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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 5h

Someone remind me: is printing just out and out false propaganda in the newspaper about "personal liberties" or "free markets"?

Someone want to ask Jeff Bezos that for me? Thanks.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 5h

I assume Clayton Kershaw is being punished by God because he again didn't do something heterosexually enough. That's on him.

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Call me Trick-or-Tracy. 👻🎃 @peakingsassy.bsky.social · 7h

The girlfriend of TWO of the founders of antifa!

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 6h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 9h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 1d

I’ve been circling a cursed thought for a while and it’s time to let it out: These guys are Disney Adults for fascism.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 2d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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G @monkeyes2.bsky.social · 1d

Shout out to the Chicago local news! @blockclubchi.bsky.social @thetriibe.com @southsideweekly.bsky.social
@unraveledpress.com
@borderlessmag.bsky.social

Follow the locals!

And the strong reporting hasn’t come only from legacy outlets such as the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune but also from newer independent media such as Block Club Chicago, the TRiiBE, Borderless, Unraveled, and South Side Weekly.

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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 1d

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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 1d

Dance War Zone

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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jblumenthal.bsky.social @jblumenthal.bsky.social · 1d

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Think about it this way. Either what Trump is doing is legal, or it is illegal.
If it is legal, then Trumpism must be defeated and there then must be a concerted effort to reform the law—and possibly even the Constitution- to prevent the next authoritarian attempt.
If it is illegal, then eventually, someone has to go to jail for what this administration is doing to the country.
If this story doesn't end with one of those two outcomes, then we will see it replayed again. And again.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 1d

"Dad, were you on the side that tried to help people snatched off the street or the side that shot priests?"

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social · 1d

“One thing is crystal clear: Chicago was not a war zone when Operation Midway Blitz began, but DHS and ICE made sure it became one. As author and activist Kelly Hayes put it, ‘The president is waging war on our city for welcoming those he wishes to expel.’”

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 As you may have seen, in recent days, I've been going to the Broadview ICE facility near where I live. For @vanityfair.com I wrote about those protests & the hell that the Chicago area is being put through thanks to ICE/DHS. I hope you'll read this & share it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Postcard From Chicago: There’s an ICE Facility in My Backyard

Chicago was not a war zone when Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz began. DHS and ICE have made it one.

www.vanityfair.com

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 As you may have seen, in recent days, I've been going to the Broadview ICE facility near where I live. For @vanityfair.com I wrote about those protests & the hell that the Chicago area is being put through thanks to ICE/DHS. I hope you'll read this & share it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Postcard From Chicago: There’s an ICE Facility in My Backyard

Chicago was not a war zone when Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz began. DHS and ICE have made it one.

www.vanityfair.com

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Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 1d

See also: people who say we must "restore trust in higher ed"

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

I keep waiting for the powers that be in media to grasp the concept of bad faith, realize how often "restore trust in news" and similar statements mean "stop doing journalism, lie more in ways I like," come from people ideologically committed to destroying trust in news, and can never be satisfied.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

I too am keen to "restore trust in news" by turning a major broadcast network into a 24/7 slurry of right wing culture war propaganda and engagement trolling

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

I keep waiting for the powers that be in media to grasp the concept of bad faith, realize how often "restore trust in news" and similar statements mean "stop doing journalism, lie more in ways I like," come from people ideologically committed to destroying trust in news, and can never be satisfied.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

I too am keen to "restore trust in news" by turning a major broadcast network into a 24/7 slurry of right wing culture war propaganda and engagement trolling

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago-based Ratboys is the most prominent rock band to come out of Notre Dame in more than 20 years.

By Mike Jordan Laskey ’08, ’10M.A.:

magazine.nd.edu/stories/ratb...

Ratboys, Plural | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame

The evolving indie band that began at Notre Dame keeps its ‘variety show’ on the road.

magazine.nd.edu

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 1d

"Democratic strongholds" in this militaristic context makes it sound like we're terrorists or insurrections or warlords. I cannot express how angry I am at American journalism for enabling this moment.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Hundreds of National Guard troops were expected soon in Chicago. The deployment is the latest in a series of military incursions in U.S. cities, particularly in Democratic strongholds. President Trump said he would consider invoking emergency powers to “get around” legal obstacles. Follow updates.

National Guard Troops Expected Soon in Chicago as Trump Considers Invoking Emergency Powers: Live Updates

The mobilization includes some 200 Guard troops from Texas. President Trump said he would consider invoking emergency powers to “get around” legal obstacles.

nyti.ms

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Jun 16

A lot of speculation about how things got so Stupid and Evil and I think one reason is we've collectively been too tolerant of Stupid and Evil for too long

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Ken R @chewieken.bsky.social · 2d

It’s cool that the highest paid journalists in America don’t have any famous articles or accomplishments they can cite as qualifications. The resume is “Someone yelled at me once.”

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 2d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 3d

It works; it also makes an enormous difference when we're talking about a media environment driven by short clips and news programs that heavily utilize b-roll. Saying "this is what the protests look like" and showing silliness undercuts the WH narrative.

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 3d

I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 3d

Portland never stops being Portland.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3d

The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 4d

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

"AI" generated image of woman with dark hair sitting in a chair in front of posters with random shapes and symbols meant to look like images and text on movie posters, all superimposed with a post from k.w.bogen reading
"AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 5d

Bari Weiss is so clearly David Brent. But a worse dancer.

Tammi Gaw @tammigaw.bsky.social · 5d

An insult to Michael Scott tbf

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5d

NEW from me:

Several CBS News staffers and insiders told me that the network "is not a good place now" amid the imminent arrival of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief, who one source likened to Michael Scott of The Office based on her lack of qualifications.

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 7d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7d

Launched a thousand masters theses, should academia survive.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford.

Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.

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