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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 24m

This is very good content on multiple levels.

Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 2h

We are in the second week of the Republican shutdown.

Where are House Republicans? On vacation.

Went looking around the Capitol to see if any Republicans had the common sense to come back. Featuring @mcbride.house.gov.

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 52m

Puck drop!

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Abima @abimababy.bsky.social · 1h

What silly fucking goofy nonsense. Whose else's fault is it? There was a fascist who rapes kids on the ballot, and then someone who was not a fascist and doesn't rape kids. Anyone who sat it out or didn't vote against the fascist who rapes kids is part of the reason he's in office. The fuck?

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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 3h

About time?

The Grand Alliance between Black Folks & Jews in America is over 100 years old.

Both groups have been tested and the current situation in the ME has caused some tensions among a few groups but the alliance ALWAYS holds together when we need each other.

www.salon.com/2022/02/06/h...

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 2h

This is Mike Lawler. Check that hard drive!

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Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 2h

Right! You just know some shit is gonna come out about him anytime lol

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Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 2h

I need Dems to just do the work. I dont need wrestling promos from them. The ones that wanna do it, fine but I dont need it in totality.

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 3h

me: the democrats would be much better communicators if they took some notes from professional wrestling

jb pritzker: does the thing

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 4h

You would not believe how many stories like this have been popping up over the last ~5 years

Not just full games cancelled—entire characters and plot lines removed or changed, leaving less time for making the *rest of the game better*, to try avoiding a small and malicious contingent of voices.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 5h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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ALMA SUONO BA.,CNS. @almasuono.bsky.social · 3h

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Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 3h

Once again, if it was that simple then Trump would've NEVER won the presidency. Right now, Dems are already winning due to how Republicans and Trump are maneuvering. Folks clearly aren't buying his bullshit.

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 4h

Dems can just clip the "we took the freedom of speech away" and make an ad

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 3h

Entertaining the notion of the people who said Biden should not have run for reelection: a comatose Biden would still be a better president than Trump.

Also fuck you.

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Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 3h

I'd be very satisfied if this administration and everyone involved got sued into the fucking ground. And you know what? Some of these folks working for ICE may end up catching hands once folks find out who they are down the line.

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Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 3h

Look I don't know your race. But I'm black so the shit this administration is doing ain't new. Black folks in totality told everyone this could happen and voters didn't give a fuck. I'm seeing Dems holding the line, standing ten toes down on the Healthcare which is great. I can work with that.

Al Po @pushpst28.bsky.social · 3h

So all those protests and people fighting mean nothing? Like people and children being dragged outta their homes isn’t sitting in people’s brains? I mean for some sure I guess. Also different interpretations means they want someone to stand in his way and stand proudly not bipartisan.

Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 3h

Them polls over the last few months mean shit honestly. These are the same polls where same time last year, Trump looked underwater and yet he won. Do I believe folks want Dems to fight? Sure 100% but I have trepidation because people have different interpretations of fighting.

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Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 3h

Aye man, this is how I know I could NEVER be a politician cause I would've swung on Lawler immediately.
Jeffries has to keep it professional unfortunately because of the optics. Media would've made it to where Jeffries was the aggressor and Lawler was innocent party.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries get into it outside a news conference at the Capitol

(video via Rachel Schilke)

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Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 3h

Them polls over the last few months mean shit honestly. These are the same polls where same time last year, Trump looked underwater and yet he won. Do I believe folks want Dems to fight? Sure 100% but I have trepidation because people have different interpretations of fighting.

Al Po @pushpst28.bsky.social · 3h

Look at the polls the last few months, Who will fight facism? And if you’re gonna throw at me primary polls right now save it, too early for that. And if certain Klenies feel attacked, ok. Facism is real, nobody deserves to be thrown away, and if you don’t believe either you aren’t a good person.

Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 4h

Buddy if that was the case, they would've voted for Kamala overwhelmingly over Trump and didn't. We got the numbers to prove it.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 4h

I'm sorry this is crazy

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 4h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Madz @madz123.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker advice to record everything we see via video is working well. Actually it is working in a most excellent way.
ICE is going to get buried with lawsuits, as is this entire administration.

ICE agents need to be sued civilly, as well.

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Madz @madz123.bsky.social · 1d

Y’all! The woman in Chicago who was shot by ICE after allegedly ramming agents with her car didn’t do it.
Body-cam footage shows the opposite. The ICE agent rammed her then jumped out, and started shooting. Video posted on social media forced them to release their footage.

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Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 4h

Death, taxes, and white men doing stupid, backwards shit for the sake of money

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · May 15

Jake Tapper's New Book on Biden Reveals How Corporate Media is Failing America

While the Trump Administration is galloping towards fascism and arguing to end birthright citizenship, corporate media remain complicit cowards by focusing on Joe Biden's age.

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 4h

Buddy if that was the case, they would've voted for Kamala overwhelmingly over Trump and didn't. We got the numbers to prove it.

Al Po @pushpst28.bsky.social · 4h

Really because by polling standards more and more dem base voters hate Kleins way of thinking. They want fighters who stand up to facists and not throw anyone under the bus. And I’m saying if the “base” is like Klein, which I doubt every day, then so many will be destroyed.

Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 5h

Never said it was a good thing. This is just something that Democrats have to unfortunately contend with regarding the voter base.

Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 4h

Firm reminder that Mafia 3 lets you go scorched earth on the KKK and it was so satisfying that I replayed that mission multiple times.

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Just_CJ @cjwizgeek.blacksky.app · 4h

Congrats Ubisoft, you let those "Go woke or go broke" chuds dictate your business

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 5h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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DaBean. @honeybadger10.bsky.social · 4h

So they are going to attack public leaders is what I think I just heard. (And I think he said diseased temple of corruption)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Patel: "I would like to remind the American public: they built this DC temple of corruption over decades, and in 8 short months, Mr President, you have crippled their foundation."

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 5h

I kind of wonder too if the advisers are saying they’re worried about SCOTUS but they’re also, maybe primarily, worried about the political blowback and are trying to use the first to warn him off of the second.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 5h

when you are worried that THIS supreme court will rule against you on invoking the insurrection act, a statute that famously gives enormous deference to the president ... maybe that's a sign that your military deployments are pretty baseless

Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · 5h

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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Fascism Heckler @fascismheckler.bsky.social · 5h

If anything I think Schumer made the right call in March even if he handled it wrong. He was right that Trump was still too popular and the courts were too important. Now the atmosphere has completely turned on him and he's so fucking weak.

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