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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 8h

with obvious caveats that all politics are local and i don’t know the race specifics, the fact mainstream Dems are running a 77 year old candidate against that young charismatic progressive oysterman in the Maine primary makes it pretty clear the rank-and-file of the party must be shot into the sun

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Brandon Mullen @brandonmullen.bsky.social · 13h

It's very American and patriotic to not want you, your family, your friends, or your neighbors kidnapped by the government without due process.

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Shawn Fleek @shawnfleek.com · 12h

The Ninja Creami is amazing. I’ve made pineapple, chocolate PB, chocolate cinnamon cardamom, Thai tea, coffee, and spiced apple cider so far. Most of those vegan with coconut milk. It’s been really fun and great for experimenting.

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Shawn Fleek @shawnfleek.com · 12h

Tillamook is top notch. We toured the cheese factory this year, it was delightful. Also I got an ice cream maker for my last birthday and it’s been a game changer. Now if I don’t like an ice cream it’s entirely my fault.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

This seems like a good time to remind everyone that Donald Trump’s first appearance in the New York Times was when the Nixon Justice Dept. sued him and his father for refusing to rent apartments to black people.

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 1d

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Shawn Fleek @shawnfleek.com · 12h

I deeply respect this variety

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Steve Johnson @stevevj.bsky.social · 14h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

#MedicareForAll

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Bryce Youngquist (but for Easter) @bryceyoungquist.bsky.social · 13h

pretty effective summary of the problem, tbh

berserk @worstplace.bsky.social · 13h

a Disney adult but for the Democrats

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Shawn Fleek @shawnfleek.com · 13h

The one who deceived millions with a mythic vision of how the White House and journalism are supposed to work. *rimshot*

It’s Ross. Not even close, and I can’t stand the west wing

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 14h

Even though it probably contributed to my campaign loss in 2020, I will never, ever regret trying to normalize being against fascism. I put #EverydayAntifascist on bumper stickers because I meant it.

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Shawn Fleek @shawnfleek.com · 14h

I DO LIKE MENACING FOSSILS

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Shawn Fleek @shawnfleek.com · 14h

We shouldn’t hold our breath for some mythic future moment of contrition from people who were arguing in bad faith the whole time. “Making America Great” wasn’t ever their goal. It was always a euphemism for white nationalists to direct state violence at real and perceived enemies. Masks are off now

twitter's spicypiscespdx but make it spoopy @palkyrie.bsky.social · 16h

I'm still curious how this is "great again" but the whoits who voted for this can't bother to explain for some reason.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 16h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16h

get in losers we're repenting

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 16h

Liberation theology in the USA. More please.

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 17h

Hey, what was happening in Germany in the 1930s? I forget.

James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
For those who actually respect history, the origin story of Antifa is well documented. Antifa is an organization that emerged with the “German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion” movement in the 1930’s.
German Communists smeared anyone to their right as "fascists,” a common ploy used by the ignorant hysterical activists of the Democrat Party today. Like today’s leftist loonies, the German Antifa of the Weimar years even labeled the leftwing SDP as "social fascists." Today’s Antifa are a paramilitary mob used by the usual suspects to foment fake “mass protests” and burn down cities. The same puppet masters of the Democrat activist judges ruining America today also fund these “useful idiots” of Antifa to impede the mandate given to the current President in his landslide last election victory.

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Ariel Méndez @amendez.bsky.social · 17h

"But nobody personally owns slaves today, so..."

Josh Fischman @jfischman.bsky.social · Aug 24

Think slavery doesn't matter today? Wrong. Current Congress members whose families owned 16+ enslaved people now have 4 million $ more than members who did not own slaves. Slave owning = 2024 money and influence 🧪 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Slaveholder ancestry and current net worth of members of the United States Congress

Background Whether and how much past slavery affects contemporary social and economic conditions in the United States is an area of active debate. Newly available data on which members of the United S...

journals.plos.org

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 21h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 18h

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h

Hegseth restored the name of a confederate general to the base.
Taking care of your troops matters. You can't eat the culture war.

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 22h

If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20h

Manly men brutalize, terrorize a teen girl

Redsky @redsky.pirhoo.com · 22h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

Link | Subreddit

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

www.reddit.com

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Shawn Fleek @shawnfleek.com · 20h

Part of the reason we need independent media and trustworthy sharing spaces online and off is that our political class and media are aligned on not accurately portraying or responding to mass demonstrations opposing their bullshit austerity politics.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21h

Turns out protest alone was never what changed things, it was protest *plus media coverage of protests*, which prompted officials to respond to protests, which increased public awareness of protests, etc.

If the protest happens & corporate media simply ignores it ... it's inert.

ineptitudinous.bsky.social @ineptitudinous.bsky.social · 23h

Six out of eight of the largest mass-movement protests in US history have happened since 2017. You wouldn't know this from most media reporting, and you sure af wouldn't know this from the way either major party has reacted.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21h

Turns out protest alone was never what changed things, it was protest *plus media coverage of protests*, which prompted officials to respond to protests, which increased public awareness of protests, etc.

If the protest happens & corporate media simply ignores it ... it's inert.

ineptitudinous.bsky.social @ineptitudinous.bsky.social · 23h

Six out of eight of the largest mass-movement protests in US history have happened since 2017. You wouldn't know this from most media reporting, and you sure af wouldn't know this from the way either major party has reacted.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 21h

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 21h

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

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