliman found himself trapped between the U.S.’s quota-driven deportation system and Egypt’s autocratic regime known for killing and silencing critics. Now out of jail, he’s revealing the glarin...

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 7h

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 7h

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 12h

at some point you have to wonder why this barely interesting thing warrants any media coverage at all in a country with oodles of interesting things editors deem unfit to cover

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13h

Turning Point USA announced it will host counterprogramming to the Super Bowl halftime show, called “The All American Halftime Show,” as MAGA critics have been enraged over the selection of Bad Bunny as the 2026 headliner.

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

Counterprogramming hosted by the group that Charlie Kirk founded spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

America, 2025: Government lawyers tell judges that the President can declare any protest he dislikes to be a rebellion, and the courts must agree.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 15h

Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone who was paying attention during Gamergate recognizes these tactics.

“Oh *we’re* against doxxing, of course, but that person who got doxxed totally deserved it, and yeah, sure we’ve been calling for them to be fired and their lives ruined, but *we* didn’t personally do it.”

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h

This pretty much captures the contradictions of the politics of Kirk and Turning Point: Of course we oppose doxxing and violence, but we will absolutely use inflammatory language, false claims, and enemies list that fuels threats and intimidation.

Several days after publishing the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s dismissal from Rutgers, the Turning Point USA chapter added an update saying that it did not support harassment or the doxxing of him or anyone else.

“I think that all death threats and doxxing are unjustified and not how political disputes should be resolved in civilized society,” Ava Kwan, a Turning Point USA chapter member, said in an email on Wednesday.
But she defended the broader point of the petition, saying, “I think Dr. Antifa, who believes in violence as a political tool, should be fired, of course. Taxpayer money should not fund the salaries of terrorists.”

For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 10h

any lawyers in ny willing to rep me pro bono in case i’m targeted, which no longer seems like self-flattery

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 10h

i am a jvp chapter cofounder who has donated to ifnotnow and who has been publicly identified by nazis and the jewish communal press as “antifa’s most prominent jew” and i have absolutely no one looking out for my best interests with either communal or political power

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Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 13h

JVP and IfNotNow are included in a list of only 9 progressive groups being investigated by the Trump admin, alongside major donors like Ford and Open Society Foundation and the amorphous 'antifa'/ www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · 18h

Hell yeah this law school dropout who then eventually got a masters in election admin policy approves

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Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · 18h

I think its important to take as many of these well-to-do local small-fry mogul weirdos to small claims/admin court just so the public record can show how unlikeable, bizarre and manipulative they all are

These people have hid behind their country club hedges and squash court walls for far too long

Kelly is ranking Fateh, Davis, and Hampton @kellyrogers.bsky.social · 18h

I was sequestered during trial so I missed most of the action. Every time I read something else about it I am floored by how weird these ppl are

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Kelly is ranking Fateh, Davis, and Hampton @kellyrogers.bsky.social · 18h

I was sequestered during trial so I missed most of the action. Every time I read something else about it I am floored by how weird these ppl are

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Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · 18h

Weird maybe.... they should include data sets and campaign/PAC entities to illuminate a clearer picture instead of sticking to the individual candidate contributions that they have admitted don't provide full context

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Josh Martin @joshmartinmpls.bsky.social · 19h

This is interesting data and I’m glad to see the Strib covering this. But this is a very important caveat to keep in mind for the maps.

Wealthier residents have the means to donate, and campaigns are only required to disclose the addresses of those who give over $100, skewing the picture in the public data toward the preferences of the wealthy. Entire swaths of the city such as north Minneapolis and University of Minnesota-adjacent neighborhoods are barely represented.

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Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · 18h

Extra! Extra! Pope slams indulgences!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 18h

In my day, would’ve been hard to pull off a mapping exercise like this, and it does yield insights -- I’d say the story is fair. Maybe there’s a follow-up but one of the gimmes in campaign finance reporting is listing the *biggest* donors (which would be PAC contributors) & that didn’t happen here.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 19h

This is really what it comes down to - every instrument of state power available to them cannot force people to hold a political opinion on the state of Israel that a growing share of Americans no longer hold. And that limit to their power is driving a share of people insane.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 19h

A lot of the anxiety from those who still support groups like the ADL is that they want to live in a world where most Americans see Israel positively. And we don't live in that world anymore, and there is no policy shift short of a free Palestine that will cause us to live in that world.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Apropos absolutely nothing else there is still a rather rude awakening which is yet to come for those in the Democratic Party and in the camp of liberalism writ large if they think Israel's public image is at all recoverable among young and nonwhite voters and apparatchiks.

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Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · 19h

It's because she eliminated their mild competition

Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · 19h

June 11: GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces a bill to defund NPR and PBS because of their "left-wing propaganda" and "radical leftist gender ideology."

October 7: The news industry's main trade group gives Blackburn its "Support Journalism Champion Award."

Just shameless.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 20h

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

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isi baehr-breen @isibb.bsky.social · 19h

Imagine being told you’re significantly less charming than Megan McCain.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 2d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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