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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12d

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.

I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.

Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 1

The central point is that when fascism came to America it wouldn't call itself that, nor would it be wearing a swastika. It would call itself "patriotic" and "100% American."

Can We Spot It?
(Question: How can we identify native American fascists at work? )
An American fascist seeking power would not proclaim that he is a fascist. Fascism always camouflages its plans and purposes. Hitler made demagogic appeals to all groups and swore: "Neither I nor anybody in the National Socialist Party advocates proceeding by anything but Constitutional methods." Any fascist attempt to gain power in America would not use the exact Hitler pattern. It would work under the guise of "super-patriotism" and "super-American-ism." Fascist leaders are neither stupid nor naive.
They know that they must hand out a line that "sells." Huey Long is said to have remarked that if fascism came to America, it would be on a program of "Ameri-canism."
Fascists in America may differ slightly from fascists in other countries, but there are a number of attitudes and practices that they have in common. Following are three. Every person who has one of them is not necessarily a fascist. But he is

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 16d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 16d

Share, share, share!

James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 16d

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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 20d

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended.

It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 20d

Rula Hardal & May Pundak are leaders w/A Land for All — a Palestinian/Israeli initiative grounded in shared human values & lived reality.

As we close out 5785, they joined us today to cry out against the destruction of Gaza, and to imagine, despite everything, a shared future.
www.2s1h.org/en

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21d

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 21d

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21d

lol. Emil Bove intervened. The guy that Senate Republicans just confirmed for a lifetime position on the federal bench.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 24d

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 24d

Canceling Jimmy Kimmel show is not about Charlie Kirk, just like going after universities was not about antisemitism and occupying DC was not about fighting crime.

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 27d

I haven't seen anyone say it for a while, so I will.

Do not obey in advance.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 27d

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 27d

Whatever you do, don’t call this person, who is a close advisor to the President, a threat to American democracy.

Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer
X.com
I was thinking about this over the last few nights while I couldn't sleep.
I have to say, I do want President Trump to be the
"dictator" the Left thinks he is, and I want the right to be as devoted to locking up and silencing our violent political enemies as they pretend we are.
I've had enough of the Left only thinking we will defund them, prosecute them, lock them up and dismantle their power for generations to come.
It just needs to happen.
7:23 AM • 9/13/25 • 218K Views

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · Sep 11

Charlie Kirk and his organization were directly responsible for colleagues going into hiding because of harassment. I personally received death threats, as well as bullshit anonymous complaints to my university, because I'm on their list.

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · Sep 11

It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 28d

Between this and the fact that he's threatening people who he thinks mocked Kirk's death, I am suddenly very, very grateful to no longer be on active duty.

Andrew Dyer @andrewdyer.bsky.social · 28d

Hegseth tweeted: "Pronouns updated: She/Her/Fired"

www.kpbs.org/news/local/2...

San Diego Navy doctor fired after right-wing activists find pronouns on social media

Cmdr. Janelle Marra, a 21-year Navy physician, was the commander of Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Bravo.

www.kpbs.org

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · Sep 8

Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."

Really meant,

"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Alex Arrelia @alexarrelia.bsky.social · Sep 8

To spell some shit out unambiguously: fascism requires domestic abuse to propagate itself. Demands it. There is no way to humanely teach your children that might makes right. There is no way to gently love a spouse you think is your genetic intellectual inferior.

These are inextricably linked.

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Peter W🤓 @wang.social · Sep 7

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Sep 7

Question: Why are many people under the impression that Trump and the awful things he’s doing are popular, even though they’re not?

Answer: America is still a mostly free country where dissent against Trump’s dictatorial ambitions is widespread, but media keeps making it appear as if it’s not.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Sep 6

What the actual fuck.

US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”

U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump

An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.

www.benrothenberg.com

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Aug 24

If someone claims to be scared of the subway but isn’t scared of being in a car on the highway—which is exponentially more dangerous + deadly—they are not a serious person

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · Aug 24

The University of Chicago has a debt of over $6 billion, against an endowment of $10 billion. They played with crypto. That's more than irresponsible.

Their board of trustees contains a surprising number of people regarded as financial geniuses.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Aug 23

“I DoN’t WaNt To GeT pOlItIcAl AbOuT ScIeNcE” says German Scientist in Berlin in 1933.

THAT’S HOW YOU SOUND RIGHT NOW.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Aug 22

ok so the times witnessed reporters receiving cash from Adams people three times at mayoral events and sat on it for over a month but couldn’t pass up a hot tip from a neonazi about Mamdani’s unsuccessful college application for long enough to check if the neonazi had already been identified

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