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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 15h

ALT: a man in a blue suit giving a thumbs up

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 15h

Like, how would it play within the ranks of the military if Democrats were to simply tell the troops, "While you're here, waiting in line begging for food, the government is continuing to pay the oligarchs of the military-industrial complex for shit the Pentagon says it doesn't need."

Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 16h

I have a poorly formed theory of how Democrats need to build a policy of hate in order to engage with low-education voters in the social media era and the GOP has really been putting the ball on the tee for them.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 16h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 16h

"The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just—a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless."

--Abraham Lincoln, Second State of the Union Address (December 1, 1862)

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 16h

"In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free—honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail...."

Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 16h

There. Are. No. Exceptions. To. Human. Rights. If one of us isn't free, none of us are free. I want to live in a country where a politician who stands on this principle isn't the exception. But until then, Mamdani is an example of what's possible, and what we should demand from our leaders.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 20h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 21h

Argentina edition of Libertarian bible

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 1d

Ansari was recently on Kimmel and asked for his response to the backlash. Ansari talked about his participation as a brave stand to bring comedy to an oppressed people. Dude played to an audience of oppressors. No one in that audience was a member of the oppressed.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 2d

I do not understand how this can be allowed to go on.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 3d

It's very important that we understand that these people are world-historical losers. Just the biggest fucking losers. Yes, they have power and use it in extremely dangerous ways. Yes, that's serious. But they do so because they are the biggest losing losers that ever losed in their loser world.

P @intothejunction.bsky.social · 3d

I mean

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P @intothejunction.bsky.social · 3d

I mean

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 3d

This is not only amazingly racist but deeply anti-Christian. Fuck this shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 5d

Whether you like it or not, this is our painful truth in America.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 5d

The sooner we ditch our misguided exceptionalism, the more able we will be to not only combat the destruction we face today, but begin to envision and build the nation we want to replace the old.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 5d

But justice is not a physical law of the universe. Justice is created and changed by human beings. The moral arc of the universe is bent towards justice BY OUR ACTIONS. To believe it as immutable is as damning and twisted a belief in American exceptionalism as that of Trump and the right.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 5d

It feels like a lot of people, especially Dems, are taking our system for granted. They truly believe our systems are can weather this storm and freedom and democracy will naturally prevail. They believe the moral arc of the universe immutably bends towards justice.

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 5d

At what point do the states treat this invasion for what it is and act accordingly? How long do states allow the rights of the people to be violated by those who don't heed lawsuits and rhetoric? The American people depend on the law, but what if no one is willing to enforce it?

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 5d

This. It is a gross violation of the Constitution. Sure, state Dems are filing suit in the courts, and perhaps that is the best action until there is a Supreme Court ruling, but Trump has shown no interest in abiding. While Dems use words and lawsuits, ICE continues to commit criminal acts.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 6d

Sending troops from Texas to forcefully occupy and suppress cities in Illinois and Oregon IN OPPOSITION TO THOSE STATES' GOVERNORS is literally a civil war and it's cooking my brain that Democrats are simply pretending it isn't happening

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6d

UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 6d

It's truly embarrassing the sheer number of Americans who sincerely believe the US is devolving into a fascist dictatorship "to distract from the Epstein Files". A 5 year old child has a better understanding of how the world works.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6d

primary anybody who doesn't talk like this

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 6d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 10d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 6d

At what point do state and local leaders move from refusing to aid ICE to using state and local resources to actively oppose ICE to protect the people? If the courts are incapable of protecting the people, the states must act and our leaders fulfill their oaths.

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 6d

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city.

Troy and I were on the ground:

Federal tactics on protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on prote...

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 7d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

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