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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 4h

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 4h

Richard Nixon, noted PC Republican President.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 5h

They gave Elon a chainsaw.

Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 5h

Denmark breathes a sigh of relief.

James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 9h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 6h

Eeeewww!

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 11h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jill K. Robinson @dangerjr.bsky.social · 9h

Creative people can run circles around AI.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 9h

Actually, Frankenberry is the cereal. General Mills is the monster.

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 1d

We need sone Democratic politicians with half the guts of Jimmy Kimmel.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 2d

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 1d

Herbivorous dinosaurs in your MS, dude?

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Wes Marshall @wesmars.bsky.social · 1d

Terrible story but great reporting by Laura Penington of the Denver Post:
- "A man died... after being hit by the driver of a van while riding his bike"
- "the driver struck him from behind"

And some extra context that you rarely ever see:
- "There are no bike lanes along that stretch of road"

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Barbara Buswell @babsyb.bsky.social · 2d

Read this book! The history and variety of the National Parks makes for marvelous reading.

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · Mar 5

National parks were the main places I wanted my kids to see, and I wrote about them in THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP. Breaks my heart that the book is coming out as Trump tries to make good on his plans to destroy them. I hope my book helps the effort to fight back. www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

joycevance.substack.com

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 2d

Really, it is only because they announced on the loudspeaker, “Paul Rauber, this is your last call. . .” that I snapped out of it. Thanks for the good read!

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Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 4d

The land of the brave

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 4d

need every left of center doomer on this website to read this stat

SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 4d

curtis yarvin seems somewhat unhappy

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 4d

Will miss you!

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 4d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 4d

I can think of another reason.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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chrisrauber.bsky.social @chrisrauber.bsky.social · 4d

A failure rate of at least 50% that puts U.S. citizens and immigrants at extreme risk. This is not the America we want, or the one our Founders envisioned.

Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 4d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 4d

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 4d

As a retired journalism professor, I believe every newsroom in America must now develop Civil War Protocols: how it will conduct the profession of journalism when Donald Trump declares martial law and systematically ends our democracy. If your newsroom isn't prepared for this, it's rank malpractice.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 5d

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141
F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws
of the United States." 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to
ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the
President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law
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Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56
Filed 10/04/25
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within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this
Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke § 12406(3) to
federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal
law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination
was simply untethered to the facts.
c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion
Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 5d

Reading in airport and so good I almost missed my flight!

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Benjamin Alva Polley @be-jammin-polley.bsky.social · 8d

One of my favorite pieces I wrote this year.

www.theguardian.com/travel/ng-in...

They were lost in the wild and on the verge of death. This is how they survived

Thousands of search and rescue missions are conducted in the US each year. Who perishes, who gets found, and why?

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Rauber @citizenstx.bsky.social · 5d

I call ‘em like I don’t see ‘em.

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