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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 3h

Whew this piece is so scathing.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

With receipts!

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

www.theguardian.com

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 3h

The north remembers, my guy.

Your ticket number will be called.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 5h

Joe Rogan once again broke ranks with MAGA to criticize the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policy during a discussion on his top-rated podcast.

Joe Rogan Trashes ICE Barbie’s Immigration Stunts in Podcast Rant

The world’s biggest podcaster also proposed an alternative approach to immigration policy.

trib.al

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 6h

There are so many men who cannot get women unless they ensnare said women, and it's sad and pathetic.

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 6h

You cancel my hotel room and I don't get my own robe, and I will shapeshift from the anger funneling through my veins.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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10/09/2025 08:22 PM EDT
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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Courtney Thorsson @courtneythorsson.bsky.social · 8h

Can confirm.

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✨Ki✨ ❤️‍🔥🎃 @roguetime.bsky.social · 8h

Yes.

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 8h

What is Portland, Oregon like?

Is it the physical equivalent of a Bon Iver song?

Does coffee come with oat milk automatically?

Will I meet a lot of white people who say they would've voted a third term for Obama?

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 8h

An esthetician recently told me that I have good skin. And while yes I can say because of genes and Blackness,

the other truth is that, compliments of being self-employed, I don't have to speak to anyone I don't want to and that keeps the skin tight.

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 8h

Imagine you performing for the United Daughters of the Confederacy and intend to donate your compensation to the NAACP.

It don't work that way for everyone, honey!

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 8h

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 8h

whew

variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 8h

Busta Rhymes was the voice of "Reptar."

Thee Spooky BlackSky👨🏾‍🍳 @xavierbeloved.blacksky.app · 10h

Tell me a Random Fact you know

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 8h

Speaking of debauchery, I would like to make the claim that Zayn Malik's "Pillowtalk" is one of the sexiest songs made in the past decade.

As soon as I heard, "Climb onboard," I knew he was about to give that song his all.

Give 'em his flowers!

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 8h

A halftime show celebrating "faith. family. freedom" sounds boring to me.

I want debauchery.

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 9h

Will they be clapping on the 1 and 3?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14h

Turning Point USA announced it will host counterprogramming to the Super Bowl halftime show, called “The All American Halftime Show,” as MAGA critics have been enraged over the selection of Bad Bunny as the 2026 headliner.

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

Counterprogramming hosted by the group that Charlie Kirk founded spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 9h

A judge blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks, finding no substantial evidence of a “danger of rebellion"

Judge Blocks National Guard Deployment In Illinois For 2 Weeks

A judge blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois.

www.huffpost.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 12h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 9h

It sure does feel like the foundation is cracking...

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 11h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 11h

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 11h

Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 12h

I highly recommend watching "Castlevania: Nocturne" right now, tbh. It's an animated series but there are so many threads about slavery's afterlife, religious fanaticism, and revolution that are so prescient right now.

Oh, and there are vampires. And Loas. And ancient Egyptian deities.

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 12h

YUM!

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 12h

NEW: Federal judge dismisses Drake's defamation case against Kendrick Lamar storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The issue in this case is whether "Not Like Us" can reasonably be understood to convey as a factual matter that Drake is a pedophile or that he has engaged in sexual relations with minors. In light of the overall context in which the statements in the Recording were made, the Court holds that it cannot.

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 15h

Chicago is giving me all the hopecore I need these days.

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 20h

Hundreds of people arrested by ICE agents around Chicago over the past few months could be released, according to a new fed. ruling.

|https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/100s-could-be-freed-from-ice-custody-after-ruling-that-warrantless-arrests-violated-consent-decree/

Hundreds Could Be Freed From ICE Custody After Warrantless Arrest Ruling

Immigration attorneys said they have already identified more than 200 arrests that potentially violate the consent decree. However, they said those 200 arrests are likely "just the tip of the iceberg....

blockclubchicago.org

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 16h

We really declined as a society when VH1's "I love the..." stopped showing because the media literacy in this country is in HELL.

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 16h

Joni Mitchell and Carole King are still with us so I don't know how anyone can make this claim.

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 4d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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