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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 15h

How many felons do you think are working for ICE at this point? I definitely think it's a a non-zero number. If they weren't a felon when they started, I suspect many of them are...now.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 4h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Bill Flack @billflack.bsky.social · 4h

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

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𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎✩ @allmylovesteph.bsky.social · 9h

X is a propaganda machine.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 4h

Great essay, esp this: universities are full of intellectual diversity. We study different things using different methods, we critique, we "debate so much that we put ourselves to sleep."

MAGA is really complaining about low % of MAGA voters in unis but political diversity ≠ intellectual diversity.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 4h

People who live in big cities and have MAGA relatives in rural and suburban areas are getting deja vu, that's for sure.

We've all had conversations with relatives who insist they know better than us what our cities are like. That we must be deluded not to see the constant riots and muggings.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16h

People think that when you become disabled, support magically appears

That once it’s “official” you will have your basic needs met

The truth is people fight for years to get the bare minimum in benefits

Caregivers are nearly impossible to find

If you’re not rich or very lucky… you’re on your own

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 22h

Does he know the story of the birth of Jesus or nah?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Captain AmBOOvalent (comedy music) 🫱🏻‍🫲🏾 @captainambivalent.com · 19h

The only trolley problem *I* ponder is how it gets to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

Remember this when they tell you that arts degrees are worthless.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 21h

I’ve lived in rural America long enough to know that the entire point was to bankrupt farmers…

We are all about to find out.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16h

Christian minister attacked by ICE agents. Waiting for the outrage from MAGA. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats

David Black joins journalists and protesters in lawsuit to stop ‘pattern of extreme brutality’ from federal agents

www.independent.co.uk

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 16h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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

Oh this is not great

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Should elected officials be imprisoned for speaking out against an invasion of their cities? Hard to say. Very technical question. Really one for the lawyers to sort out.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 1d

Parents now need to stand guard at schools to protect against the federal gov. When has this ever happened before? It seems like civil war. So when are our Dem. elected officials going to start organizing constituents, so community members don't have to do it all?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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

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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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 2d

If it doesn’t survive the washing machine or the dish washer, maybe it was never meant to be part of your household in the first place.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 6d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 1d

Shout out to the American Presidents who didn't... (checks notes)... hate Americans.

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 1d

If any other president in all of our history said the military should use American cities as a training ground, he would have been removed from office that same day.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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