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Lauren Milicov

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Lauren Milicov @laurenmilicov.bsky.social · Jan 22

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jan 22

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“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 2h

“Why did the second 9/11 happen?” will be one day answered by “demented President Grandpa reassigned everyone to the task force for harassing immigrant families and zip-tying their children.”

Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 4h

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9m

🤞 @ericswalwell.bsky.social

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Selina Grissom @lilrdvet2.bsky.social · 9h

This just happened in Deep Red Alaska…

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 55m

A bittersweet series about what we have lost, but also what we could regain if we lived in a country that supported basic research again.

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 4h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 3h

Make no mistake. This nonsense about Antifa is directly tied to the 2026 and 2028 elections. It’s the “crisis” they will use as justification to shut down key voting centers.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 7h

lest anyone think the girlfriend line was a hilarious joke I concocted...

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 6h

Ideally you don't have to keep asking if the President even knows he's lying.

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Annie R @anet2111.bsky.social · 4h

Thinking of invoking the 19th century insurrection act on Chicago, Portland, and LA. The White House described the process as working its way up “an escalatory ladder.” 🫢

nbcchicago.app.link/kWtlO80jjXb

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

“.. the debate inside the administration has shifted recently, from whether it makes sense to invoke the act to more deeply exploring how and when it might be invoked ..”

@nbcnews.com
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2h

"'The folks at the White House were very disappointed that the entrance into L.A. in June didn’t provoke more violence,' Miles Taylor said. 'I genuinely think that was their intent.'" www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-propag...

The ICE Propaganda Campaign Goes Into Overdrive

MAGA commentators are stepping up as soldiers in Trump’s culture war to provoke confrontations against “Antifa” with the backing of DHS.

www.thebulwark.com

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 4h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 3h

The next Supreme Court term is shaping up to be the most consequential since 1937. Depending on how it rules, it may cease to be accepted as a legitimate arbiter, and even nullify its own power as an independent judiciary.

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 8h

When we run, we can win. Anywhere and everywhere.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

“Have you given any more thought to suspending habeas corpus?”

TRUMP: “Suspending who?” 🤷🏼

Aaand scene.

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 4h

Asking residents for permission would 'kill' the burglary industry

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 4h

Stephen Miller accidentally blurted out that Trump had "plenary authority" on TV today.

They're going for full-scale dictatorship.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...

Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracies Started Flying.

www.nytimes.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · 3h

They actually held a round table about “Antifa.”

Imagine being so far gone that you need a meeting to discuss… people opposed to fascism.

Antifa is shorthand for ordinary people who believe fascism should be resisted not invited to dinner.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2h

Remember this post? The Wall Street Journal just confirmed it was meant to be a DM to Pam Bondi.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 23h

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 5h

Seriously, is this a trick? It’s everyday now.

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