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Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · 12h

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao what the actual fuck?

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

when i saw marsha fucking blackburn was being honored by journalists i thought i was having a neurological episode

Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · 1d

June 11: GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces a bill to defund NPR and PBS because of their "left-wing propaganda" and "radical leftist gender ideology."

October 7: The news industry's main trade group gives Blackburn its "Support Journalism Champion Award."

Just shameless.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

New in PN: Trump is the insurrection

"It’s a wild assault on state sovereignty, bringing us ever closer to the brink of civil war. This is despotism, & whatever chaos & violence is about to be unleashed lies squarely on the robed shoulders of Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, & Barrett."

Trump is the insurrection

And the Supreme Court's conservatives are his shock troops.

www.publicnotice.co

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Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · 3d

Great article by @annamerlan.bsky.social

This is extremely important, and urgent.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is America contagious?

Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.

www.motherjones.com

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Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · 3d

Asinine headline.

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Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · 3d

"democratic strongholds"????????????

NY Times just always wants war, don't they?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

Hundreds of National Guard troops were expected soon in Chicago. The deployment is the latest in a series of military incursions in U.S. cities, particularly in Democratic strongholds. President Trump said he would consider invoking emergency powers to “get around” legal obstacles. Follow updates.

National Guard Troops Expected Soon in Chicago as Trump Considers Invoking Emergency Powers: Live Updates

The mobilization includes some 200 Guard troops from Texas. President Trump said he would consider invoking emergency powers to “get around” legal obstacles.

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Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · 7d

Hey Sky, this is trash.

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Project Push @project-push.tk.gg · 24d

Breaking news
United Nations declares Israel's Gaza war a genocide for the first time.
via Al Jazeera

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Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · 27d

I’ve been screaming at the rooftops the past few days about how this is just textbook gaslighting. A family member of mine messaged me and tried to gaslight me with insane religious rhetoric and demanding civility to “Charlie”. They acted like he was some personal friend. It was F’d.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28d

Since Charlie Kirk was fatally shot, people on the left have been censored, punished, and targeted with more violence for telling the truth about Kirk's legacy. The cycle continues: mainstream whitewashing of violence begets more violence and the victims are blamed.
spitfirenews.com/p/the-nation...

The national gaslighting about Charlie Kirk

Another pattern of censorship that only hurts the left—and emboldens political violence.

spitfirenews.com

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Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · 27d

Spare me your disingenuous reactions. Not only did 95% of you not have any clue who that dude was, or what he stood for, but you also don’t get to sit there and blast people for not wanting to extend the empathy and grace that you never gave them and THEIR loved ones.

Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · 27d

… and scream “first amendment” when you don’t give the time and space. The same goes for their selective empathy. While they spew the vitriol they do, you’re expected not to do the same when ANYTHING is said, or happens, to them. Meanwhile they are perpetuating ON THE DAILY, political violence.

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Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · 27d

They are consistently and unashamedly pushing anti (immigrant, LGBTQIA+, abortion, Palestine, intellectual, Muslim, trans, and more) rhetoric at every turn they can. They gaslight people into carving out space for their fucked up horseshit worldviews…

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Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · 27d

The only reason anyone in the conservative space (right wing, republican, far-right, Christian nationalist, etc etc) screams for civility, or says that ‘we can have different opinions and still be friends,’ or anything of the like, just want space to say the things Kirk said on a daily basis.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Sep 10

settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off

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CNN @cnn.com · Sep 10

Polish and NATO jets scrambled, Warsaw airport closes after Ukrainian reports of Russian drones over Poland.

Polish and NATO jets scrambled, Warsaw airport shut after Ukrainian reports of Russian drones over Poland | CNN

Polish authorities have closed Warsaw International Airport and Polish and NATO aircraft have been scrambled as reports have surfaced of Russian drones over the country.

www.cnn.com

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BNO News @bnonews.com · Sep 10

BREAKING: Poland's military confirms multiple drones have violated its airspace, people are urged to stay at home

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CNN @cnn.com · Sep 4

The US Department of Justice has requested access to voting equipment used in the 2020 election in two Missouri counties in what appears to be a wide-ranging effort to more closely monitor election processes around the country. https://cnn.it/4nzjnhN

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 16

New — I wrote about the violent assault on a DC delivery worker this morning by masked federal agents, and how these agents have made the disturbing turn from quiet thugs to playing for the cameras.

Federal agent during violent DC arrest: “Liberals already ruined” this country

Trump's thugs are proving their skull-bashing loyalty in broad daylight.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · Aug 15

Putin seen laughing with Trump inside of The Beast. Truly remarkable images of two world leaders who just do not care.

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Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · Aug 15

Did Putin get into Trump's Beast without any of his own men???

Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · Aug 15

Evil. Evil. Evil.

newrepublic.com/post/199077/...

ICE Is Going to Sinister Lengths to Avoid Accountability

Planes used for deportation flights are flying without tail numbers so they’re harder for activists and watchdogs to track.

newrepublic.com

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Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · Aug 15

What in the racist fuck?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 15

Sen. Hagerty on his legal rationale for not counting undocumented immigrants in the census: "There's a constitutional interpretation I think that has been misapplied that goes back to slavery days and what portion of a person is going to be counted."

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Ryan McBride @ryanbmcbride.bsky.social · Aug 14

Who is Stephen Miller? I go into that in my next article for Dispatch.

open.substack.com/pub/dispatch...

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 10

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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