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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Imagine that

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18h

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

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Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

www.nj.com

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Steven Woods @sgwoods.bsky.social · 6h

Clearly an American. US veteran. Denied reentry while resolving documents. Living in his truck. MAGA indeed. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

‘I want to go home’: Man born in Canada but adopted by Americans stuck up north

Terrence McBride's troubles began after he pulled up to the U.S. border. He told officials he’s an American citizen, but carries a Canadian passport. He said he was detained for about a day-and-a-half...

www.ctvnews.ca

Steven Woods @sgwoods.bsky.social · 7h

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all. 🦃🍗🇨🇦🍁🏈

CaptnCanada 🇨🇦 @captncanada.bsky.social · 7h

Description of Canadian versus American Thanksgiving

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

The organizers behind the No Kings Day of Action on October 18 -- the event Johnson called a "hate America rally" -- have this to say in response.

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings coalition issued the following statement"

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Waldläuferin 🌻 @waldlaeuferin.bsky.social · 1d

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Steven Woods @sgwoods.bsky.social · 7h

In a Brutal Ruling Against Trump, a U.S. Judge Asked the Question That Will Determine America’s Fate - Esquire “Judge Young has asked the only question that matters. Everything depends on ..the.. answer.” apple.news/A4HxxYzw2R06...

In a Brutal Ruling Against Trump, a U.S. Judge Asked the Question That Will Determine America’s Fate — Esquire

Over 161 pages, William Young wrote what all of us are thinking—and then some.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 23h

One of the saddest lessons of history is this:

If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle.

We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth.

The bamboozle has captured us.

- Carl Sagan, 1995

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 23h

Okay, I understand that my monthly ANTIFA donation is no longer a tax write-off, but I can keep the tote bag, right?

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Steven Woods @sgwoods.bsky.social · 22h

the escalation is escalating

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Pauline Davis @huffandpuff.bsky.social · 23h

Bear Witness to these masked armed untrained thugs, Trump Secret Police who LOVE to throw innocent women to the ground.
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aken in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood this morning.

YouTube video by Don Lemon

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DeepStateOps💙🇺🇦🏳‍🌈 @dreaderpool.bsky.social · 1d

It may be too late already...

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Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

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Steven Woods @sgwoods.bsky.social · 1d

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

What? The former lawyer for Andrew Tate who also would tweet out glowing praise for Andrew Tate... is reported to have done an extremely creepy thing regarding a woman?

How surprising.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“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..”

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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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Steven Woods @sgwoods.bsky.social · 1d

An idea whose time has come www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: Instead of waiting for a Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup, Canada should launch its own domestic hockey league

Imagine a national hockey league – a real one, not just called that – to serve Canadians from coast to coast

www.theglobeandmail.com

Steven Woods @sgwoods.bsky.social · 1d

wow

bkeithb @bkeithb.bsky.social · 2d

Via Dan Kovalik (Telegram)

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says the latest ship bombed by the U.S. off Venezuela’s coast was a Colombian vessel carrying Colombian citizens.

BREAKING: Colombian President Gustavo Petro says the latest ship bombed by the U.S. off Venezuela’s coast was a Colombian vessel carrying Colombian citizens. Petro warns Trump has now triggered a “war scenario” in the Caribbean. “This is no war against smuggling,” Petro said. “It is a war for oil, and it must be stopped by the world.”

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 2d

Oh hey you guys, I haven't had a chance to introduce myself while we move into new offices. But I look forward to working together and hope we will chat soon.

Signed,
Antifa's Leader's Girlfriend's Personal Assistant

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 2d

There is so much in this WSJ piece on what Trump has done / plans to do with the Justice Dept it's impossible to sum it up, but:

* Indictments planned for a half dozen current / former officials Trump dislikes

* So many have resigned from that whole sections are gutted

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 3d

A study of nearly 300,000 people published today in the New England Journal of Medicine found “that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Steven Woods @sgwoods.bsky.social · 2d

great time to be organized interstate criminals in the usa www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Steven Woods @sgwoods.bsky.social · 2d

It’s why Russia remains free, China has avoided monarchist rule, and democracy has been so resilient over thousands of years.

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