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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Aug 2

The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith:

— said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president
— has neo-Nazi ties
— was Andrew Tate’s lawyer
— 2x Claremont fellow
— wrote for Gateway Pundit
— called for Pence to be hanged
— called for secession after 2020 election

Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) - Wikipedia

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 7h

In or about 2017, Jack Posobiec told his followers that he “worked closely” w/ the Oath Keepers. (h/t @michaelehayden.bsky.social) More recently, he’s glorified Francisco Franco, Spain’s deceased murderous dictator. Naturally, Trump included him in his recent anti-“antifa” roundtable. Sound on. 1/

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Murph @murphtracks.bsky.social · 9h

The Mark Bray situation is so completely fucked right now and if you're a journalist you need to start saying how it's fucked because you're fucking next. They won't stop at academics.

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 12h

Federal charges against a Chicago couple who were arrested for protesting against ICE were dropped after a grand jury refused to indict them.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 9h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 20h

I wrote about Chicago: "Is this city burning? There is a definite answer to the question. In all these cities, the answer is no. No American city is currently on fire, and if Chicago is a war zone, it’s because it’s being invaded by the president."

Trump Is Waging War on an American City

The real threat to people in Chicago (and Los Angeles and Portland) is our maniacal president.

newrepublic.com

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 18h

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 10h

the comparative dearth of reporting on NSPM-7 is in part, speaking generously, due I think to how a lot of elite media looks at it like a rant. They are accustomed to things like that being serious legal documents for them to have impact, and in a saner environment, that would be the case. But…

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 10h

Letitia James and James Comey have the best lawyers on earth and will almost certainly be fine. The fact that there’s a zillion stories about them and virtually none about NSPM-7 - which affects countless ordinary people - really says something about who the media writes for

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 13h

My career is listening to people who flee places that get increasingly unsafe. A few months of "wait & see" can make a world of difference for safety & prospects. I've lived under authoritarianism myself.

Leticia James getting indicted, Mark Bray trying to flee & being stopped.

This is not okay.

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 10h

It is clear that they want to criminalize any dissent against this administration as terrorism.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 11h

🚨 Senator warns that NSPM-7 is fueling a secret watchlisting effort targeting Americans
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/senator-wa...

Senator Warns of Trump's Secret Watchlist for Americans

NSPM-7 finally gets Congressional attention

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 16h

JVP and IfNotNow are included in a list of only 9 progressive groups being investigated by the Trump admin, alongside major donors like Ford and Open Society Foundation and the amorphous 'antifa'/ www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

www.reuters.com

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 12h

You cannot reason with a fascist. You can’t endear yourself to a fascist. They will turn on everyone, including their own family, their allies, their sycophants and collaborators.

Fascists hate themselves and they hate the world. This doesn’t stop unless it is stopped.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 12h

Framing it as Trump simply going after his political enemies is misleading because to a fascist every other living person is their political enemy.

You’re his political enemy. You just haven’t been identified yet.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 16h

Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.

"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder

Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!

www.freefunder.com

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ben chambers 🏴 @benjaminchambers.bsky.social · 21h

a classic fascist archetype is the failed and resentful artist, intellectual, professional, or entrepreneur, because the movement gives once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for these mediocrities and nobodies to rise through party ranks and mass larp their grand delusions of a successful career

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

The federal government is basically being run now by the algorithmically amplified, right wing grifter industrial complex, as exemplified by this weirdo from Washington state who was flown in for Trump’s Antifa round table.

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Oregon Republican Party & 13m • &
I'm living proof that you can recover from TDS. I had strong Trump Derangement Syndrome for 8 years. It's much better to not have TDS...I was one of you. I was a mainstream reporter in Seattle for 10 yrs. When I saw after all those years that the media wouldn't be honest about what was happening, that Democrat politicians would not be honest about what was happening, I thought, 'If they're not being honest about that, maybe they're not being honest about President Trump either.
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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 17h

Hoping Mark Bray and his family can safely leave today. What he’s had to go through is unconscionable.

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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The Provost / سيدة الفتنة @msentropy.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s the significance: if Trump designates “antifa” a foreign terror group, they can prosecute anyone they decide fits under that label with an insane amount of latitude.

“Domestic terrorism” is generally just a sentencing enhancement — rather than a crime itself.

(It’s also unhinged bullshit)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Are you going to work with your administration to designate antifa a foreign terror organization?

TRUMP: You mean anti-terror?

Q: Antifa

TRUMP: Antifa?

Q: A foreign terror organization

TRUMP: Would you like to see it done? I'd be glad to do it. Does everybody agree? It sounds good to me

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

"A government doesn't announce they have become fascist; they announce anti-fascists are enemies of the state."

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 1d

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent statement in support of Mark Bray, academic freedom, and implicitly antifascism.

RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 1d

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, happy birthday to the girlfriend of the founder of antifa, who today celebrates 111 years fighting fascism! 🥳

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South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 1d

Let us be clear: The President of the United States is levying war against American cities and American citizens—and we cannot rely on the other branches of government to save us.

It’s up to us.

It’s Up to Us to Protect One Another

As Trump sends troops to Chicago, we will continue to investigate and report. Readers have a role to play, too.

southsideweekly.com

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 1d

It's difficult at times to hold both "this admin is doing lasting and serious damage to our institutions and the globe" and "this admin is full of the most bafflingly incompetent idiots you've ever seen who fall over themselves like a Vaudeville act constantly."

The duality of man is incredible.

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windward antifascist @windward-afa.bsky.social · 1d

OneBC invited anti-2SLGBTQ+ activist Chris Elston, aka Billboard Chris, into the Legislature to promote OneBC's discriminatory attempt to ban healthcare for trans & gender-diverse folks.

Elston is associated w/ Heritage Foundation, Gays Against Gr--mers & other hate groups.

Screenshot of a tweet from Billboard Chris showing a photo of Billboard Chris and his "dad a human male who protects his kids from gender ideology" sandwich board at the BC Legislature. Post text reads:

It's a gender neutral bathroom in the BC Legislature! They even have a shower for staff, with the door open at the top. Of course exactly zero women use this bathroom."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Love this. www.prattlibrary.org/about-us/div...

www.prattlibrary.org

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with Mark Bray. The treatment he’s receiving is extremely disturbing.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“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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