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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Landry Ayres @landryayres.bsky.social · 10h

Trump's Quest for Unchecked Power: A Video Roundup

Our early-October collection of clips on how the president is exploiting the government shutdown to serve his own ends

www.theunpopulist.net

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Stuart L. Riley @slriley.com · 22h

It's a fact.

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Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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Landry Ayres @landryayres.bsky.social · 17h

“Protect the children” is also conveniently used as a smokescreen for so many insidious actions, but considering we’re seeing multiple international instances of this heinous stuff I’m more inclined to say it seems bad!

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Landry Ayres @landryayres.bsky.social · 18h

Here’s an explainer on just one of the many neglected investigations sacrificed for the sake of Trump’s cruel immigration crackdown I did for @theunpopulist.net.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d

Genuinely crazy how much we went from debates about body cams to "is the camera rolling? good. now watch me assault this dude."

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 7d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Landry Ayres @landryayres.bsky.social · 7d

Village of Broadview employees welcome DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to use the public bathroom

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 13d

how it’s done

eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 14d

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

www.chosun.com

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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 13d

One of the Trump administration’s defining traits has been the systematic use of executive power to enrich the president, his family, and his inner circle.

The Most Corrupt U.S. Presidency Ever: A Video Roundup

Our late-September collection of clips on the MAGA man's monetization mission

www.theunpopulist.net

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Landry Ayres @landryayres.bsky.social · 13d

If you want to know the future Hegseth wants, just go see One Battle After Another. As funny as it is (very) there is a bleak earnestness.

***(not really a spoiler but avoid if you want every detail to be fresh)***

A central character at one point receives the “Bedford Forrest Medal of Honor”.

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 13d

Hegseth's contention that government declarations can fully settle historical controversies once and for all would be laughable if it wasn't so risible. He wishes it were that easy. But perpetrators of massacres, like Confederate leaders, also answer to social, cultural, and historical judgment.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 14d

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Landry Ayres @landryayres.bsky.social · 14d

It’s just further proof that scuzzy Leo is the best Leo! He’s not a heartthrob; he’s a sad sack (and thats great).

Jesse Walker @notjessewalker.bsky.social · 14d

"It's EDDINGTON meets RUNNING ON EMPTY!" (Well, no, not exactly. But it's good.)

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 18d

Anyway, good luck beating the brand so famously good at PR they bounced back from their products literally being poisoned by a serial killer.

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Landry Ayres @landryayres.bsky.social · 19d

I’ve seen a lot of Christian Speed painting in my time (seriously; google it) and I have a problem no one else has seemed to mention…

She didn’t even paint it upside down! Where’s the flip? Where’s the prestige?!

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 19d

The US is not one or two election cycles away from being OK even if they’re blowouts.

worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · Apr 10

This is so embarrassing

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Landry Ayres @landryayres.bsky.social · 20d

Underrated city!

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Landry Ayres @landryayres.bsky.social · 20d

Texas has the realest rivers of them all!

Behold the most certainly not artificial San Antonio Riverwalk

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Landry Ayres @landryayres.bsky.social · 20d

The mighty Trinity will not be spoken down to!

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 20d

ultimately what they want isn't the free speech of a fractious society, but the norms of an academic cocktail party--where any topic is fair game, so long as we all admit it kind of doesn't matter and this is just a little post-dinner diversion we're engaged in

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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 22d

In Trump’s America, Ice Cream Vendors Get Arrested and Predators Get a Head Start

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 22d

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

Curtis Evans, of Evanston, a military veteran USMC intelligence during President Reagan’s era, carries a U.S. Flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

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Landry Ayres @landryayres.bsky.social · 24d

What’s it like to live my dream

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24d

Ultimate flex: I don't think I could name five podcasts

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24d

dating apps should just make men list their top 5 podcasts

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Landry Ayres @landryayres.bsky.social · 24d

Me and the gang rolling deep post-No Kings

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25d

Other governments that have used "terror" as a pretext for shutting down civil society not aligned with their political leaders: Hungary, Turkey and Russia.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26d

Top Trump officials used Charlie Kirk’s death to threaten liberal groups, making unsubstantiated claims about a “domestic terror” movement. nyti.ms/3ViXyGZ

JD Vance sits at a desk with an American flag behind him. A headline reads: “On Charlie Kirk Show, Vance Talks of Crackdown On Liberal Groups.” Photo credit: Doug Mills/ The New York Times.

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