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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 1h

More history from this Nazi adulated by the Trump team. These are explicit, proud Nazis who scream and cry and call every referee they can find when you quote their Nazism back to them.

Multiple tweets from Nazi Jack Posobiec in 2016 making "jokes" involving the Nazi code "1488."

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 58m

Coming around to the theory that they're Truman Showing him

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Curtis Wilde @curtis.wilde.one · 32m

He has a very good friend named Biggus

Biggus Dickus - Monty Python's Life Of Brian. Remastered [HD]

YouTube video by The Channel That Can't Take Anything Seriously

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 51m

Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if the prosecution is just getting its hands around the evidence *after* it criminally charged the former FBI director?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 41m

As the Supreme Court term begins, keep this framework in mind: Autocratic Legalism.

Instead of “rule of law” (law constrains the power), we get “rule by law” (law as a weapon for power).

Authoritarians usually have to install allies. Trump started his second term with that step already complete.

The only effective opposition is through the language of morality and documented harm—not legal technicalities that can be swept away with a 6–3 vote.” The text is centered on a neutral background, with “morality” and “documented harm” slightly emphasized to underscore the moral and empirical contrast with “legal technicalities.”

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3h

This is the President not only purporting to arrogate unto himself the ability to “take away free speech rights,” but also to do so for speech because it “aggravates and irritates.”

The bottom line is these people running our country are literally foreigners to the concept of democracy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

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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Darlene McDonald @darlenemcdonald.com · 3h

Good lord.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3h

I couldn't imagine a more perfectly poetic example of saying the quiet part out loud than "we took the freedom of speech away"

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3h

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

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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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 3h

Jamal Khashoggi was my friend and colleague who was killed and dismembered in 2018.

Do you know how many times I’ve written against Saudi Arabia’ coverup over the last seven years?

The sportswashing? The paying of influencers to visit Saudi Arabia?

Saudi’s censorship of Hasan Minaj?

Brian.. @nywiz.bsky.social · 3h

What Russia did
What China did

Do you know how many professional golfers are being paid by the Saudi?

Do you know how many F1 racist there are in Saudi Arabia?

Do you know how many world football Giants played in Saudi Arabia?

Why are we singling out comedians?

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 3h

Always count on the absolute dumbest man among us to just say the thing out loud.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

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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Curtis Wilde @curtis.wilde.one · 5h

AKA The Virtual Private Network Monologues

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 6h

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 7h

DEI for me, not for thee.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 7h

Also, and not for nothing, he’s lying

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 7h

The Speaker's default argument is to plead ignorance about things it's his job to know.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

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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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8h

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

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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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 8h

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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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 9h

Many of them undersold what would occur

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23h

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Curtis Wilde @curtis.wilde.one · 9h

We need a Jurassic Park edit where it’s these dancers in dinosaur costumes

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Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 15h

Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 22h

Here’s video of the incident

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 9h

If you haven't been paying attention to the Palestine Action protest arrests in the UK, you may not realize how truly absurd things have become.

Here's a good example: You can be arrested for holding up a magazine because its cover shows the sign, "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action."

Pro-Palestine protester arrested for holding up magazine at train station

A man has been arrested for holding up a magazine cover amid pro-Palestine protests in London.

www.thenational.scot

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 2d

RM starting off Banned Books Week with us 💜 #readbannedbooks #bannedbooksweek #kimnamjoon

RM aka Kim Namjoon of BTS wearing a blue plaid flannel and a black baseball cap which says "Read Banned Books" sitting in front of a white couch with a slight smile on his face.

Closeup of RM aka Kim Namjoon of BTS wearing a black baseball cap which says "Read Banned Books Penguin Random House"

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 9h

@himself.bsky.social says it clearly. It is not rocket science. It is solidarity. Time for alums, students, faculty and staff at universities to stand together against Trump's wannabe-authoritarianism. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

www.nytimes.com

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