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H e t e r o t o p ia @artsofexistence.bsky.social · 15h

"Don't let the bastards grind you down."
-- Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale #BookSky

leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 10h

Like we never saw him flip a skateboard into his own balls AND throw an axe so fucking bad that he nailed a bystander all on a morning tv show.

Fucking loser.

www.youtube.com/shorts/loc-j...

Pete Hegseth Kicks Skateboard into Nuts 🛹 🇺🇸#trending #trump #shorts

YouTube video by SuperDuperVision

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 10h

Washington Post officially over. CBS News over. CNN is about to be over. Twitter ended a while ago. Fox is still going strong. Sinclair owns tons of stations. Hedge funds own tons of papers. And so on.

This takeover of our media communications is a huge problem & yet we rarely see anyone take it on

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 11h

I was getting more of a Phil Leotardo vibe.

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 12h

It's the "Kavanaugh rappel-from-a-helicopter-tossing-flash-bangs stop."

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 12h

Kellar was the real deal. Uri, on the other hand, is a yutz.

leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 12h

The Outside Man / The Roper / The Manager

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12h

Associate Professor / Full Professor / Assistant Professor

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Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 13h

Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Screenshot from a NYT article by Thomas Edsall, quoting Barbara Walter of UC-San Diego: "The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there’s no reason for them to be there. It’s inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this. Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil. People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied.

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely."

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 13h

I was getting more of a Phil Leotardo vibe.

a man in a suit and tie says let me tell you a couple of three things

ALT: a man in a suit and tie says let me tell you a couple of three things

media.tenor.com

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 13h

Veteran holding an American flag while being gassed by federal agents next to a priest being assaulted by federal agents.

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 14h

It figures.

Chicago Tribune is owned by Alden Global Capital (hedge fund). They own a bunch of other newspapers as well.

Margret Sullivan called Alden "one of the most ruthless of the corporate strip-miners seemingly intent on destroying local journalism."

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 14h

He was in my dream last night.

He was acting as Trump's ASL interpreter (bottom of the screen type). He was making fun of trump. And it turned out that was his dream job.

My interpretation of this dream was that he's only effective as a Trump troll...and that I need to log off more.

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 15h

No worries J-Dog, your boy Ka$h is all over it.

Head of the FBI Kash Patel wearing Kash Patel branded sweatshirt and hat. He has a "$" instead of an "S" on the clothing because he's an idiot.

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 15h

Phil Leotardo all the way.

a man in a suit and tie says let me tell you a couple of three things

ALT: a man in a suit and tie says let me tell you a couple of three things

media.tenor.com

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 15h

Too powerful to be trusted in keeping with democratic norms and too cowardly to stand up to authoritarianism.

We need to break up these companies.

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 15h

If we saw this in another country, we'd know what to call it.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 17h

Another incident of federal agents pointing guns at Chicago area residents.

Tweet from @laura_n_rod

Text: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

Photo: shows a federal agent in a truck pointing a gun

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 15h

Head of the FBI

Robert Mueller (2001-2013)
Kash Patel (2025- )

Head of the FBI, Robert Mueller and Kash Patel

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 19h

My fear is that Trump not only suffered no consequences for trying to violently overturn the election but was rewarded.

Also they see the Dems as weak (which is not all together incorrect).

They carry on, like the SC, as if they'll never be real push back. And it makes me sick they might be right.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 20h

She’s a seditious, treasonous usurper of America’s tradition of impartial justice and rule of law, and one day she should pay a terrible price for her betrayal of the Constitution and the oath she swore

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

PADILLA: Do you believe govt officials are obligated to follow court orders whether they agree with them or not, yes or no?

BONDI: I wish you loved your state of California as much as you hate President Trump

PADILLA: I asked a simple yes or no question

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 19h

What you say about my mama!?

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 20h

and that's why it will be so important to harass them without mercy. pain must be felt bsky.app/profile/dave...

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 20h

So, imagine a 2028 that ends with a normal election and a Democratic president.

Does that president punish CBS? Does he kick it out of the Brady room's front row? Does his FCC go after its licenses? Does his FTC probe the Skydance deal?

No, probably not. No fear of reprisal if power shifts back.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22h

Do CBS News executives understand that MAGA will not be in power forever? I genuinely think this is lost on a lot of people. They've gotten scammed by bad actors into believing Trump's 2024 win represented something seismic and even permanent. I predict they'll look back on this as a serious error.

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 20h

"If Democrats win back power in 2028, they are going to inherit a corrupted & vandalized state. Reviving it in a way that allows them to govern will require a purge of Trump apparatchiks & aggressive, creative use of spending & hiring power. Project 2025, but for a good cause, and for the year 2029"

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 22h

Any Project 2029-style rebuilding project that tables confrontation with the Supreme Court will doom itself. www.offmessage.net/p/the-suprem...

The Supreme Court's Dastardly Plan Makes Court Reform Obligatory

If Democrats can't avoid the trap Republican justices are setting, we'll never recover from the Trump fiasco.

www.offmessage.net

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 21h

Why are they letting her just rip into them? Why aren't they reclaiming their time? Why don't' they refute & dunk on her (Trump & Epstein). And why can't they show any emotion or sincere anger?

She gets her soundbites in and we're told to fuck off. Which, I assume, we will respectfully disagree.

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 21h

a woman in a white dress is hugging another woman in a black and white shirt

Alt: a woman in a white dress is hugging another woman in a black and white shirt

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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 21h

"Let's do the fucking news"

a man with a beard is standing in front of a window in a room with a lamp .

Alt: a fat man is standing in front of depressed people, gives an moronic speech that thinks is inspiring and runs out of the room thinking people will follow him.

media.tenor.com

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