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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner.

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A picture of Sergio Garcia and George W and Laura Bush. It is signed, To Sergio Garcia with best wishes.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1h

"“We call it the ‘Deport and Replace’ strategy...which is defined above all to make it easier for corporate agribusiness to exploit its workers, whether terrified undocumented residents or an unlimited pool of cheap foreign guest workers" prospect.org/politics/tru...

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 1h

It's striking to me that while these Bishops are speaking out, no one has discussed the possibility of denying Vance communion, as Bishops have frequently done with Democratic politicians who support abortion rights.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1h

I hope this makes JD Vance feel terrible: www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 1h

G-d bless America.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

#WarRavagedPortland

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

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 · 2h

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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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 10h

There’s a very real possibility that the US economy hits stagflation, the AI bubble pops, and there’s a substantial trade war impacting services (the US major export) all at the same time, which is what I’d call, “the omnishamblesmegafuck.”

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 10h

Unfortunately, people don’t go to jail for this kind of stuff nearly often enough. And given the state of the enforcement agencies that deal with white collar crime… we’re kinda screwed.

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 11h

The man's twitter style is art. Like dril, but grandpa.

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 11h

Chuck Grassley is literally as old as FM radio, and he is a terrible Senator. I am in no way defending him.

Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 11h

A thought: Chuck Grassley (a man who has served in Congress since the Nixon administration) famously holds meetings in every single one of Iowa's 99 counties. He has done this annually for 45 years.

I'm curious what he thinks about his colleague avoiding constituents.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

#IA01 Miller-Meeks says she will hold a town hall "when hell freezes over."
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A swing-district Iowa Republican says she’ll hold town halls ‘when hell freezes over’ | CNN Politics

Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks told Johnson County Republicans in an August meeting that she’ll hold town hall meetings “when hell freezes over.”

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 11h

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Haley Stevens @haleyformi.bsky.social · 12h

The longer this shutdown goes on, the more dangerous travel becomes for all of us. I'm ready to get back to work. I'm not sure my Republican colleagues can say the same. https://bit.ly/46VOv4h

Air traffic controller shortages amid shutdown lead to canceled flights, delays nationwide

Controllers are considered essential workers and are exempt from being furloughed during a shutdown.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 16h

I've written my analysis of today's grim Supreme Court oral argument in the conversion therapy case:

As far as the Court's concerned, imaginary medical uncertainty gives states the authority to hurt queer kids, and takes away states' authority to protect them

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The Conservative Justices Don't Trust Any Science That Supports LGBTQ Kids

States that want to facilitate discrimination against LGBTQ people have the Court's blessing. States that want to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination do not.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 16h

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 16h

This is the clip I remember vividly (directed at SG Sauer). And you know Kennedy meant it because he doesn’t do any of that faux folksy nonsense he does on CNN. (Though he’s obviously not ever going to do anything about it to the GOP.)

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Senator Kennedy Advises DOJ Nominees to Follow Federal Court Orders

During a confirmation hearing for several Justice Department nominees, including Solicitor General nominee John Sauer, Louisiana Republican John Kennedy advises them not to disregard federal court ord...

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 16h

It’s worth noting here that this question is actually indirectly for Sen Kennedy, who has explicitly made statements in the committee to nominees (including Bondi, IIRC) directing them to follow court orders.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

PADILLA: Do you believe govt officials are obligated to follow court orders whether they agree with them or not, yes or no?

BONDI: I wish you loved your state of California as much as you hate President Trump

PADILLA: I asked a simple yes or no question

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 17h

Kennedy is a weird character. On the one hand, he’s clearly successor to Fred Thompson as Senate’s designated Foghorn Leghorn and goes on TV to say ridiculous stuff defending Trump. On the other hand, he does sometimes relish humiliating Trump appointees and nominees, including stopping some.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Sen. Kennedy with another set of probing questions about Epstein 👇

KENNEDY: Have you interviewed Secretary Lutnick?

BONDI: No senator

K: Do you plan to?

B: If he wants to talk to the FBI--

K: Don't you think you ought to talk to him after this interview? Maybe we ought to get Lutnick in here

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 17h

I love all of this, but especially the point about Murdoch's acquisition of MySpace (for >$500M while Myspace was going), which often seems to be forgotten in the annals of dumbass business decisions.

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 23h

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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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 23h

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?

www.theverge.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18h

Shot ---> chaser

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Sasha Senderovich 🌻 @returnstosender.bsky.social · 18h

Shaul Magid @theguardian.com, two years after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the ongoing war of revenge against Gaza and what many conclude to be an ongoing genocide, on the disappearance of the American Jewish consensus on Israel and Zionism. www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging | Shaul Magid

Two years after the 7 October massacre and the onset of Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, American Jewry has been profoundly transformed

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 18h

Raju deserves a lot of credit. I remember watching the Jan 6 attack and Raju describing the attack while being evacuated from the building. This kind of questioning is exactly what's needed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 18h

YOOOOO big shout out to my man @mkraju.bsky.social for asking the question lmao run Mikey run

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 21h

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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