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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15h

/3 I've been trying to get the Vice President of Procurement to sign a contract for three weeks and he keeps sending it back with CAPITALISM IS A DEATH CULT scrawled on it. I think it's in blood.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15h

/2 I will be taken into custody for treason shortly.

Honestly it's a bit of a relief. Let me tell you: being GC of Antifa is not a picnic. I had to do a sexual harassment prevention training the other day and it did NOT go well.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16h

/2 Although watching Trump struggle mightily to stay awake during an afternoon meeting is the most relatable I have ever found him.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 17h

United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has increasing influence over President Trump, sources say

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "CNN is dying like a dog."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18h

/3 Here, by the way, is what the Supreme Court ACTUALLY said about Trump’s theory in Texas v. Johnson 36 years ago:

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18h

Absolutely made up.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18h

"Are you sure it was the courts? Are you sure it wasn't nothing?"

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Mike Olson @mikeolson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h

An unremarked potential casualty of the Trump administration's deployment of the military in policing roles domestically, and of the military-style tactics used by ICE in raids and arrests, is precisely that broad respect. The American people will resent a force that it views as abusive, lawless […]

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 20h

“We ultimately have a perception versus reality problem,” Caroline Turco, a lawyer for the city, argued in court on Friday. “The president’s perception is that it’s ‘World War II out there.’ The reality is this is a beautiful city and with a sophisticated police force that can handle the […]

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20h

Being emo is officially probable cause now

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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aglimme.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy @aglimme.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 1d

We’re going to need a bigger parking lot! Go Bears!
https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/omar-yaghi-shares-2025-nobel-prize-chemistry

Nobel Laureate parking signs at UC Berkeley.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

The First Amendment explicitly guarantees:

-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech

If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

We have reached a level of authoritarianism, let’s use the word FASCISM, where the President, based entirely on lies about violence and disorder, and against the will of the governors of the states, can send hostile state’s National Guard to invade and sit on citizens

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

/2 Also "I'm a career prosecutor therefore you can't question my integrity" is Dick Wolf Brain at its very worst.

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Mike Olson @mikeolson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@heidilifeldman posted this content in a thread here on Mastodon over the last few days, but has collected for her blog the story of the first Speaker's Corner that her Indivisible group ran in Santa Fe:

https://heidi-says.ghost.io/starting-speakers-corners-while-we-can/

It's good.

Starting Speakers’ Corners while we can

In Santa Fe, I have helped start a Speakers’ Corner project. We held our first session this past Saturday. Reprinted below, from the Indivisible Santa Fe website, is my diary. But first, click the image below for footage showing a sampling of speakers from the day. ## Speakers' Corner

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aglimme.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy @aglimme.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@mikeolson The council punting on Hopkins street was a travesty. It's a mess now and there is no plan to repave it till 2029. Riding through Hopkins and Sacramento is an exercise in dodging potholes and parked cars, it's a mess. I think we should turn McGee to one way with angles parking.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Miles was chief of staff at DHS in Trump’s first term 👇🏽

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aglimme.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy @aglimme.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@msbellows We are going to need a bigger parking lot. https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/07/john-clarke-uc-berkeley-emeritus-professor-awarded-2025-nobel-prize-in-physics/

Nobel Laureate parking spaces at UC Berkeley

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Oregon's stubborn resistance to Texas National Guard troops invading reflects the elitist and closed-minded belief that the people of Portland have nothing to learn from the people of Texas

--Ezra Klein, tomorrow in the New York Times

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aglimme.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy @aglimme.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@msbellows they have changed the design but they are still there! Go Bears!

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M.S. Bellows, Jr. @msbellows.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Today seems like a good day to share the greatest parking control sign of all time (seen years ago on the U.C. Berkeley campus): #NobelPrize

A blue metal sign with white lettering mounted to a metal pole. The sign reads "Reserved for Nobel Laureate at all times."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Mike Olson @mikeolson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

“A lot of good can come down from shutdowns,” Mr. Trump said last week. “We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn’t want, and they’d be Democrat things.”

I'm an American, motherfucker.

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