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Jessa Slade @jessaslade.bsky.social · 4h

It is the fate of the Tower to fall.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 9h

people seriously underplay the strength of elected leaders, influential people and the like just saying a thing.

just... like... say a thing and repeat it. its the core of politics and communications. you say a thing and say it over and over and it becomes the story. it works.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 8h

Trump has now murdered 34 people in international waters.

No one has any idea if any were criminals, and of course it doesn't matter, because it was a war crime to kill even a single one of them.

Drug trafficking is a felony, but it's not a violent crime and isn't punishable by summary execution.

Trump administration announces another strike on alleged drug-carrying boat, in the Pacific Ocean

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says in a social media post the U.S. military conducted its eighth strike against an alleged drug vessel

www.independent.co.uk

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 8h

A live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6h

Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.

Aozora @aozorasf.bsky.social · 2d

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
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Jessa Slade @jessaslade.bsky.social · 11h

Still going! @merkley.senate.gov protesting Trump's threats to democracy. There's a lot to protest.

Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 14h

TUNE IN: I’m STILL on the Senate floor exposing Trump’s attempts to trample on the Constitution.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...

Merkley STILL Holding the Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy

YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley

www.youtube.com

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 15h

To be crystal clear: trump is talking about taxpayers paying him millions of dollars as some sort of restitution because he was investigated for sending a mob to the US capitol on Jan 6th to overthrow the 2020 election. That might just be he most f*cked up thing he’s done since Jan 6th…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."

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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

So we’re now paying federal taxes so Donald Trump can withdraw them from the Treasury like it’s his own personal bank account? Really?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

> @newyorker.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Jessa Slade @jessaslade.bsky.social · 1d

A good reminder that we will not always see a path through the storm, but we also have our noses, our paws, our friends, and with tentative steps together we might still find our way.

Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social · Aug 12

A story from a few years back, when the team got caught in a whiteout blizzard. Hari is very old now, but he's still the sweetest gentleman I know.

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 1d

Oh you leftists and your PURITY TESTS

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Nazism isn't a goddamned purity test you stupid feckless soulless monsters.

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 1d

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT

"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts

A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

www.bloomberg.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

the year is 2030. the white house remains half demolished because president trump refused to pay construction workers and musk gutted government spending. two thieves sneak into the white house using a truck mounted ladder and steal the constitution

The White White East Wing has a big gaping hole.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d

New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Diwali. The world needs the light.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 3d

So what do you do after you get home with your stolen jewels from the Louvre? Put on a fake mustache and take them back to the museum so you can be a hero? Give them as gifts? List them on Facebook Marketplace? I have to think an ad like “great tiara no dings or scratches” will attract attention.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 3d

Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]

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Jessa Slade @jessaslade.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for posting the hand-drawn one!

Jessa Slade @jessaslade.bsky.social · 3d

Peace & Joy! #nokings

Image: a unicorn, panda, t-rex and frog working together to uphold the flag of the United States

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3d

An even better version! (Apparently hand-drawn, rather than AI.)

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 3d

Anytime you ask “why did the Times cover it this way?” or whatever corporate media it is, remember that influential moderates are the tool of the wealth class and are there to normalize whatever the wealthy want and create doubt regarding reform and change.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3d

Historians of the future: Rest assured, millions of us know all this in real time. We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends. trib.al/0islLh9

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Jessa Slade @jessaslade.bsky.social · 4d

Now I want a functioning democracy AND a monorail

Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 4d

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

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