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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 31m

Can’t believe all these people are running a marathon through "war torn" Chicago today

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 40m

For weeks, anti-immigration agents have tossed smoke bombs at people in cars, shot so-called “less lethal” weapons like rubber bullets and pepper balls, and deployed a staggering amount of tear gas, sometimes unleashing it almost casually into streets crowded with passersby. trib.al/hvYuXLw

Trump Is Waging War on an American City

The real threat to people in Chicago (and Los Angeles and Portland) is our maniacal president.

trib.al

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Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co · 38m

What are you talking about @jd-vance-1.bsky.social??

Low income women are not going to get their food benefits because YOU *cut* them in your Big Ugly Bill!

It’s shameful how much you flat out lie.

You are in charge. Open the government.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 37m

When I say that the Atlantic is the official magazine of the donor class this is what I’m talking about.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 35m

Wikipedia is the last source of reliable, unbiased information that isn't controlled by right wing billionaires, and they really REALLY want to get their hands on that, too.

Please keep donating to stop that from happening. Even small amounts help.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 35m

We can organize everywhere.
We can flip red seats.
We can flip entire chambers.
And we can govern like we give a damn.

Let’s show the rest of the country how to fight like Michigan.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 46m

Anyone who sees videos like this and tries to explain it away is someone who feels sure that they will never be meaningfully abused by state actors.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1h

ICE attacks cemetery workers trying to help a man in the Des Plaines river www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUmUjPs/

Caught on camera… ICE agents clash with suburban cemetery workers trying to help man in Des Plaines River… #wgn9 #ice #operationmidwayblitz #immigration

TikTok video by WGN9Chicago

www.tiktok.com

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Democrats @democrats.org · 45m

Earlier this year, two Republicans were sworn in less than 24 hours after their elections.

It’s been 20 days since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her race and Speaker Johnson’s still dragging his feet.

It’s time to swear her in.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 44m

She’s doing the Dril post 😂

wint @dril
go ahead. keep screaming "Shut The Fuck Up " at me. it only makes my opinions Worse
3/10/18, 13:09

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 42m

Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
newrepublic.substack.com/p/maga-implo...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.substack.com

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 42m

Always worth revisiting, @edyong209.bsky.social talking about his reckoning with The Atlantic and why he left, including a nod to @prisonculture.bsky.social. (And skip back to 13:15 or so for a very satisfying truth-telling about Jesse Singal) youtu.be/ddy5uMdzZB8?...

Ed Yong, Journalist/Author - XOXO Festival (2024)

YouTube video by XOXO Festival

youtu.be

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WhatRWeDoingHere @voteblue4vr.bsky.social · 43m

It's all just shit. Fallon succeeded by cracking himself up, and now they all think THAT'S peak comedy.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 49m

Please nobody tell professional writer praising professional journalists Caitlin Flanagan what "out of whole cloth" means

Screenshot of text:

Not now but soon enough, there will be major stories about The Free Press being the creation of three female founders who constructed a hugely successful digital business out of whole cloth.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 1h

Stock market! Do not crash! I was joking!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1h

“Don't worry about China, it will all be fine! Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment.”

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

Finally realized what the freakout over Mamdani becoming mayor reminded me of, and it's the freakout over the first black mayors in southern cities.

New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS:

"Too Young to Die"

As the seemingly endless NYC mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the howls of the Democratic establishment in the city are only getting louder. They've really convinced themselves that the elect...

campaign-trails.ghost.io

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Margaret Cho @margaretcho.bsky.social · 2h

If Jan 6 was all Antifa then why did you pardon them?

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 2h

if we wrote a long opinion establishing precedent people might think we aren't going to reverse when a democrat does the same me shit

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2h

We fired people we had no reason or budgetary need to fire and we actually screwed up and fired the wrong people and then rehired them the next day and all because of Chuck Schumer

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 2h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

#WarRavagedChicago

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h

Gov. JB Pritzker on ABC: "He certainly has the power of the presidency. He does not have the power to overcome the Constitution. And so am I afraid? I am not afraid. Do I think that he could do it? He might. But as I've said before, come and get me I mean. You're dead wrong, Mr. President."

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

Nobody wants it as a story but I have multiple NYPD sources who voted for Mamdani, are eager for his win in November, and who say their colleagues quietly feel the same.

They like that he wants NYPD to focus on crime, not quality of life enforcement.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 21h

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5h

The image is a screenshot from a video that identifies the content as AI.

MR NEWBERGER'S
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NEW SINGLE - • ICE COLD LITE - a Country
Protest Song
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This ain't your grandpa's country song. From courtroom hallways to Walmart parking lots, ICE COLD LITE drags the truth into the daylight - flannel-wrapped, mask-wearing, and lawless as hell.
Watch the satire unfold in boots, vests, and full-blown
denial....more
How this content was made
Altered or synthetic content
Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5h

Zoom in on any of the hands and you’ll see that it absolutely *is* AI.

Why are you doing this shit when there are so many legit photos and videos of ICE terrorizing communities?

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Mike in the Box @mike-in-the-box.bsky.social · 5h

youranonjd.bsky.social blocked me for politely asking it to take down the fake post. That's confirmation that it's a malicious account that is knowingly posting disinformation.

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