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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 1h

Video from The Onion titled, “GOP Maintains Solid Hold On Youth That Already Look Like Old Men”

Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 1h

It’s impossible to overstate how bonkers this bit of fascist propaganda is. Like 99.9% of anti-fascist work is sitting at a computer doing research.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

So the argument for sending US troops into cities to be used against Americans is that Antifa has apparently taken over our cities and the troops have to battle them.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2h

This is why I think the next Democratic president needs to use the EXACT tools that SCOTUS has handed Trump. Don't leave room for any distinctions.

Impound funds for deportation. Give ICE the USAID treatment. Refuse to collect government-backed debt. Purge MAGA loyalists from the executive branch.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 1h

With friends like these..............

Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 2h

An anti-abortion group is fundraising off @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social's suggestion that Democrats run anti-abortion candidates in swing states.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe she’s trying to make us all stroke out?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on polls showing Republicans are getting blamed for the shutdown: "I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening ... we control the House & Senate & have the WH."

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 2h

It’s stupid and annoying.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 2h

It should probably just be Yakety Sax at this point.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 2h

Nobody ever stands when Jimmy Hendrix doing our actual national anthem comes on.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 5h

Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters are freaking out after photos emerged of Super Bowl singer Bad Bunny sitting during “God Bless America” at a New York Yankees playoff game.

MAGA Melts Down as Bad Bunny Sits for ‘God Bless America’

The singer is causing anger among Republicans for his actions during a baseball game.

trib.al

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 2h

He’s American

Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 2h

Since the first post-9/11 game at Yankee Stadium

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 2h

I think it’s one of the shittiest random patriotic songs. Boring af.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 2h

They do both at Yankee Stadium. I also hate it.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 2h

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · Aug 27

I want young people to know that the 7th inning stretch used to feature a drunken chorus of Take Me Out to the Ballgame but after 9/11 they gave us God Bless America—the sappiest, dullest patriotic song there is—with the expectation that we’d stand and take off our hats like it’s the fucking anthem.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 2h

I’m sure that he stays seated for many songs. I bet he knows that sappy song isn’t our anthem.

Bad Bunny Remains Seated During 'God Bless America' at Yankees Game

Bad Bunny raised eyebrows at the New York Yankees game Tuesday night ... choosing not to stand during the singing of "God Bless America."

www.tmz.com

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 13h

I have the 5-dog super pack with me tonight. The couch is full but that isn’t a deterrent for Miss Molly. #dogsofbluesky #dogsky

A young, tan hound-mix lies on the back of a blue-gray couch above a black Rottweiler-mix with a greying muzzle.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15h

Quite a headline
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump to get a 'routine yearly' medical check-up — his second in 6 months

The White House said Trump would be at Walter Reed Medical Center and undergo a checkup after a planned meeting with service members in the facility.

www.nbcnews.com

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 14h

“I haven’t done anything,” Miranda said to the officers in the video.

“Turn around or you’re going to get the dog,” an officer said. “We’re going to put you in cuffs, or you’re going to get the dog.”

Renee (paix120) @paix120.bsky.social · 14h

Masked ICE agents threatened an American citizen, put him into an unmarked van, held him for several hours, and dropped him back off at his workplace, without ever explaining why they abducted him

VIDEO: ICE detains, threatens Oregon man despite U.S. citizenship
www.koin.com/news/portlan...

www.koin.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23h

It's clear most Trump supporters have no idea the videos are fake.

Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World

Trump supporters are doubling down on AI sadism.

gizmodo.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 17h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 16h

I kinda have a thing for antifa’s girlfriend. It’s awkward.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 16h

They aren’t reporters

Maga media mob: meet the new rightwing faces in the White House briefing room

A banjo player and a Black Maga influencer, among others, now attend Trump administration press briefings

www.theguardian.com

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 19h

Does not sound like a reporter to me.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19h

Reporter: "Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending Habeus Corpus to not only deal with these insurrectionists across the nation but also to continue rapidly deporting illegal aliens?"

Trump: "I'd rather leave that to Kristi [Noem]"

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 1d

Hey all, I'm trying to get a baseline for how good people are at detecting whether fiction is AI-generated or human-written (most of the research on this is for nonfiction and my hypothesis is we're better with fiction).

If you have time, give it a try?

jlp-experiment.github.io/ai-detection...

AI vs Human Fiction Detection Test

jlp-experiment.github.io

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 21h

Relatable

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump is fighting for his life to stay awake during Andy Ngo's speech

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