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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 4h

"When people tell you who they are..."

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

Other hopefuls for restraining an Antichrist include the technology power center of San Francisco, though the Californian city is "godless" and "liberal," Thiel said. He and moderator Peter Robinson discussed if Trump could be a check on the Antichrist, too, acknowledging that liberals could see the president in a different light.
"Do you think Trump is the Antichrist?" Thiel mused at one point. "I will give you a hearing. And we should consider that."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 7h

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Murph @murphtracks.bsky.social · 8h

The Mark Bray situation is so completely fucked right now and if you're a journalist you need to start saying how it's fucked because you're fucking next. They won't stop at academics.

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Murph @murphtracks.bsky.social · 8h

The Mark Bray situation is so completely fucked right now and if you're a journalist you need to start saying how it's fucked because you're fucking next. They won't stop at academics.

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 17h

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Murph @murphtracks.bsky.social · 8h

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 17h

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 7h

Lmao based

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Portland City Council member recommends burner phones and encrypted apps for ICE protesters in FB video

Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo posted a video to her Facebook account on Monday advising constituents how to avoid immigration officers.

www.foxnews.com

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 8h

This clip goes fucking hard.

Bulldog @harpua.bsky.social · 11h

Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo humorously criticizes Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, leading to laughter from CNN's Boris Sanchez.

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 8h

Update:

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 8h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 8h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

Someone's making A LOT of money from all these detentions...

youtu.be/ABXKjnoatfo?...

How immigration raids make private contractors wealthy | The Chicago Report

YouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20h

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

Update:

Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently at a hotel, rebooked for tomorrow.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

Hell of a return on their investment, huh?

abcnews.go.com/US/private-p...

Private prison firm CoreCivic gave $500K to Trump's inauguration, highlighting industry's support

Private prison firm CoreCivic donated $500,000 to Donald Trump's inaugural committee, underscoring the close relationship between Trump and the private prison industry.

abcnews.go.com

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

I mean an absolute fuckton of money.

stocktonia.org/news/immigra...

CoreCivic prison company will rake in $300 million from new ICE contracts - Stocktonia News

The agreements will add more than 5,700 beds for the detention of immigrants, including in California.

stocktonia.org

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

Someone's making A LOT of money from all these detentions...

youtu.be/ABXKjnoatfo?...

How immigration raids make private contractors wealthy | The Chicago Report

YouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago

youtu.be

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

a black and white photo of a woman wearing a cowboy hat and a mask that says ideas are bulletproof .

Alt: a black and white photo of a woman wearing a cowboy hat and a mask that says ideas are bulletproof .

media.tenor.com

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

And another really great convo I had with @grza.bsky.social about the antifa bogeyman here! open.spotify.com/episode/5smM...

Did Nothing Wrong 09/29/25 - Chris Mathias

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

NO ONE UNDERSTANDS!

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

To him, they were.

www.didnothingwrongpod.com/p/episode-38...

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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 1d

Bring. It. On.

In the words of Woody Guthrie, “All you fascists are bound to lose.”

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 1d

This fucking guy...

www.didnothingwrongpod.com/p/episode-38...

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d

Jack Posobiec made his name popularizing the Pizzagate scandal. Nothing he says should be taken seriously.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Jack Posobiec speaks at the "Antifa Roundtable" and immediately references the Weimar Republic. He's a nazi.

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