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Moira Donegan

@moiradonegan.bsky.social

I wrote about ICE’s kidnappings and the question of “family values.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Republicans are the party of separating and destroying families | Moira Donegan

Their ‘pro-family’ rhetoric is a cynical and hollow sham

www.theguardian.com

February 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM

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jamelle

@jamellebouie.net

i think people should consider the extent to which bannon, a known bullshit artist, knows that you will see this and panic. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections

Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...

www.democracydocket.com

February 5, 2026 at 3:58 AM

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Omg. WTF is Happening?

@lalahaenzy.com

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM

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ryan cooper

@ryanlcooper.com

MAGA is a movement of America haters who despise this country and are conspiring to destroy it

Springfield, too, has been given new life by immigrants. A once-thriving manufacturing hub, its fortunes so collapsed that in 2012 it was regularly called the unhappiest city in America. In 2014, seeking to stem population decline, the city launched its “Welcome Springfield” campaign to attract immigrants. Haitians, many of whom had been given T.P.S. status after a devastating 2010 earthquake, responded. As new manufacturing jobs were created in the city, more immigrants followed. Many Haitians who settled in Springfield had children. The city stopped shrinking; in 2023, there was a tiny population increase.

On Sunday evening, Rose Goute, a Haitian restaurant, was almost deserted. “People stay home,” said Jean Philistin, a 50-year-old who was there picking up takeout. “People are scared.” He said he was less frightened than many others because he became a citizen a few years ago, though he wasn’t sure how much that would matter. “The worst thing is, since you’ve got an accent, or since you’re Black, they can stop you for no reason.”
Philistin had been a civil engineer back in Haiti and now worked refurbishing houses. He has two teenage children, both born in America. “I don’t know why they hate my community,” he said sadly.

February 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM

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Ron Richie

@ronrichie.bsky.social

I never really hated anyone until dumbass trump came along.

February 5, 2026 at 2:08 AM

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Eric Michael Garcia

@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

I am not exaggerating: Removing this webpage warning against fake autism "treatments" will kill autistic people.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...

FDA Removes Warning Page About Dangerous Autism Treatments

Autism researchers question motivations for latest HHS changes, including the new IACC

www.medpagetoday.com

February 5, 2026 at 1:35 AM

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Kevin M. Kruse

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it.

Spread this one far and wide.

How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism

Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

www.bostonreview.net

February 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM

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Tim Onion

@bencollins.bsky.social

To: [email protected]
From: [email protected][[email protected]]
Sent: Sun 01/01/-4004bc 01:03:09 a.m.
Subject: apple

you gnona eat that applle? othrwise i will eat. look delciciios

February 3, 2026 at 1:56 AM

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Ken Tremendous

@kentremendous.bsky.social

Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 9d

The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.

January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM

aperiodic-monotile

@monotile.bsky.social

10/10, no notes.

Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 16d

The Norwegian Prime Minister’s response to the letter sent by the Trump White House ⬇️

January 23, 2026 at 9:14 PM

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andrea shea

@whattheshea.bsky.social

I repost this every time I see it now.

Corey the Street @cstrable.bsky.social · Dec 22

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The rules

I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. A total bloodbath. The referee would have stepped in by now but they had knocked him out with a steel chair. The only others watching were either fascists themselves or the people trying to fight fascism with the power of love and kindness and they weren't having a great go of it either. I kept trying to explain in between haymakers that we were better than this and on top of that it wasn't likely to be ruled on favorably as far as the courts. None of it helped. I was on my knees now bleeding profusely from the mouth and nose. It spilled out of me onto the snow in a pattern that if you sort of squinted at it from the right vantage looked like a cartoon heart. See that I pointed. Look how beautiful the world can be I tried to say through my broken teeth. Alright well now he was pulling out a gun. I didn't think we were allowed to do that.

January 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM

aperiodic-monotile

@monotile.bsky.social

Now it's time for you to take a look
At that mirror on that wall
Did you pull that trigger?
Were you there at all?
And there's a sickness in this nation
And it seems to be obviously clear
Gonna kill a man with hate
Because he would not die from fear

- Brother Kirk | The Ballad of Martin Luther King

January 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM

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Timothy Burke

@bubbaprog.xyz

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM

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Gov. Bob Ferguson

@governorferguson.bsky.social

BREAKING: I support a Millionaires’ Tax on income over $1 million a year.

The fairness of our tax system ranks 50th. Let’s make this historic change this session.

This is a separate proposal from the budget I announced today — revenue would not be realized until 2029.