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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 4h

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.

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2h

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest U.S. city. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15h

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

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casbo @casbo.bsky.social · 11h

DEI but for people that suck ass at their jobs.

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 11h

They had to buy the Post, gut the newsroom, and restaff with reactionary grifters that don't deserve to carry their predecessors' dirty socks; that was the only way to remake the paper, because they were never gonna get through the front door on merit.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 12h

This little twerp, who’s been there a few months, axed two of the lions of WaPo??

Fisher is an investigative champion and had been at The Post for 39 years. Hoffman had been there for 42, and he won a Pulitzer LAST YEAR.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 11h

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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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 12h

File state charges. This is a crime.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s video of the incident

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s video of the incident

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casbo @casbo.bsky.social · 11h

Truly. I’m seriously fucking boring. The people that aren’t like me make things interesting for me. I love my city/state. People enjoying it, speaking other languages, getting excited about things I love, makes me happy.

Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 14h

I love living in a city full of immigrants and tons and tons of people who are not at all like me and not like each other. It makes us all better and it makes our city better. I know I’m preaching to the choir by saying this on the lib app but I sometimes just get so overwhelmed by how special it is

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s video of the incident

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casbo @casbo.bsky.social · 12h

Always forget how hot Rachel Brosnahan is until she shows up on my screen. Superman is as good as everyone said.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 12h

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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casbo @casbo.bsky.social · 14h

Both of the fash suck up teams getting plowed tonight? That’s too bad.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 16h

It’s always so obvious that Pam Bondi would rather be yelling at a waiter than doing whatever she’s doing

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 20h

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 5d

ok it’s time

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 16h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 16h

someone call the etsy witches this is a fucking emergency

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16h

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

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Ryan McCrystal @ryanmccrystal.bsky.social · 1d

Best P4 offenses at avoiding 3rd down

Vandy, 69%
Notre Dame, 66%
USC, 66%
Arkansas, 66%
Rutgers, 65%👀
Cincinnati, 63%
Ohio State, 63%
Ole Miss, 63%

and worst..
Wake Forest, 42%
Houston, 42%
OK State, 43%
VT, 45%
Maryland, 46%
Stanford, 47%
WVU, 48%

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casbo @casbo.bsky.social · 16h

"So it's a pie but with pepperoni and cheese and sauce?"

BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 17h

The road to anti fascism lies in big boy solidarity and if it takes fucked up Chicago food to make it happen then we roll

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 17h

This strikes me as pretty bad

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casbo @casbo.bsky.social · 17h

It seriously only takes an ounce of journalism for them to just melt. And just doing an ounce of journalism makes them see you as an adversary.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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mother dysnomia 🌚 @mamatried.bsky.social · 22h

lol it’s this guy

Tweet from 11/2/24 showing Harry Sisson and his 4 friends in a car that reads “we’re Gen Z voters and we all PROUDLY voted for Kamala Harris! Real men support Harris”

Robert J O’Neill quotes it with

“You're not men. You're boys. If there was no social media, you would be my concubines.”

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casbo @casbo.bsky.social · 18h

Great catch!

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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 20h

If you are a Texan being investigated for your connections to "radical leftist" groups, I am interested in representing you against harassment by Ken Paxton's office.

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 22h

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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