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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 1h

Very cheeky :)

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 1h

I literally clapped. Well done :)

Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 1h

One of the best headlines of 2025

More seriously, I am very pleased he said journalism is “a public good that we all should protect”. That's exactly right

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 8h

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 The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 1h

Live your life such that David Attenborough speaks at your funeral

Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 2h

Gee, I wonder what it is about Trump that draws creepy abuser types to work for him. Christ
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 10h

Fairbanks Alaska knows what's up

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 6h

“Baby in her placenta” is pretty bad for a HHS secretary but it’s arguably worse for a guy with six kids. It’s impossible to not learn this stuff as a dad if you’re even remotely paying attention just once.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 9h

You heard it straight from Kennedy himself: Gold Standard Science is actually just data fabrication.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 6h

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 11h

Brett Kavanaugh assures me this is the sort of minor inconvenience that shouldn't disturb anyone.

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 12h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 16h

One significant thing about this video: this is WGN news. This is what my grandparents watched every night when they lived in the northwest suburbs. And although they’re not saying it outright, they are absolutely representing federal law enforcement as the bad guys.

Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 16h

ICE agents clash with Forest Park cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines River youtu.be/aPtEmAwgPRk...

Video: ICE agents clash with Forest Park cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines Rive

YouTube video by WGN News

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 17h

First, this is a good thread with some handy readings on fascism. I will retweet one of its points in a moment. Second, and relatedly, this professor got death threats after being doxxed by the Rutgers chapter of Turning Point USA and is currently trying to leave the US for the safety of his family

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 9d

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 17h

This reads like there are tensions between Miller, who is pushing for this, and everybody who knows how things actually work

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 19h

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

www.reuters.com

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 17h

Our president is so dumb he doesn't know what habeas corpus means, and would “rather leave that to Kristi”, who is so dumb she doesn't know what it means, either

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

I plan to be there.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been waiting for them to start talking about trying to stop the planned 10/18 protests.

Americans - if you are inclined to and able to, get out to a protest on 10/18. Peacefully exercise your Constitutional rights, to speak, to assemble, to seek redress of grievances, to live as free people.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"Maybe you can look into that, Pam" -- Trump directs Pam Bondi to try to stop a planned anti-Trump rally in Austin

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 1d

Go Kraken!

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The three agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Jack Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referenced.

www.nbcnews.com

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 1d

Jenn Budd is a former agent and knows what she's talking about. I recommend her book

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 1d

Been going on for a long time. This is what I mean by selectively hiring only anti-immigrant, right-wingers. Agents like me and others do not exist within that agency any longer.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

“They sponsor this? Fuck them. No, really. Fuck them—I mean it. And you can quote me on that.”

How the Border Patrol uses rodeos to recruit

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 1d

The first day in court of the Comey case, courtesy of @annabower.bsky.social

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: James Comey pleads not guilty to federal criminal charges, judge sets trial date for Jan. 5

More details TK

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from the line outside the courthouse in the Eastern District of Virginia, where former FBI director James Comey is set to be arraigned on federal charges.

I’m here for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along for updates ⬇️

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

“None of this should be a surprise to people,” a person familiar with the probe said of the fact that Jack Smith's team got toll records of members of Congress. "They followed Justice Department policy and obtained the approvals necessary before they took any steps."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The three agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Jack Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referenced.

www.nbcnews.com

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 1d

*begins looking around to see what just happened*

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