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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3h

"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.

Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

zeteo.com

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 2h

"And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive..."

Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 2h

"We have always been at war with Antifa"

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 2h

Leopards, faces, something something...

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 2h

Very Bassian cover!

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Tam-Rah @blue-fire1.bsky.social · 2h

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles | Common Dreams

One of them described her job as offering “concierge, white-glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies seeking permits from regulators.

www.commondreams.org

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 1d

Unsurprising.

Can anyone explain why JCVI recommendations for #covid booster this autumn different from Canada’s where 65+ & health & care staff still eligible unlike in NHS?

@cbffjuk.bsky.social
@longcovidadvoc.com

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion

Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.

www.bbc.co.uk

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American Veritas @jjlynch81.bsky.social · 6h

Why isn't mainstream media flying drones across the city(or for that matter ANY of the "war torn" cities he has invaded!) to show America the REAL Portland! Peacefully going about their daily lives...oh never mind, they stopped being little more than infotainment years ago...

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 2h

A veiled threat, i.e. "If they aren't, maybe they should be".

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 5h

Are they also using "Gulf of America"? "If the Führer wants it, two and two makes five!", as Hermann Goring said.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12h

UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 7h

Ukraine's top aid donor, the U.S., has given $37B+ in humanitarian support for 3 years since Russia invaded. Felon Trump halted that aid, including assistance to war veterans & refugees. Push back on heartless monster Trump!

Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremism

dlvr.it

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 6h

They mean the Democrats - they just haven't said it out loud yet.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 6h

Along with other journalists, I was recently shot at multiple times (once successfully!) over the course of 2 days by federal agents with pepper balls. So maybe I was too busy dealing with that to write about.....antifa violence lol.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8h

"Antifa-led hellfire"

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7h

To sustain his rage against "Antifa," Trump summons a team of proven fabulists and conspiracy theorists including the notorious inventor of the Pizzagate conspiracy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

SORTOR: I took this flag from the man that was burning it in the street

TRUMP: Do you know who he is?

SORTOR: Oh yeah

TRUMP: So why don't you give it to Pam. Give it to the attorney general and we'll start prosecutions

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pillsbury @pillsbury37.bsky.social · 9h

trump is letting Miller do all the White Power Nazi things while his family dredge the worldwide economy for every penny they can. by the end of Sept. trump has pulled in over $3,000,000,000. that is over 20 years of presidential pay in 8 months

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Cat Joe💙 🌊 #brotherly_cats_are_awesome @catjoe.bsky.social · 9h

💙🐈‍⬛🐈💙

This is straight out of the Putin playbook! The chapter on how to win an election every time!

-Normalize Military presence everywhere!
-Have election!
-Declare that the radical left is trying to cheat
-Secure ballot boxes in the name of a fair election
-Have your people count the ballots.

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 6h

He's not wrong. Also, Trump/Miller trying to provoke a violent confrontation so they can declare martial law and suspend upcoming elections altogether.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Chip Smith @chipsmith.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a federal public defender. A local AUSA told me that the DOJ now refuses to help her prosecute jail guards who assault inmates on camera.

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AxeDame @axedame.bsky.social · 22h

🎯 We all need to take this ⬇️ attitude towards MAGAs/fascists

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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 14h

Dear @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social and other BBC News outlets - when you refer to ICE "clashing" with protestors in Portland and Chicago, this is the one-sided aggression you're talking about. Please do not give a false impression of armed conflict on both sides.

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 1d

love that we had a whole national reckoning over the media's coverage of Biden's advanced age and none of the scolds who High Horsed us can be bothered to spend even a minute reflecting on the fact that Trump has basically become Mr. Burns in the "Spruce Moose" episode of THE SIMPSONS

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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