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therealjackhopkins.bsky.social
At the urging of paid-subscriber, Barry Eisenberg, I am sharing yesterday's paid subscriber article with NO PAWALL so everyone can read it in its entirety.

Minneapolis-The Federal Reckoning: What the Minneapolis ICE Clash Reveals About Trump’s Expanding Power Machine👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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amandalitman.bsky.social
A thorough convo on the history of @runforsomething.net and specific next-steps for anyone thinking about running for office.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhJI...
How To Actually Run For Office Now with Amanda Litman (Run for Something)
YouTube video by The Democratic Dilemma
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December 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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moma.bsky.social
Max Beckmann, Family Picture, Frankfurt 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134620
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
December 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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slotkin.senate.gov
President Trump said we should be arrested, tried, and hanged for simply re-stating the law and making clear the military can refuse illegal orders. SecDef @PeteHegseth cheered him on and threatened a military investigation.
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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stevebrusatte.bsky.social
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.

One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.

When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
celestelabedz.bsky.social Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 6d
It's over.

Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.

www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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sarahseeandersen.bsky.social
The image is of a comic. Panel one depicts Santa Claus. He says, "Have you been naughty or nice?" Panel two depicts a happy dog. He says, "I am ALWAYS a good boy." Santa responds "Very nice!" Panel three depicts Santa again. He says "...And you?" Panel four depicts an orange cat climbing a Christmas tree, turning his head to look back at Santa.
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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bmhughes.bsky.social
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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spennington.bsky.social
www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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mtsw.bsky.social
Great thread
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19d
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
Dale Partridge on Twitter writes: "Feminist media is BIG mad about me saying that women shouldn’t wear underwear (leggings and sports bras) as outerwear. As Pearl says, “It’s amazing how hard women will fight to be naked.” Immodest ladies, read 1 Tim. 2:9, repent, and follow Christ." Attached are two images. Image 1 headline: “Outraged pastor slams worker at quaint coffee shop for wearing ‘sinful’ leggings and sports bra in front of kids” Image 2 headline: “‘Make sin shameful again’: Pastor sparks row after sports bra complaint”
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Read the new article by Hannah Ritchie and Fiona Spooner, “Just ten species make up almost half the weight of all wild mammals on Earth”: ourworldindata.org/wild-mammal-...
Just ten species make up almost half the weight of all wild mammals on Earth
A small number of species dominate the distribution of wild mammal biomass.
ourworldindata.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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atrupar.com
quite a look for Trump today
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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pomological.xor.blue
euverdael st. germain pears, painted by bertha heiges, 1901
euverdael st. germain pears, painted by bertha heiges, 1901
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
Massie: "I am sorry if one of your billionaire donors is gonna get embarrassed because he went to Rape Island. That is what they have coming. In fact, they need to be on the other side of bars, a lot of them."
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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annpersand.bsky.social
Irena Roman, Citrus (watercolor)
July 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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davidleavitt.bsky.social
When asked on Air Force One if there was anything "incriminating" in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger at the female reporter's face and said “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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mollycrabapple.bsky.social
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.

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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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chicagovtfloor.bsky.social
Here is a nice tile floor.
A 1920s mosaic tile floor in black, white and grey diamond shaped tiles.
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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aaronparnas.bsky.social
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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sarasmiles-5280.bsky.social
They're really having fun with it on tiktok.
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics?

Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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pomological.xor.blue
president pears, painted by royal charles steadman, 1921
president pears, painted by royal charles steadman, 1921
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM