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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · Jun 13

Start about 1/2 way down and a bit to the right-of-center of the linked material to find branches of Xianity. Members of each branch are likely to say *they* are "the real Xians." If they are fully open, they would express doubts about all the others >because there are reasons the branches exist<.

World Religions Tree

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1h

Remember when Republicans claimed to be the party of states rights?

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 2h

GOP -- grand ole pedos ? 👀

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 12h

The guy we are saving with $20B bailout

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 20h

want to close your Wells Fargo account because you want to punish them for siccing ICE on a building of impoverished immigrants that Wells Fargo execs wanted to foreclose and sell?

here's how

Mama Murphy☘️ @mamamurphy.bsky.social · 21h

Here’s how you can close your account:

Call 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557)
Visit a Wells Fargo branch near you.
You can close most accounts immediately when:

The account has a positive or zero balance.
All deposits, outstanding and pending items are posted.

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 5h

white dudery icing atop WaPo's crap cake

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 12h

What will the new Adam O'Neal–hosted WaPo opinions podcast sound like for the next few decades? Maybe a little something like this x.com/WashPostComm...

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 6h

Oz on his personal obsession with crudité

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 9h

Excuse me? www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

MEDPAGETODAY®
Public Health & Policy > Health Policy
Many With Obesity 'Don't Respect the Temple of Their
Soul,' Dr. Oz Says
— "The only thing they think they control in their life is the fork at the end of their arm"
by Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor, MedPage Today
October 7, 2025 • 5 min read

Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 6h

man-made famine

Meatball Rob @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 9h

I’m a single-issue voter from now until the day I die: “hold the people who did this and all these other crimes responsible, no matter what it takes”

I’m gonna go to town halls and congressional field offices and bring it up ad infinitum

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.

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 6h

...the ravages of a fargin war...

Still from "Johnny Dangerously" (1984) showing a "New York Gazette" front page with a bold headline that reads: FARGIN WAR !!!

Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 6h

I think they've started culling their own herd...

Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 13h

white normativity and the invisibility of whiteness in action

"A 2023 report exposed how Black people and Latinos are 15 times more likely to be labeled as gang members than White people who self-identify as gang members."

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 15h

open.substack.com/pub/extremea...

"When the Trump administration goes into cities like Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, claiming everyone is a violent gang member, this is the data they are relying on.
It didn't come out of nowhere, and they're intentionally weaponizing it despite the broad denunciation of the tactics over the last two decades due to the tremendous amount of harm it causes to Black and Latino communitie..."
Arturo Dominguez
No One Is Safe From DHS

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 13h

A lot of what I learned through academy training (included in my CJ BS undergrad) got pitched out the door once I was in a car with a training officer.

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 17h

If Chicago wanted to make those Texas soldiers feel at home, they'd wait for a blizzard, then turn off all the power and go to Cancun for the weekend.

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 18h

"Dear god... please let me *appear* competent to white right-wing jesus people. Amen."

Kristi

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 19h

Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.

A screenshot of a video of Noem praying at a conference table with other people wearing suits. Fast food bags and water bottles sit on the table.

Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 18h

this is a very large FU to farm workers

My maternal grandparents followed the seasonal crops from Florida up to mid-Indiana.

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 18h

Oh my God, Descartes was right

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 19h

Inflatable Frog Costume | #ad
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18h

Tell me you’re a serious educational institution when you tell an infectious disease educator that they can’t talk about real, current infectious disease outbreaks

Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1d

Tulane "terminated an academic director this summer after the syllabus she'd helped create for an infectious disease class was rejected by a newly hired instructor because it included an academic article about a polio outbreak in Gaza."
#Louisiana #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Healthcare #Genocide

Tulane changes syllabus, fires academic director over Gaza article • Louisiana Illuminator

Some say that the incident is yet another glimpse of the tense climate experienced on local and national campuses by people who support Palestine.

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 18h

So, Trump is sending the Texas National Guard to Chicago.

A bunch of Texans. Habituated to Texas. Equipped for Texas. Deployed to CHICAGO. On the Lake. With Winter coming on...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 19h

Folks, it's happening.

We're releasing Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile this Thursday at 7 p.m.

Mark your calendars. Get excited to know even less about Jeffrey Epstein.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 19h

Texans are still pissed about the Alamo thingy, aren't they?

Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 19h

I think that calls for an "OK Daaaad"

Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 20h

Where's Danger-Frog ???

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 21h

Watch my Congressional briefing if you want more background on Trump’s extrajudicial killings.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

I had the privilege of briefing dozens of Congressional staffers on Friday about Trump’s extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean. Thanks to the Progressive Caucus Action Fund for sponsoring the forum. You can watch my part of the event here:

My briefing to Congressional staffers about Trump’s Venezuela boat strikes

YouTube video by SKT DCA

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 21h

Gasoline sells at a DEEPLY subsidized rate of 12.3¢ per gallon in Venezuela, but costs more than $4 per gallon in Trinidad which is just six miles away from the coast of Venezuela. There’s a much greater chance that Trump murdered people bootlegging gas than drugs.

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Venezuela: The price of octane-95 gasoline is 0.84 Venezuelan Bolivar per liter. For comparison, the average price of gasoline in the world for this period is 30.93 Venezuelan Bolivar. The chart below shows the price of gasoline in the country relative to other countries.
Use the drop menu to see the prices in gallons. On the graph, the prices for the countries indicated with a * are updated on a weekly basis. The prices for the other countries are updated on a monthly basis because these countries have regulated fuel markets and prices do not change frequently.
The subsidized price of 0.1 USD on the chart is for the first 120 liters a month only for people with a valid Fatherland Card. Purchases above 120 liters per month are charged at 0.50 USD per liter. Also, the price listed on this page is the official gasoline price. However, during times of fuel shortages in Venezuela, there is a black market for fuel with prices that can exceed substantially the average international price levels.
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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 21h

A 🧵 ⬇️

(any hurt feelings that arise are on you, the reader)

Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 23h

So since I'm annoyed let me say a few things today.Some folks have been writing about Christian Nationalism and apocalyptic right wing movements for YEARS here in the US. YEARS. Do we get to have a platform in major mags and newspapers... rarely.

Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 21h

...

Fancy restaurant scene from "The Blues Brothers" (1980) where a patron complains about Jake and Elwood smelling bad. Here, the caption reads:

I mean, he smells bad...