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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 5h

If you’re tired of seeing your tax dollars go to Argentina while Trump tariffs kill your local businesses and make everything more expensive

…or worried you’ll get snatched off the streets by ICE because you’re not the “right” skin color, despite being here legally

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jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 3h

Ah! What a difference 120 years makes!

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 5h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 11h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 7h

You would think they would have learned by now… especially given how they’ve repeatedly humiliated Columbia.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 15h

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h

New York health officials have confirmed the first locally transmitted case of the chikungunya virus which causes high fever, joint pain and fatigue.

It’s usually a tropical virus, but there are now infected mosquitoes spreading in New York. (NYT)

jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 16h

😆🤣🤣😆🤣🤣

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

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jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 2d

Wouldn’t have happened if he didn’t change the name from Department of War.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 2d

He never misses.

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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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jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 3d

Incredibly minor compared to a concerted effort by a literal authoritarian administration to terrorize and jail opposition.

The Post has lost its way, and this commentator is smoking whatever Bezos brew allows him to draw false equivalency between argument and autocracy.

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jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously?
Placing the responsibility for a possible US fall on equal parts fascism and “illiberal leftism on college campuses” that are implied to lead to Charlie Kirk’s death.
Bullshit.

Kirk was killed by a more rightwing rightwinger. Whatever lack of free speech on campus is…

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3d

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 3d

Www.hidinginplainsightbook.com

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jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 3d

Well, at least he’s realistic…

jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 3d

This… is worth a watch.

youtube.com/shorts/nU-Zk...

A story about my father and his typewriter.

YouTube video by The Korean Vegan

youtube.com

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 4d

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 3d

What would a malicious actor tasked with destroying the United States do any differently?

jpiterak.bsky.social @jpiterak.bsky.social · 3d

Containing Russia and other dictatorships (> undermine NATO); keep democracy and internal peace (> build US Gestapo, eliminate Posse Comitatus, turn DoJ into retribution tool, combine data on US citizens into targeting, location, and retribution tool; undermine elections)…

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