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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 3h

I sincerely hope in response to those questions they told DHS to eat a bag of dicks.

Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 7h

Mark Bray and Yesenia Barragan, and the family, have safely embarked on their trip to Spain after being questioned by DHS.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 5h

The fact that their ticket was mysteriously canceled the day before and then they were questioned by DHS is both one of the greatest political scandals and crises of my lifetime and just another fucking Thursday in 2025.

Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 7h

Mark Bray and Yesenia Barragan, and the family, have safely embarked on their trip to Spain after being questioned by DHS.

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 3h

Somebody’s gonna prank call the White House in a few hours pretending to be from the Nobel committee, right?

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 5h

They should give the Nobel Peace Prize to antifa.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4h

for real, though, i think the ridiculous inflatable costumes are a major flaw in the armor that can be heavily exploited, portland protestors are leaning all the way into our reputation and making heroes out of inflatable frogs and villains out of the security forces

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4h

FROGS TOGETHER STRONG is fucking incredible

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Jean Ibosh @fedup90611.bsky.social · 10h

This like the Comey grand jury conviction this will fall apart when they find that the evidence is manufactured. They just want his political enemies to go broke fighting in court. What a Vindictive Ass-Hole Orange Man is.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 9h

Most Russians don’t know Putin is a dictator—because he controls the news media.

Same thing is happening with legacy and mainstream news media in the U.S.

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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 5h

One of the more frustrating things about modern society is the influence of people who are completely full of shit.

Post-Left Watch @postleftwatch.bsky.social · 10h

Matt Taibbi's co-host, Walter Kirn, compares Democrats who oppose Trump's immigration crackdowns to Southern politicians who opposed school integration in the 1960s, and equates the National Guard protecting the Little Rock 9 to the National Guard abducting immigrants now.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 5h

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 8h

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
― Hannah Arendt,

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 11h

Um… isn’t this the sorta thing a judge shouldn’t have to order?

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

A federal judge in Illinois has ordered the Trump administration to stop beating, shooting at, and generally using violence against journalists and peaceful protesters. trib.al/4ZfMWqA

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 12h

Say what you want about America, but at least our authoritarianism is still competitive!

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 12h

If the president does it, it's not illegal.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19h

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 12h

Just 'cause it has to be said every now and then.

GOP Senators and Representatives are obviously okay with...everything...that's happening.

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 12h

So they're going to fire air traffic controllers from an incredibly stressful job that no longer pays them. Cool. That should fix the problem.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 12h

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Thursday that the government could dismiss air traffic controllers who repeatedly fail to show up for work during the government shutdown, saying a spike in absences is causing significant air disruptions.

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 12h

There is no rule of law and there are no norms.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

The Rutgers TPUSA chapter — whose characterization of a historian there as a “outspoken, well-known antifa member” led to death threats and moving his family to Europe — think *other* people are being “blatantly defamatory.”

Not them, though. They’re doing politics the right way.

Rutgers TPUSA officers slam petition to shut down chapter, ‘Blatantly defamatory’

Alexander Di Filippo accuses Turning Point USA of inciting violence against Antifa handbook author Mark Bray.

www.foxnews.com

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 13h

Pretty simple litmus test coming up for Dems in ‘26/‘28 that should—but almost certainly won’t—be asked, ‘Should an independent, special prosecutor be appointed to determine if Stephen Miller et al should be referred to The Hague?’

John Harwood @johnjharwood.bsky.social · 13h

in 40 years of covering politics and government, i've never encountered anyone as sinister as Stephen Miller

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Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 14h

trying to figure out how this fits with rfk's theory that covid was “ethnically targeted” to spare ashkenazi jews and i think the answer is just that rfk is a giant antisemite.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15h

he’s gonna end up inventing antisemitism from first principles lmao

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 14h

Yeah, sure, he’s blaming the “Tylenol.” But really what RFK JR is doing here is linking Judaism to autism. What a lot of people are going to get from this is that Jews are twice as likely to be autistic. Because we’re defective.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14h

Can't stop talking about kids genitals. Just impossible for this party to stop talking about kids genitals. Whole party covering up for pedophiles. This is totally normal for the President to talk about. But, no worries.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 17h

Just channelling Stephen Miller's internal dialogue.

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