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Dan Carney @dancarney.bsky.social · 2h

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

The simple truth is that Trump is a criminal. Now he and his accomplices are back in power, and they’re using that power to smear the honest agents and prosecutors who investigated them. www.thebulwark.com/p/bondi-host...

Bondi to Congress: 🖕

The attorney general came to the Hill to deliver a message to Democrats: Your ‘oversight’ couldn't matter to us less.

www.thebulwark.com

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 5h

The federal government as ordained and established by the Constitution has ceased to function, and what has replaced it isn't our government under our Constitution. That's not flippant rhetorical hyperbole, I don't say it insensitive to what the consequences are. But it's the grim reality we face.

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hfdmama @hfdmama.bsky.social · 13h

Jimmy Kimmel: "Trump was confused by old footage of the Portland protests from 2020, that were being played on a loop by Fox News, so he sent in the National Guard to stop a protest that ended five years ago. God forbid they ever show him footage of Pearl Harbor — Japan will be in a LOT of trouble."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19h

And now for a report from the hellish, war-zone that is Portland

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 13h

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

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 13h

🚨 We wrote about Flock rolling out "distress detection" that monitored human voices on their gunshot detection devices & asked how it was lawful under eavesdropping laws.

Now, they've changed the ad to replace a "SCREAMING" alert with a "DISTRESS" alert. See below:

www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

An add for flock raven with the title "safety you can see and now hear" with an alert for someone "screaming"

An add for flock raven with the title "safety you can see and now hear" with an alert that says "distress"

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Dan Carney @dancarney.bsky.social · 13h

Drop something WITCHY 🧙‍♀️

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 13h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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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Dan Carney @dancarney.bsky.social · 13h

There are some more on the couch on the balcony, so I can bring some of those in to supplement if necessary.

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Dan Carney @dancarney.bsky.social · 13h

Carspotting in town was fun.

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Dan Carney @dancarney.bsky.social · 13h

Got in a walk on the beach. It is not tourist season, temps in the upper 60s F.

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Dan Carney @dancarney.bsky.social · 13h

Got pizza for lunch in the pool area.

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Dan Carney @dancarney.bsky.social · 13h

Hotel room at the Byron in Forte dei Marmi is spectacular. Almost Scandinavian.

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Dan Carney @dancarney.bsky.social · 13h

Long day today started with a 1.5-hour delay getting out of Dulles last night and landing at Brussels 45 minutes late, leaving 30 minutes to make my plane. However, my connection was also delayed, and I saw the United 777 I arrived on during my bus ride to the plane at its apron parking spot.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14h

BREAKING: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, five people with knowledge of the talks tell NBC News.

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 14h

very interesting what is not allowed these days. in this case, basic archiving of real videos

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 19h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Dan Carney @dancarney.bsky.social · 20h

How It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Became a Cult Classic : The Retro Network

Before Halloween specials were a staple of primetime television, before animated characters were synonymous with seasonal rituals, there was a boy named Linus sitting in a pumpkin patch waiting for so...

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21h

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Dan Carney @dancarney.bsky.social · 1d

“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.”

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Dan Carney @dancarney.bsky.social · 1d

“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.”

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 1d

It's arguably the most important sentence in the entire Constitution!

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

“No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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