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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3h

What the actual fuck??? This is a really scary situation. This family is already facing death threats which is why they are leaving.

Because Dr. Bray is a scholar of anti-fascism.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Beth @bethinsac.bsky.social · 4h

It seems like we cycled really quickly from TikTok protest songs to TikTok war songs.

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Matthew Scarborough 𓀀 @mattitiahu.bsky.social · 6h

The administration is aware of black bloc tactics, was vaguely aware of clown bloc tactics, but was completely unprepared for the advent of Animal Crossing bloc tactics.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 7h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 6h

Just to be absolutely clear:

The President of the United States has absolutely no power to “take away” any right enumerated in the Constitution from any person.

And that is how every single article, blog post, and social media commentary should start when discussing this ludicrous statement.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

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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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 6h

If you can't run your business without stealing, your business is a criminal enterprise. Hope that helps.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 6h

Useless

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 7h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 11h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 8h

Life would have been better never knowing what I'd lost because of these racists. Because this might kill me.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 8h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

Well, I, for one, am proud of us for doing the sensible thing and basing our entire economy on computers that tell kids to kill themselves

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Beth @bethinsac.bsky.social · 1d

Once again it really seems like the second civil war has started but Democrats haven't noticed yet.

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 6d

I feel like we've gotten numb to these threats but it really is something to stack them all next to each other www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

Ingersoll’s calls for violence are in line with the official Republican position. John Gillette, a Republican state representative for Arizona, called for Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to be hanged on his X account. Two Kansas Republicans alluded to — “joked” — about shooting a former Democratic colleague on the floor of the Kansas House. Louisiana Republican Clay Higgins threatened to jail the mayor of Denver, while Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna threatened to refer him for criminal charges. Arizona Republican Paul Gosar shared an anime video depicting him killing Ocasio-Cortez and attacking then-President Joe Biden.

Denaturalization is another favorite Republican threat. Republican Andy Ogles of Tennessee said that New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani should be stripped of his citizenship and deported; Ogles later demanded the same for Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois. Texas Republican Brandon Gill, Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, and South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace have called for Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a naturalized US citizen, to be deported.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

Much good stuff in here but this is the heart of it

This is the grain of sand at the center of the pearl of my ire, because "we are going to have to live here with each other" is the
exact premise that Republicans do not agree with any of us about, and while Klein in his remarks pays lip service to some of the recent proofs of this clear fact, his analysis of what to do about it he excises this reality entirely. In his mind, he and Kirk were just two guys, both trying to change the country for what they thought was good. It's a bond. Never mind that what Kirk thought was good was the American military in the streets of Chicago, and mass kidnapping in service of a white ethnostate, and the end of bodily autonomy for women and queer people, and so forth. In the Klein world, moral clarity about abuse is polarizing, and polarization, not abuse, is the problem to solve.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1d

This is illegal

Jane Norman @janenorman.bsky.social · 1d

MORE FROM TRUMP JUST NOW: Trump said he will likely announce mass layoffs of federal employees & opened door to canceling funding:

“I’ll be able to tell you that in four or five days if this keeps going on...If this keeps going on it’ll be substantial and a lot of those jobs will never come back.”

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Matt @academicfabe.bsky.social · 2d

She raised an all time record for Kentucky politics (which, I guess, is the reason this is happening again).

Not once did she try to help down ballot races. Instead she blew threw over 90 million while she gave the KY Dems $700,000.

Outspent Mitch 2 to 1 and still lost.

Amy McGrath @amymcgrath.bsky.social · 2d

Kentucky deserves a senator with the decency and courage to stand up and speak out for our state. I won’t sit back and watch what’s happening in this country. That’s why I’m running for the U.S. Senate.

Join the campaign: www.amymcgrath.com

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Beth @bethinsac.bsky.social · 1d

Friends, it's not my place to tell you what to do with your money but if you give this woman a single one of your hard-earned dollars I'm going to hurt your feelings.

Find a soup kitchen in Kentucky, send it to them instead. Or use it to light a candle for democracy. Either is better than this.

Amy McGrath @amymcgrath.bsky.social · 2d

Kentucky deserves a senator with the decency and courage to stand up and speak out for our state. I won’t sit back and watch what’s happening in this country. That’s why I’m running for the U.S. Senate.

Join the campaign: www.amymcgrath.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Rick Caruso burned more than 100M dollars to lose a Mayoral Race by 10 points in Los Angeles. Amy McGrath burned more than 90M dollars in 2020 on her bid for Senator and lost to Mitch McConnell by 20 points.

Amy McGrath @amymcgrath.bsky.social · 2d

Kentucky deserves a senator with the decency and courage to stand up and speak out for our state. I won’t sit back and watch what’s happening in this country. That’s why I’m running for the U.S. Senate.

Join the campaign: www.amymcgrath.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.

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Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city. (Mark
Elias/AP)

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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 1d

I guess I shouldn't be *surprised* but it is making my head spin that the feds have shot two people, with live rounds, killing one of them, in Chicagoland in recent weeks, and in both cases they were very clearly found to be lying about what happened, and essentially nothing is happening about it.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2d

What a mild way to say "this is against the law and has been anathema since the founding of this country."

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

The U.S. Treasury shared a proposal to mint $1 Trump coins to mark America’s 250th anniversary.

But U.S. code says only deceased individuals may appear on U.S. currency, a tradition dating back to efforts to break from monarchical rule. https://wapo.st/4pWsyL3

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 2d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Beth @bethinsac.bsky.social · 2d

Kid came home from college just long enough to cast her vote in her first election. Hopefully not her last.

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Helen was pushed @guphysez.bsky.social · 2d

Strange that people think, "So exciting that Rush is on tour again" and not, "It's a shame that artists can no longer get paid from streams of their very popular music, so senior citizens have to endanger their health by going on tour."

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d

Other states need to begin intentional punishment of the hostile Texas government, including cancelling state government contracts with Texas companies and interfering with their commerce such as by imposing onerous Texas-company-specific certifications and licensing.

Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 2d

This is both true and also we need to note how eager Texas has shown itself to be to send its own NG into blue states to try and forcibly occupy them. The Texas GOP is a source of evil in this country snd the next Dem administration needs to go about breaking them as an R power center.

Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 3d

okay but its kinda funny that every time Trump is like "I'm going to war with America's cities!" it just kinda falls apart and a judge dunks on him for being a criminal moron

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