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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 1h

(There is no rational world in which a trans college student tying for fifth place in a single college race is “awful.”)

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 1h

I’d agree but with that last sentence I’d say this is more someone who was annoyed he couldn’t be a bigot without consequences.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Picture here is from 1992. LA riots. Ive seen this called bad news judgment. In any real journalism outfit this is more like a firing offense. I basically say such things. Beyond belief.

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 3d

True. (Meanwhile the Vikings won somehow? I checked in with two minutes left and they were down by 3, then just checked again. Good for them!)

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 3d

I feel so bad for Justin Jefferson. A generational talent and the Vikings just can't get enough around him for him to really go off.

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 4d

I wonder if you could have someone create a real account that you authorize? I try to report the fake ones but TikTok wants me to ID the real account to report, and you don't have one. (Yes, this is a TikTok flaw. Also maybe I'm overlooking something, if anyone knows another way to report, lmk.)

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 4d

My assumption was correct! Yay. Added to my list, thank you!

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 4d

Oh! I did not know this was a thing. Love the books. (Off to find this and whether I'm making correct assumptions based on the name.)

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

The ICE agents deploying these are people without necessary training, those who couldn’t cut it in police training or didn’t want to join the military.

They are in this to hurt people and play Call of Duty on our streets, deploying chemical weapons on our neighbors as if they’re pressing L1.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 4d

Remaining feds left the scene in a large caravan, deploying more tear gas straight into the crowd - and right at my feet - as they left.

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 4d

"journalism-style" is perfect

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taber @kvetch.gay · 5d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 6d

This is very good. In addition to all the great points you make, I think that while we acknowledge that people like a certain physical toughness - height, muscles, stamina - they also like mental toughness. Being steadfast in beliefs against strong headwinds is itself something that people like.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 7d

The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9d

Exhibit A at The Hague just dropped

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 9d

"... and that's just what he's been indicted for" 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 9d

I was fully expecting some version of “this is my Super Bowl” (congrats!)

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 9d

Yup

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10d

Great point from @emptywheel.bsky.social: Trump's sliding approval on immigration is because millions of citizens are bearing witness.

"All of it starts from the people—both private citizens and independent journalists—witnessing, filming, and posting ICE thugs."

www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/29/b...

Buttcracks and Beer Bellies: Is Trump Failing on Immigration because ICE Creates Negative Spectacle? - emptywheel

I suspect that a big reason Stephen Miller has turned immigration into a losing issue for Donald Trump is because Miller's goons create an endless supply of negative spectacle that goes viral and seed...

www.emptywheel.net

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 10d

Nice!

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10d

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams ends his reelection campaign.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 14d

Let’s gooooooooo

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