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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 11h

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10h

Antisemitic, pro-Putin, in league with white nationalists, promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy theory - and now being platformed by the president of the United States

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 10h

This is why I love Chicago so much. Their “we will fuck with you” reserves are BOTTOMLESS.

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 12h

This is amazing.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

Am I reading this right? Did Trump say he took freedom of speech away?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10h

Flagging Trump this afternoon:

"We took the freedom of speech away. Because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech — but what has happened is, when they burn a flag it, agitates and irritates crowds."

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 10h

Jack Posobiec made his name popularizing the Pizzagate scandal. Nothing he says should be taken seriously.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

Jack Posobiec speaks at the "Antifa Roundtable" and immediately references the Weimar Republic. He's a nazi.

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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 10h

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13h

A practice that would have been unthinkable under past administrations is becoming normalized: Sending ICE detainees, without due process, to far-flung prisons.

@nlanard.bsky.social takes us inside the "legal black hole" in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8h

Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if the prosecution is just getting its hands around the evidence *after* it criminally charged the former FBI director?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 16h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Kristine @kristinelogie.bsky.social · 10h

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A judge halted a Florida immigration law months ago. Some officers are still enforcing it

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 15h

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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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 13h

The great elle.cordova (TT) has a timely little song for you.

“They did the Monster Slash”

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 14h

You cannot be fucking serious

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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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18h

Donald Trump has finally found his Roy Cohn. Read the detaios & judge for yourself if this is how the people’s lawyer should do her job. joycevance.substack.com/p/oversight

Oversight

Attorney General Pam Bondi showed up for an oversight hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and she brought her best Scarlett O’Hara demeanor along with her.

joycevance.substack.com

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 1d

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Kristine @kristinelogie.bsky.social · 18h

Yep.

Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

“What he's doing is contrary to his initial promise. He's ensuring ideological conformity rather than the robust debate he had charted as his path forward," one former Post opinion staffer told me.

Much more here: www.status.news/p/washington...

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

www.status.news

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Kristine @kristinelogie.bsky.social · 1d

Add this to the litany of disgusting acts by this administration next Monday @maddow.msnbc.com .

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

The original version of the book said that Epstein was involved in introducing Melania to her beloved husband.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Kristine @kristinelogie.bsky.social · 1d

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Wow 👇

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

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Kristine @kristinelogie.bsky.social · 1d

😂

Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure if Mac knows he’s Mac

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Large Johnson @flytyingguy.bsky.social · 1d

Tradition? WTF @npr.org! He is violating The Constitution. He is using Nazi thugs to create a distraction and incite violence.
Quit soft-selling the Nazi takeover of our country!

NPR @npr.org · 1d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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