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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 11h

“Trump believed he had sent Bondi the message directly, addressing it to ‘Pam,’ and was surprised to learn it was public, the officials said. Bondi grew upset and called White House aides and Trump, who then agreed to send a second post praising Bondi as doing a ‘GREAT job.’”

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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 11h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 3h

Just putting this out there: If Trump can "ttake away" the First Amendment because he doesn't like flag burning, maybe think about having a look at the Second, because who likes kids being gunned down at school?

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 3h

He already pardoned everyone and his acolytes say nothing happened. So why the new committee?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 13h

We aren't too stressed. I thought the language requirement was lax, particularly given the poor quality of the government courses. We'll see what happens when the legislation is debated and economic reality in the form of increased taxes stares Chega in the face.

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 13h

Portugal is considering changes to its citizenship requirements as well, from language level A2 to B1 plus cultural knowledge, and five years to ten years of residence. People are understandably freaking out, and economic data supporting the change is not good. Horrid, as a matter of fact.

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 18h

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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Euractiv @euractiv.com · 17h

Spanish parliament backs Sánchez’s arms embargo on Israel

Podemos joins government in backing permanent ban on arms and military exports to Israel

dlvr.it

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16h

White House officials have held increasingly serious discussions in recent days about President Donald Trump invoking the Insurrection Act, a rarely used 19th century law that gives the president the power to deploy active-duty troops inside the U.S. for law enforcement purposes

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 22h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 16h

I would also have selected ten passengers via seat lottery, to each give him a sac shot for fucking up the world for everyone else.

kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 16h

Duct tape his ass to the seat, continue the journey. The excuse that they can't charge his CC while aloft seems janky when you can buy all kinds of stuff in flight via credit card. But if true, charge the shit out of his card when on the ground.

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 18h

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 17h

An underreported part of US campus repression post-2023 was the pivot to making “[IDF] military veteran” a protected class coterminous with “[pro-occupation Israeli/Jew]”. Students protesting the Gaza war were charged with *discrimination based on veteran status*. migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 18h

I would say critical thinking more than journalism, because the concept is, at its core, malleable. Basic news? Investigative? Arts and culture? Reporting 101? Critical thinking needs to be at the forefront, because it truly is a declining skill, not just in America.

kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 21h

One of the nicest things about living here is not having Amazon trucks hurtling around the streets. Only folks here I hear about buying from Amazon on the regular are lazy Americans too terrified to go to stores and interact with people in their new country.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 1d

I recommend following @dailybunnies.bsky.social Whenever my TL seems full to the brim with mayhem, horror and fascism, up pops a lovely, fluffy bunny. Bunnies are a balm.

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Barça Reddit @barcabsky.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ Alexia Putellas: "We gave our maximum, and everything came off as the staff planning demanded of us. We had worked so hard on our press; this is indicative of the hunger in the team. We opened the scoring precisely from this press on our opponent."

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Barça Reddit @barcabsky.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ Alexia Putellas on the stored-up frustration after their CL final defeat in Lisbon last May: "This kind of night is what the Champions League demands of you. We know the level we were at in Lisbon; we know the damage that defeat did us. But you learn and benefit from defeats, not just victories."

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 1d

Every major city in Texas has a higher murder rate than Chicago

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

Incredibly slimy and dishonest, but also... yes?

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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 1d

Remember that McConnell set the template for all of this by playing politics with votes. The people have elected a representative but the party in power will not allow it. Had they not already shitbinned the constitution ...

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN that he would swear her in “as soon as she wants.”

Speaker Johnson said he’d swear in new House Democrat ‘as soon as she wants.’ Now Republicans are back tracking | CNN Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN earlier Tuesday that he wo...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.

The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 1d

Feeling unsafe and being unsafe are two, entirely different things.

We should be clear on this and address them separately.

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