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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Jace @rapturedemon.bsky.social · 1d

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

#WarRavagedPortland

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 9d

Reporters who covered China typically get it.

Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 11d

So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.

They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.

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Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · 9d

Those actively working for Trump's takeover are the clear and present danger, but complacency is also a threat. "He hasn't done x yet, so he won't" is a fallacy. Don't confuse an autocrat's attempts with his successes. "What would he do if not stopped?" is the right question.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

Labour just doesn’t get it: workers feel poorer than ever. Is it any wonder Reform is rising? | Sharon Graham

Until the government starts tacking in a radically new direction, it will continue crashing in the polls. It could – and must – act differently, says Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite

www.theguardian.com

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New York Shitty @newyorkshitty.bsky.social · 9d

It is fucking ridiculous. Only one person in this video is doing something useful. The rest are a drain on society and our tax dollars.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 9d

Facts….they’re just snatching up anyone that’s brown don’t even care if they’re legal or not

Skeet Child O' Mine @furiosity.bsky.social · 9d

The scary part is that if ole boy was half a second slower on his bike, he could have wound up in South Sudan.

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Politico @politico.com · 9d

Young people — on the left and right — are growing increasingly skeptical of Israel.

An Entire Generation of Americans Is Turning on Israel

Young people — on the left and right — are growing increasingly skeptical of Israel.

www.politico.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

Our broken healthcare system is about to get a whole lot worse and more expensive unless Republicans agree to roll back their massive cuts to Medicaid and restore ACA subsidies.

Meanwhile, Trump is posting conspiracy theories about magical hospital beds on Truth Social.

Hello?

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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 9d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 9d

“Israeli Forces Kill 198 Palestinians in Gaza Over Three Days”

It’s a genocide. Daily endless massacres, largely ignored in the West.

Israeli Forces Kill 198 Palestinians in Gaza Over Three Days - News From Antiwar.com

Israeli attacks have killed at least 198 Palestinians and wounded 786 in the Gaza Strip over 72 hours, according to death toll updates released by Gaza's Health Ministry, as Israel continues its US-ba...

news.antiwar.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

‘Most people are just toughing it out’: shortage of drugs leaves Gaza’s wounded without pain relief

Operations are being carried out without proper anaesthetics and what painkillers there are have to be rationed, say doctors

www.theguardian.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9d

“We are marching toward an uninsurable future in this country and across the globe, marching into the abyss.”

How a warming planet has made home Insurance increasingly unaffordable

Years of underestimating climate risk has left the industry in turmoil.

www.motherjones.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 9d

"The Trump administration will launch a program to find out how much money an artificial intelligence algorithm could save the federal government by denying care to Medicare patients...

"It will affect patients in AZ, OH, OK, NJ, TX, and WA starting January 1..."

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Private health insurers use AI to approve or deny care. Soon Medicare will, too.

A pilot program testing the use of artificial intelligence to expand prior authorization decisions in Medicare has providers, politicians and researchers asking questions.

www.nbcnews.com

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factsuniteus.bsky.social @factsuniteus.bsky.social · 10d

The key here is that he is leveraging everything to put groups of all kinds at a disadvantage, with one way out of the mouse maze: pay Trump.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 10d

Despite broad political support, one third of the nation's Climate Adaptation Science Centers will wind down in coming days due to lack of funds.

The Northeast, South Central, and Pacific Islands will be left without actionable science on drought, floods, wildfire, sea level rise and other hazards.

Trump officials shut off funding for climate adaptation centers

A third of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Climate Adaptation Science Centers are expected to drastically wind down and possibly close after Sept. 30.

www.washingtonpost.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10d

Remember, this is what led to the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (which led to the arrest of Congresswoman LaMonica McIver): the city's concerns that the building was not inhabitable.

After that, inmates escaped thru a drywall exterior wall.

Steve Rose @mermansteve.bsky.social · 10d

This is the real reason D☭Иald TЯUM₽ and Kowsplay Kristi is sending the military into Portland. There's no unrest there. It's their small dick dicktator response to protecting ICE. ICE is violating a land-use permit issued by the City of Portland.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Portland threatens to evict Ice from Oregon facility over permit violations

Records obtained by Street Roots and the Guardian back claim from Oregon city’s mayor that Ice violated a land-use permit to detain people overnight

www.theguardian.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10d

I listened and it was one of the most chilling conversations I’ve ever heard.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

fortune.com

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 10d

Coates: "All I can go to is my role as a writer, and my role as a writer is to state things as clearly as I possibly can, to make them in such a way that they haunt, to state truths and to reinforce the animating notion of my politics—which is that all humanity is equal and is worthy of that."