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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 13h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 3h

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 1d

“A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 4h

Trump openly promising mass firings of civil servants “because they’re Democrats” is pure authoritarianism. The civil service exists to be nonpartisan—to protect the country, not Trump’s ego.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

Q: "How many layoffs have you authorized?"

Trump: "A lot. It will be Democrat oriented...They should be Democrat oriented. It will be a lot and we'll announce the numbers over the next couple of days, but it will be a lot of people...Many of them will be fired."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

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 · 16h

"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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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 9h

I mean, not even *that* secretly at this point. newrepublic.com/post/201663/...

Stephen Miller Accidentally Says “I” When Discussing Trump’s Powers

Miller’s slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge.

newrepublic.com

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 10h

I ordered one the other day. At first I was thinking Halloween, and then I realized it's perfect attire for protests in places beyond Portland.

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 10h

I think this is a major part of it. They don't have the time for BS dissembling and shenanigans. They weigh evidence and can sniff out lies more readily because they do it daily. Whereas appellate judges are presented with more academic items and don't (or aren't supposed to) weigh credibility.

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 11h

Institutional impeachment evidence to put in front of judges as further evidence that the regime should not be accorded the presumption of regularity.

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 12h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 13h

Heh.
bsky.app/profile/lizd...

Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 15h

bahahaha, Ingrassia's lawyer is Edward Paltzik, the one who files Trump's most bumptious lolsuits

well, at least I'll have amazing copy, even with Alina Habba mostly retired. verily, when the lord closes a door, she opens a window

abovethelaw.com/2025/07/trum...

Trump's Lawyers Go To Iowa To Learn How To CivPro - Above the Law

Oops.

abovethelaw.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16h

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 18h

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 18h

This administration is selling off the country for spare parts and call it “America First.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 19h

Next week is looking quite active in CA as a high-amplitude flow pattern develops over North Pacific in downstream response to perturbation of jet stream by West Pacific #TyphoonHalong. NorCal looks quite wet & stormy (rain & iso. tstms/mtn snow); SoCal impacts TBD. #CAwx #CAfire

Snapshot from ECMWF ensemble of an unseasonably deep low pressure system centered just west of San Francisco by early next week. It will likely bring widespread rain, isolated thunderstorms, some mountain snowfall, and possibly some gusty winds though exact path and impacts remain TBD.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 1d

There are many.

Here's one...

a group of men are watching a chicago bulls game

ALT: a group of men are watching a chicago bulls game

media.tenor.com

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 1d

Yah. They're going through good prosecutors like crazy, and the bad ones will soon be fighting bar complaints.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 1d

Hammered*

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Really appreciate the summary.

Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 1d

I can't even count the number of times I've happened in briefs and arguments that something isn't in the record when opposing counsel tries to sneak it in. Meanwhile, Judge Nelson: "Record?"

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 1d

G. Elliott the boss.

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FiftyPlusOne.news @fiftyplusone.news · 1d

new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 2d

Ever since @joshtpm.bsky.social coined "Trump's Razor" in 2016, it's never steered me wrong.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 2d

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