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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 3h

Isn't it a media/journalism no-brainer to keep a running tab of all the wrongfully detained people? I haven't checked this list but it's a simple concept that would probably make a captivating graphic on the right of screen.

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Claire @lb395.bsky.social · 1d

Corporate media: "Ok, but maybe this time they're telling the truth.

Blue and white graphic with red text reading “DHS lied about” in blue, followed by a list of names and phrases in red: Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Kilmar Abrego García, Andry Hernández Romero, Neri Alvarado Borges, Rep. LaMonica McIver, Los Angeles, Jaime Alanís, Sen. Alex Padilla, Portland, Brad Lander, George Retes, Francisco Longoria, Chicago, Silverio Villegas González, Miramar Martinez, taking the “worst of the worst,” and everything.

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 4h

I like your take, thank you very much. I've been revisiting some of the horror classics I watched with my grandma when I was a kid. Next up is The Omen. I will enjoy a couple hours of Jack next, haven't done that in a while.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 4h

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 4h

The avalanche of bullshit.

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 6h

Pick any football game this weekend and the analyst will honestly explain what you're seeing is a cover 2 zone defense. No major news outlet will explain the right wing propaganda strategy because they're basically in on it as you've illustrated.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 7h

The structure of this lede is quite instructive. Use action words ("slams") and extensive quotes to amplify Johnson's heinous lie, then, rather than plainly stating that this is complete bs, the reporters avers that his statement "drew condemnation from some Democrats."

Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday slammed the No Kings protest march scheduled to take place at the National Mall next week, describing the planned protest as the “hate America rally” that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa people.” His characterizations, however, drew condemnation from some Democrats who defended the protest movement, whose first big demonstration was overwhelmingly peaceful.

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 14h

It’s been a bad faith operation based on lying for decades. They’ve created their own MAGA universe where that’s a basic superpower.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 1d

Show me the rubles! Покажите мне рубли!

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats. They are HANDING YOU GIFTS.

The Attorney General just had a guy we know took Russian money speak to the country. There's a direct link from Russia to Benny. You cannot fuck this up.

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 1d

I'm surprised the title isn't "Bari Weiss and Her Search For the Best Obtainable Version of the Truth."

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 2d

Will you pause looking back for a while and put your hand in the pile? A lot of important shit is in the balance.

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 2d

He's anxious.

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 2d

Source: CBS News
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Soybean farmer who backed Trump feels strain of China's boycott amid trade war

With harvest season underway, farmers like Scott Gaffner are worried about what comes next amid a Chinese boycott of American soybeans.

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 2d

I grasped this concept in middle school science class.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

We’re doing studies to prove it (* not how studies work)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 2d

It's been a 100% bad faith operation since the night of Obama's inauguration. Anyone remember the Caucus Room dinner plot?

Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 2d

There is something like +/- 40% of this country that is perfectly happy with him as their king. I've seen some of these stories of famers now selling ZERO soybeans, and I must have missed the one who was outraged that Trump would do this to him.

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 2d

It's the dawn of "we can tell whatever lies we want, and our tribe will gobble them up because they are perfectly conditioned to hate what we've been training them to hate for the past 30 years. There is nothing you and all the truth in the world can do to stop us."

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Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 2d

In the Marvel Universe they've created over the past 30 years lying and shameless are the main superpowers. The MAGAverse Roundtable yesterday was a clear example.

Ford @ford422.bsky.social · 3d

The best obtainable version of the meme.