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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

Hey, the NJ gubernatorial election is less than a month away.

If the Democrats here want to start rolling out any kind of ad campaign that tells voters what Mikie Sherrill will do, that'd be super.

And no, "I can fly a helicopter" doesn't count.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5h

Annals in sane-washing. When I checked NYT, WSJ, Politico, and WaPo for a story abt how Trump invited PizzaGate guy to the White House and declared an end to the First Amendment, this single story that mentioned it was on top of WaPo. Now it's buried.

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A story headlined, Trump builds case for deploying National Guard to Chicago, Portland The president said he would pursue designating antifa a "foreign terrorist organization" and called for Democratic officials in Chicago to be jailed.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday looked to bolster his public case for deploying the National Guard to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, cities where he claims Democrat politicians have failed to protect journalists and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from people whom he sees as left-wing domestic terrorists.

Trump said during a televised meeting at the White House that he would pursue designating antifa as a “foreign terrorist organization” — a label that would allow for key financial and legal penalties because foreign entities are not protected by the First Amendment. Proponents of antifa — a political protest movement composed of unaffiliated groups — militantly oppose fascism, right-wing ideologies and are often anti-capitalist or anti-state.

Trump also repeated a call he had made earlier in the day for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats, to be jailed, accusing them without evidence of “failing to protect” ICE officers who have been sent to the city.

His statements and other remarks given by top aides during a 2½-hour event laid out a legal and moral case for the administration’s push to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities. Designated foreign terrorist groups can face financial sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department. The Justice Department can prosecute supporters under enhanced charges of providing “material support” to a terrorist group.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 11h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
bsky.app/profile/did:...

Grant @gdubbstl.bsky.social · 15h

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 13h

This is why making the shutdown about healthcare was always risky.

Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 22h

If Dems win the standoff and get their policy demands, yes they will have substantively helped millions of Americans (a good thing, to be clear), but also they will have kept Republicans from a self-inflicted wound in upcoming elections

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 13h

I really hope Dolly outlives that man. I’ve been planning on blasting “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” on the proper occasion. youtu.be/RfinvuRolR0?...

Light of a Clear Blue Morning

YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 15h

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 16h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 17h

I see so much silent capitulation and cowardice in my daily life right now that it’s hard night to go through my days without feeling ill.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4d

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

404 Media @404media.co · 6d

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

🔗 www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 17h

The media has a test right now. Are they going to frame this as “some say Trump is wrong about Portland” (or worse “there are indeed boarded up buildings in Portland”) or are they going to call a fabrication a fabrication?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19h

That's Jack Posobiec of pizzagate fame sitting at this table with the president, attorney general, FBI director, and DHS secretary.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

SORTOR: I took this flag from the man that was burning it in the street

TRUMP: Do you know who he is?

SORTOR: Oh yeah

TRUMP: So why don't you give it to Pam. Give it to the attorney general and we'll start prosecutions

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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 1d

“Either this machine will be powerful enough to take your job or it’ll blow up and you’ll lose your job in a recession” is a tough outlook for white collar workers over the next few years.

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eliza🌻 @elizas.website · 1d

ANTHROPIC: “artificial superintelligence will certainly cause the end of the human species, which is we must build it before OpenAI does so we can have some chance of inscribing human moral values on the post-human future”

OPENAI: “what if we put ads in ChatGPT?”

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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 1d

This is not just savagely well written but also just a freaking good point about managing declining media

Also I am already pre-dreading the Morning Show season about this

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 2d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I think something we have to do more of is talk about how kickass a lot of American cities are because right now some people think they’re run by Sharia Law nudists and most of us never thought to counter that argument because it’s stupid and doesn’t make any sense

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

www.choosechicago.com

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 1d

Harriet Tubman might’ve seen a Mary Pickford movie.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 1d

I really wish I had seen it the first time knowing nothing about the plot. The reaction in the theater back in 1960 must’ve been wild.

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Psycho. Among other things it’s amazing how it turns on a dime from being a sexy film noir to a horror film.

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 1d

American Christianity has become a series of gestures.

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 1d

Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.

A screenshot of a video of Noem praying at a conference table with other people wearing suits. Fast food bags and water bottles sit on the table.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

You need to fix this @cnn.com.

Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 2d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a much better horror film than what mainstream studios produce using a small fortune these days.

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 2d

Re-Watching Carnival of Souls, which is a kind of a miracle movie. It was made for almost zero dollars with a cast of nobodies by a director of industrial films. It has no right to look this good or be this effective.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

I love them both but Travis and Patrick look like they’re running a traveling medicine show in the Great Depression

Travis Kelce, wearing a newsies hat and a shirt that seems to be pattered on a motels wallpaper, and Patrick Mahomes, wearing a red checkered vest made out of an Italian restaurants tablecloth

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 2d

well that’s fucking horrible

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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