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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h

I can't emphasize how important it is for people to understand that unless something FAR BIGGER than an election win happens, this is a pipe dream.

It would take quite a bit to get past qualified immunity.

Jesse Berney Has a Skeleton Inside @jesseberney.com · 16h

I can't emphasize enough how important it is that the next attorney general set a team to go through ICE records with a fine tooth comb and prosecute individual agents.

It's the only way to stop this from happening again.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 20h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Momster for Gliberty 🧟 @fakegreekgrill.bsky.social · 1d

Lincoln called out confederate revisionism before the war even ended.

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 1d

A city that burns down every night.

I mean, if we're just going to do this myth, Phoenix is *right there*

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Eric Beckman @erbeckman.bsky.social · 1d

If only that were true!

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 1d

The sooner we acknowledge that the rules for acceptable behavior for Democrats and Republicans are not the same, the faster we’ll get through the wasteland.

m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

every political reporter knows that the jay jones text are on the tame end of how politicians talk in private, not to mention tamer than how trump and his associates talk in public

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 1d

We might soon have a Tienenman Square situation or maybe an Oklahoma City. Possibly some mixture, which I suppose would be a Kristallnacht. Maybe I should start a pool. Either way, I'll be there in Chicago on October 18 with a bright white shirt like Harvey Milk wore to rallies. We shall overcome.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 1d

Fox has never been news, but it’s now essentially Trump state media, existing only to divide and deceive. Every lie they spread weakens our democracy and fuels hate.

We’re out in Eden Prairie every Saturday to show that truth still matters and the people won’t be silenced.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 1d

i have ordered a frog costume for the science of finding out how size inclusive it is, i am NEVER intending on wearing it in public or attending a protest in it or doing anything unbecoming of a LADY

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 1d

guys can we do frogs everywhere? please i need a frog uprising

you know…before we croak

we need a jump in activism

a ribbit revolution

vive les grenouilles libres!

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 1d

“Multiplying protest frogs” 🤣

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Eric Beckman @erbeckman.bsky.social · 2d

And, the most courageous, resilient

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 2d

in case you wanted to read something not from this administration about what antifa is and isn't

buttondown.com/theswordandt...

We Keep Us Safe: On Antifa

This past Saturday, Donald Trump announced that his administration would be deploying federal troops to Portland, OR, authorizing the military to use “full...

buttondown.com

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 4d

Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#3242):

"a cleansing"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Schmitt: "Let's just call it out. We need a cleansing here. Let's just be truthful about what's happening. This left-wing political violence is not a both sides thing. It's not."

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3d

Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#3243):

Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 3d

That's an unbelievably insane thing to punt on.

The fact that he can't say 'no' to what would be a clear authoritarian act is terrifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Eric Beckman @erbeckman.bsky.social · 3d

As my grandmother would say, this guy's a lying sack of shit

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 3d

This Prime Day, when even reputable media does a blitz for you to buy, remember, remember Bartleby the Scrivener: you can always respond "I would prefer not to"

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Indivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social · 4d

We’re tired of the bullsh**! See you at No Kings Twin Cities on Oct 18 in downtown Minneapolis. www.mobilize.us/indivisiblet... @womensmarchmn.bsky.social @mn50501.bsky.social @mnaflcio.org @indivisible.org

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4d

The authoritarian threat is not just at the federal level

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 4d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 4d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 4d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 4d

Even by current standards, this Bondi testimony is shocking. She seems to see herself as the vassal of a king, showing contempt for oversight by the elected representatives of the people.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4d

But yeah clearly delineating who can be subject to relentless scrutiny and targeted for ridicule and who most be endlessly protected and lauded with praise signals to everyone who they need to defer to if they want to be rewarded. Similar to the Trump compact offer to universities.

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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 4d

We need to make Oct 18 the largest single-day mass protest in US history. Followed by more and more. Without that we won’t get the kind of media coverage that will inspire more to join us. We are our only hope. #NoKings

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Eric Beckman @erbeckman.bsky.social · 4d

Better results, at a monetary cost. I pay $5/mo and use it for most searches

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Eric Beckman @erbeckman.bsky.social · 4d

Like an onion of misapprehensions of reality

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't

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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 4d

“News flavored” : chef’s kiss
That’s exactly it.

Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 4d

Not an expert on this stuff but I have the sense that no one backing Weiss understands that what she has done her whole career, opinion-based news-flavored content, is distinct from news reporting.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 4d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Eric Beckman @erbeckman.bsky.social · 5d

"...a mandate for 'balanced and fact-based' news..." is nonsense; like a requirement for donut-rich, weight-reducing diet.
www.npr.org/2025/10/06/n...

Bari Weiss joins CBS with a mandate for 'balanced and fact-based' news

CBS' parent company is buying The Free Press and installing Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

www.npr.org

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