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Anthony L. Fisher

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 6d

You have the right to call President Donald Trump a fascist.

(new @msnbc.com column)

Opinion | Free speech includes the right to call political opponents 'fascists'

Top Trump officials say heated political rhetoric is illegal “incitement.” They're wrong — it’s free speech.

www.msnbc.com

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 1h

1. Trump Culture War quote.
2. Johnson CW quote.
3. *Imagined* Schumer CW quote.
4. “These culture wars get sillier by the day.”

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 12h

Hal doesn't like NY or baseball or the fans and he really doesn't care about winning. He's the problem.

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 12h

So many 75-80 win seasons

Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 13h

I'll take the over on Michael Shellenberger becoming a "60 Minutes" correspondent at Vichy CBS News.

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 14h

This column starts about one thing and then goes in a wildly different direction.

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 17h

Not a single Middle East expert or person with left-of-center politics was available for the debate.

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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 19h

During David Byrne's Saturday night concert in Boston, he told the crowd he’d enjoyed a scenic bike ride — then projected a not-so-scenic image of the Morgan & Morgan law firm billboard you can see near I-93.

What David Byrne noticed in Boston this weekend: a Morgan & Morgan billboard - The Boston Globe

The law firm (unsurprisingly) sees it as great product placement.

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 20h

Glad to see Robby's reading MSNBC — but it's not "reductive" to cite numerous Trump administration-fed stories copy-pasted as "reporting" in The Free Press and call it "Trump-friendly."

What's reductive is framing a one-off debate with a MAGA libertarian about Israel as legit ideological balance.

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 21h

I debated Mark Bray on antifa violence in 2017. I was vehemently against it (as I am against all political violence), he was openly sympathetic to it.

But the idea that he's a threat to the safety of MAGA college students is absurd, the threats against him are obscene, and I hope Bray stays safe.

Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 22h

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 21h

"Based on my experience, if anyone doubts the documents' authenticity, you should challenge them to a podcast debate."

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 1d

I don't doubt that a lot of people at the New York Times were jerks and at times cast unfair aspersions to Bari Weiss — but her claim to "hate bullies" is absolutely laughable considering the many institutionally protected thugs and online bullies she calls friends and allies.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone who was raising alarm bells under Bush and Obama are shouting “I told you!” right now.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. it appears to justify an open-ended war against a secret list of groups, giving the president power to designate drug traffickers as enemy combatants and have them summarily killed without legal review.”

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 1d

The reaction from most of her supporters hasn't been "awesome, she's gonna make CBS great again," it's been more "Hahaha, suck it jealous haters!"

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 1d

The Party of Free Speech

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: The Pentagon has sent out its revised rules to reporters who wish to have building access. The new rules say that even soliciting tips on social media is grounds for losing badge access, per a copy I've obtained. More in tonight's edition of @status.news. Subscribe: www.status.news/subscribe

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 1d

That column was called "We're All Fascists Now," it got her a ton of attention and was the opening act for the "Intellectual Dark Web" scam.

Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 1d

this is fine

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned on Monday evening amid government shutdown

The air traffic tower at Burbank Airport is unmanned on Monday evening as air traffic controllers begin to call out in greater numbers due to the government shutdown.

abc7.com

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 1d

You *don't* need to conjure up a "liberal Joe Rogan."

Joe Rogan is an idiot, easily led by culture war charlatans, whose feeble brain was corroded by the woke-panic.

What you need is to stand for something and at least one politician with an ounce of charisma. That'll do.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

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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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA libertarians: "Both Republicans and Democrats are equally bad but Democrats are worse."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Randy Fine: "I don't negotiate with terrorists. And what we're learned in whether it's dealing with Muslim terrorists or Democrats, you've gotta stand and you've gotta do the right thing."

Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 1d

'The hiring of a Trump-supporting, conservative think tank veteran as CBS News' new "bias monitor" — plus the elevation of Weiss — is a clear signal he wants to steer one of journalism’s oldest, most respected institutions in a distinctly right-leaning ideological direction.' @mattjj89.bsky.social

Opinion | Bari Weiss runs a Trump-friendly site — now she'll be in charge of CBS News

Paramount Skydance hired the anti-woke opinion journalist to run the venerable news organization — giving Trump an ally with a big legacy media platform.

www.msnbc.com

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 1d

And she and her podcaster-bro clique tried to paint Balko as a jealous bully for stating facts...lots of them...about why TFP's piece was complete bullshit.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

As you see the Ellisons’ use the husk of Paramount/CBS to hand out fiefdoms to conservatives, remember: This summer Paramount bribed Trump $16m at the cost of 60 Minutes’ integrity. FCC approval of the Ellisons’ takeover bid followed within a few days. Brendan Carr made this statement at the time.

Brendan Carr, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission:
President Trump is fundamentally reshaping the media landscape. And the way he's doing that is,
when he ran for election, he ran directly at these legacy broadcast media outlets, ABC, NBC, CBS.
For years, government officials just allowed those entities with execs sitting in Hollywood in New York to dictate the political narrative. And he has fundamentally changed the game. And you see that really having consequences that are just rushing all through media.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Every major police agency in the country bans this.

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 2d

1/ This is so f'ing outrageous. You cannot safely restrain people on their stomachs. They're going to kill people.

This is very well known now.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is hog tying protesters in Portland and removing them on Dollies.

This is dangerous and could cause serious injury.

The Department of Homeland Security thinks it’s a joke.

They’ve shared this video with the tagline “Refuse to Walk? We’ll give you a ride”.

Stay strong Portland.

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 6d

OPINION by @anthonylfisher.bsky.social:

“A government that says you can’t call it authoritarian is most certainly authoritarian.”

READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | Free speech includes the right to call political opponents 'fascists'

Top Trump officials say heated political rhetoric is illegal “incitement.” They're wrong — it’s free speech.

www.msnbc.com

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