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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 7h

I have a particular hatred for this brand of boundary invasion. We live in a fucking society, Jennifer. Act like it.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 20h

I had incredibly low expectations for our broken brunchlord press when kakistocratic authoritarianism came knocking, but every single day they demonstrate I still somehow over-estimated them

Joe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social · 20h

Incredible things are happening, as ever, at The Paper of Record.

two articles in a row that feel like very 2025 slaps in the face:

Frank Bruni, Kristen Soltis Anderson and Nate Silver

‘Democrats Fumbled This a Bit’: 3 Writers Assess Where We Are With the Shutdown

Marc Rowan

Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 1d

you can call her a dogkiller on tv, it's legal and true

pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 1d

in the second cnn portland city councilor hit of the day, the anchor couldn’t keep a straight face

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

thinking about how fucked up it is to give kids measles on purpose and then withhold tylenol from them

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Jack Posobiec spread antisenitic hate on Twitter for years, including tagging Jews with triple parentheses.

JD Vance wrote the forward to Posobiec’s book, Unhuman.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 1d

People in the replies saying people don't care. They care PLENTY about school pickup!

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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 1d

Is this getting play on TikTok? This will NOT make it on the news.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 1d

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 1d

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 1d

Similarly describing him as an "expert on antifa" rather than an "antifascism researcher" further legitimates antifa as a proper noun in a way that makes zero sense

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

"THEY WERE EVENTUALLY LET GO AFTER SHOWING THIER DOCUMENTS". In other words, they were pulled out of their cars for looking "Mexican".

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 1d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 1d

There was literally a big-budget movie last year about how during his one brief period of trying to be cool, Dylan got so anxious about it that he had to get advice from the coolest man alive (Johnny Cash)

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 1d

wtaf are you talking about

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

OH they're *all* frying their brains on AI-generated videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 1d

The last time, two weeks ago Trump was telling parents to not give their kids Tylenol I ordered 4 bottles of baby Tylenol, 'cos this creep is going to ban it. Ever held a five month old with a fever and an ear infection?

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 1d

Similarly describing him as an "expert on antifa" rather than an "antifascism researcher" further legitimates antifa as a proper noun in a way that makes zero sense

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 2d

As a parent with a kid who’s starting to play games on the iPad, I’m so pissed at the predatory state of kid’s games.

1. I pay $7 to remove all ads from this game. Yet catch my kid watching ads - even after paying they are offered to watch for in-game rewards. WTH

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 1d

In which the editorial board of the Washington Post effectively endorses President Nixon's claim that "when the president does it, that means it is not illegal."

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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 1d

That polar jet stream moves a smidge west and the PNW becomes an ice rink. The massive power outages alone are awful.

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Alexander Abnos @anabnos.com · 2d

Hello! The Guardian is expanding our American soccer coverage. In the US, we're hiring:
• Reporters
• Asst. editor
• Audience editor
• Social video producer
• Sports biz reporter
These are all full-time, permanent, union positions.
www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...

The Guardian announces plans to expand its global soccer coverage ahead of 2026 men’s World Cup in North America

Combination of seven new roles, including six in the US, spanning sports and business coverage, visuals, video and more

www.theguardian.com

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa"

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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 1d

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'Stunning, but not': Observers rip Washington Post for 'humiliating' op-ed on Trump

Observers ripped The Washington Post's editorial board on Wednesday for publishing an op-ed that they said tried to recast key parts of Special Counsel Jack Smith's criminal investigation of President...

www.rawstory.com

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Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · 1d

June 11: GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces a bill to defund NPR and PBS because of their "left-wing propaganda" and "radical leftist gender ideology."

October 7: The news industry's main trade group gives Blackburn its "Support Journalism Champion Award."

Just shameless.

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 2d

Also the idea that you have criminal immunity for official acts (that are nonetheless ultra vires) was invented from whole cloth by John Roberts three entire years after the investigation started!

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leesarenae.bsky.social @leesarenae.bsky.social · 2d

See, to me he came across as articulate, still an asshole, but not NEARLY as crazy as his public truth social account or even as he speaks in front of the camera...

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