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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h

I complained earlier that WaPo's story on Trump inviting PizzaGate guy to the White House was insane. Not so this Independent story.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Not to be outdone, in came Jack Posobiec, one of the right’s weirdest hangers-on, who is perhaps most famous for the time he spread the “Pizzagate” theory and then got removed from the pizzeria in question by police for filming a child’s birthday party. Running with the major theme of the hour — that Antifa is definitely, certainly, really real despite all evidence to the contrary, and that everybody needs to stop saying it’s not real — Posobiec made a startling claim: Antifa is so clearly real that it “has been going on for almost 100 years ... going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany.”

And look, yes, it is absolutely true that there were anti-fascist protesters in the Weimar Republic. If you’ll remember, those were the people taking issue with the early versions of the Nazis. But it’s sort of difficult to position yourself as the good guys if you’re aligning yourself with the Nazis in your historical analogy. I’m just saying that, if I was Posobiec’s publicity guy, I might ask him to drop that soundbite from future public appearances.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 43m

A staffer on Stephen Colbert's show wanted to ask the first ever Muslim candidate for mayor in the history of New York City to play a game of thumbs up, thumbs down about an ongoing genocide.

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 1h

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 17h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1h

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile debuts tonight on The Onion's YouTube channel at 7 p.m. ET.

Finally somebody will release some dang Epstein Files if you know what I'm sayin'!!!

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holden m. accountable @noahs.bsky.social · 1h

These are not short!!

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Chris Kutalik @kutalik.bsky.social · 1h

And you can start now: dsausa.org/join

There is no organization, no network called "Antifa". But it's that vagueness of use by the Right that has sinister authoritarian implications. If no one is Antifa than any one against fascism is Antifa to them.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 11h

it is wild how much people just lie lol

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11h

Jonathan Ashworth: "I've wanted to see a ceasefire for 2 years"

The collective position of the Labour shadow cabinet (which you were part of) for months after October 7th was to reject a ceasefire & Labour instructed its MPs not to vote for a ceasefire in Nov 2023.

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Wisdom of r/religion @reddit-religion.bsky.social · 14h

r/religion
u/RegardedCaveman • 4d • Agnostic
has anyone ever been romantically or sexually attracted to a god or goddess

see title

Far-Coffee-6414 • 4d
Animist
It's almost impossible to work with Lord Asmodeus and not be attracted.

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Wisdom of r/religion @reddit-religion.bsky.social · 15h

r/religion
Is the dead sea a result of soddom and gamorah
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SendThisVoidAway18 • 1d
Agnostic
No
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rinel521 OP • 1d
elaborate
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SendThisVoidAway18 • 1d
Agnostic
No

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 12h

Al Jazeera: Israeli forces have continued their attacks on Gaza despite the announcement, carrying out strikes in both the north and south of the enclave.

Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 12h

I have little faith either the US or Israel will be faithful to this deal (just look at Lebanon’s ceasefire). But the ‘I’m powerless’ play was nonsense when US spent 31$ bn supporting/assisting Israel’s war across the region across 2 admins. Some care more about Biden’s rep than our lives

Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 12h

"It won't last" maybe yeah but it's undoubtedly better than "eh, this is just kind of the new normal"

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12h

Wray could've made sure Trump was locked up in early 2021 if he had wanted to. Not replacing him was a huge error by Biden and, as it turns out, for Wray too.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 17h

incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Other prosecutors are investigating former CIA director John Brennan, another prominent Trump critic, and former FBI director Christopher Wray, who was originally appointed by Trump but enraged conservatives who came to believe he had wielded the bureau’s powers against them. Former officials have received subpoenas in recent days in the Wray inquiry, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 12h

What's crazy about the US immigration system is even under a good administration it's still atrocious. I remember applying for my first work permit, which took so long that it was already expired by the time I received it.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

Yikes indeed. After multiple quarters of success in bringing down backlogs, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is taking a turn for the worse.

The latest data shows that in the first six months of 2025, total net backlogs rose 26%, up by 1.1 million pending applications (of all kinds).

A bar chart showing Total Net USCIS Immigration Application Backlog by quarter, Fiscal Year 2023 Q4 through Fiscal Year 2025 Q3. The chart shows that total applications pending dropped from a bit over 4 million in FY 2023 Q4 to 3.8 million in FY 2024 Q4. In FY 2025, every quarter there has been an increase, with the sharpest increase from Q1 to Q2 and then a smaller but still significant increase from Q2 to Q3, peaking at 5.4 million pending cases.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 14h

I joked about it but it may actually be worthwhile for every Dem who gets on tv to start saying Stephen Miller is the real president

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Emma Spookdel @mayorseidel.bsky.social · 14h

Can this one count as a scandal?

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 16h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15h

This is maybe the most insulting thing you could say about a human being lol

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 15h

If I was told I couldn’t do a job Meghan McCain did I think I’d become a monk

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 15h

President Trump is considering going to live on a farm upstate

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h

New — White House says Donald Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday.

"On Friday morning, President Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center for a planned meeting and remarks with the troops. While there, President Trump will stop by for his routine yearly check up. He will then return to the White House. President Trump is considering going to the Middle East shortly thereafter." - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 15h

You 👏 have 👏 to 👏 reach 👏 the 👏 merits!

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 15h

I guess I should also add that a key difference between the Trump investigation and the Comey indictment is that *Trump did something obviously and significantly wrong*. Like, if you can't grok that distinction as important, I don't know what to say.

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 17h

Maybe beginning to feel news coverage that either ignores this sort of blather or balances it with a polite “Some experts disagree with the assessment that Portland is a burned-out hellscape under the rule of Antifa warlords” doesn’t really cut it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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bmaz @bmaz.bsky.social · 17h

Is Trump going to have Americans extrajudicially executed in their homes?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 20h

A certain bloc of people on here love to say Dearborn in place of sand n*****

Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 1d

Searching for "dearborn" in a profile always brings up the most deranged shit

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 16h

Rutgers prof who got doxed by his college’s turning point USA chapter for publishing work about antifascism

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 17h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16h

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · Feb 25

Big Game Hunter

A man dressed in a safari outfit including a pith helmet, monocle, and a big fluffy mustache, sits in a fluffy chair holding a glass of liquor on top of a rug that looks distinctly like Tigger from Disney's Winnie The Pooh's flayed skin. Further, behind him are mounted heads that look remarkably like Bugs Bunny, Yogi Bear, and Mickey Mouse. The man opines "there is just such an exquisite thrill in the hunt- Even though they are such simple, oblivious creatures, God's innocents, it is a primal battle of wits. The really clever ones say things like 'No! Please! I'm not really Mickey, this is a costume. I'm just a guy in a suit. Someone call park security-' but I know their tricks. Oh no no, you shan't be dropping an anvil on MY head."

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