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readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

Boy Band:

The boys who will control your dickless bodies

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Link:

www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Meet the out-of-state investors funding a Christian nationalist community in Tennessee

For the politically connected investors behind the project, our NewsChannel 5 investigation has now discovered, it’s about business, power and creating an alternative view of America.

www.newschannel5.com

readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

which is crazy because I am paying them a lot to listen to me

speechless

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readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

No therapist or psychologist I have met has been even remotely prepared for what I have to say

I know there are therapists out there who bring to their work a history that really enables them to understand and contribute

But too many of mine are just flabbergasted and gobsmacked

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readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

they aren’t free speech absolutists though:

they want "free speech" for themselves, but not for others

when you believe in supremacy though

double standards are the point

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1d

"They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery."

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

Even PBS can't be bothered to note that something is a little ODD about giving such an honor to a billionaire-funded social media troll who spent his days tricking dim teens into believing sexism and racism was acceptable

not even a passing, vague reference to him being "controversial"

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

President Donald Trump will honor influential conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the White House can bestow on a civilian. https://to.pbs.org/3J8JYDA

WATCH LIVE: Trump awards Charlie Kirk posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Donald Trump will honor influential conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the White House can bestow on a civilian.

www.pbs.org

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readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

You are a white woman

Yes, you are married to a black man

But black and brown women do not have as much leeway to “fight back"

What courts should do

and what courts have done

and what courts are doing

are all separate things

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

You are a white woman

Yes, you are married to a black man

But black and brown women do not have as much leeway to “fight back"

What courts should do

and what courts have done

and what courts are doing

are all separate things

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readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

In what way as this interesting?

The movement is about supremacy through authoritarianism

and bludgeoning dissent

by any means possible

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

In an interesting turn of events, MAGA is now in favor of the government pressuring Big Tech platforms to censor users’ speech.

On Tuesday, AG Bondi revealed the DOJ got Facebook to remove a group page where users shared information about ICE operations in the Chicago area. trib.al/kpUJoNz

Pam Bondi Announces Facebook Caved and Removed ICE-Tracking Page

The Trump administration is getting social media platforms to bend to its will on content moderation.

trib.al

readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

In what way as this interesting?

The movement is about supremacy through authoritarianism

and bludgeoning dissent

by any means possible

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Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 @stef47.bsky.social · 1d

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Jimmy @abdessamadm.bsky.social · 1d

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Rick Paisano @sicilianrick.bsky.social · 2d

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readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

We WON'T surrender

...but way past time for the rest of the citizenry to step the fugk up

and back us up or maybe think about relieving those of us who have been at the frontlines for more than a decade

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

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing.

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

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t take any of this for granted

and don’t wait to fight for it until it is too late

Sue Clancy @artistclancy.bsky.social · 1d

So @hcrichardson.bsky.social has encouraged us to record or write what it means to us to live in a democracy. So today I spent some writing things I want from a democratic government.
We had these things as recently as last year, 2024. And that gives me hope that we can/will have these again.

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readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah but also the right wing Jewish lobby is in a transactional relationship with the anti-semites

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Lynnae Terrill @lynnae.bsky.social · 1d

jesus christ.

can’t say this is surprising to me, but it’s still shocking to see

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

THE MILITARY IS ALREADY FOLLOWING UNLAWFUL ORDERS

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Kelly: I really worry about those aviators, drone operators, special forces guys that are in the Caribbean right now striking these boats and whether or not this is legal..

There’s no authorization for the use of military force. The Congress has not given that to the president. He hasn’t asked.

readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

THE MILITARY IS ALREADY FOLLOWING UNLAWFUL ORDERS

readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

VIP

Very Important Pedo

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 3d

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown.

Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.

readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

I have non-white kids with an Irish last name

readeradrift.bsky.social @readeradrift.bsky.social · 1d

I have non-white kids with an Irish last name

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Never been easier to do:

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Jun 5

A cool Bluesky feature: If you take a screenshot of text with your phone and want to add alt-text, you can copy the text right there in the ALT window. It’s OCR’d for you.

It doesn’t work on web, but works great on the iPhone. No need to go back to the article you’re reading to copy from there.

Screenshot of an alt-text window with the highlighted text: A recent surge in California fire activity, punctuated by a large blaze that erupted outside of San Francisco on Saturday, has officials wondering if this year's fire season could be worse than expected. The forecast is complicated, however, by a mix of competing factors both increasing and decreasing the fire risk.

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