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Jane Sullivan @janesully.bsky.social · 20h

RIP #Dianekeaton 😍 Watching @firstwivesclub.bsky.social and the Ivana Trump cameo is priceless: "Don't get even, get everything!" Too bad it didn't work out for her...

Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler pay tribute to Diane Keaton, their 'First Wives Club' costar

Goldie Hawn and Bette Midler have both shared emotional tributes to their former "First Wives Club" costar, Diane Keaton, who died Oct. 11.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Jane Sullivan @janesully.bsky.social · 3d

He's not alone...

JB Pritzker Has Had It With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Jane Sullivan @janesully.bsky.social · 4d

Not the first time this archbishop was caught lying😖

Caltrans rejects S.F. church’s accusation it hid plans to destroy Junipero Serra statue

The 26-foot tall monument to the Roman Catholic saint — whose impact is remembered by many indigenous communities as an enslaving colonizer — was a landmark for the last 50 years.

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Jane Sullivan @janesully.bsky.social · 4d

Hero 🙏

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7d

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

Doing some back of the napkin math on the Free Press acquisition, I've determined The Onion is worth $2 trillion.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 7d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 7d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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Jane Sullivan @janesully.bsky.social · 9d

Fake news 😳

digby @digby56.bsky.social · 9d

Am I the only one who thinks that this militarization of America is inevitably going to lead to a bloodbath of some kind? What will happen if it does?

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Trump’s proposed “compact” with nine major universities “is extortion, plain and simple,” Erwin Chemerinsky writes in a guest essay. “It is not hyperbole to say that the future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it.”

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

There seems to be no limit to the president’s odious attempts to control higher education.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10d

They’re baaack. 🤣

Repairs and all…

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Jane Sullivan @janesully.bsky.social · 9d

Great advice and ya know we can all use it🙏

5 Simple Steps to Calm Yourself Down

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 9d

"Bari Weiss is running CBS News" sounds like a line out of the worst game of mad libs ever.

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Jane Sullivan @janesully.bsky.social · 9d

Live by the sword… 🤭😂

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

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Jane Sullivan @janesully.bsky.social · 10d

Apparently they never believed in anything in the first place, if it is so easy to capitulate. 😳😳

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10d

Jimmy Kimmel’s refusal to capitulate to Donald Trump stands out because so many other well-situated people have surrendered, withdrawn, or become Trump sycophants themselves, Adam Serwer argues.

Lower Than Cowards

The surrender of America’s elites

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10d

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 10d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11d

🙏 💚

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11d

Stephen Miller tells law enforcement in MEMPHIS: “You are unleashed”

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Jane Sullivan @janesully.bsky.social · 11d

“Pankiw does a very good job of putting Lilith Fair (the Lilith of the title refers to Adam’s first wife before Eve – who knew?) in the context of late 1990s misogyny, always a shocking trip down memory lane given how recent it was.”

There were two paths for America and Lilith Fair was one of them. Sadly it chose the other | Emma Brockes

The all-female music festival from the 90s was a counterpoint to that era’s misogyny. Trump’s US could do with some of that hope and promise today, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11d

“The Govt sometimes makes brief, investigative stops to the check the immigration status of those who gather in locations where ppl are hired for day jobs; who work or appear to work in jobs such as landscaping, construction, agriculture, or car washes…” -Justice Kavanaugh

Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 11d

"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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