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Just Barely Barning On @hughdelendaest.bsky.social · 5h

It gnaws at me

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 7h

What I actually struggle with is that we're well into the zone where our founding principles and natural law not only permit revolt but probably require it as our duty as citizens, and I am shirking every day.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 11h

incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Other prosecutors are investigating former CIA director John Brennan, another prominent Trump critic, and former FBI director Christopher Wray, who was originally appointed by Trump but enraged conservatives who came to believe he had wielded the bureau’s powers against them. Former officials have received subpoenas in recent days in the Wray inquiry, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Just Barely Barning On @hughdelendaest.bsky.social · 5h

Embrace Fredian Thought

Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 13d

I am not in favor of prosecuting anyone in this administration.

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 3d

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like ICE attempted murder.

We're going to have to outlaw ICE, and I don't mean abolish it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 2d

Really makes you think that Bari Weiss's shareholder value is 10x as much in a competitive autocracy as in a full democracy.

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 2d

Ah yes let us not judge her based on the words that come out of her own mouth but rather whether or not she created shareholder value

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 10h

Anyway, the attorney general of the United States has placed herself outside the protection of the law.

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Just Barely Barning On @hughdelendaest.bsky.social · 12h

There are people in this admin who should not make it to trial

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h

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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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 14h

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

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h

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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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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Just Barely Barning On @hughdelendaest.bsky.social · 13h

"I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness."

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 13h

Their prayers are to themselves. They’ve flattened the Christian faith into a theological license to carry out their violent political program. In the face of actual prayers in line with Christian teaching, this is how they respond.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 15h

This is honestly not surprising because Ubi's c-suite is famously a bunch of bizarro cowards

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 15h

YOURE FUCKING KIDDING ME

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 15h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 15h

I am never going to be a fan of a politician. That way lies disappointment. But Pritzker right now is the person I think is calibrating it right.

This isn’t negotiating about social security with W. You either get that or you don’t.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah. I know some of it is tongue in cheek. But I really don’t agree or enjoy this “MTG is actually pretty good”. She’s a dangerous, hateful, loon. Sure. Like Rand Paul.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

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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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 17h

I,,, personally, would not make natalism a visible facet of my politics in 2025 unless it was about how abortion and strong welfare are both pro family.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17h

TONIGHT (and especially for followers outside of NYC who want to get involved):

Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm!

Sign up: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...

A graphic with a photo of Brennan Lee Mulligan that says "Phone Bank with Zohran, Wednesday, October 8th at 6pm."

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 17h

Newsom's method is not equal to Pritzker's, and it's unworthy of a serious commentator to pretend it is.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 17h

Cannot emphasize enough that the penalty for attempting or planning a putsch should be severe and permanent.

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 17h

I think it was a mistake to not clutch pearls about the rampaging mob on January 6. They all should have ended up floating down the Potomac.

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 20h

i expressly did not clutch my pearls about the rampaging mob on september 6, and thought it was mostly goofy. i did believe the people at fault were the officials riling these people up and putting them in legal and physical danger. i agree now they absolutely should have hammered trump

Micah @rincewind.run · 20h

that donald trump was allowed to become president again after J6 is something we may never recover from as a nation

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 18h

This might be the worst ICE video yet, because it’s literally random dudes hanging around, and then a bunch of heavily armed thugs running them down completely out of nowhere, because they’re brown. It’s a nightmare that would have seemed excessive in Jim Crow. Everyone in America should see this.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Just Barely Barning On @hughdelendaest.bsky.social · 18h

That was my guess too, but I had completely forgotten about the real answer

Just Barely Barning On @hughdelendaest.bsky.social · 18h

Might be too much scheming vizier in him, I fear

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 1d

the belief that a parent's religion exempts a child from human rights protections is the single toxic root of all conservatism. regardless of if you're LGBT or not, ending the idea that parents have the right to indoctrinate their children is essential to preserving your human rights

Nick @boylan.xyz · 1d

Supreme Court poised to rule that religious beliefs allow for child abuse over the states interest in preventing child abuse.

Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 1d

NYT: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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