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

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 · 2h

“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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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1h

Donald Trump has cut heath and human services in the US to give this lunatic, Argentine President Javier Milei $20 billion dollars while he pretends to he a rock star.

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Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 5h

He just said it. 100% unironically and unmistakably.

“We took the freedom of speech away.”

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Joe Ovies @joeovies.bsky.social · 6h

ACC Tipoff convos with Will Wade, Jon Scheyer, Steve Forbes and more | UNC working on a Belichick exit strategy | ACC hoops tiers | linktr.ee/ogtriangleme...

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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 2h

The girlfriend of the founder of Antifa

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in 'Casablanca'

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 3d

Better quality video of the UNC student talking about the TCU loss.

This popped up out of nowhere during the broadcast.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 5h

If you wanna know why Miller and Vought and Vance are speedrunning the playbook it's because they know when he goes they no longer have the juice to finish the plan. No one is gonna listen to them and there will be a power vacuum.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 6h

When Women Were Dragons came out in 2022. A simpler time, really.

I said this then, and I mean it even more today - wherever Dr Ford is now, and whatever she is doing, I hope she is having a wonderful day. She deserves it. My god, she did her best to save our country. We all have to do our best.

Book dedications bot @dedication-bot.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy · 1d

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill #books #literature #dedication

For Christine Blasey Ford,
whose testimony triggered this narrative;

And for my children—
dragons, all.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 8h

Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority.”

… but what is plenary authority?

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13h

For the uninitiated: The pope being this direct and explicit to U.S. bishops about how to respond to a domestic policy happening in real time is…unusual.

Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 16h

Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue. For @reuters.com:

www.reuters.com

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 14h

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 15h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 22h

This editorial by a professor of media studies at UVA is worth reading to understand the position universities are in at this moment.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t believe my life is being affected by the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Luke DeCock @lukedecock.bsky.social · 1d

The ACC has finally come around to the idea that basketball needs fixing. In the end, though, there's only one fix: Win more games.

"We can’t be stuck in the past as a league of, ‘Well, we’re the ACC.’" Pitt's Jeff Capel said. "We can’t have that arrogance.”

www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-c...

ACC basketball issues have reached critical mass. There’s only one way out

After getting only four teams into the NCAA tournament in March, a fourth straight year with five or fewer bids, the ACC is in crisis.

www.newsobserver.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 23h

ICE shot a clergy member in the head in broad daylight.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 23h

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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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 22h

They come from Indiana just like the guns in NYC come from Virginia. It's an open secret.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23h

You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.