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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

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.

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Lee Iverson @leeiverson.bsky.social · 18h

Wondering how Carney prepared for this… First time in my life that “be obsequious, purple and clairvoyant” might have been good advice.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Carney: This is the most important—

Trump: The merger of Canada and the US

Carney: That wasn’t where I was going

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

The subhed here is a master class in corporate journalism rewarding malfeasance via semantics

Bondi didn't valiantly fend something off, she refused to answer legitimate questions before Congress because the answers would be horrifying and politically inconvenient

And that's a profile in cowardice

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Lee Iverson @leeiverson.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. I mean obviously Stephen Miller’s not 4’10” - that’s just funny. He can’t be more than 4’8”

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 3d

Portland never stops being Portland.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 3d

We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our own cities.

Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement.

It’s illegal and un-American.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3d

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Lee Iverson @leeiverson.bsky.social · 3d

Unless you actually defer to experts on each of these subjects then you’re not “correcting” anyone.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 4d

Every time I correct people about words like "fascism," "genocide," "terrorism," or anything else, people say "what a weird hill to die on."
That expression, in the end, only means: "Why do you care about something I don't care about?"
@kenwhite.bsky.social about RICO, now *that* is irrational

Wass @ruraljuror69.bsky.social · 4d

I’m curious why you want to die on this hill. You’re right that we are not currently living under a fascist regime. But they’re certainly fascistic. They’ll do whatever they can get away with & they keep pushing. So why quibble? Do we wait til it’s too late to say “ah, now it’s true fascism!”?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

This clap-back is 🔥

“You think my self-worth is determined by your opinion of me when in reality I know for a fact that I was better than you the day I was born.”

"Your grandparents were born on third base, mine were born in the parking lot but still managed to score before you.” Holy shit!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4d

If you wonder how bad the Epstein Files are for Donald, he had the federal government shut down so you wouldn't find out.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Just an FYI: We’re not facing a “government shutdown.” This is a Trump-MAGA Republican shutdown. Call it what it is.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d

If you’re white, your accomplishments are your own and you can resent and criticize the country all you like, but if you’re black and successful you should be grateful to white people for allowing you in their presence. bsky.app/profile/jess...

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

Kash Patel fired an FBI agent in training for displaying a gay pride flag on his desk while appointed to a field office in California last year. The trainee,who previously worked as an FBI support specialist in Los Angeles, received a letter claiming he had displayed an improper “political” message.

Kash Patel fires FBI agent trainee for displaying gay pride flag

The FBI employee was fired on the first day of the government shutdown as President Trump threatened more terminations.

www.msnbc.com

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Lee Iverson @leeiverson.bsky.social · 5d

He is clearly the most vain and stupid person ever to hold high elected office in any modern nation and *the people who own him* clearly paid to put him in this position because this makes him so stunningly easy to manipulate.

JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 5d

The “president” is not just unhinged & unwell. He is also a colossal vindictive asshole and a completely incompetent moron.

When I have more characters, I’ll tell you what I really think.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 6d

You don't place trust in—or do business with—those without ethics or scruples. I can't believe the very institutions that taught this principle to generations of Americans never learned that lesson themselves.

Any deal you do with Trump, he'll break. Then he'll break you.

How do they not see this?

Trump Offered Universities an Invitation for a Deal. Some See a Trap.

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Lee Iverson @leeiverson.bsky.social · 5d

www.bbc.com/news/article... She is also a nurse - a woman with two callings. My wife, a professor of Nursing, said she needs to get some earplugs.

Sarah Mullally named as new Archbishop of Canterbury

She becomes the first female leader of the Church of England, replacing Justin Welby who resigned over his handling of a safeguarding scandal.

www.bbc.com

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 6d

Big tech CEOs have spent more than a decade puffing their chests and saying that they are more like heads of state running global companies with bigger revenues than many countries

… but now they’re all folding to actual government pressure faster than any tinpot dictator has ever folded

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 6d

For years we warned about this: The “Enabling Act of 1933”, which allowed Hitler to seize control of all branches of the German government, served as the template for “Project 2025” — and Trump’s DNA is all over it.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 6d

Both the media coverage of the 2024 election & the postmortems about What Democrats Must Do have illustrated the utterly abject poverty of our entire National Conversation™️ about politics & the two parties. Just total unwillingness to wrestle with the reality of a far right authoritarian party.

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Lee Iverson @leeiverson.bsky.social · 6d

It’s been so long since he was actually funny - at least for anyone with any empathy at all.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

some people told dave chappelle his jokes weren’t funny and this ego maniac has been having a meltdown over it for ten years

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 6d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Lee Iverson @leeiverson.bsky.social · 6d

And taking a page from Chip Wilson’s MAGA cheat sheet ABC Vancouver starts the process of trying to save $100m in the city budget with a very political cut that saves how much? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Vancouver shutters city equity office in move to save $285K | CBC News

An office created at the City of Vancouver in 2019 that was meant to ensure reconciliation, diversity, equity and inclusion among its employees and services has been cut, amid a push by Mayor Ken Sim ...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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