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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone wonders why we call them wannabe authoritarians, here you go.

They’re now shitting on the Bill of Rights.

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

“Policy says reporters cannot obtain or solicit any information the Defense Department does not explicitly authorize. Any media who does not sign by 5 p.m. Tuesday has 24 hours to turn in their media credentials and clear out.”

Absolute fucking abomination.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 @vero1986.bsky.social · 15h

—a profound disorder of the mind (and the brain itself) which
does not affect intellectual intelligence, but which entirely blocks any genuine emotional understanding (not to mention any moral compass).
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Watch: Rachel Maddow lays out why you should care about JD Vance's real agenda

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 @vero1986.bsky.social · 15h

JD Vance follows Curtis Yarvin. They and powerful techbros want to completely "delete" the government and dismantle universities, businesses and our entire system. Replace it with a dictator to control the country including all businesses and schools. This is what propagandist liar Vance believes.

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Joy Blakeslee @jblakeslee.bsky.social · 13h

Where did this come from? Who the hell wrote this?

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 2d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Javi Ibarrondo @jibarrondo.bsky.social · 1d

As U.S. shutdown drags on, ‘it’s just one blow after another’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

As U.S. shutdown drags on, ‘it’s just one blow after another’

Federal researchers confront growing uncertainty about future

www.science.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

( ht: @tizzywoman.bsky.social )

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Jennifer Taylor @jtaylor27.bsky.social · 1d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Joy Blakeslee @jblakeslee.bsky.social · 1d

Biden brought home 40 hostages and had a peace plan with Netanyahu until Bibi went to Mar-a-Lago and he and Trump decided better to keep the war going.

Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 1d

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 1d

There were 18 shootings in Chicago this weekend, while under federal occupation.

It’s clear they are deploying into these cities to make drama not to decrease violence.

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David Tomkins @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 2d

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

www.leeds.ac.uk

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Silicon Curtain podcast @siliconcurtain.bsky.social · 1d

Cracks are widening in approval for Putin’s handling of the war. Internal critics — Evgeny Minchenko and Igor Strelkov (Girkin) — have broken their silence in warnings about failure, regime risk, and the unraveling of Russia’s brutal imperial project. youtu.be/UemEtvwlIbA

Igor Strelkov: "The War Will Destroy us" - Putin's Regime & Imperial Ambition

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 1d

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure the people who were *pissed* that Hunter Biden sold paintings are equally furious about Barron Trump reportedly being tapped for the TikTok board.

Right?

…right?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.

Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

The Supreme Court’s 2025 term will decide critical election and voting rights cases that could reshape American democracy. I explain what is on their docket and what cases deserve your attention.

Please watch and share.
youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA

Supreme Court's SHOCKING New Agenda Revealed!

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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