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@geoffmcgivern.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social · 15h

hey, national news orgs! Go and film the fucking stores! And then follow with a piece to camera on this lying, senile, wannabe dictator felon.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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run DanAmrich.exe -verbose @danamrich.bsky.social · 19h

Today, a sitting President is trying to send military forces into US cities to quell...peaceful protests.

The National Rifle Association, which repeatedly shouts that it needs its pew-pews to fight a potentially tyrannical government, is silent.

Hypocrites? Liars.

As suspected. But.

a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket is sitting at a desk in a laboratory .

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket is sitting at a desk in a laboratory .

media.tenor.com

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 19h

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

A rightwing late-night show may have bombed – but the funding behind it is no laughing matter

Conservative donors spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a rightwing Stephen Colbert-style talkshow

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5d

When you recall that political reporters ran interference for Trump over his "opposition" to Project 2025, remember that even AT THAT TIME there was a hidden camera interview with Vought where he said that was bullshit and he didn't mean it. www.mediamatters.org/russ-vought/...

In undercover interview, Project 2025 architect gets candid on the initiative’s radical goals and connections to Trump

In an undercover interview with reporters from the British non-profit organization Centre for Climate Reporting, Project 2025 architect and MAGA ally Russ Vought admitted to the project's strong ties ...

www.mediamatters.org

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 11d

That’d be incredible. Yeah, I know what you mean. Would love to REALLY get to explore that place.

Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 11d

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 11d

I want to live on the Citadel irl tbh

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve really had very little time to play much of anything for weeks/months, but currently back on my Mass Effect bs. Recently picked back up a long-paused trilogy run with ME3. This one REALLY benefits from the Legendary Edition remaster treatment.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 14d

see how settled science suddenly gets turned into something unclear as soon as conservatives make it a political issue? this has happened on dozens of issues.

NPR @npr.org · 15d

The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.

When it comes to Tylenol, what are parents to do?

The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 17d

Former counselor to RFK Jr’s predecessor:

Sarah Despres @sarahdespres
X.com
I see @SecKennedy was able to attend Charlie Kirk's memorial. It's unfortunate the Secretary of HHS was not able to attend the funeral of Officer David Rose who was killed in the senseless attack on the CDC, one of the agencies within @hhs.
6:56 PM • 9/21/25 • 808 Views

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Lindsay Ballant @lballant.bsky.social · 25d

We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet

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Miles Howard @milesperhoward.bsky.social · 26d

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.

This is Kirk's legacy.

You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 26d

Raid Introduces New Bug Doxxing Kit https://theonion.com/raid-introduces-new-bug-doxxing-kit/

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 28d

settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28d

if that news is true, don't say anything you wouldn't want to see screenshotted and spread all over right wing media

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29d

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · Sep 9

As always, Trump believes that criminality is an indelible, intrinsic trait, not a matter of the actions any individual commits. He & his ilk are always justified in what they do because they are inherently NOT criminals, others are inherently criminals & thus what they do is bad, wrong, dangerous.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 8

Leaving aside his contempt for taking domestic violence seriously, please remember that DHS has repeatedly argued that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a dangerous menace to the nation because of allegations of domestic violence.

Is it not a crime? Or is it a crime so serious it merit deportation?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 8

Trump claims crime is down to "virtually nothing" in DC & adds the crimes that are happening are "much lesser things. Things that take place in the home they call crime. You know, they'll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight w/the wife they say 'this is a crime. See?'"

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · Sep 9

Ah, got it. Sorry I couldn’t help, and good luck!

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · Sep 9

Which game are you trying to play? Or would that give the thing away? Just trying to figure out if maybe there’s another way to play it.

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · Sep 9

this needs to be a bigger story —

RFK is rushing to appoint SEVEN more anti-vaccine extremists to his phony vaccine panel so it’s packed with quacks.

my read? he’s panicking and accelerating his plans to take away all of our vaccines.

free to read: wapo.st/3JStzDh

RFK Jr. weighs adding critics of coronavirus shots to key vaccine panel

Two urged removal of mRNA coronavirus vaccines. One said physicians “blindly believed” in them. Another said covid isn’t scary, noting Jesus touched lepers.

wapo.st

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yup.

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · Sep 8

I believe the previous one was essentially an “artist’s impression” based on a description. It did include the full text, but the drawing and signature were interpretations.

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · Sep 8

Highest court in the land thinks I’m too brown to be treated like a citizen

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Sep 8

BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.

Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26085894-25a169-order/

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · Sep 8

Today I’m reminded of this Austin Powers skit, for some reason!

youtu.be/0N7tFwcgOIk?...

My Bag

YouTube video by Rustifer

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Sep 8

Sad thing recent events have made me accept: a lot of US elites are weak, amoral people, whose guiding star is "what does power want?" mixed with "what's easiest for me in the short-term?" And that unfortunately means we can't appeal to principle or patriotism, we need to structure their incentives.

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · Sep 8

I think the answer to the “paradox” of Trump consolidating dictatorial power despite being incompetent and unpopular lies in Democrats rattling their sabers at people and entities who capitulate to Trump over the objections of the American majority. But first they’ll have to find those sabers!

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