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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1h

it is frustrating how much space NYT gives to people with nothing worthwhile to say

just an uninteresting man with stale, despicable views talking to a lazy man with no intellectual curiosity

like wow, a white Christian nationalist? is he just like the other ones? is he wearing a suit? fascinating

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4h

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

Douthat: So that’s the first purpose of your political project, for America to stop making God angry.

Wilson: Yes. And most people think that when they are confronted with that project, they think that we want to get our tentacles into everything and start controlling everything. I actually think we need limited government. The government should be significantly smaller than it is, and we need to curtail a lot of the busybodyness that we have. That’s why I would call myself a theocratic libertarian. There is a true libertarian element in this, and yet, the transcendent grounding for what we’re talking about means that we acknowledge the authority of God.

We have racked up quite a body count of awful crimes, and I believe the only way out is for us to repent and turn to Christ. This would be things like no more Pride parades, no more drag queen story hours, no more abortion on demand, no more legalized same-sex unions — all of that, done. That’s the repentance part.

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 8h

The pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires.

"I urge you: never sell out your authority"

News agencies deliver a service which “requires competence, courage and a sense of ethics”.

p.a.lapid, phd 👾🖖🏽🤙🏽 @palapid.bsky.social · 1d

da pope! first affirming migrant rights and now this

(and yes the headline is clickbait-y by design)

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 1h

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Republicans cheer Trump's despicable prosecution of another enemy

Republican lawmakers are ecstatic about the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James, cheering on President Donald Trump'...

www.dailykos.com

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 1h

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Trump's secret police get even more secret

The Trump administration is desperate to hide any record of state violence—all the way down to the identities of its federal agents. The Chicago Sun-Times has identified four unmarked cars ...

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1h

A little something to take the edge off as you head into the weekend @erinbiba.bsky.social

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H.D. Gregg - Designated Terrorist™️ @hdgregg.bsky.social · 6h

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s role in nominating Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for the Nobel Peace Prize has drawn attention again after she was announced as this year’s laureate.

www.indiatoday.in/world/story/...

Marco Rubio’s letter backing Maria Corina Machado surfaces after her Nobel win

The letter praised Maria Corina Machado for “risking everything to rally the previously flagging spirits of the Venezuelan people.”

www.indiatoday.in

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Owen R. Broadhurst ☭ 🏳‍🌈 🔻⛤ (he/him/his) @obroadhurst.bsky.social · 6h

But given how Kissinger, Begin, Peres, Rabin, Silverleaf, Obama, Kim Dae-jung, Aung San Suu Kyi, David Trimble, de Klerk and Sakharov all are prior laureates, it was disgraced already

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Owen R. Broadhurst ☭ 🏳‍🌈 🔻⛤ (he/him/his) @obroadhurst.bsky.social · 6h

I'd say bestowal of the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who had urged a Genocidal maniac to wage War with her very own people, stains and disgraces the Prize and Committee both...

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 9h

What you’re saying is the federal government is ignoring the temporary restraining order that was issued yesterday?

Wonder who’s going to actually do anything about this considering there’s no real mechanism in place to stop this now that the federal government is ignoring the courts openly

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 9h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVXO...

Lowkey EXPOSES Truth Behind Gaza Ceasefire

YouTube video by Double Down News

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Owen R. Broadhurst ☭ 🏳‍🌈 🔻⛤ (he/him/his) @obroadhurst.bsky.social · 9h

ICE will not obey court orders

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 10h

WHAT THE HELL

Just one day after a federal court judge ordered ICE to stop using force against Chicago journalists, here is ICE using force against a Chicago journalist.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 10h

Medill School of Journalism is awfully quiet about the full on fascist assault against journalists in its own backyard. (Then again, Dean Whitaker has played his part in trying to punish journalists himself for allegedly obstructing police...)

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 10h

my genuine theory is that dems know once they admit to a little of the fascism they have to admit to all of it and they are trying to avoid that at all costs

bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 10h

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 14h

help me reach my goal of raising $1,000 for the gaza soup kitchen

High Holidays 5786 Tzedakah Campaign

Let’s keep Gaza Soup Kitchen running through the High Holidays

givebutter.com

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Justin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 13h

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 9h

Oh my god???

“producers asked if he’d like to do a “thumbs-up, thumbs-down” segment. Prompts included “Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: Hamas” and “Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: a Palestinian state,””

“I just couldn’t believe what was happening, That a genocide could be distilled into a late-night game.”

The Late Show Pitched Zohran Mamdani a ‘Game’ About Palestine

He and his team passed on playing “Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: a Palestinian state.”

www.vulture.com

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Owen R. Broadhurst ☭ 🏳‍🌈 🔻⛤ (he/him/his) @obroadhurst.bsky.social · 9h

I *do* think Martinez was foolish in venting frustration as he did, but I do not believe his expression of frustration was criminal. I hope he secures competent representation

Owen R. Broadhurst ☭ 🏳‍🌈 🔻⛤ (he/him/his) @obroadhurst.bsky.social · 9h

I doubt that Martinez indeed has an affiliation with ALKN, and I do not believe anyone involved in ALKN would ever commission a 'hit' on Snapchat. I definitely do not believe Martinez indeed offered money to put ICE agents on ice.

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Owen R. Broadhurst ☭ 🏳‍🌈 🔻⛤ (he/him/his) @obroadhurst.bsky.social · 10h

Maria Corina Machado joins a long list of Nobel Peace Prize recipients who backs Genocidal apartheid states and fascist reaction (as she historically has in Venezuela)

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Them @them.us · 10h

An 11-Year-Old Is the Alleged Victim of Transphobic Assault in Massachusetts Middle School

“My child used to love school and now they don’t even look forward to going. It’s a fight every day to get them to go.”

www.them.us

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I find myself behind in rent and am roughly some $150 behind target

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As always, forever grateful

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