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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13m

Check out this whole interview! I think we got into a ton of really interesting topics over the course of the interview.

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 16h

As Trump and ICE unleash terror on Chicago, due process is nowhere to be found.

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social unpacks ICE’s overreach
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/ice-is-out-of-control-aaron-reichlin

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Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 24m

The spot for us as college kids was Palmetto Pig because you could get a big plate of solid BBQ for like $10. But I bet there are some better spots for real adults lol.

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Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 24m

Yes! 100%. Getting to hear about his life & his personal anecdotes about his photography was incredible. On a very different note, I recall that you like BBQ. If you're fond of mustard-based sauce, there are some good joints in Columbia. Been a while since I lived there, so my insights are limited.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 58m

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 51m

I'm not sure if Mr. Cecil is still doing that, given his age. But it was definitely a memorable experience. He has a lot on Briggs v. Elliot (one of the school desegregation cases decided with Brown v. Board) and the Orangeburg Massacre (plus his photography).

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Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 51m

They required appointments back then. Not sure if that's still the case. It's a fairly small museum, so it only takes an hour or so. But there's a lot of cool stuff. Plus, when I did it, Cecil Williams (civil rights activist and photographer) personally guided the tour. That was the best part of it.

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Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 51m

I don't know if civil rights museums interest you, but Cecil Williams's South Carolina Civil Rights museum is in Orangeburg (about an hour drive from Columbia). I went a year or two after it opened with a friend from Orangeburg. It was a cool experience.
www.southcarolinacivilrightsmuseum.com

HOME - Cecil Williams Photography LLC

www.southcarolinacivilrightsmuseum.com

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🎃😱Slaybell Romero loves Halloween👻👹 @maybell.bsky.social · 2h

Headed to Columbia, SC for the Bastard Film Encounter! What should I see/do/eat?!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 1h

SO THAT'S WHY I'M SO HYPED RIGHT NOW!

a group of foxes are playing with a trash can in the woods .

ALT: a group of foxes are playing with a trash can in the woods .

media.tenor.com

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1h

some thoughts on Pam Bondi and congressional oversight

Pam Bondi, Loyal Servant

At a congressional oversight hearing yesterday, the attorney general followed her north star: pleasing the president.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 1h

I am not in the Caribbean right now! (But I wish I was.)

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 1h

My Reddit AMA (ask me anything) on CAP's plan to break Citizens United starts at 11:30am ET! See you in r/politics!

From the politics community on Reddit: I’m Tom Moore, senior fellow for democracy policy at the Center for American Progress. I’ve figured out a way to break Citizens United. I kid you not. It's a BFD...

Explore this post and more from the politics community

www.reddit.com

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Pat Sobkowski @patsobkowski.com · 1h

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Is Donald Trump a Reconstructive President?

Podcast Episode · Executive Functions Chat · 09/25/2025 · 43m

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Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 1h

If anything, he's deconstructive. (Yes, I understand the APD reference here.)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

It's clear by now that the Democrats won't press this case as aggressively as it needs to be pressed, and the media won't do that unless they have Democrats' quotes to use as a springboard either.

They won't do this work, so it's even more important that we circulate these stories ourselves.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3h

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

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Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 1h

They could each be convicted of 10 felonies and still have fewer felony convictions than Donald Trump. 😉

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Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 1h

They both attended fine institutions and got quality educations. Bondi is simply a bad and dishonest person.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 3h

This is a horrific development that was also entirely avoidable.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

“.. If a deal with China isn’t reached soon, Hill said, the soybean market ‘might be a bloodbath.’”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 15h

If anyone knows any victims of this raid, we’d like to talk to them.

Our legal services are all completely free.

We’ve got two other cases over ICE raids already. And we just won a Supreme Court case over the FBI raiding the wrong house.

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 15h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 4h

Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.

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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 3h

This editorial from @washingtonpost.com is disappointing because it is sloppy and misleading---if not factually wrong. As a piece by the Editorial Board (the voice of the paper), it threatens Washington Post's credibility and integrity. 1/15

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Opinion | Government shutdowns wouldn’t happen if they caused more pain

Democratic leaders play a dangerous game as Trump threatens not to pay furloughed federal workers.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 14h

The Kavanaugh Stops will continue until we have racially segregated every middle-lower class bulding’s residential population in every major city.

Congratulations, Brett. You’ve done a Prigg v. Pennsylvania.

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 15h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 12h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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