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randy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social · 19h

eat your heart out, Ezra Klein

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 20h

I’m teaching abt Red Summer today, when white vigilantes & National Guardsmen across the country harassed, detained, assaulted, & murdered Black Americans as part of a backlash against Black military service in WWI.

Red Summer of 1919

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

"politics the right way," says Ezra Klein

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18m

Great stuff here from @gregsargent.bsky.social

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 40m

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“Are these tariffs ‘Liberation Day 2’?” Or will we get another ‘TACO Tuesday?’

This is how we all talk now. Absurd. 🌮

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1h

The unbearableness of a dictatorship is that its purpose is not to make sense to anyone but the dictator and those who sway him.

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 14h

Is Argentina now the new 51st state? Imagine taking healthcare away from American so they can help soybean farmers in Argentina.

China bought a quarter of Argentina's soybean crop on Sept. 23, 7 million metric tons. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1h

People misunderstand MAGA fiscal policy. They never say we can’t afford health care, food support, foreign aide, etc. They say they don’t want it. They just hate the people who depend on it.

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Shobha Maharaj @shobha-maharaj.bsky.social · 3h

Happy to reshare our new Annual Review paper, which explores what it really means to exceed and return to 1.5 °C.

For many in the Global South, overshoot isn’t a temporary “phase” but an existential condition.

This piece asks what it means for justice, recovery & resilience in a world above 1.5 °C

Annual Reviews @annualreviews.bsky.social · 14h

📣 2025 volume of the Annual Review of Environment and Science is online! Most read article is "Overshoot: A Conceptual Review of Exceeding and Returning to Global Warming of 1.5°C" arevie.ws/3IF0OKf @andyreisinger.bsky.social @janfuglestvedt.bsky.social @chrisd-jones.bsky.social

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1h

I woke up bummed yesterday because I thought Trump might get the Nobel, and my relief has quickly faded.

Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump for ‘decisive support’

“I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause,” she wrote in a post on X.

www.politico.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h

🚨NEW: A panel of three federal judges will soon decide whether to block Texas from using its new congressional map in the 2026 election, after a contentious nine-day hearing concluded Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘We Could Not Have Clearer Facts’: Minority Advocates Say Racial Motive Is Evident As Texas Redistricting Hearing Wraps Up

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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cielbleuheidi.bsky.social @cielbleuheidi.bsky.social · 1h

www.freedomforum.org/event/1a-fes...

1A Fest 2025: A Celebration of Free Expression

Join Freedom Forum for a free, family-friendly festival to celebrate the everyday freedoms all of us enjoy and the vital role they play in American life — all brought to you by the First Amendment.

www.freedomforum.org

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 3d

71% of immigrants detained by ICE have no criminal convictions.

These are mostly private, for-profit prisons that put their bottom lines over health and safety. We see the results — immigrants are dying. It is absolutely outrageous.
www.notus.org/immigration/...

2025 Fiscal Year Among the Deadliest in ICE History for Detained Migrants

Nearly all of ICE’s detention centers are run by privately owned companies and have been criticized for overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions.

www.notus.org

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Maggie Vail @magicbeans.bsky.social · 1d

my god. the more I am reading about just how much private prisons are profiting from ICE the more I want to stab myself in the eyeballs.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 1d

Last night, I received notification of the 19th death of a detained person in ICE custody since Trump took office.

ICE is detaining people, mostly in private, for-profit prisons that put profit over health. And now they have furloughed the safety inspectors. This is unacceptable.

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Dave The Artist @coloradofaux.bsky.social · 10h

🧐… Checks out… 👇

Fun fact:
Every government shutdown in the last 30 years occurred when Republicans had control of the House of
Representatives.
—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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cielbleuheidi.bsky.social @cielbleuheidi.bsky.social · 17h

True.

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Ava 🖤💛🔞 @veryberrygirl.bsky.social · 18h

the GOP is a coup against democracy and america

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Vett’s Travel @vettstravel.bsky.social · 18h

With this majority, we are fucked! How much longer of this will this country have to endure from this Supreme Court

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gcm5.bsky.social @gcm5.bsky.social · 18h

6 of these Supreme Court justices don’t represent the interests off the American people.

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editR @editr.bsky.social · 18h

This could end democracy in this country and make this a country run by one party rule

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cielbleuheidi.bsky.social @cielbleuheidi.bsky.social · 17h

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Commander Chipster @chipmarsh.bsky.social · 18h

This shit's been going on forever in Louisiana. Mike Johnson, Steve Scalice, Clay Higgins, and Julia Letlows' districts are all strategically racially drawn to exclude the black, brown, and Asian votes. Voter intimidation is also alive and well in Louisiana and that's why I left that shithole state.

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cielbleuheidi.bsky.social @cielbleuheidi.bsky.social · 17h

youtu.be/5Vkm6sO27o8?...

Chief Justice Roberts Gets RUDE AWAKENING as SCHEME Gets EXPOSED

YouTube video by Legal AF

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