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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 18h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 14h

"Find a man who is of no value while he lives, you wrap him in a flag, and you make his death work for you."

THE TWILIGHT ZONE

4x04: 'HE'S ALIVE'

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 14h

At least three of the new wave of nine boats have been intercepted by the IOF. Keep your eyes on Gaza. Keep your eyes on the flotilla.

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 21h

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18h

Detective: Can you explain who scammed you?

Me: Elon Mush Himself

Unknown

Elon Mush Himself
b(6)

b(3) 21(f)
b(3):

Elon Musk

https:xaicrypto.tech

Xfairo.con

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 22h

I will never vote for this man. I'm just going to say that right now

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 22h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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atomly @atomly.com · Jun 2

fuck gavin newsom. all my homies hate gavin newsom.

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🦇Demilich Lalla the Adored💀 @diesegenchukfi.bsky.social · 22h

Shithole country

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🦇Demilich Lalla the Adored💀 @diesegenchukfi.bsky.social · 22h

A bunch of obscenely wealthy people are about to get even wealthier shorting this while the rest of us starve

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🦇Demilich Lalla the Adored💀 @diesegenchukfi.bsky.social · 22h

About to make the '08 financial collapse look like a lovely stroll through the park

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 22h

Well, I, for one, am proud of us for doing the sensible thing and basing our entire economy on computers that tell kids to kill themselves

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

I get that everyone thinks it's a funny little joke when Trump says nonsense about "trangender for everybody" (because really, wtf does that even mean?), but I gotta say that as a trans person, I find it absolutely fucking insane that he's constantly obsessing over trans people existing. It sucks.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "If we didn't win this election. If we had these people that were running that were ruining our country, destroying our country with their open borders and men playing in women's sports and transgender from everybody and windmills all over the place ... I'm not sure we'd even have a country."

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LiLBazula 👻 @lilbazza.bsky.social · 1d

When they say they find her annoying what they mean is "she makes me, personally, look bad"

Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 1d

Greta Thunberg has more courage & moral clarity than any world leader I have ever seen.

Bar none.

Period.

That tiny 22 year old is often accused of being annoying, but what she is, is unyielding to moral ambiguity. If it’s wrong, she says so until someone listens.

She deserves the Nobel Prize

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 1d

LMAO way to go Chicago restaurants….they got ICE Barbie out there on FOX “News" crying that her gestapo agents can’t find places to have lunch or use the bathroom 👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

To be clear, ADF cooked up a case with fake facts, distorted medical research and fabricated harms to be able to gain the constitutional right to torture LGBTQ children.

That's what they want to do, to torture LGBTQ youth.

slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Supreme Court’s First Blockbuster Case This Term Looks Pretty Fake

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a case that seeks to undo a major triumph of the LGBTQ+ movement.

slate.com

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🦇Demilich Lalla the Adored💀 @diesegenchukfi.bsky.social · 1d

Someone's really got to do something about this whole, "I only know of your existence from porn, therefore your existence is porn" thing

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 1d

If this is a known issue, your automated system has an ableist problem you have known about and did nothing to stop for how long?

Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 1d

It's an automated system, so unfortunately this is an error that gets made surprisingly often with prosthetics.

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🦇Demilich Lalla the Adored💀 @diesegenchukfi.bsky.social · 1d

Really weird to admit this like it's nbd!

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🦇Demilich Lalla the Adored💀 @diesegenchukfi.bsky.social · 1d

What in the actual fuck is wrong with this place Jesus Christ

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🦇Demilich Lalla the Adored💀 @diesegenchukfi.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely bizarre just how blithely you'll admit to regularly auto-labeling disabled people as porn

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LiteralGrill - Assigned Porn At Birth By Bluesky's Shitty AI @literalgrill.com · 1d

Hi, I'm a leg amputee. If your fucking bot labels me as porn for existing, maybe, iunno, MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO FIX THAT SHIT OR TURN THE DAMN BOT OFF

Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 1d

It's an automated system, so unfortunately this is an error that gets made surprisingly often with prosthetics.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 1d

All I’m saying is I’ve never seen Ed Gein and Stephen Miller in the same room

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🦇Demilich Lalla the Adored💀 @diesegenchukfi.bsky.social · 1d

Ratboy(Pete Buttigieg) at microphone with speech bubble above quoted post

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