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Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 3h

I wonder what the Bible would have to say about that hair don’t. Is a former member of the Lollipop Guild?

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10h

A White Christian nationalist pastor argued recently on a right-wing podcast that the Bible--specifically Deuteronomy 21, about how a father must bring his rebellious son to the town square to be stoned--justifies state violence against Black boys and young men.

www.theroot.com/why-this-whi...

Article from "The Root" by Asheea Smith. Published October 8, 2025

Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 3h

Republicans had moral authority?

Tori @toti66.bsky.social · 4h

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Republicans Surrender Their Moral Authority

If zip-tying children and shoving a young mother to the ground as well as an 80-year-old man wasn't enough, shooting a peaceful pastor definitely cedes Republicans' moral authority on immigration.

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Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 4h

Is access to clean water a human right? The former CEO of Nestle had some thoughts. Nestle has since backtracked … Often the most extreme voices on the right are the ones saying the quiet part out loud. Incremental movement toward privatization of water is happening.

www.reddit.com/r/Switzerlan...

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Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 4h

“They’ll find a reason not to give it to me.” Yes, and it will be the easiest bit of research they’ve ever done.

@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 5h

Shameless self promotion, being a legend in your own mind, are not even remotely acceptable qualifications for a Nobel peace prize…

Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 4h

The death of HIPPA, is ultimately death of privacy. It’s tied to the death of bodily autonomy which is at the core of most of the culture wars.
In essence, you have no right to privacy, and no information is protected. The rouse of security and criminality doesn’t matter. This is a power grab.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

Just a heads up: lots of Republican women get abortions too.

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Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 4h

Antichrist is an ideology, and not a person. Read the Beatitudes and decide which political ideology is more aligned.
If you believe or not, I think it’s pretty obvious where a guy who names his company after the seeing stones used by Sauron in LOTR, and hung with Epstein aligns.

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 5h

What if the world’s most influential investors quietly believed they were fighting the Antichrist? The apocalyptic worldview shaping our future...and your freedom.👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 5h

Wouldn’t invoking the insurrection act provoke justified open violent rebellion among people living in the fact-based universe? Isn’t this really moving us toward a Chechnya-style civil war? Are they just placing their pieces? At the very least there seems to be no denying violence is their goal.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.

Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 5h

pusillanimous, prevaricating, pernicious, poisonous, pedophile-protecting pixie

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

C-SPAN CALLER: What is your plan to fix Obamacare?

MIKE JOHNSON: Great question. There's a lot of improvement that's needed. Obamacare did not do what was promised. We gotta fix that. In the big beautiful bill we reformed Medicaid.

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Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 5h

You know things are dire for Republicans when they have to parade MTG as the supposed voice of reason. Y’all know this is just performative bullshit, right?
This is just a variation of the Susan Collins “I’m very concerned ©️” crap.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 6h

Wolf being absolutely destroyed in Jeopardy by Andy Richter

Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 5h

Johnson don’t care.

My guess is the caller probably still vote republican. Why? Because they’re only seem concerned now that it’s directly affecting them.

I could be wrong, but these excerpts seem to point to an essential difference between right and left: What about ME? vs What about US?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

VIRGINIA CALLER: “As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party, and I'm very disappointed in you… I am begging you to pass this legislation. My kids could die... the audacity of someone who makes 6 figures a year to do this to military families is insane.” #TrumpShutdown

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Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 5h

“Mustn’t let the anti fascists win!” It sounds like a poorly written script read by Tokyo Rose to demoralize Americans during WW2.

FYI the New York Post is owned by News Corp, Lachlan Murdoch is CEO … yeah, those Murdochs.

Again, extrapolate.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

So the argument for sending US troops into cities to be used against Americans is that Antifa has apparently taken over our cities and the troops have to battle them.

Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 5h

For the hateful, 1 cent is too much. I’m reminded of the exchange in Goldfinger between Bond and Goldfinger. Bond is strapped to a table and a golden laser beam is moving toward his crotch:

James Bond: Do you expect me to talk?
Auric Goldfinger: No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!

Extrapolate.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Context matters

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Ed Lynch @goatburgler.bsky.social · 6h

Brandi Kruse used to “suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome” but, since she changed sides, “I’m happier, I’m more healthy, I think I’m even a bit more attractive.”

Posobiec: Antifa is so clearly real that it “has been going on for almost 100 years ... going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany.”

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Holly Baxter reports on a meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got rid...

www.independent.co.uk

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Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 6h

Like DEI, one should not use the term Antifa. It short circuits the thought process associated with those concepts, and it’s using and reinforcing the language of the oppressor. Instead and always, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Anti Fascist. Use the complete terms.

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 16h

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 16h

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Charlie Dog! @charlietotherescue.bsky.social · 6h

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Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 6h

We have been this for a while. I think what is happening is that those who were previously shielded from or blind to right wing BS, are now seeing the undeniable evidence of what marginalized groups have been talking about for years. Glad to see you’re awake, and welcome to the struggle.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Jesse💙💙💙💙 @journeyled.bsky.social · 9h

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Where are the law breakers? In DC in the White House. Pam Bond is a liar, Epstein Files? On her desk. Oops gone. 47 the ancient liar says Portland is burning. Oops, Portland is peaceful, chicken suited man. Follow and laugh at them.

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Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting use of the word “it.”

Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

The "Department of Homeland Security" which is living up to its Orwellian name has posted a video on Facebook of agents arresting (alleged) illegal aliens and titled the video "Bag it. Tag it. Take it down."

This is grotesque. Even assuming every person in the video committed some criminal act,

Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 1d

Release the Epstein files.

Trickemhunter @trickemhunter.bsky.social · 1d

Trump at his best!!

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Kim-M 26947 @kimberlymorgan.bsky.social · 1d

And that is just the way they like it.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

Behold. The "genetic master race".

A photo, originally posted by @magicmoneytree.bsky.social, of the eugenecists/"race science" advocates Richard Hanania, Curtis Yarvin and Nathan Cofnas.

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Jennifer Shin @jennifershin.bsky.social · 1d

FFS, it's not rocket science. The real problem is that they want people to have less than them so that they can lord it over them and feel validated for their hatred.

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Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 1d

Is Jack Smith going to sue him? He should.

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Jack Smith wasn’t the special counsel when the FBI obtained a court order to search Mar-a-lago for classified documents.

He was in the Netherlands working at the ICC.

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Mark @markmacleod33711.bsky.social · 1d

She’s a trad wife? She should cook for them. Live your truth.

randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 1d

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