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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you, my friend. I will.

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chris walla, cricket command AS @calculizer.bsky.social · 5h

stay safe, friend

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 5h

God sees everything money hides. daviddark.substack.com/p/god-sees-e...

Menacing letter held by gloved hands in Eyes Wide Shut

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 5h

I love how the frog is being reclaimed as a symbol of resistance! Also these weak ass bitch Nazis are scared of people in inflatable animal costumes... truly embodying desiccated dingleberries on bloated roadkill.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

This pretty much captures the contradictions of the politics of Kirk and Turning Point: Of course we oppose doxxing and violence, but we will absolutely use inflammatory language, false claims, and enemies list that fuels threats and intimidation.

Several days after publishing the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s dismissal from Rutgers, the Turning Point USA chapter added an update saying that it did not support harassment or the doxxing of him or anyone else.

“I think that all death threats and doxxing are unjustified and not how political disputes should be resolved in civilized society,” Ava Kwan, a Turning Point USA chapter member, said in an email on Wednesday.
But she defended the broader point of the petition, saying, “I think Dr. Antifa, who believes in violence as a political tool, should be fired, of course. Taxpayer money should not fund the salaries of terrorists.”

For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list.

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 23h

Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.

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City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning. We are the Best Podcast in Nashville, according to YOU, the kind people who voted in the @nashvillescene.com Readers Poll!!! The Scene also honored us as "The Best Way To Keep Up With Local Politics." Thanks for listening, reading, and being part of the conversation, everybody! 😻

Best Way to Keep Up With Local Politics

You’re not supposed to reach for your phone the moment you wake up, but it’s hard to resist opening the City Cast Nashville email first thing in the morning. With

www.nashvillescene.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 2d

"That’s is the thing about corruption. It is the price of admission and the reward for loyalty. But it also a double-edged sword when you fall out of favor." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/h...

How Kash Patel and Pam Bondi became Slaves to Stephen Miller - emptywheel

By indicting the first of Trump's FBI Directors and preparing to frame the second, Kash Patel may have signed his own arrest warrant.

www.emptywheel.net

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

“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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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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ctw @skybluebye.bsky.social · 1d

@daviddark.bsky.social: God sees everything money hides

God sees everything money hides.

I am no expert in God.

open.substack.com

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joel hanes @joelhanes.bsky.social · 1d

This is why mob bosses insist on using made men.

Their complicity gives the boss a power over them; they can be betrayed and destroyed if that helps the mob boss.

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 2d

Fear has no future.

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GeoManKS, PhD @geomanks.bsky.social · 2d

Does anything shout "fascism" louder than this?

David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 2d

"That’s is the thing about corruption. It is the price of admission and the reward for loyalty. But it also a double-edged sword when you fall out of favor." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/h...

How Kash Patel and Pam Bondi became Slaves to Stephen Miller - emptywheel

By indicting the first of Trump's FBI Directors and preparing to frame the second, Kash Patel may have signed his own arrest warrant.

www.emptywheel.net

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Jason Elam @jasonelam.bsky.social · 2d

“Deep State”, thy name is Steven Miller.

David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 2d

"That’s is the thing about corruption. It is the price of admission and the reward for loyalty. But it also a double-edged sword when you fall out of favor." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/h...

How Kash Patel and Pam Bondi became Slaves to Stephen Miller - emptywheel

By indicting the first of Trump's FBI Directors and preparing to frame the second, Kash Patel may have signed his own arrest warrant.

www.emptywheel.net

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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 2d

Our government’s official policy is “hurt and exploit workers to enrich their bosses.”

Only one of two things can be true: Either Trump's Labor Department actually believes that Trump's immigration enforcement is destroying the agricultural sector and threatening food security, or they are pretending this threat is real in order to crush wages for both foreign and domestic agricultural workers. Neither look particularly good.

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 2d

Fear has no future.

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 2d

"That’s is the thing about corruption. It is the price of admission and the reward for loyalty. But it also a double-edged sword when you fall out of favor." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/h...

How Kash Patel and Pam Bondi became Slaves to Stephen Miller - emptywheel

By indicting the first of Trump's FBI Directors and preparing to frame the second, Kash Patel may have signed his own arrest warrant.

www.emptywheel.net

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 2d

We can’t heal what we won’t acknowledge.

Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats @adamlaats.bsky.social · 2d

Here is is, from Bryan Stevenson @eji.org.
What's wrong with "heroic history?"
"It’s like saying, 'I’m going to the doctor, but I’ve already instructed my doctor, Don’t give me any bad news' ... if you don’t want to be sick... you have to be willing to hear the truth of your condition."
[gift link]:

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 2d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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sighdell.bsky.social @sighdell.bsky.social · 2d

As @daviddark.bsky.social would say, there are many ways to hate God.

ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 3d

“For I was a stranger and you turned me over to ICE.” — The Gospel of Christian Nationalism, 1:1

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

Abolish. Fire. Prosecute. Even for lying.

David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 2d

"The Tahoe was unmarked. You can’t charge someone under 18 USC 111 for ramming an unmarked car unless you can prove that they knew you were a Federal law enforcement officer." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/07/t...

The Brutal CBP Assault Tied to the Marimar Martinez Shooting - emptywheel

The criminal charges against Marimar Martinez -- the woman shot by a Customs and Border Patrol agent on Saturday -- fail to mention that CBP was already looking for her for doxing an officer who would...

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Jennifer 🎃 @jenyetagain.bsky.social · 2d

the more that comes out with this the more it seems like ICE got stuck in traffic (normal thing) and panicked and opened fire.

David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 2d

"The Tahoe was unmarked. You can’t charge someone under 18 USC 111 for ramming an unmarked car unless you can prove that they knew you were a Federal law enforcement officer." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/07/t...

The Brutal CBP Assault Tied to the Marimar Martinez Shooting - emptywheel

The criminal charges against Marimar Martinez -- the woman shot by a Customs and Border Patrol agent on Saturday -- fail to mention that CBP was already looking for her for doxing an officer who would...

www.emptywheel.net

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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 2d

"The Tahoe was unmarked. You can’t charge someone under 18 USC 111 for ramming an unmarked car unless you can prove that they knew you were a Federal law enforcement officer." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/07/t...

The Brutal CBP Assault Tied to the Marimar Martinez Shooting - emptywheel

The criminal charges against Marimar Martinez -- the woman shot by a Customs and Border Patrol agent on Saturday -- fail to mention that CBP was already looking for her for doxing an officer who would...

www.emptywheel.net

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