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This Is Completely Unprepared, and I Am Real @jsx.bsky.social · 4h

The White House:
"For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property — yet the Fake News remains in shameful denial about the Radical Left’s reign of terror."

The reign of terror:

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Bjorning @bjorning.bsky.social · 11m

No brachot from me until it's done. I'll believe it only once the hostages are free and the troops withdrawn.

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MrNelson007, Defender of Skara Brae @mrnelson007.bsky.social · 30m

We do indeed live in interesting times folks

The Jurph from the Black Lagoon @jurph.bsky.social · 45m

The advisor from SimCity hollers at the player, "YOU CAN'T LET A FROG DANCE EROTICALLY AT YOUR SWAT TEAM! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!" The typeface is Chicago but the city is Portland.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 2d

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“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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Bjorning @bjorning.bsky.social · 2d

Ḥag suqqoth sameaḥ!

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 2d

Chag sameach!

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Bjorning @bjorning.bsky.social · 2d

Depends on the land, the distance, the schedule, etc. Trains are great, but they're not great in some environments, or in places where very little traffic is expected and the infrastructure expenses outweigh efficiency gains.

Bjorning @bjorning.bsky.social · 2d

Kind of inevitable in Sukkot coloring, really.

Bjorning @bjorning.bsky.social · 2d

I love it, especially "(אל תגיד לגוים)", which made me laugh out loud. Not sure I understand what's written for Spinoza, though.

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Bjorning @bjorning.bsky.social · 2d

Are these yours? I really like the שבע מינים one.

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Isaac (from the Internet) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 2d

three posters

ushpizata poster, welcoming the matriarchs but in proper aramaic

shivat minim - but the minim are heretics (qoraḥ, jesus, aḥer, ‘anan ben david, shabbatai tsvi, jacob frank, spinoza)

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 2d

My 76 year old boomer lib parents and their friends have been going to protests constantly.

Ryan Geddie @ryangeddie.bsky.social · 4d

A fan favorite from my recent video is who I’m imagining this is about

(D-MI) Evelyn Normielib
Cartoon of a nice middle aged woman
-Retired teacher
-Voted for Buttigieg in 2020 because he reminds her of her grandson
"The blood of the tyrant shall water our fields"

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

The regime's desire for authoritarianism is bottomless, but their capacity is not. Not even close.

They rely on bluster and memes to make up the difference. The threat is real, but less powerful than they say.

Freedom-loving Americans outnumber them by a lot. Communities can resist. Like this one:

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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

Every DoJ attorney promoting and defending at this stuff should never again eat food that is less than 10% spit

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.

Including some users passports & DLs

Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.

Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah DHS has got to be repealed and replaced, which would actually be a great opportunity for some wider restructuring of American domestic security infra

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

chat i don't think this is good

RECAPTURE OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY!

This week, we arrested hundreds of criminal illegal aliens, terrorists, and terrorist sympathizers across our country in Portland in Chicago.

Now, we need your help. Block communists, terrorists, and globalists from ever entering our country.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 2d

Not a single one of these people puts more thought into troop mobilizations than they do social media video aesthetics.

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 2d

they're not just fucking with the rule of law and the functioning of our democratic system, they're also undermining the basic compact of our federal union

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 3d

In one sense, this is the Admin recklessly undermining basic norms of liberal democracy.

In another sense, this is the sweatiest flailing around since Giuliani was giving conferences outside a landscaping shop. It's just blindly groping around for any lever of power, regardless of how dumb it is.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

you! are! a! lawyer!

I fear that the legal community will act like Trump admin's lawyers are normal lawyers--like they'll get nice firm jobs and their law schools will invite them to talk to students, etc--but the lawyers facilitating Trump's lawlessness should be professionally and socially shamed

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

DOJ: CA NG is already federalized

Judge: You are an officer of the court. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with my order? Appropriate way of dealing with ruling you disagree with?

DOJ: Well, I'm not a policy maker

Judge: You're a lawyer

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Abbott egged on the Jade Helm conspiracists, who claimed that a military training operation was actually Obama invading the state of Texas.

Now a U.S. president is deploying Texas troops to other states to dominate and intimidate those states, and Abbott is complicit.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.

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hypoallergenic bobcat alternative @noghiri.bsky.social · 2d

turns out west coast anti homeless policy hurts attempted halfass occupiers too, because ain't nobody want to sell to people who are trying to hurt your neighbors

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 3d

2/2
AYFKM?

"And in fact, they don't even let our ICE officers and our Border Patrol officers use restrooms," she revealed. "Those men and women were telling us that they have to figure out even where they can go sit down for five minutes to have lunch or to use a restroom throughout their shift and their break. So they've made it a very difficult situation."

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 3d

In one sense, this is the Admin recklessly undermining basic norms of liberal democracy.

In another sense, this is the sweatiest flailing around since Giuliani was giving conferences outside a landscaping shop. It's just blindly groping around for any lever of power, regardless of how dumb it is.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

BREAKING: Gov. Newsom says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon after a judge blocked his Portland troop deployment plan.

California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon.

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Panda Bernstein @j4years.bsky.social · 2d

There is a much better way of saying “despite judge’s block”

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d

Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data
Sep. 3, 2025

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 4d

This is a hill I will die on.
youtu.be/fDvxq7IF1W4

LED replacement bulbs for cars are bad and you shouldn't use them.

YouTube video by Technology Connextras

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