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Drew Stephenson @drewstephenson.bsky.social · 4h

I'm not saying this is just cruel but...
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Phylosoma™ @phylosoma.bsky.social · 4h

To all of my friends, who are just waking up and getting ready for work I just want to say....

OMG.. these comforters, blankets and pillows are so incredibly soft and warm, and snuggly as if they were made by the Angels themselves 😆🤣😂

and I hope that you all have a wonderful day 😊

💙

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 9h

There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍

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crazycanloon.bsky.social @crazycanloon.bsky.social · 12h

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

Annals in sane-washing. When I checked NYT, WSJ, Politico, and WaPo for a story abt how Trump invited PizzaGate guy to the White House and declared an end to the First Amendment, this single story that mentioned it was on top of WaPo. Now it's buried.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

A story headlined, Trump builds case for deploying National Guard to Chicago, Portland The president said he would pursue designating antifa a "foreign terrorist organization" and called for Democratic officials in Chicago to be jailed.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday looked to bolster his public case for deploying the National Guard to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, cities where he claims Democrat politicians have failed to protect journalists and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from people whom he sees as left-wing domestic terrorists.

Trump said during a televised meeting at the White House that he would pursue designating antifa as a “foreign terrorist organization” — a label that would allow for key financial and legal penalties because foreign entities are not protected by the First Amendment. Proponents of antifa — a political protest movement composed of unaffiliated groups — militantly oppose fascism, right-wing ideologies and are often anti-capitalist or anti-state.

Trump also repeated a call he had made earlier in the day for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats, to be jailed, accusing them without evidence of “failing to protect” ICE officers who have been sent to the city.

His statements and other remarks given by top aides during a 2½-hour event laid out a legal and moral case for the administration’s push to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities. Designated foreign terrorist groups can face financial sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department. The Justice Department can prosecute supporters under enhanced charges of providing “material support” to a terrorist group.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Marilyn Mazzotta @marilynmazzotta.bsky.social · 1d

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dfarber1959.bsky.social @dfarber1959.bsky.social · 1d

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ll put it bluntly, Robert is wrong… it’s actually a very integrated place... Not the definition of a slum.”

Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands 2017-24, responds to Robert Jenrick's comments on Handsworth.

#Newsnight

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Drew Stephenson @drewstephenson.bsky.social · 2d

If Alex the Crazy Dane and I were to do a live stream gig on Youtube one Monday night, would that be of interest to anyone?
#Music
#LiveMusic
#LiveStreaming

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 3d

'Our stories matter': Website honours lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across #Manitoba

Stories of more than 400 MMIWG2S+ individuals collected from family members who lost loved ones

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'Our stories matter': Website honours lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Manitoba | CBC News

A new website and database featuring the stories of more than 400 Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit and gender-diverse people who went missing or were found murdered in Manitoba was launched in Winn...

www.cbc.ca

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 3d

🎯

Good morning to everyone who remembers the Epstein story was never really about a "list."
It was about young girls, powerful men, and a system that let them get away with it.

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Bob Lawrence 💙 @trumpluvsobama.bsky.social · 3d

😟😒😖😠🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d

Fascistic and absolutely unacceptable rhetoric from the unmoored little man who is basically running the federal government right now.

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen Miller again lashes out at the judiciary, suggesting federal judges are aiding and abetting domestic terrorism:

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Aunt Patty @auntpatty.bsky.social · 4d

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Drew Stephenson @drewstephenson.bsky.social · 4d

We were promised handcarts.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 5d

Bari Weiss is a transphobic anti-Black Islamophobic racist who has repeatedly spread the repugnant "pallywood" myth, argued for the criminalization of Islam, trafficked in disgusting racist myths about Black and Muslim men, platformed transphobic bigots like Abigail Shrier and Jesse Singal,

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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 6d

Didn’t know about this.

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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 6d

Um, yes they will, they have.

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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 6d

EPSTEIN!
EPSTEIN!
EPSTEIN!
EPSTEIN!
EPSTEIN!
EPSTEIN!
EPSTEIN!

Have you noticed that no one is talking about the suppression of voter rights anymore?

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Drew Stephenson @drewstephenson.bsky.social · 6d

I think people need to wake up to the fact that the US is now a fully-functioning fascist state.
There is no 'teetering towards' or 'on the slippery slope to' or 'verging on'.
It is here and real and people are being disappeared.

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 6d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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TJ McIntyre @tjmcintyre.com · 6d

Siri, show me the case for alternative app stores.

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 6d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 6d

Keir Starmer has now promised to meet the nuclear test veterans "hopefully by the end of the year".

That’s progress but still not good enough. They have already waited more than a year for a meeting to discuss justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition.

THEY MUST SEE YOU NOW PM

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10d

🚨NOW 433 DAYS since our nuclear test veterans - national heroes in their eighties - requested a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss how he will honour the commitment Labour made to their campaign for justice and compensation in opposition

youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...

Video emerges of Deputy PM,Defence Secretary & other Ministers BACKING compensation for Nuclear Vets

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Drew Stephenson @drewstephenson.bsky.social · 6d

Is it Bandcamp Friday? If only there was some way to tell if it was Bandcamp Friday...

A screenshot of a gmail inbox with lots of unread emails, all from Bandcamp.

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Drew Stephenson @drewstephenson.bsky.social · 7d

Will have to check it out next time I'm up. :¬)

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