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Kragar

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Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · Jun 30

Anyone taking money to build or run concentration camps, or takes money to support ICE is a fucking Nazi and deserves to have their lives ruined.

Find these people and publicly shame and humiliate them.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

WAKE UP, AMERICA!

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Hermione, Texas Granger @misterfungi.bsky.social · 3h

can’t even use the military on your own people and win the nobel peace prize anymore because of woke

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Patric Reynolds @patricjreynolds.bsky.social · 14h

i don’t think the founders would believe it would ever come to pass that this country elected (TWICE) a syphilis-addled felon that tried to get overthrow our democracy, but here we are.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14h

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

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Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · 11h

A man in an inflatable frog costume with the caption "This man is your FRIEND, He fights for FREEDOM"

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Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · 11h

I have a free account with full access to WaPO and I don't bother using it anymore because of nonsense like this.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 14h

A columnist still at WaPo.

Headline: "Yes, Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize."

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 12h

I hate that we live in a country where writers are fleeing and singers are scared.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 13h

the answer to how much the GOP wants to lose VAGov by is “yes”

American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 15h

WATCH: Winsome Earle-Sears says her opposition to marriage equality or her support for LGTBQ+ Americans being fired for being gay is "not discrimination." #VAGov

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 15h

This article hasn’t explained a single thing about how this happened. I didn’t even get a sense that Jared knew how it happened.

Get to a yes first and then work out the details? Why would I give you a yes without details? What does that even mean?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h

Here’s how Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, helped broker an Israel-Hamas breakthrough from a makeshift command center in Florida.

How Jared Kushner, a Self-Described ‘Deal Guy,’ Helped Broker a Gaza Breakthrough

Trained in New York City real estate, the president’s son-in-law had a single goal: Get to a yes first, and hash out the details later. “It’s just different being deal guys — just a different sport,” he said.

nyti.ms

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

When the Supreme Court struck down Biden's policies, it was tempting to think: "At least these limits on executive authority will bind Trump if he comes back into office." But no—the court's skepticism of executive power vanished on Jan. 20, 2025. This dynamic is obvious to anyone paying attention!

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16h

The President of the United States is openly seeking revenge on his political opponents.

First Jim Comey. Now Tish James. Anyone who seeks to hold Donald Trump accountable could be next.

Trump is ripping a page right out of the authoritarian handbook.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17h

Breaking News: Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, is said to have been indicted after President Trump pushed the Justice Department to seek charges against her. James, who is accused of committing mortgage fraud, brought a civil case against Trump in 2022. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Attorney General Letitia James of New York is in front of a microphone. A headline reads: "New York Attorney General Letitia James Indicted After Pressure From Trump."

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Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · 16h

You're more likely to be harmed by Stephen Miller's policies than by an immigrant

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16h

i feel like everything bari weiss does is treated like she's a network exec in 1973 when she's really just a LARPer at the helm of a particularly irrelevant brand while TV news is dying.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 16h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · 16h

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 20h

thinking about how fucked up it is to give kids measles on purpose and then withhold tylenol from them

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Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 18h

You should receive a push notification when the light turns green.

Who’s building this?

Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 18h

Maybe at critical intersections we should add a sound when the light changes to wake up the people in the front of the line of cars on their phones.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 19h

Someone just reminded me that Fergus was the subject of this tweet years ago that turned into a minorly viral meme. So if you do an image search for 'big strong man tiny potato boy' right now all the top results are Fergus. 🥹

Screenshot of a tweet by me dated 2022. There is a photo of my brown tuxedo. tabby Fergus and the text reads "Fraud alert: local woman makes conflicting statements about her cat, claiming he both a big strong man and a tiny potato boy"

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Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · 18h

If anyone out there is an expert on running an unnecessary and divisive primary...

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 19h

I saw this 15 mins ago and I am still laughing

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 20h

you could just go work in a restaurant and they pay you money instead of you having to pay them

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 20h

This 'The Bear'-esque dining experience puts you in the center of the kitchen chaos

At Speakeasy Society's 'Family Meal,' curse words are thrown, recipes are slandered and it all makes for fun, irresistible drama.

www.latimes.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 18h

Still running during the shutdown: ICE’s mass deportation operation.

Closed during the shutdown: ICE’s entire Office of Detention Oversight.

americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/ice-rages-...

ICE Rages On During Shutdown As Federal Workers Go Without Paychecks and American Kids Face Potential Hunger

Priorities.

americasvoicecnn.substack.com

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Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · 19h

Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · 19h

Greg, we need to talk about your flair...

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