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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14h

We have reached a level of authoritarianism, let’s use the word FASCISM, where the President, based entirely on lies about violence and disorder, and against the will of the governors of the states, can send hostile state’s National Guard to invade and sit on citizens

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 15h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · Oct 7

Beak-spouted jar
ca. 1400-800 B.C.E.
Iron Age I - II
Earthenware
H: 17.4 W: 37.7 D: 19.7 cm
North, North Iran
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge S1998.23
asia.si.edu/explore-art-...

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 1d

This guy is in charge of US health care.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 16h

"The special counsel's investigation delved into phone calls between lawmakers and the president on the evening of Jan. 6, 2021"

Remember when Trump tried to overturn the election? Some Senators were happy to help him so Jack Smith was looking at their phone data.

www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-gop...

Some of the lawmakers were part of a group of Republicans who planned to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election. After the voting was disrupted by the rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, most of the lawmakers named in the FBI document voted to certify the results, while Sen. Lummis and Rep. Kelly objected to at least one state.

The special counsel's investigation delved into phone calls between lawmakers and the president on the evening of Jan. 6, 2021, which Smith alleged were part of a last-ditch attempt to talk congressional Republicans into blocking the certification of Biden's victory. The 2023 indictment against Mr. Trump lists several attempts by Mr. Trump and his alleged co-conspirators to reach senators and representatives by phone. It argued the president "attempted to exploit the violence and chaos at the Capitol by calling lawmakers to convince them, based on knowingly false claims of election fraud, to delay the certification."

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16h

Latinos in Chicago are our neighbors. They make our community better. They're not a problem at all.
Texas National Guard troops are not our neighbors. They make our community worse. They're our main problem right now.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16h

This is entangled from a public relations standpoint -- and this is public relating in the very literal sense -- with the really nasty way that Jay has spoken to various trans folks in the last week with the added bonus of a beloved Black community member being perma banned

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The Gray Matters Report @graymattersrep.bsky.social · 16h

15-20 minutes late

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 17h

Things I said five months ago

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · May 1

We gone watch Bluesky snatch defeat from the hands of victory

Because their moderation and comms departments don’t realize a social media platform means those things are deeply intertwined

You can’t do anything with this especially with undefined standards

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 19h

It's amazing how everyone supporting her seems to forget she wasn't cancelled at all. She quit. And almost immediately was able to launch this new publication. How the hell was she cancelled?

Some people criticized shitty takes. That's not being cancelled.

Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 20h

As one of the countless people *actually* cancelled by Bari Weiss, via her vast favor-trading networks of fellow nepotistic gatekeepers in media and publishing, I think both of these asinine dipshits should go fuck themselves.

Matt Yglesias QT'ing Corey Walker

I didn’t rejoice at her cancellation and got cancelled myself at roughly the same time, but I am sincerely jealous that no regime-aligned billionaire has even fit to curry favor with the Trump administration by giving me a huge sum of money.
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The vitriol against Bari Weiss is just thinly-veiled jealousy by people who rejoiced at "cancelling" her in 2020 and are furious she managed to get fabulously wealthy in an infamously brutal and low-paying industry.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 19h

I'm so tired of the need to center MAGA feelings everywhere. The Fuck Your Feelings Crowd needs theirs catered to constantly. Why don't some of these fucking stories center on my fears for my student debt, health (cancer survivor!), Hispanic sister and newborn niece growing up in this shit hole?

Axios @axios.com · 20h

Zach Bryan is facing backlash from listeners over a new song snippet that criticizes ICE.

Why MAGA is outraged at Zach Bryan over ICE lyric

ICE has faced widespread scrutiny for its violent raids within the United States.

www.axios.com

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The Gray Matters Report @graymattersrep.bsky.social · 19h

at some point we will have been inundated by so many ai-generated images that we'll look back on old photographs and think "shouldn't those people have more fingers?"

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The Gray Matters Report @graymattersrep.bsky.social · 20h

If they think this is a fresh kick, wait until they discover eating pudding with their fingers, a la Ron DeSantis

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20h

Germans have been gathering to engage in the latest social media-driven activity now sweeping around the world: eating pudding, in public, with forks.

“I think it’s very German humor,” a Berlin resident said.

Germans meet up to eat pudding with forks — and the trend goes global

The trend, called “Pudding mit Gabel,” has taken off on German social media, and now has crossed the Atlantic.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Gray Matters Report @graymattersrep.bsky.social · 20h

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21h

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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The Gray Matters Report @graymattersrep.bsky.social · 21h

People in the US who have no connection to Canada or Canadians have no idea how pissed they are at how the Trump administration has betrayed them and how determined they are to reject all US-made products

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 22h

US liquor exports to Canada drop 85 percent flip.it/GEhWwq

flip.it

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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 22h

This series launched last month and will go into wide release in a few days. I'm excited to listen to it and occupy a minor part as an attendee at Fela's nightclub, The Shrine, and as someone who interviewed him. deadline.com/2025/09/obam...

The Obamas’ Higher Ground Sets Fela Kuti Podcast At Audible

The 12-part series, which launches on September 18, explores the true story of Fela Kuti.

deadline.com

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 23h

Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 22h

NEW: I talked to scholars who study political contagion about how America’s freefall could affect the rest of the world. They are… concerned. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is America contagious?

Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.

www.motherjones.com

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Jen Sorensen @jensorensen.bsky.social · 3d

Latest comic on liberal pundits being cozy with extremist commentators who would have been considered beyond the pale just a few years ago

Pundit Bro Doom Loop

MAINSTREAM "LIBERAL" PUNDITS ACHIEVE PROFESSIONAL RESPECTABILITY BY REACHING OUT TO THE FAR RIGHT…

Two male pundits talking:

I'M SO OPEN-MINDED, I SHALL INVITE YOU ON MY PODCAST AND BANTER WITH YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

...THUS ALLOWING FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISTS TO LAUNDER WHITE NATIONALIST IDEOLOGY INTO THE MAINSTREAM

WHY YES, MY FELLOW GENTLEBRO, YOU MAY INTERVIEW ME AND LEND CREDIBILITY TO MY MUSINGS ON THE IQS OF BLACK WOMEN AND THE THEFT OF THE 2020 ELECTION!

PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY ARE REPULSED

I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BASIC STANDARDS?

PUNDITS THEN DUNK ON PROGRESSIVES AND THE CYCLE CONTINUES

THEY'RE SO RUDE AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH REAL AMERICANS!

NOW YOU'RE TALKING!

©2025 Jen Sorensen

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1d

OTD in 2006 journalist & activist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead. Whoever is responsible for having her killed is still at large. And turns 73 today.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

wtf is wrong with these people

NYT: A Campaign to 'Bring Back Bullying'

On social media, some are arguing that bullying deserves a second look. Trolling or not, the push seems to reflect a general turn away from sensitivity.

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 23h

"If the Democrats don't cave, Republicans won't pay you" does not actually put the pressure to resolve this on Dems.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 22h

I know we’re going in circles but it is abundantly clear that they have literally no idea, let alone a plan, to fix their own mess.

Nobody is at the wheel, it is the first social media AI presidency and they drove themselves into a blind alley.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 1d

Indigenous people are 5 percent of Canada's population but have made up more than half its wildfire evacuees this year while their generational knowledge of forest stewardship is largely ignored. Indigenous Services Canada says “more work needs to be done”

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Canada’s historic wildfire season hits Indigenous people hardest

Indigenous people make up 5 percent of Canada’s population but have accounted for more than half its wildfire evacuees this year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Gray Matters Report @graymattersrep.bsky.social · 1d

if this is done well it will be damning

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST

Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.

Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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