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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 1h

HONORED ✊

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 13h

The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 18h

the republican majority leader with a clear vision for the democratic party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

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 ... "

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Tony Serrata 🇺🇦 @serrata.org · 23h

Expect dead people from this shot without cause while they'll claim they were under attack by people in frog suits

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23h

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

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QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 1d

what do you even say. what do you even say.

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1d

the epstein files aren’t dropping & this isn’t a distraction from them.

this is a fascist setting up the field to eliminate every point of friction that might impede an attempt to seize absolute power.

quippy posts about epstein are delaying your realization of, & motivation to fight, that fact.

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 1d

I love doing it so much!

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 2d

Anyway, happy birthday to the girlfriend of the founder of antifa, who today celebrates 111 years fighting fascism! 🥳

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 3d

What we’re seeing now is not people “[beginning] to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army”—the federal agents are becoming an occupying army, and the violence is theirs. The violence is already here.

Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 3d

Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Screenshot from a NYT article by Thomas Edsall, quoting Barbara Walter of UC-San Diego: "The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there’s no reason for them to be there. It’s inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this. Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil. People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied.

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely."

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 2d

Oh yeah - that was Outdoor Miner, by Wire

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 3d

literally same

Clsn @clsn.bsky.social · 3d

If anybody wants to say "hi" at @tedleo.bsky.social tonight, I'm the middle-aged guy in all black.

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mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 6d

“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others."

she was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy."

when you're definitely the good guys

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 6d

props for the Teen Girl Squad ref

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 7d

This guy not wearing a mask makes him the bravest ICE agent and yet is still, like all of them, a pathetic bullying coward. Look at him grab Fuentes, who’s literally just standing there. Look at the hatred in his dumb face.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 7d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 8d

For a good walk, I love the canals. You can start up on Primrose Hill, go down to Camden, and walk the Regents’ Canal all the way back to Islington and beyond. There’s an odd but beautiful little Museum of the Home in Hoxton that sometimes has very specific and interesting exhibits.

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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 9d

Canada Dry Dutch-Style Chocolate Soda (1972-1975): A chocolate soda that featured a richer, smoother, "Dutch-style cocoa" chocolate flavor

A silver pop can, adorned with tulips for a "Dutch" theme, under the words "Dutch Style Chocolate Soda"

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 10d

I have a NUMBER of great new jackets and I’m just like

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 11d

Wish I could get on the writing side of that line in my brain

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 11d

That was incredibly intense. So much respect for her.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 12d

watch this.

JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 12d

So exhausting..

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 13d

I finally had a day on the road with time to stop at Cahokia in 2018, and it’s hard to describe the energy that still permeates it. Lingers with me to this day!

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 13d

This looks incredible (in both senses of “looks”)

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 13d

I found Queequeg’s arm thrown over me in the most loving and affectionate manner. You had almost thought I had been his wife.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 13d

No such thing as an AI actress, writer, dancer, or any other word referring to people.

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 14d

Him physically forcing himself on Jennifer Aniston and me not wanting to list every single one of them

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