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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 7h

Their biggest fantasy is also my biggest fantasy.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

“They’re all Antifa now”

Laura Ingraham screenshot that reads: THEY'RE ALL ANTIFA
NGL
NOW
DEMS MELT UNDER PRESSURE
THE ANGLE ALERT

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 7h

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

if this isn't civil war i'm not sure what is

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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johnmaen.bsky.social @johnmaen.bsky.social · 7h

yeah! i think it was 1986.

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johnmaen.bsky.social @johnmaen.bsky.social · 7h

a man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face .

ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face .

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TJK74 @tjk74.bsky.social · 8h

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johnmaen.bsky.social @johnmaen.bsky.social · 7h

I’m sure we all know, but this ends poorly. It will be akin to Kent and J6 on the list of all-time American Democracy self-owns in history.

CNN @cnn.com · 8h

JUST IN: National Guard troops have started their mission in the greater Chicago area, an official says, as court showdowns over deployments loom. https://cnn.it/4q2CJ0s

johnmaen.bsky.social @johnmaen.bsky.social · 7h

when my parents bought their first microwave i think they said it was over $500 and they had to put in on credit at Montgomery Ward’s. Our microwave broke last year and I bought one at Fred Meyer for $30 lol

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johnmaen.bsky.social @johnmaen.bsky.social · 11h

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

Updated COVID shot led to less severe illness, fewer hospitalizations last year, US study finds reut.rs/3KEOvOE

Updated COVID shot led to less severe illness, fewer hospitalizations last year, US study finds

Last year's updated COVID-19 vaccines helped prevent severe outcomes including hospitalizations and deaths, according to data from a large study of U.S. military veterans published on Wednesday.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 12h

Notable about today’s WH roundtable on Antifa, IMO: not just one outside law enforcement/public safety official brought in for it. Bondi, Patel for administration, but no police chief, state Public Safety Secy, sheriff, etc. Just a dozen right-wing “journalists”. …

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12h

White House policy is increasingly driven by (and aimed at) an increasingly small echo chamber of terminally online right wingers, which includes far too many of the administration’s own top officials. No one else can make sense of what they’re talking about much of the time.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 12h

Notable about today’s WH roundtable on Antifa, IMO: not just one outside law enforcement/public safety official brought in for it. Bondi, Patel for administration, but no police chief, state Public Safety Secy, sheriff, etc. Just a dozen right-wing “journalists”. …

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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johnmaen.bsky.social @johnmaen.bsky.social · 13h

Pearson is an excellent representative for this constituency.

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Advocacy Arena with Dee @desia.bsky.social · 13h

Pearson, a former environmental justice activist, frames the race as a fight for a “new vision” that matches the “urgency our people deserve.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebwsti...

Justin Pearson launches primary challenge against Dem. veteran

Tennessee State Representative Justin Pearson has officially launched a primary challenge against veteran Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen.

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Advocacy Arena with Dee @desia.bsky.social · 13h

Cohen, has not faced a competitive primary race since his 1st race 20 yrs ago.

“Our people need a fighter who will be in the fight for justice and opportunity with them — not just in title, but in action,” Pearson said.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

'Tennessee Three' legislator Justin Pearson launches primary challenge against longtime House Democrat

State Rep. Justin Pearson called for a change in leadership as he launched a primary against longtime Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen in Tennessee's deep-blue 9th District.

www.nbcnews.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 13h

Here's my grandad and his mates training for the big antifa day out on 6th June 1944

Troops from the Royal Engineers and Royal Ulster Rifles training with a machine gun in advance of D Day, (my grandad is the fella holding the magazine)

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 14h

More history from this Nazi adulated by the Trump team. These are explicit, proud Nazis who scream and cry and call every referee they can find when you quote their Nazism back to them.

Multiple tweets from Nazi Jack Posobiec in 2016 making "jokes" involving the Nazi code "1488."

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 13h

The question isn’t whether ICE has become secret police or its functioning legally within very bad law. Very bad law made it possible for form secret police.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13h

This was never about deporting criminals. It’s about Stephen Miller’s campaign of ethnic cleansing.

Tweet from Alex Tabarrok reads:
“Sergio Garcia, celebrated Chef who came to the US before ICE even existed. Deported after 36 years.
The picture tells you a lot about the decline of the Republican party.”
Attached photo shows Sergio Garcia standing with Laura and George W. Bush outdoors. The photo is signed: “To Sergio Garcia, With best wishes – George & Laura Bush.”

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johnmaen.bsky.social @johnmaen.bsky.social · 14h

Democrats should be in front of his office every day challenging him on camera.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 14h

he's just such a lying piece of shit

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

JOHNSON: That is a Dec. 31 policy issue

TAPPER: But doesn't open enrollment start Nov. 1?

JOHNSON: Some insurance companies will send out notices in November, that's right, and that's why the Democrats are so wrong to close this govt and burn up the time in October

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