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“For Nazi persecution did not take its extreme forms at the very start; on the contrary, it progressed only insofar as it failed to meet with resistance.” - Tzvetan Todorov, “Facing the Extreme”
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gnrb64.bsky.social @gnrb64.bsky.social · Apr 5
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"Cultivating an impression of working-class relatability is key to #Poilievre’s political brand."

www.desmog.com/2025/03/25/p...
Poilievre Mapped: His Inner Circle of Lobbyists and Right-wing Activists
Koch Industries, Elon Musk’s X Corp., Loblaws, Enbridge, Pathways Alliance, the Canadian Gas Association, Rumble Canada, Rebel News, Canada Proud, and Facebook. These are just a handful of the corpora...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h
This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit
A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h
Cartoon by John Deering.
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WE ARE FED UP! @val.sheshed.rocks · 2h
Great news! 24,000 donors have raised over $567,000 within 24 hrs of Letitia James’ indictment. Mamdani also summoned what is known as the sisterhood of Black elected officials in NYC to lend their support. I look forward to her victory. ❤️‍🔥 #Pinks #SheShed

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...
Letitia James sees a record fundraising surge and Democratic support after indictment | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump saw another one of his opponents indicted — but he also gave New York Attorney General Letitia James her best single day of fundraising in a nearly 30-year political career.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 20h
This is dedicated to those who believed DJT and legacy media coverage that Project 2025 was nothing to be concerned about.

Also, this isn’t legal.
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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 1h
Pope Leo XIV to journalists: "Transparency of sources and ownership, accountability, quality and objectivity are the keys to restoring the role of citizens as protagonists in the system, convincing them to demand information worthy of the name. I urge you: never sell out your authority!"
Audience with participants in the 39th Conference of the MINDS International Association
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1h
“This is the first time I’ve seen so many pregnant people in [ICE] detention,” said Tania Wolf, the Southeast advocacy manager at the National Immigration Project. interc.pt/48WWErA
A photo of a sign offering families help locating their relatives hanging outside of an immigrant detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Oct. 2, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention," and the DEK, "The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions."
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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 3h
Another lie from Republican, Senator John Kennedy - they just make things up insane lies and hope they stick. No integrity no conscience. They don’t deserve to be elected to serve the people.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Dv1 #Pinks

www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...
Democrats don't want $3.6M for 'Haitian male prostitutes' to reopen government
The rumor, popularized by Sen. John Kennedy, appeared to be connected to an HIV/AIDS prevention program started under U.S. President George W. Bush.
www.snopes.com
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 2h
Are you fucking kidding me.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15h
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h
We will need Nuremberg-like trials
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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4h
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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Kevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇯 @kevincarson1.bsky.social · 2h
Right now driving a wedge between Trump and Miller, and exploiting Trump's paranoia, should be top priority.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22h
His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
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Kelly ❌ 👑 @kelofchgo.bsky.social · 3h
Dr. Michelle Au
“It’s always harder to build things than to break them,” she observed. “And breathtakingly easy to destroy the things you don’t value, let alone understand.”
It's respiratory season and we are "flying blind" now.

#Pinks
www.commondreams.org/news/cdc-mas...
'It's a Disaster': Medical Experts Horrified by Trump Administration 'Friday Night Massacre' at CDC | Common Dreams
The Trump administration's mass layoffs of CDC public health officials leave the US vulnerable to disease outbreaks. Experts warn of dire consequences.
www.commondreams.org
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 20h
We can have democracy or we can have billionaires.
We cannot have both.

NYT: Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco (gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h
United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, flanked by Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, get loudly booed in Tel Aviv, Israel as they praise Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing
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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 1h
Tied to Qatar
Photos of all the folks tied to Qatar
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Derrick ♎ 🟧 🟦#BLM 🏳️‍🌈 @spawn03.bsky.social · 1h
But they are offended that we call then Nazis.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...
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Liberty and Justice for All @libertyjustice.bsky.social · 1h
Upon reading this, I walked into my office, picked up a colorful paperclip, stuck it on my t-shirt. #PaperClipCampaign
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 2h
“Comely Reader! I suggest we all start wearing the paper clip. Subtler than a red hat, more powerful as a CONNECTION,” @ejeancarroll.bsky.social
wrote, explaining they were also worn during World War II as a sign of resistance against the Nazis.

#PaperClipCampaign
Join Us: Paper Clip Protest Let's all start wearing paper clips. During World War Il, people wore paper clips as a powerful symbol of resistance against the Nazis. Norwegian teachers and students attached them to their lapels, symbolizing solidarity that connected them just like paper clips hold papers together. Today, we wear the paper clip for the same purpose. It acts as a quiet yet strong signal to others that we are united, that we oppose the takeover of our country by a petty tyrant, and that we are standing firm against the destruction of our democracy. Wherever you go, when you see a paper clip on someone's lapel, you'll know you have an ally.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 1h
“There’s absolutely no basis for the president to threaten to put the governor of a state or any other American in jail for simply resisting one of his policies.” @kristyparker.bsky.social joined @gregsargent.bsky.social to discuss Trump’s mounting prosecutions against his critics. Listen here ⬇️
Trump Threats to Jail Foes Take Darker Turn With Damning New DOJ Leaks
As ugly new information emerges about Trump’s efforts to prosecute James Comey and other enemies, a former federal prosecutor explains how Trump’s corrupt schemes are running into stiff internal resis...
newrepublic.com
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gnrb64.bsky.social
gnrb64.bsky.social @gnrb64.bsky.social · 1h
I have a very personal experience with this issue. By the time my partner was ready for MAID, he was too far gone to pass the preliminary test. He went through end-of-life treatment. I will live with the pain & anguish that such a treatment entails for the rest of my life. Don’t wish that on anyone.
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 1h
Superb letters from highly credible writers on 🇨🇦Canada’s enlightened (but still incomplete) MAID legislation, in today’s @theglobeandmail.com.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 6h
Shocking. Hard to imagine this Administration making shit up 😏

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism
www.nytimes.com
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 6h
The Steady State, a group that includes more than 330 former ambassadors, inspectors general, flag officers, Defense and Homeland Security officials, and senior intelligence officers, blasted the Speaker’s remarks

www.alternet.org/mike-johnson...
'Running out of excuses': GOP torched after calling 'No Kings' protest a 'terrorist' event
national security experts for his attack on First Amendment-protected speech and protest after he lashed out at next week’s “No Kings” rallies, which are expected to attract millions of Americans acro...
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 7h
@steadystatevets.bsky.social “A president posting a video depicting his opponents as prey for the Grim Reaper and zombies outside the unemployment office is the opposite of what we expect in a healthy democracy.”

Untethered To the Facts www.commondreams.org/further/unte...
Untethered To the Facts | Common Dreams
Armed terrorism by the White House escalates - What stage of fascism is it when the fuhrer defies the courts to send in troops anyway? - as does the batshit rhetoric about left-wing "terrorism" to hid...
www.commondreams.org
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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 13h
Trump openly promising mass firings of civil servants “because they’re Democrats” is pure authoritarianism. The civil service exists to be nonpartisan—to protect the country, not Trump’s ego.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h
Q: "How many layoffs have you authorized?"

Trump: "A lot. It will be Democrat oriented...They should be Democrat oriented. It will be a lot and we'll announce the numbers over the next couple of days, but it will be a lot of people...Many of them will be fired."
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 6h
I've been saying this exact thing in talks. They are breaking things that aren't easy to fix. And in some cases, like civil rights, destroying a legacy that took a couple of centuries to build, and don't have a ton of buy-in from dems, even if they get power back.
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