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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Comey is going to file selective and vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss AND he will challenge the legality of Halligan’s appointment! There’s more, too… so glad @annabower.bsky.social is there to bring us the whole story! Thread below with details:

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

The judge also set an initial schedule for pre-trial motions.

The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney

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David Koepsell @drkoepsell.bsky.social · 5d

Successful lawsuit incoming

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d

If you’re an Islamophobe you don’t get to complain about antisemitism

And if you’re an antisemite you don’t get to complain about Islamophobia.

It’s really that simple.

(So many shameless hypocrites around.)

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TovahR 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇲 @tovahr.bsky.social · 5d

The technofascists think they have us. Nothing could be further from the truth. They will NOT take our country from us. They will not estrange us from its laws nor its rights. They will yield to the people. There are more of us, and we WILL be heard.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 5d

FYI this is going around seeming to be from me and Liz.

This is not from us.

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David Koepsell @drkoepsell.bsky.social · 5d

I can haz kitteh?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

Does anyone else wonder why so many of Trump’s advisors and friends turn out to be pedophiles? 🤨

Megachurch pastor and ex-Trump adviser pleads guilty to child sexual abuse

Robert Morris to serve only six months in county jail after charged with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with child

www.theguardian.com

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Rebecca MacKinnon @rebecca-mackinnon.bsky.social · 6d

We are not afraid. We at the @wikimediafoundation.org will keep doing our jobs defending and protecting the right of @wikipedia.org's volunteer communities to write, edit, and govern content on projects dedicated to sharing encyclopedic content across borders.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...

The speech wars come for Wikipedia

www.politico.com

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Atheist Left News @atheist-left-news.bsky.social · 6d

"A Texas pastor who founded one of the largest megachurch congregations in the country pleaded guilty on Thursday to sexually abusing a girl of 12 in Oklahoma in the 1980s." - BBC

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 6d

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

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David Koepsell @drkoepsell.bsky.social · 14d

Consistent with recent rebranding efforts of the Trump administration, the DOJ will henceforth be called The Department of Crime.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17d

Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous.

It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy."

Because that's not how America works.
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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The Washington Roundtable is joined by the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, to discuss...

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𝕃𝕦𝕜𝕚𝕦𝕞 @americanmanifesto.news · 17d

Kimmel didn't say that, but this Analysis explains why the story around Kirk’s murder is a smokescreen for a 75‑year rise of right‑wing terror. Can we afford to stay quiet? https://americanmanifesto.news/warning-we-will-be-decimated-if-we-stays-quiet

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David Koepsell @drkoepsell.bsky.social · 19d

My son dislikes my new glasses, what do y'all think?

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21d

When they come for the comedians we should all be worried. joycevance.substack.com/p/dont-be-af...

Don't Be Afraid To Speak Up

Courage is contagious...and we're going to need it!

joycevance.substack.com

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David Koepsell @drkoepsell.bsky.social · 21d

All these people losing jobs through government pressure or actions, in media, universities, or elsewhere because of their public speech, should sue all those involved in those decisions in their companies, universities, media outlets. These are textbook First Amendment violations.

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David Koepsell @drkoepsell.bsky.social · 21d

“[C]ivilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.” -James Baldwin

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22d

Hiding the truth.

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hikercat.bsky.social @hikercat.bsky.social · 25d

2 school shootings/2 weeks. Children died. Media barely covers it. Russia/Belarus threaten Nato countires, barely a blip

Epstein files/birthday book released glorifying abuse of women/children isn't a story after shooting in Utah-Yes I refuse to say hate cultivators name.

Believe Epstein victims!

Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book is a horrifying document | Moira Donegan

Conspiracy theorists wonder about what Epstein and his powerful friends may have done to cover up his crimes. But they barely were covered up

www.theguardian.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25d

So many people feel overwhelmed while scrolling and there’s a reason for that. Bots are a large part of the problem. We’ve been breaking down how to spot them. After tracking bot groups that push narratives and attacks, we found some common traits:

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David Koepsell @drkoepsell.bsky.social · 25d

FReE sPeEcH

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 26d

It's extremely unfair to say the US right-wing learned nothing from the McCarthy era, when they clearly learned quite a lot.
www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...

People are losing jobs due to social media posts about Charlie Kirk

Some GOP officials want to clamp down on perceived expressions of schadenfreude about Charlie Kirk's death. Conservative activists are publicizing social media posts that are "celebrating" his death.

www.npr.org

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David Koepsell @drkoepsell.bsky.social · 26d

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Richard Pace @rpace.bsky.social · 26d

The number of people fired or suspended for speaking the truth about Charlie Kirk must serve as a reminder none of the far right are free speech advocates, they just want no limits on what they say.

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