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New York Working Families Party @nywfp.bsky.social · 6h

Tish James has always had New York’s back, and New Yorkers will always have hers.

Join us tomorrow at 5:30PM at Foley Square to stand with her.

Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 6h

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7h

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 12h

Ta-Nehisi Coates: "was silence not an option"

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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 12h

Somehow, I had not seen that photo. Terrifying thanks for sharing.

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HazeDZ @hazydayz.bsky.social · 14h

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 12h

Wong came from Breitbart.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16h

It's pope vs. president now. "The Church, like a mother, accompanies those who are walking," the pontiff writes in the document, titled "Dilexi te" (I have loved you). "She knows that in every rejected migrant, it is Christ himself who knocks at the door of the community."

www.reuters.com

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Nebraska Humane Society @nehumanesociety.bsky.social · 16h

We're running out of available kennels! To help clear some space and in celebration of #AdoptAShelterDogMonth, we're having an adoption special! 💜

From Thursday through Sunday, all adult dogs 25lbs+ will be 'Pick your Price', which means YOU get to decide the adoption fee.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 16h

Turns out, the MAGA Supreme Court is the one interested in converting your kids through the use of quack doctors with medically unsound practices based on no scientific evidence. "Every accusation is a confession" with them.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Supreme Court Wants to Convert Your Kids

During a hearing this week, the court’s theocrats made it clear that they’ll vote to end a ban on conversion therapy for minors.

www.thenation.com

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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 16h

If seeing the video of a pastor being shot in the head with a pepperball and pepper-sprayed in the face up close doesn't change this debate just a little, I don't know what will...Of course it's not on Fox or NewsMax...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17h

Bovino, a nice anglo saxon name. Definitely came over on the mayflower. bsky.app/profile/talk...

TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 17h

In Los Angeles and now Chicago, the White House's aggressive deportation operations have one hype man: Greg Bovino.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...

Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection

Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 17h

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 17h

the question is really why Trump wants so badly to be seen as a peacemaker, not whether he is one (obviously not)

Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 19h

there was a ceasefire when trump came in. he let israel blow that up, let famine spread, let his goons murder starving people, before using the power he'd had since he took office. grotesque to call this peacemaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-mideast-visit-israel-gaza.html

(from the nyt obvi) With Mideast Deal, Trump Is on the Brink of a Major Diplomatic Accomplishment

For President Trump, success in brokering a cease-fire is the ultimate test of his self-described goal as a deal maker and a peacemaker.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17h

The Advantage program was a lifeline for New Yorkers like Kasha, a working mom struggling to get out of a shelter and into stable housing.

But when then-Gov. Cuomo slashed funding, homelessness surged.

These are political choices. We can choose differently.

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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 17h

This is frankly terrifying.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

the latest effort to try to find the switch to turn off liberalism (also these people hate the idea of a free society)

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 20h

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Danny Pinion @sirala6.bsky.social · 18h

Reminds me of the final shot in "Psycho" with Norman looking right at the camera.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 22h

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Joan Walsh @joanwalsh.bsky.social · 18h

Bondi followed up her congressional contempt by promising the president she'd take apart "antifa" -- which doesn't exist.

Pam Bondi’s Shameless Message to Democrats

You have no power.

www.thenation.com

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 1d

This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 1d

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry this is crazy

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 1d

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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