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Phil Eckert @fileckert.bsky.social · 2h

Or in favour with Murdoch...

A Cathedral of Grievance: How Murdoch Built The Monster He Can No Longer Control

Rupert Murdoch built more than a media empire. He built a cathedral of grievance where facts die on the altar and paranoia pays the rent.

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Phil Eckert @fileckert.bsky.social · 2h

No, Murdoch doesn't care.

A Cathedral of Grievance: How Murdoch Built The Monster He Can No Longer Control

Rupert Murdoch built more than a media empire. He built a cathedral of grievance where facts die on the altar and paranoia pays the rent.

theaimn.net

Phil Eckert @fileckert.bsky.social · 2h

It's an oxymoron

Phil Eckert @fileckert.bsky.social · 2h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.

Phil Eckert @fileckert.bsky.social · 2h

All of it..

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Phil Eckert @fileckert.bsky.social · 2h

It's hard to believe it's happening so fast.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.

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Phil Eckert @fileckert.bsky.social · 13h

🤔?

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 14h

I don't think Secretary Kennedy knows what a placenta is.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 15h

“You’re going to be priced out of health insurance but EVERYONE GO BUY MY WATCH”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Planet Nude @planetnude.co · 18h

Date set for Portland’s ‘emergency’ naked bike ride www.planetnude.co/p/date-set-f...

Date set for Portland’s ‘emergency’ naked bike ride

Organizers say the protest will take place Sunday, October 12

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

Rushing to the pharmacy to pick up my fat checks from Merck and Pfizer.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 15h

Narrator: “Antifa is not out of control in Portland.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "Antifa is out of control in Portland and other places ... we're looking for the people that are funding them and those people are gonna be just as guilty as the people that smack people over the head with a baseball bat."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Kristi Noem: "I was in Portland and met with the governor and mayor and chief of police and superintendent of the highway patrol. They are all lying and disingenuous and dishonest people. Because as soon as you leave the room, then they make the exact opposite response."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Kristi Noem: "If we have to do it the hard way in Portland and Chicago, we will."

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

According the victim's attorney, body camera footage captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good.”
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

i still think about the debate where marco rubio said donald trump had a small dick and look at where we are now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Marco Rubio kisses Trump's ass and the whole cabinet applauds

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Kayt Sukel @kaytsukel.bsky.social · 14h

To “make” the proof. Jesus.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: Can you promise Palestinians they will be able to stay?

TRUMP: Uhhh. Well they know exactly what we're doing. You can't live right now in Gaza.

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 23h

James Paterson “are you saying that you make (spending) decisions in isolation of what the deficit is, or are you mindful of the impact that decisions have on the deficit?”
Penny Wong “We are always mindful of our budget position which is why it is better than yours”🔥 #Estimates

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The Amish Anglo-Catholic @amishcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

Hell speaks through many mouths

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 2d

Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon tells Christians they can "make Jesus smile" by joining ICE: "You literally can join ICE and be God's appointed avenger who seeks to carry out God's vengeance on the evildoer." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 1d

America's last best defence against tyranny continues to be the gobsmacking laziness and stupidity of its dear leader

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Eleanor Padman @ellie1p.bsky.social · 1d

Horrible reporting from the ABC describing China as “once a climate villain”. Actually no, on a per capita basis and since industrialisation they are middle of the pack. Whereas Australia 👇

#auspol

Graph showing global emissions on a per capita basis since 1750.

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