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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 4h

i did NOT realize they were touring together smh

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 8h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

UPDATE: Judge Perry issued an opinion explaining why she blocked the Texas National Guard deployment in Chicago.

She begins with Alexander Hamilton’s rejection of a “preposterous” idea that the Constitution lets a President deploy a State’s militia to a different State for political retribution. 🧵

OPINION AND ORDER
Since this country was founded, Americans have disagreed about the appropriate division
of power between the federal government and the fifty states that make up our Union. This
tension is a natural result of the system of federalism adopted by our Founders. And yet, not even
the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one
state's militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution, calling such
a suggestion "inflammatory," and stating "it is impossible to believe that [a President] would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." But Plaintiffs contend that such
an event has come to pass, and argue that National Guard troops from both Illinois and Texas
have been deployed to Illinois because the President of the United States wants to punish state elected officials whose policies are different from his own.

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Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social · 13h

The NYC Department of Correction is extremely serious about projecting an image of reform, lawfulness, and considered, sober judgment these days, so it has decided to rename its Lower Manhattan jail complex after... multiply disgraced criminal Bernie Kerik.

hellgatenyc.com/city-jail-na...

Adams Administration Quietly Renames the Tombs for Disgraced Criminal Bernard Kerik

The Lower Manhattan jail facility briefly bore Kerik's name once before, until he was convicted of corruption.

hellgatenyc.com

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 10h

[robert pollard voice]

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 11h

chat is it a good idea to raise tariffs on the toy maker before Christmas

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 11h

oh no

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 13h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 17h

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 17h

every couple singles i'm like oh that'll be the calling card, which is a big compliment

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 17h

the remixes eating the mixes tf up www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDXc...

PinkPantheress - Nice to Know You + Sugababes (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Pinkpantheress

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 17h

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PinkPantheress - Stateside + Bladee (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Pinkpantheress

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 17h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQmB...

PinkPantheress - Girl Like Me + Kaytranada (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Pinkpantheress

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 18h

we do not need everybody trying that + the remix guest list is some of the coldest curation in that field

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 18h

me and all the homies are all doing the unauthorized reproduction, distribution and exhibition of so many copyrighted motion pictures, video tapes and video discs this weekend

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

Breaking news: Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement.

The large number of reassignments reflect a vast reshaping of the agency and could put other priorities at risk.

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 18h

blablublas

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 18h

"ah ahh tron 2--" no. tron 2 is responsible for the verse where jay-z said "i broke her heart on the email" and "i got a itouch, but i can't feel" www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBYI...

Computerized - Daft Punk feat. Jay-Z FULL

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 18h

there was only ever one tron imo

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Caio Almendra @caioalmendra.bsky.social · 20h

Fun fact: Maria Colina Machado SUPPORTS Donald Trump sinking fishing boats off their coast.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 20h

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 19h

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NPR @npr.org · 19h

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 19h

many people who dgaf about country music have this on a shirt

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 19h

i was minding my business 99% of the time let it be noted

Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 19h

that was the actual outlaw life the present day crew aspires to and even today's most arrested superstar could possibly never. particularly not him tbh.

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 19h

johnny cash was 'guitar case full of pills' cool open the schools

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