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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 20h

Trump has gone totally mad. It's 25th Amendment time all day, every day. He's living in a totally invented, fictional world. And he's old and in ill-health.

It's outrageous, reckless, choose your word that Republicans haven't done more to deal with this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 1d

Tragedy is when I am criticized on social media. Comedy is when you are dismembered with a bone saw and die.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

With receipts!

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

www.theguardian.com

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Buzzcocks @buzzcocks.com · 1d

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Buzzcocks announce new album, Attitude Adjustment

Buzzcocks announce new album Attitude Adjustment - “It’s punk rock with a Motown vibe!” says frontman Steve Diggle

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 2d

There is no left-wing violence in Chicago or Portland. It simply is not happening.

It's so not happening, in fact, that Republicans in Oregon took footage from two South American countries to create a hoax photo about Portland.

They have no actual violent footage to put forward.

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6d

It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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taber @kvetch.gay · 7d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Buzzcocks @buzzcocks.com · 7d

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Buzzcocks announce new album

Buzzcocks have announced a new album, their second without the sadly departed Pete Shelley. It's called Attitude Adjustment and it's out 30 January 2026 via Cherry Red. The record is described as havi...

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Brian Soucek @brsoucek.bsky.social · 7d

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 8d

"Trump's 'compact with universities is just extortion... the future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it."

Very good from UC Berkley law dean Erwin Chemerinsky.

Higher ed leaders should all do so, and donors, unions, anyone with influence should pressure them to.

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

www.nytimes.com

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Buzzcocks @buzzcocks.com · 8d

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ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT - New Album 2026 — Buzzcocks

Our new album ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT is coming in early 2026! The new album Attitude Adjustment will be released 30th January 2026. 14 new tracks on CD and vinyl with artwork by Malcolm Garrett.&n...

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Buzzcocks @buzzcocks.com · 8d

A Different Kind Of Tension

Acclaimed novelist and musician Jonathan Lethem discusses his work and reveals new project ahead of his appearance at the O+ Festival in Kingston - Hudson Valley One

Chapter and verse…

hudsonvalleyone.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 8d

I hope The Cure sues the ever loving shit out of them

John Darwin Kurc @kurc.com · 8d

From DHS. State Run Media.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 8d

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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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 10d

You'll be shocked to learn New College of Florida is on the brink of implosion just a couple of years after DeSantis engineered an extreme right-wing takeover

Fun fact: NCF's new overlords spend $134K per student (!!...the average at other FL publics is $10K) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida

Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.

www.insidehighered.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11d

Judging by their speeches, neither Trump nor Hegseth has paid the slightest attention to how actual wars are being fought in the actual world. The “war fighting” and “lethality” they plan is inside their own country and comes from conflicts inside their own minds.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11d

This current American presidential administration is run by people who are quite obviously mentally ill, and we need to start talking about that.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 11d

Call Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House, and ask him why he's protecting pedofiles and childhood sex traffickers.

His official DC numbers are: (202) 225-4000 and (202) 225-2777

Bossier City office: (318) 840-0309
DeRidder office: (337) 226-6385
Leesville office: (337) 423-4232

Be relentless.

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Buzzcocks @buzzcocks.com · 12d

Sweden, March 2026

Just announced!

Swedish Tour 2026 — Buzzcocks

We’re excited to be touring in Sweden in March! Tickets on sale now.

www.buzzcocks.com

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John // Buzzcocks @johnbuzz.bsky.social · 13d

One Battle After Another - believe the hype! 🎥

Another PT Anderson masterclass.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14d

For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14d

If you attend, work for, once went to, or plan to send your kids to a University of California school, write to the presidents and board of regents and demand UC stand up to Trump's attempts to bribe and cower the greatest public unvierstiy system in the world: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u...

Give In or Fight Back? Colleges Are Torn on How to Respond to Trump.

www.nytimes.com

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 13d

Trump's Portland 'war' zone is really one driveway in front of an ICE facility that has been the site of violent frederal overreation for months:

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Thanks, Trump: ICE Just Gassed a Public School Into Submission

Portland charter school faced fallout from chemical munitions federal riot cops fired at ICE protesters

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 13d

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