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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 34m

"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 & dangerous psyche. But now Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses, writes John Harwood for Zeteo.

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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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 5h

Portland sure put a bird on it!!! 👏🦄💪🦖🐥

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 7h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 5h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Chris Miller @iamcurious.bsky.social · 5h

This is the headline.

19thnews @19thnews.org · 5h

The New York AG and former FBI director are two of the most high-profile targets, but the president’s playbook in seeking retribution has been used on many others in the past — including other Black women in positions of power.

From Letitia James to James Comey, Trump is treating the DOJ like an instrument of revenge

The New York AG and former FBI director are two of the most high-profile targets, but the president’s playbook in seeking retribution has been used on many others in the past — including other Black w...

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Truthout @truthout.org · 5h

After Fort Myers city council voted against a partnership between local police and ICE, Florida passed bills targeting “sanctuary” policies. The new laws not only required municipalities to cooperate with ICE, but also gave the governor the authority to remove local officials that got in the way.

Republicans Pushed Hundreds of Bills This Year to Curtail Local Governments

As Trump wages war on US cities, GOP-led states have swiftly passed an array of laws threatening their autonomy.

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Katie Cashman @katiecashman.bsky.social · 9h

Had a great time yesterday sharing resources and door knocking Ward 7 renters. We are a majority renter city, but voter turnout is still low in rental buildings. Organizing with renters is a central part of the work of defending and expanding our democracy!

Councilmember Katie Cashman on the doors in an apartment building with some literature.

Councilmember Katie Cashman and a dozen volunteers with Re-Elect Katie Cashman signs getting ready to hit the doors.

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 5h

consecutive posts:

two and one half hours after posting a desperate plea for attention suggesting Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, feckless nitwit Chris Cillizza notes that Trump pis "publicly directing the Justice Department to target his political enemies."

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Chris Miller @iamcurious.bsky.social · 8h

God just needs to open the heavens and performatively hurl a couple of these jagoffs to everlasting damnation to really drive that point home.

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Gluon Spring @gluonspring.bsky.social · 8h

It's striking the degree to which a lot of Christians seem now to conceive of Christianity is being primarily about asserting belief. Jesus' teachings are hardly mentioned, background noise at most, while bravely putting "Christian dad" in your profile or boldly praying in public are the focus.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13h

Huge, huge swathes of *Trump voters* will effectively have no health care available except for emergency ER.

It is simultaneously a) the worst way to maintain public health and b) the most *expensive* way to do it.

Idiocy from moral degenerates. That's our country now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14h

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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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 14h

“I still can’t believe how unhinged the last update was. Not only the nudity but the motions, boobs bounces more realistically, it’s incredible.”

Elon Musk's xAI seems to have relaxed filters on Grok's video generation, allowing users to create and share explicit AI pornography.

Musk's AI Is Being Used to Make Hardcore Porn: 'Grok Is Learning Genitalia Really Fast!'

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13h

invocation of the insurrection act will be the key moment for everyone. the white house, any state where it's invoked, especially the supreme court. all public officials are ultimately responsible for acting in line with the constitution. a false invocation of the insurrection act, itself a ...

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15h

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

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Scott Crichlow @scrichlow.bsky.social · 13h

“To carry out her vision, McMahon has brought on at least 20 political appointees from ultraconservative think tanks and advocacy groups eager to de-emphasize public schools, which have educated students for roughly 200 years.”

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13h

Top Trump Education Officials Are Dismantling Public Schools: ‘We’re Going to Have a Lot of Empty School Buildings’ talkingpointsmemo.com/news/top-tru...

Top Trump Education Officials Are Dismantling Public Schools: ‘We’re Going to Have a Lot of Empty School Buildings’

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Chris Miller @iamcurious.bsky.social · 13h

Don't Douthat

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Chris Miller @iamcurious.bsky.social · 13h

Steve Scalise definitely understands how mirrors work.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Scalise: "When a good day for you is defined by how much suffering you can impose on other people, maybe you need to look in the mirror and check yourself at the door and wonder what it is you're up here trying to accomplish."

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13h

Whether it’s Joe Biden attending weekly mass or Donald Trump’s ICE agents shooting a priest in the face with a pepper ball, presidents of both sides have directly engaged with the Catholic faith.

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 1d

Oh shit, ANTIFA is suiting up

From the sound of music. Seven children stand in a line inside a grand house, wearing identical light blue sailor-style uniforms with dark collars, neckties, and knee socks. They are arranged from tallest to shortest, standing at attention on a patterned rug with a staircase and ornate wall paneling behind them.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

YOURE FUCKING KIDDING ME

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

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Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

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Treats Hog (Good) 류강 대™🪨🕯️ @karnesmellagio.bsky.social · 2d

Liberal centrists speed running irrelevancy with anyone outside the liberal pundit class

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

in case you dont understand why trump keeps saying portland is burning, its because he watches this sludge on a loop and thinks its reality

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d

The key divide in the Democratic Party during Trump II is between people who want to turn the clock back to 2014 and people who recognize a clean break with the past when they see one. "Let's get back to the way things were" isn't a viable vision for the future and some people have no other.

Seentoomuch @seentoomuch.bsky.social · 1d

That our current system was unable to prevent this is a sign it probably should not recover

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when the head of the cop union in Chicago promised "800-1000" cops would quit if Brandon Johnson won and it was actually six, all of whom were "quitting" by taking a lucrative early retirement.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

The essence of Bari Weiss: not reporting, but crude partisan propaganda presented in the form of reporting—and usually pronounced from the mouths of anonymous sources which likely don't exist. Expect this sort of prolefeed at CBS News soon.

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Cannonball Adderall @leupp.bsky.social · 1d

I love this city

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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