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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8d

Never gets old

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Kym Camryn @kymcamryn.bsky.social · 8d

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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 12h

"As always, Trump’s rambling revealed his true motive: silencing dissent."

"We took the freedom of speech away": Trump isn’t even trying to pretend anymore

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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 16h

Who needs cartridges when you have carnitas.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 18h

"Stephen MiKKKer wants to kill a great many Americans because he has decided that millions of us are “terrorists.”

Our crime?

We just can’t love Trump the way that Stephen and Katie MiKKKer can.

For the record, that doesn’t make you a “terrorist.”

It makes you a patriot and a good American."

The most ominous utterance yet made by one of Trump’s henchman

Because I have appeared on television thousands of times I know what happened during this live interview between Boris Sanchez and Stephen MiKKKer:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Pelosi: "Democrats who created Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, all of that, are now being asked to reject that so we can give a tax cut to the rich. We're not doing it. It isn't a question of, 'let's come back together so we can discuss it.' That isn't going to happen."

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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 18h

"Soft secession, powered by the presidential ambitions of multiple blue-state governors, could, should it come to that, be the proving ground of a new confederacy. Hopefully the threat of CalExit or a new Union will be enough."

It’s time for soft secession

How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

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Margot Sibley @margotsibley25.bsky.social · 1d

Carlyle's analysis shows jobs report would have been pretty bad

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How long will US be willing to pay Mo for less? Coke, Walmart and others r charging more for less. Hides inflation. Distorts GDP. We become rats on a treadmill.

The shutdown meant no jobs report. Carlyle's analysis shows it would have been pretty bad

The firm said its proprietary data showed job growth of just 17,000 from the month, which would be even less than the 22,000 gain in August.

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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 1d

Soon to be another mouthpiece for Musk:

The devolution of CBS News

A network once revered for fact-based reporting is embracing right-wing pseudo-journalism

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST

Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.

Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 2d

Lawrence is ripping up Jake Tapper for his interview of Felon 47. Tapper sent Trump a set of questions!!!! Sent him the questions, and Trump was to deliver the answers by text.

Didn't Tapper write a book excoriating Biden!!!!

So Trump once again gets a high 5 from the press!

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE DESPERATELY RUNNING 26 MILES, 385 YARDS TO ESCAPE A WAR ZONE

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 2d

“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 2d

Three Easy Pieces:

"1) First, platforms are good to their users.
2) Then they abuse their users to make things better for their
business customers.
3} Next, they abuse those customers to claw back all the
value for themselves – and become a giant pile of shit."

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3d

They still haven’t found all the missing children from the floods. Why are they more worried about Illinois than about the children in Texas?

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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 2d

"The Chicago raid was not an anomaly. The massive expansion of immigration enforcement — with tens of billions of new funding, tens of thousands of newly recruited agents, and unrealistic arrest targets — has led to systemic violations of U.S. citizens’ Constitutional rights."

How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens

Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on Greta Thunberg: "She's just a troublemaker. She's no longer into the environment, now she's into this? She has an anger management problem. I think she should see a doctor ... she's so crazy."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on Putin's war on Ukraine: "That war should have never have started. Would've never started. Such bad judgment was used there. I think on both sides by the way."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

COLLINS: Pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell -- is that something you're open to doing?

TRUMP: Who are we talking about?

C: Ghislaine Maxwell

T: I haven't heard the name is so long. I can say this -- I'd have to take a look at it ... I will speak to the DOJ

C: She's convicted of child sex trafficking

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dlgarbern.bsky.social @dlgarbern.bsky.social · 2d

"Too few controllers, under too much stress, dealing with too many planes, under too much scheduling and financial pressure, to reach the same number of hub cities...The system has had too many close calls, even before this year’s disaster over the Potomac. Something will have to give."

Air Travel During the Shutdown. Do I Need to Worry?

Yes, but not about immediate safety risks.

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