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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 3h

We’re not afraid of you.

Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 11h

Unless…? www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMAdjY9C/

#taylorswift #swifty #swifties #taylor #thelifeofashowgirl

TikTok video by JJ 🧡

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17h

“We Are Elated by the Gaza Ceasefire News. Now, the World Must Hold Israel to Account for 2 Years of Genocide”

In an emotional essay for Zeteo, former Palestinian negotiator Diana Buttu reacts to the ceasefire announcement, what it means for Palestinians, and what still worries her.
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We Are Elated by the Gaza Ceasefire News. Now, the World Must Hold Israel to Account for 2 Years of Genocide

In an emotional essay, former Palestinian negotiator Diana Buttu reacts to the ceasefire announcement, what it means for Palestinians, and what still worries her.

zeteo.com

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 21h

I am stunned. Trump’s own antifa round table draws a parallel between antifa and the resistance to the actual Nazi regime.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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A Monster Mullins in Texas @amullinstx.bsky.social · 1d

There isn’t a national antifa organization, but if you wanted to create one, sending your Sardaukar to subdue all the major cities would be a great way to kick it off.

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 1d

“From a purely practical perspective, Democrats will need to move left to repair the damage done by centrists if they want to win contested elections.”

Centrists Shrank the Democratic Tent. Only the Left Can Expand It.

Motivated by their personal agenda, establishment Democrats pushed voters away in 2024. To repair that damage, the party needs a left-wing agenda.

open.substack.com

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 1d

omg this headline

Is Taylor Swift's New Album Bad Enough To Trigger Class Consciousness?

"The world is burning down, but your new album’s out and you won’t let us forget that there’s a new limited edition at Target."

www.huffpost.com

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 2d

I cannot believe how frequently some of you skeet

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Detroit Metro Times @metrotimes.com · 2d

A Republican state lawmaker leading a campaign to ban pornography in Michigan appears to have had an account on a pornographic hook-up website, according to records obtained by Metro Times.

Michigan Republican pushing pornography ban linked to porn site, records show - Detroit Metro Times

A Republican state lawmaker leading a campaign to ban pornography in Michigan appears to have had an account on a pornographic hook-up website that promised users they could “find sex” and “get laid t...

www.metrotimes.com

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 2d

“The springing up of these multi-million-dollar groups is not evidence of the [establishment]’s strength but of its weakness.”

Breaking up the monopoly on reality

the struggle between the center & the border

cracksinpomo.substack.com

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 3d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 3d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 3d

A @metrotimes.com cover story from 2019:

Is Trump a fascist?

The F-word

www.metrotimes.com

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 4d

Watch it through to the end

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 4d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 3d

I’m sure The Atlantic will let us know precisely when the fascism arrives 👍

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Richard Brecky presents: JELLYBEAN! @spm1961.bsky.social · 4d

"He points at polls that show diminishing support for trans rights or reproductive rights as proof that 'we' are losing the argument, but never pauses to wonder why a party would be losing an argument that it has been scared to even make."

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote about why the regrettable conclusions of Ezra Klein pissed me off so badly in the last couple weeks.

On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...

Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something

On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.

www.the-reframe.com

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 4d

Serious question… what should those protocols look like? I’m an editor for a weekly newspaper.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 4d

panels from a 2017 cartoon

panels from a cartoon from 2017 with then-cabinet assuring him he will be despised until the heat death of the universe and he says, so I'll never be forgotten

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

primary anybody who doesn't talk like this

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 4d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 8d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 6d

a lot of pandemic histories omit or speed past the massive, right wing billionaire-financed disinformation campaign waged against public health policies and officials. jonathan is doing critical work here. looking forward to reading it.

Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 6d

The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done!

COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.

Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.

How did that happen?🧵

sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...

Everyone Else is Lying to You: My Book is Done!

The pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders are now in charge. How did this happen?

sciencebasedmedicine.org

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d

Red line. Orange line. Tips line.

#ICYMI, you can now catch ProPublica’s tips line on the DC metro 🚆

Federal workers and contractors: We want to hear from you. You can reach us at https://propublica.org/tips or 917-512-0201 on Signal.

Interior of a WMATA train. Near the exit doors, above the blue accessible seats is a ProPublica ad that reads "Someone on this train has the next big story. Is it you? Signal: 917-512-0201. propublica.org/tips." The poster's illustration features a Black woman wearing business attire, standing while holding on to a guardrail. Next to her is a seated white man in a button-down shirt. He wears his backpack and is looking down intently at his phone.

Close-up of a D.C. metro ad. Tagline reads: "There are thousands of federal staffers with stories to tell. Share yours. Signal: 917-512-0201. propublica.org/tips." Background illustration shows a man in a dark suit standing on an escalator that's heading out of the metro station, holding his phone out as he looks back.

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Leyland “Lee” DeVito @leedevito.bsky.social · 6d

Taylor Swift is crashing out and my Swiftie friends are spiraling

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 6d

10K Word Premium: OpenAI is another unprofitable, desperate AI startup building products on its own models, spending $2.60 to make $1. Sora 2 is a reckless attempt to grow ChatGPT that costs them at least $5 per generated video. They need to raise $20bn+ before EoY.
www.wheresyoured.at/sora2-openai/

OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup

What is OpenAI? I realize you might say "a foundation model lab" or "the company that runs ChatGPT," but that doesn't really give the full picture of everything it’s promised, or claimed, or leaked t...

www.wheresyoured.at

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Detroit Metro Times @metrotimes.com · 6d

Hank Winchester, the longtime WDIV-TV consumer affairs reporter, was recently fired from the station. Newly obtained records reveal the detailed allegations against him.

WDIV fires Hank Winchester: Police records detail allegations - Detroit Metro Times

Hank Winchester, the longtime WDIV-TV consumer affairs reporter who was placed on leave this summer while police investigated misconduct allegations, was recently fired from the station, and newly obt...

www.metrotimes.com

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 7d

Mamdani’s controversial stance is the he believes an arrest warrant by the ICC needs to be respected regardless of the accused. Those who disagree believe that international law must never be applied to the people they like. It really is that simple.

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 8d

Zohran Mamdani: “If Netanyahu comes to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next year while I am mayor, I will move to honor the ICC arrest warrant issued in The Hague against him — just as I would against Putin."

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