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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 1h

If Mike Pence has the courage.

Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2h

Seja frangão, seja herói.

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 3h

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Sam Rosenfeld @samrosenfeld.bsky.social · 3h

ActBlue, Open Society, Indivisible—terrorists all.

Note how slipshod, confused, and ramshackle this project sounds even from quoted behind-the-scenes insiders. Miller WANTS it to sound maximally ominous and intimidating. The targets should hold their heads high and carry on.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 5h

Honestly surprised it didn't get no billed.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 9h

The disturbing reality is that only happened because he tried to get an immigration bill passed.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 9h

Governor is different from AG.

Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 9h

This is something all too rare: A Republican asking himself, 'How would I feel if a Democrat did to me what Trump is doing to Democrats?'

Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 10h

Oklahoma’s Republican governor criticizes guard deployment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.”

His comments, in an interview with The New York Times, marked the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and other Democratic elected officials have been strongly critical of the move and have implored Republican governors to join the opposition.

Mr. Stitt on Thursday said, “We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,” adding, “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 11h

I miss the Dig and the Phoenix so, so much. I hate what's happened to alt-media.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 1d

The most important point it makes is: The National Guard are just being used as props for the time being. ICE is the agency that's the actual danger.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 1d

This is a good video.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 1d

did my second ever YouTube segment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWRt...

National Guard Brutally Mocked for Chicago Deployment

YouTube video by KlipNews

www.youtube.com

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 1d

This is what every Democratic state needs to do, tell its state university leaders that they will lose all state appropriations if they sign the compact. Take the decision out of feckless college administrators’ hands.

Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 1d

Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 1d

That's really not good

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

The President of the United States is living in an alternate reality and it's long past time for media outlets to start talking about it.

We're beyond "Trump said without evidence." Trump is governing a world that only exists in his warped mind.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 1d

Not reactionary enough in your projections. These guys Golden Age were the fucking Dark Ages.

Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 1d

Drop in the bucket compared to, say, what we're paying to illegally bomb Venezuelan fishermen.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 1d

Boooooo. I want it to get to trial. It will be a hilarious humiliation for the prosecution.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 1d

I will never stop being bitter toward the people who called my warnings about Trump 'hysterical.'

If anything, it's been worse than anticipated.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 1d

Comey should want this case to go to trial. It will be hilarious comedy.

abcnews.go.com/US/central-w...

Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources

Ex-FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned Wednesday, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness would prove "problematic," sources say.

abcnews.go.com

Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

Don't successful covert operations typically not announce themselves in advance?

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

I have never, ever liked her because she is completely self-absorbed and loves casting herself as the brave heroine boldly going against woke conventional wisdom. In reality, she's just annoying.

Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

She was practically begging to be fired because she obviously held her colleagues in contempt and being 'canceled' would have been an even bigger career boast. But they wouldn't oblige so she just quit.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

It goes without saying that if Obama had ordered the Illinois National Guard to invade Texas, Greg Abbott would have ordered all of those soldiers shot on sight.

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

Antitrust cases against media ownership could do the trick.

Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

The Supreme Court if it overturns the ban will basically be saying psychological torture is cool if done in the name of Jesus.

Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 2d

Between 44-63% of kids who undergo conversion therapy make a suicide attempt. Please take a moment to read this post from a mother who lost her son this way. m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 2d

It's very weird to see Democrats talk about insurance subsidies when Republicans are talking about 'cleansing' them from society.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries: “A one-year extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits is not acceptable. It's a non-starter. It's a non-starter. It was introduced by the same people who just permanently extended massive tax breaks for their billionaire donors.”

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