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Jes 👊🇺🇸🔥 ([email protected]) @jestastrophy.bsky.social · 6h

They spelled "corrupt as fuck" incorrectly.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Imagine that

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DIGITALMB @digitalmb.bsky.social · 1h

Oh?
This study is from 2022

americanoversight.org/investigatio...

Part of the problem is that we don't know *which ones are which*

The Constitutional Sheriffs Movement and Its Threat to Democracy - American Oversight

American Oversight is investigating sheriffs who support the fringe theory, as well as the movement’s ties to anti-immigration or extremist groups and ideas.

americanoversight.org

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ray 鄺羡華 @raykwong.bsky.social · 8h

Good morning and happy Saturday to everyone. The same guy who told you COVID was a hoax just got his updated booster and didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 3h

Brown University apparently needs input before (possibly) showing the spine that MIT did in not kowtowing to Trump.

Please let them know your thoughts and share this widely. Especially alum, students, staff, and faculty.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Share your thoughts with the University about the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

docs.google.com

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Linda Tirado @killermartinis.bsky.social · 1d

Today solidarity might look a lot like understanding what precisely posse comitatus is and why people might be talking about title ten.

This is a very good time to make sure we all know what is legal, what is extralegal, and what things which are being shattered are laws v norms.

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 8h

Bull’s eye …

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NPR @npr.org · 7h

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

n.pr

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 7h

I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:

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DIGITALMB @digitalmb.bsky.social · 3h

As we were saying, Professor
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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 6h

Who elected President Miller would be a good question in one of these TRO hearings

CNN @cnn.com · 9h

In the hours after a chaotic confrontation in Chicago last week that culminated with a federal agent shooting a local woman, top White House aide Stephen Miller delivered an urgent order to Department of Defense personnel: Prepare to send in the troops.

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 6h

Who elected President Miller would be a good question in one of these TRO hearings

CNN @cnn.com · 9h

In the hours after a chaotic confrontation in Chicago last week that culminated with a federal agent shooting a local woman, top White House aide Stephen Miller delivered an urgent order to Department of Defense personnel: Prepare to send in the troops.

Stephen Miller emerges as key architect of Trump’s offensive on Democratic cities | CNN Politics

In the hours after a chaotic confrontation in Chicago last week that culminated with a federal agent shooting a local woman, top White House aide Stephen Miller delivered an urgent order to Department...

cnn.it

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 4h

One of the under-observed parts of the last several years is the switch where wealthy donors claims directive authority over university policy. So they think Trump’s efforts of undermine academic freedom promote their own control. It’s a symptom of oligarchy, and how oligarchy gives way to Tyranny.

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 6d

The Times' coverage of Rowan's role has been remarkable. It is sad to me that after forcing his alma mater, Penn, to oust a really good president for incredibly poor reasons, Rowan's megalomanical next thought was "maybe the federal government should do this everywhere" and they're actually trying.

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

www.nytimes.com

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 3h

Lawless

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

Despite all of Susan Collins’s **concerns**, Russ Vought, who she voted to confirm, still went ahead and fired a boatload of hard-working Americans.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

SUSAN COLLINS, Wednesday: "I've made very clear that I do not believe there should be firings of furloughed workers."

RUSS VOUGHT, Friday: "The RIFs have begun."

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 1d

This response to Linda McMahon from MIT’s president makes me proud to be an MIT grad

links.mit.edu/nl3/N5Jy2cKq...

Regarding the Compact

links.mit.edu

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Dannie D 🦋 @dannied.bsky.social · 4h

RFK Jr. is back with a new gem: circumcision causes autism. Yes, really. The man is peak bonkers.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 16h

I'm about 75% through Chris Hayes Sirens Call book. The irony is that a book about attention requires a significant amount of attention, so I only read a couple pages at a time. I want to make sure I'm not skimming or surface reading.

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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · 10h

The 25% cut "would essentially end America’s longstanding role as the world leader in science and innovation”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 6h

Uh oh.

Rubio “signed a letter last August to the Norwegian Nobel Committee supporting her nomination for the prize.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

White House Disapproves of Machado’s Nobel, but Rubio Is a Big Supporter

www.nytimes.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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WIRED @wired.com · 3h

Fred Ramsdell was on vacation in the Wyoming wilderness when he and two colleagues received the honor for their breakthroughs in immunology.

Scientist Who Was Offline 'Living His Best Life' Stunned by Nobel Prize Win

Fred Ramsdell was on vacation in the Wyoming wilderness when he and two colleagues received the honor for their breakthroughs in immunology.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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DIGITALMB @digitalmb.bsky.social · 3h

Not enough people know this, I don't think

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DIGITALMB @digitalmb.bsky.social · 3h

Not enough people know this, I don't think

a woman is crying in front of a crowd of people and saying `` say it louder for the people in the back ! ''

ALT: a woman is crying in front of a crowd of people and saying `` say it louder for the people in the back ! ''

media.tenor.com

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