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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 23h

“Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about control.”
— Stephen King

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23h

The New York Times says that their journalists will not sign the Pentagon's new press pass policy:

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Patricia Sears @patriciasears.bsky.social · 1d

Another reason this Canadian will not spend a dollar in Florida this winter for the first time in years.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

The man was 77 years old and his wife previously organized one of the local ‘No Kings’ protests. All he did was write ‘You Lack Values’ and got an intimidation visit from Desantis’s Gestapo.

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Patricia Sears @patriciasears.bsky.social · 1d

My husband had colon cancer in his early 40s, caught early because his family physician had second thoughts about dismissing a little blood as something innocuous.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure Trump will post a heartfelt and sincere congratulatory message to Maria Corina Machado for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, as any president with class and dignity would do.

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Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 3d

Chilling. Newsday.com/matt

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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 3d

Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA announced they'll be hosting their own Super Bowl half-time show with "fully Christian, American" performers. 🤣
Bad Bunny is both Catholic AND American. Just not "white enough".

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Sam Litzinger @samlitzinger.bsky.social · 4d

CBS News signing off…

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 6d

I know we’re resigned after so many years of it but for real, social media giving high-ranking elected government officials the ability to harass individual private citizens by name for an audience of millions as a recreational pastime is actually Caligula shit if you think about it

jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 7d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 6d

If ICE agents want to stop being compared to Nazis and the Gestapo, here are some tips for them:
1) Take off your masks
2) Identify yourselves
3) Stop disappearing innocent people off the street
4) Avoid shooting women, like you did today, you fucking Gestapo Nazis

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 7d

People tell me the military won’t follow illegal orders.

But they’re following clearly illegal orders to randomly murder South American fishermen.

So, uh, now what?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8d

Donald Trump didn't commemorate Jane Goodall's death with a tribute. But he did fling his feces.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11d

This current American presidential administration is run by people who are quite obviously mentally ill, and we need to start talking about that.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 12d

I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 12d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 12d

There have been 6 mass shootings in the USA over the past 24 hours. The casualty count stands at 41.

Here’s the President of the United States of America.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14d

What do you call the leader of a country who, for no reason at all, puts the military on the country’s streets and uses that military against the country’s citizens? A fascist. Yes, a fascist. That’s what you would call that leader.

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Jim Douglas 🇨🇦 @jimsdouglas.bsky.social · 15d

As others have noted, if the current U.S. administration denies me entry to their country, I want that to happen on Canadian soil where the worst thing they can do to me is send me home.

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 15d

I am sure that taking away pre-clearance for Canadians flying to the US will do WONDERS for the 25% drop in tourism. So much genius at work here.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

U.S. ambassador says Washington has to 'take a look' at airport pre-clearance, citing drop in Canadian tourism | CBC News

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said Washington may need to reassess airport pre-clearance as part of an at-times tense exchange during a forum with Canadian business leaders in Banff, Alta., ...

www.cbc.ca

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 18d

The MAGA platform now includes taking pain relief away from pregnant women

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Patricia Sears @patriciasears.bsky.social · 21d

That’s my birthday. Can’t it wait?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22d

AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 22d

Canadian opinion about the U.S. is at the lowest point since
@pewresearch.org started asking in 2002.

34% of Canadians have a positive view of the United States, down 20 points since last year.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Chart showing favorable views of the U.S. are now at their lowest point since we started asking this question in 2002, tied only with the 35% who had a favorable view of the U.S. in 2020, the final full year of Trump’s first term.

Nearly two-thirds of Canadians (64%) have an unfavorable opinion of the U.S., including 39% who have a very unfavorable view. This is the highest percentage of Canadians with a very unfavorable view of the U.S. in surveys dating back to 2002.

Views of the U.S. vary by ideology among Canadians. Those on the ideological left (17%) are less likely than those in the center (32%) or on the right (52%) to view the U.S. favorably. However, across all ideological groups, the share of Canadians with a favorable view of the U.S. has dropped by about 15 percentage points or more since last year.

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