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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 4h

The last head of state to do this was (checks notes) George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, who was famously mentally unwell and even more famously the guy whose ass we previously kicked in the War of Independence.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 6h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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Full-Frontal Nerd @ffrontalnerdity.bsky.social · 1d

Whoever is officiating Thorns v. ACFC needs to be fired #NWSL

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Full-Frontal Nerd @ffrontalnerdity.bsky.social · 1d

I want Christen Press to go out like a legend... by punching this godawful ref in the face.

Full-Frontal Nerd @ffrontalnerdity.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings

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Full-Frontal Nerd @ffrontalnerdity.bsky.social · 2d

@indivisible.org Too sick to protest today, so broke out the at home #NoKings kit!

Full-Frontal Nerd @ffrontalnerdity.bsky.social · 2d

NO KINGS... ONLY DODGERS!

💙 #LA 💙

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 3d

When you’re making your #NoKings posters, remember… Donald Trump LOVES a good nickname.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

He hit the fucking GRAVITY out of that ball

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!

Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10d

On the 18th we need to be vigilant for increased violence and provocation by both law enforcement and counter-protestors, both of which will be used to try to justify more violence and authoritarianism.

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Full-Frontal Nerd @ffrontalnerdity.bsky.social · 12d

"Concord" (New Hampshire).

Also, "Berlin"

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 12d

We are changing our antifa secret handshake to slap-slap-fistbump-fistbump. Then you snap your fingers once, eat everyone's pets, and make everyone within 50' instantly become trans. Pass it along.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 18d

Republicans in Congress could end the Trump shutdown today by passing a budget deal that protects your health care and takes away Trump’s blank checks.

Let your legislators hear from you.

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 24d

The Roberts Court’s many rulings on executive power are obviously wrong as a matter of law.

But even more than that, the constitutional order they imagine is deeply repugnant to everything the United States stands for.

Not a republic, but at best an elective monarchy.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Sep 18

I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

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Full-Frontal Nerd @ffrontalnerdity.bsky.social · Sep 19

@sagaftra.org - You think ABC/Disney would find their spine if SAG-AFTRA members all strike against them? It's time for our industry to use its power!

Full-Frontal Nerd @ffrontalnerdity.bsky.social · Sep 19

@wgawest.bsky.social

You think ABC/Disney would find their spine if WGA members all strike against them? It's time for our industry to use its power!

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · Sep 18

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Sep 17

Ezra Klein went beyond opposing political violence to extol Charlie Kirk for doing politics "exactly the right way," making up a fictional version of Kirk to praise.

That distortion, with its indulgence of bad faith, is a perfect illustration of the larger media failure that helps Trump.

My latest

Ezra Klein Accidentally Shows How the Media Brought Us Trump

The prominent liberal pundit made up a fake version of Charlie Kirk to praise, laundering his reputation the way a lot of mainstream media launders MAGA

www.arcdigital.media

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Sep 16

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

www.vanityfair.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 15

Phil Williams sharing some data…

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · Sep 15

Question for the white liberals who have written columns praising Charlie Kirk in the name of "free speech."

Where are you columns actually DEFENDING THE FREE SPEECH of people who are being fired for [checks notes] quoting Charlie Kirk? (Which most of you white praisers didn't have the guts to do)

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · Sep 11

/4 The other thing is this: I don't particularly buy the notion that being willing to go anywhere and say shitty things to anyone makes you a hero. Does it make you better than someone willing to go anywhere to beat anyone up? Yeah I guess.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · Sep 11

Guys, I know you all still cling to conspiracy theories about Merrick Garland bc ... well, you watch too many TV lawyers who knew fuckall about the investigation.

But this is a fact. A trial was scheduled to happen 3 years after Jan6, just like Bolsonaro got.

Who killed it? John Roberts.

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Full-Frontal Nerd @ffrontalnerdity.bsky.social · Sep 11

Terrible people can die in terrible ways.

It doesn't make either of them acceptable.