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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 8h

Gorgeous.

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 20h

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 15h

2026 To Do List

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h

Democrats has a trifecta in 2021 and did not do any of these things. Maybe Dems should be taking notes on power politics here.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 1d

Whoa. Really good.

Kev - Just don't call me late for dinner. Stronger Together! @57kev.bsky.social · 1d

Thurber is one of the best satirists ever. This isn't that long please check it out.

Kev - Just don't call me late for dinner. Stronger Together! @57kev.bsky.social · 1d

I want a box to hide in!
This is truly how I feel these days - please listen it truly an awesome short story.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Truly excellent new piece by Lincoln Caplan in @harvardmagazine.bsky.social on John Roberts, seen in full.

Careful, meticulous, devastating case on how "institutionalist" has enabled destruction of crucial institutions. Including his now discredited court.
www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

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Their outcomes, along with the Court’s actions in the last few years, carry the seeds of American tragedy. Roberts, often described as an institutionalist, has enabled the most hostile anti-institutionalist ever elected president. The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy. The chief justice, attempting to thread the needle between principle and practicality, has opened the door to the possibility of the ultimate constitutional crisis: a president’s outright defiance of the Supreme Court.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 1d

Two enthusiastic thumbs up.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile starts... now.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"... part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration..."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 1d

In years to come, people are going to shake their heads. This is a level of grift and corruption that should be putting everyone in the streets.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

I’m mildly surprised that Republican voters and America Firsters have bought Scott Bessent’s bullshit that American taxpayers aren’t shipping billions to Argentina to bail out the massive personal investments of Bessent’s friends. I guess loyalty to these crooks takes precedent.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

“Satire is the most powerful weapon in a democracy because it forces people to laugh at their leaders, and once you make people laugh at authority, you’ve won.” - Lenny Bruce and others @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 1d

Can't be loudly stressed enough.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a reason academics universally rejected the initial push to canonize Charlie Kirk as a saint devoted to free speech.

We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 1d

I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes

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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 1d

In case you missed it: we are hard at work on a deep dive into how the Trump Administration's policies are affecting biodiversity.

bioGraphic's news editor, @colinschultz.bsky.social, wants to know: what do you, our readers, want to know more about this topic? What questions do you have?

Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 4d

1/ 🧪🍃🐙📰 We @biographic.bsky.social have been hard at work for the past 8 months developing a deep, rich, behind-the-scenes feature story exploring how the Trump Administration's cuts to international conservation are affecting biodiversity on the ground.

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 1d

Please more information, not only posts about what's happening but what we can do on the local level, in our yards and neighborhoods. The war being waged on the environment is my biggest worry about the Trump administration

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 2d

Exclusive: The US has approved several billion dollars worth of Nvidia AI chip exports to the UAE under a controversial deal

US Approves Some Nvidia UAE Sales In Step of Trump AI Diplomacy

The US has approved several billion dollars worth of Nvidia Corp. chip exports to the United Arab Emirates, an initial step in implementing a controversial deal that could serve as a blueprint for American AI statecraft.

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 2d

The Defector’s Patrick Redford. “By installing Weiss, the richest people in the world have taken another step toward ushering in the toothless, acquiescent future of mainstream media they’ve always wanted.”

Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 2d

The new editor-in-chief for CBS news is "a staunch Zionist and a fierce opponent of supposed wokeness and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives" says @sulliview.bsky.social.

Weiss looks set to deliver for Trump, who seeks adulation over journalism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Bari Weiss is a weird and worrisome choice as top editor for CBS News | Margaret Sullivan

When Weiss was named editor-in-chief, it was the latest turn in the network’s confounding departure from its roots

www.theguardian.com

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 2d

Fueled off a mushroom trip, four kids from East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley created a psychedelic garage band that would end up touring around the world.

The full story: lataco.com/band-levitat...

By @abemarquez.bsky.social

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 2d

Follow the family for the grift.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

it’s all just a grift

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 2d

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2d

While Trump performs for the cameras, his admin CUT $16M in federal funding for Chicago's most effective violence prevention programs. He's not solving a crisis; he's manufacturing one.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 2d

Coming around to the theory that they're Truman Showing him

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

This might be the worst ICE video yet, because it’s literally random dudes hanging around, and then a bunch of heavily armed thugs running them down completely out of nowhere, because they’re brown. It’s a nightmare that would have seemed excessive in Jim Crow. Everyone in America should see this.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Michael DiTullo @d2lo.bsky.social · 8d

Daily report from Portland. I love this video from @councilormorillo.bsky.social on her walk to city hall across the Burnside Bridge into downtown. Keep showing who we are Portland! 🌹

#warravagedportland @coin-indivisible.bsky.social #pdx @pdxoregon50501.bsky.social

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summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 2d

Man, I love this city.

Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 2d

Weirdly enough, I think this works. No one is more insecure than a new ICE agent. They want to be the blonde guy in DHS’s AI Nazi posting so badly. Instead, they’ll be guarding indistinguishable suburban warehouse #16361 while inflated frogs and dinosaurs thrust in their face all day every day.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

summer65.bsky.social @summer65.bsky.social · 2d

Many of us may be trying to figure out how to divest ourselves from Apple products. Advice sorely needed here.

Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 2d

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com