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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 6h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Jennifer Harris @jwharris.bsky.social · 6h

Damn! That’s crazy. Where are the Epstein files?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 9h

The haters said it wouldn't work. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 9h

Follow ups and not tolerating lies and bullshit.

Imagine if corporate media did this for 10 years.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

STEPHANOPOULOS: Did Tom Homan give the $50,000 back?

VANCE: He did not take a bribe. It's a ridiculous smear

STEPHANOPOULOS: You didn't answer the question

VANCE: Did he accept $50,000? I'm sure that in the course of Homan's life, he's been paid more than $50k for services.

(So, no, he didn't)

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 9h

He's got the Grim Reaper looking over one shoulder and the Ghost of Epstein Past looking over the other

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 9h

This is the definition of an ad hominem argument.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

STEPHANOPOULOS: ProPublica reported that several members of the Trump administation have similar questions about their mortgages

VANCE: ProPublica is basically a left-wing blog

S: Do you dispute the facts they reported?

VANCE: I haven't read it. I have no idea. I certainly question the source

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 12h

the one thing we know for sure that Bari is good at is securing investment from wealthy reactionaries

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

🤡

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Also lying:
- your own eyes
- every bit of video evidence
- the fabric of reality itself

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

trib.al

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Shek @dameshek.bsky.social · 13h

Smart.
If Penn State football's known for anything, it's the enduring trust they place in longtime assistants.

Nicole Auerbach @nauerbach.com · 13h

Penn State has officially announced the firing of James Franklin.

Associate head coach Terry Smith will serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

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

"You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time."

I didn't think George Stephanopolous had that gear, but good for him. That's how it should always be done.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 15h

Once American democracy made it possible for a Black man to be elected president, American conservatives decided that it had to be destroyed

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 18h

While Vought traces the “leftwing revolution” back a hundred years, to the progressive era, there is no question that the election of Barack Obama was a radicalizing moment for him and many key thinkers on the radical Right - as were the multiracial protests in the summer of 2020.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 16h

I hate profiles of conservatives who are worried that their country is changing and would welcome profiles of liberals and leftists who are afraid of same thing from the opposite direction and treated their concerns the same kind of reflexive deference

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 19h

Ignore the "Biden FBI" part—that's just standard Trumpian Deep State conspiracy nonsense. The more damning rebuttal is that even Kash Patel has made clear they were just there for crowd control after rioting had begun, not (as Trump insinuates) to instigate violence.
www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi...

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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guz1980.bsky.social @guz1980.bsky.social · 1d

Were you calling the Ohio St. QB “Justin”? No shade if you were, I also think his name is Justin but according to every source I can find, that’s not the case.

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RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 1d

Good day for Ohio State fans...

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guz1980.bsky.social @guz1980.bsky.social · 1d

It was kind of an ick for me when I found out he was from a town of less than 500 people. It’s a big jump from that to the SEC.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

I hear Sen Mike Lee is butthurt about this depiction of his slavish devotion to a dictator because he so wants a seat on SCOTUS that he’s willing to sell us all out to a wannabe dictator and he hates people pointing that out

Geez. Should be illegal

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guz1980.bsky.social @guz1980.bsky.social · 1d

The name came to me on this lovely Saturday, Travis Dorsch kicked and punted at Purdue & was an all American @dannybkelly.bsky.social @dannyheifetz.bsky.social @craighorlbeck.bsky.social then he played 1 NFL game after being drafted in the 4th & from what I can tell, allowed too much return yardage