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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 2h

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3h

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 27m

Democrats and Republicans so it looks like a debate with two sides, but everyone sitting there agrees on the actual subject of the discussion.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 32m

Horrifically creepy and emblematic of this rape-coded administration, but also a govt employee staying at the fuckin ritz on a business trip shows you how much the DC world has changed since the DOJ muffin scandal of 2011.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 46m

"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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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 7h

9th Circuit Judge Ryan Nelson argued so vehemently Thursday that President Trump has the power to deploy the National Guard into unwilling states on very little pretext that one suspects the arguments were doubling as his Supreme Court audition.
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9th Circuit Trump Judges Enthusiastically Support His Ability To Deploy Military Anywhere At Any Time

9th Circuit Judge Ryan Nelson argued so vehemently Thursday that President Trump...

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1h

This is how the conservative majority on the supreme court behaves now too, it's nuts

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1h

Kind of an incredible thing about the entire Trump administration and maga movement generally is that nobody acts like their reputation matters at all. They have no notion of establishing and maintaining credibility about anything. No concept of being known as reliable. Like complete wild animals

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1h

Just in case anyone is still holding on out of nostalgia for what it used to be.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1h

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

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Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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spooky tim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 5h

Free speech is when I encourage people to send you death threats; hate speech is when you tell me to stop.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

Can you hear the words coming out of your mouth, Megan?

Yes, the guy who received so many threats because of your own actions he had to flee to Europe isn’t the real victim. No. You are, because people called you out.

Megyn Doyle, a student at Rutgers and the treasurer for the Turning Point USA chapter who started the Change.org petition to remove Bray, told Fox News Digital in a statement that Di Filippo's petition is slanderous.
"The petition once again proves that Conservative students are always on the receiving end of hate when speaking about concerning issues," Doyle said.

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 11h

This video never names it, but it nails the “woozle effect”: when something seems true bc sources cite each other instead of an original. The term’s from Winnie the Pooh, where Pooh and Piglet follow their own tracks in circles looking for "woozles." Perfect metaphor for AI ouroboros poisoning info.

AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 8h

Similarly describing him as an "expert on antifa" rather than an "antifascism researcher" further legitimates antifa as a proper noun in a way that makes zero sense

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 11h

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 22h

This is him as well.

Not all Christians are right wing MAGA - some of them actually live out Christ’s teachings.

Image of a pastor getting pepper sprayed

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 6h

trying to figure out how this fits with rfk's theory that covid was “ethnically targeted” to spare ashkenazi jews and i think the answer is just that rfk is a giant antisemite.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

Apparently the $20 billion for Argentina was just the beginning of the US bailout according to Bessent today, since so many American oligarchs have big investments there that they can’t afford to lose.

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Daniel Malmer @malmer.com · 6h

Finally, something I'm qualified to talk about!

Before I start, I understand there's legitimate debate about circumcision. But…

Once in a while, a city talks about an anti-circumcision law. There are three groups who cheer that: Intactivists (I swear I'm not making that up), MRA's, and neo-Nazis.

Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 7h

The people who just low-key denounced circumcision are investigating Harvard and UCLA for … (*re-checks notes*) antisemitism? Do I read that right?

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h

it's only racial profiling if it comes from the racial profiling region of france. otherwise it's sparkling reasonable suspicion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 7h

Ah yes. The core principle of science that says one should start with the conclusion and then construct the evidence to support it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 7h

The administration's line about how it is "a disgusting smear to say there is racial profiling going on" with ICE neatly forgets that the administration frantically asked SCOTUS for permission to racially profile which the court then granted in a shadow docket decision.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h

Jack Posobiec spread antisenitic hate on Twitter for years, including tagging Jews with triple parentheses.

JD Vance wrote the forward to Posobiec’s book, Unhuman.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 22h

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 8h

Kenvue's lawsuit is going to be massive

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 8h

You must defer to the president’s determination that there is an armed rebellion in Chicago, argues the govt’s lawyer.

That’s the Trump admin’s stance on everything. When the law doesn’t allow it, lie about the facts until it’s something that would be legal, then insist others live inside the lie.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 8h

Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 8h

there's a disturbing trend among pro-trump appellate judges to assume that the district court violates its fact-finding duty when it finds facts the government doesn't like

Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 9h

Two Trump judges (Nelson, Bade) on 9th circuit panel really trying to outperform each other in their eagerness to give Trump the ability to deploy the Guard to unwilling states based on events that occurred months earlier. Lotttt of beating up on Oregon's Judge Immergut, who blocked deployments

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 9h

What makes it even more pathetic is that he's just stealing Trump's jokes and delivering them more cringily

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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