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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 6h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 8h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 4h

Alternative, also accurate headline could be: commander in chief of world’s largest military does not understand how a cell phone works

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 7h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ @arif.bsky.social · 4h

damn eddie george really just did a bunch of fucking sidequests before getting back into football huh

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 7h

No protest from 6am to 9am in the Broadview free speech zone.

Just here with a handful of press waiting to see if we can catch the Texas National Guard arriving in Broadview tonight.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 6h

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 12h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Nate Tice @natetice.bsky.social · 5h

clear my schedule

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 5h

It should be universally recognized by every American-on all sides of the political spectrum-that no president can take away freedom of speech

After all, it’s the bedrock of our democratic system

But-sadly-with the corrupt MAGA Supreme Court

It sure feels like our rights are no longer guaranteed

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

have said this before but i am very skeptical about weiss’s vaunted charisma

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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David Crabbe @oidatsmyleg.bsky.social · 5h

Looks like most Republicans are now complicit in the extrajudicial killings in the Carribbean which sets a dangerous precedent given Trump's unpredictability.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

G.O.P. Blocks Bid to Halt Trump’s Attacks in the Caribbean Sea

www.nytimes.com

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 6h

I joked about it but it may actually be worthwhile for every Dem who gets on tv to start saying Stephen Miller is the real president

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 6h

Holding aside everything—everything—else, the President conducting very sensitive conversations with his Attorney General on an unencrypted social media platform would have been a major scandal any time before 2016. Is he DMing the CIA Director on there? The Secretary of Defense? We don’t know.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 7h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 5h

My confederate neighbor told me the submarine keeps drowning his sailors so I asked how many sailors he has and he said he just goes to the navy and gets new sailors afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding sailors to the ocean and then his commanding officer started crying

“The confederacy sent into action the world’s first combat submarine, the CSS Huntley, which sank three times in trials, drowning the crew each time (including its inventor Horace Huntley) before sink a blockade ship near Charleston in 1864 while going down itself for the fourth and last time”

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onion person @junlper.beer · 9h

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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El Jefecito @gbsooner.bsky.social · 8h

Shall we bet on which specific bullshit vital stats they’re going to put out in an insultingly dishonest press release after this?

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 8h

Donald Trump will undergo a routine physical exam on Friday, the White House announced, following questions about the president’s health after he developed noticeable bruising and swelling in recent months

Trump to Undergo Regular Physical Exam at Walter Reed on Friday

President Donald Trump will undergo a physical exam on Friday following mounting questions about his health prompted by noticeable bruising and swelling in recent months.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 10h

Coming around to the theory that they're Truman Showing him

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 10h

Ok everyone, I’m assigning you your resistance homework for the week.

Everyone ready?

Do something silly that makes you smile. I just waved at a dog that had its head out the car window because it made me happy. Don’t let the assholes take your joy.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

More and more Democrats are calling out the Mad King, you love to see it

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10h

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 12h

They were really hoping for a blowup in Portland last night for Noem’s visit so they could have a big flashy pretense for this meeting but when it was just a few dozen people dancing with inflatable mascots, it was too late to cancel the evite.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 12h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 10h

These thirty seconds show a scandal of unbelievable proportion and it might as well never have happened. Just sucked into the vacuum of history immediately. I can't dwell on it or I'll go crazy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 11h

“Another team” is some incredible self confidence

Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 11h

Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10h

Lmaoooo get rekt America get rekt THE WORLD gotta approve a post before the peace happens

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

Good lord.

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