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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 8d

The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.

Let that sink in

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 8d

Don’t forget bailing out Argentina.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 10d

Say, has our general met the enemy?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18d

People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?feature=shared

Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism

Robert Reich

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 23d

Horses are often insecure. They don’t want to know who’s boss, they want to know who’s in charge of security.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 29d

Anyway:

1. Do not murder people
2. Do not praise the politics of hateful people

That is all

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 29d

That and another tragedy is that one side also has a hate-filled racist ideology and they get really angry when that is pointed out to them. (“I’m not racist you’re racist.”) Maybe that just brings it back to your point.

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Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 29d

Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.

Jared Polis has failed Colorado.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Governor Polis Orders Flags to Half-Staff to Honor the Anniversary of September 11th and the Passing of Charlie Kirk

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 29d

Let me tell you, that’s a weird feeling you never forget. A landmark that seemed permanent disintegrates along with thousands of people and you can’t go home.

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 29d

24 years ago I was in Paris, on the phone with my mom in Pennsylvania trying to process the news that the twin towers “aren’t there anymore” and that if I needed to get home at that moment, I couldn’t because all air traffic had been indefinitely stopped.

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 29d

This is the the built-in hypocrisy of the abuser who always sees themselves as the victim. Kirk, the right, the GOP, these people have lost their way while claiming to be the one and only way. I don’t know how we get out of this without a whole lot more ugliness.

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 29d

But of course zillions of people are pointing this kind of thing out much more pithily this morning.

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 29d

And b) Kirk wasn’t careful about what *he* said.

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 29d

And I just wanted to tell him, a) Kirk was kind to *you* dude. Unfortunately that wasn’t enough by itself to make him a kind person.

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 29d

I heard an interview this morning with a young man who considered Charlie Kirk a mentor and friend and who is just devastated today etc. the guy said Kirk was the kindest person (!) and that “people” really need to be more careful about the things they say. 🧵

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · 29d

Once again, I want to give Michel Martin a standing ovation for her interview this morning of Matt Schlapp and not letting him getting away with castigating NPR and perceived “enemies” of the right without acknowledging his, CPAC’s, and the right’s own role in inflammatory speech.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 29d

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29d

Just got home. I figure some of you might need a timeline cleanse at the moment.

Smudge and Saja, both cats, laying next to each other on a bed.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · Sep 7

Yea, dost thou jeer and flout me in the teeth?

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · Sep 2

Give not this rotten orange to your friend

Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · Sep 2

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · Sep 1

@pbsnews.org The detentions outside courtrooms have sometimes led to scenes of families pleading to let their loved ones go and confrontations with officers.

Watch the second part of our conversation with a photojournalist who spent weeks documenting arrests at federal facilities in Manhattan.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · Sep 1

As another part of the Trump administration's mass deportation push, immigration enforcement officials have conducted arrests outside courtrooms as people show up for hearings.

Here's part of our conversation with a photojournalist who documented arrests at federal facilities in Manhattan.

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · Sep 2

There are probably some who righteously think they’re doing the right thing and it’s “necessary.” Can’t help the ideologues. But others think they have no choice, they need the money or benefits. There’s always a choice. Quit. Find another way.

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · Sep 2

I get it, they have bills to pay, families to support, they need health care and housing and education for their kids too. Just like all the rest of us. But it’s not worth your soul.

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Caroline @carolina75011.bsky.social · Sep 2

All I can think is, “so quit. You conscience is screaming at you to quit. So quit.”

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