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catz @whenwearebothcats.bsky.social · 4h

funniest thing about this (and someone said this in a reply) is that there doesn't even seem to be a theoretical bigot on the right who's saying, "ill join you if you promise that some random trans kid in another state doesn't get to participate in sports." so they're doing this for nothing.

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 7d

It's fascinating and revealing how many centrists think refusing to compromise on human rights to gain the support of bigots represents a "political purity test," yet also think that a bigot saying "I won't join you unless you accommodate my bigotry" does NOT represent a "political purity test."

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 8d

anyway:

www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-...

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 4h

Turns out “Portland Insurrection” is the b-side of a rare 200g vinyl pressing of a weebcore folk-punk prepared piano trio from just outside Beaverton

Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 4h

Given that it’s Portland, I feel like we need to take seriously the idea that there’s this really amazing insurrection, but we’ve never heard of it.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

One thing @govpritzker.illinois.gov does here, which WE ALL need to do more often, is lead with Trump's crimes.

A sex assaulted fraudster serial felon who freed HUNDREDS of cop assailants--and some terrorists--on his first day is trying to claim Democrats are criminals.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6h

it’s all just a grift

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Matt „Feind im Inneren" L @matt12l.bsky.social · 3h

I like this scenario, mainly because it rhymes well with the insipid nature of the product and the egos at work in Silicon Valley.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 4h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 5h

Christ, even the access crew at Axios are dumping on Johnson and GOP

Things have to be really bad for Republicans when their pals at DC gossip outlets are piling on

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 5h

At this point Democrats in Congress shouldn't concede an inch unless Johnson and Thune meet all their demands.

Republican rank and file members know it - majority of public are siding with Dems over healthcare and tired of giving Trump blank checks. www.axios.com/2025/10/08/m...

AXIOS HEADLINE with Mike Johnson reading a folder:

"Mike Johnson faces growing internal revolt over shutdown

Kate Santaliz,Andrew Solender "

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Matt „Feind im Inneren" L @matt12l.bsky.social · 3h

They are going to run out of lawyers at the DOJ before this is over.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 4h

My brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Frogs fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day! This day we twerk!

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

Honestly, people need to STOP claiming this is all about nullification.

These were people who were basically pushed, IDed their legal guns, and then arrested.

That's not an assault.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4h

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

My post:

There's SOOOOOO many reasons the distinction matters, not least that DOJ didn't even try to charge 6 cases in Chicago.

Claiming this is jury nullification lets DHS off easy for the bullshit charges they're arresting.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/g...

Greg Bovino's September 27 "Shitshow:" Batting 18% - emptywheel

Of the eleven people the government charged in conjunction with a "shitshow" Chief Custom and Border Patrol Greg Bovino staged at Chicago's ICE facility on September 27, the publicly filed charges aga...

www.emptywheel.net

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5h

She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 7h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 4h

She’s definitely a real girlfriends; she just lives in Canadantifa

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 5h

Noem: “One of the individuals we arrested recently was the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Lullz

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 7h

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

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 4h

Girlfriend in a comantifa, I know it’s serious

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 5h

Noem: “One of the individuals we arrested recently was the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Lullz

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 7h

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

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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 4h

Literally: pictures or it didn’t happen.

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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DocAtCDI @docatcdi.com · 4h

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 6h

I saw this on IG & now you hear it too.

Edited “War Pig” lyrics
Generals gathered in their massss
Just to listen to 2 dumbasses

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Matt „Feind im Inneren" L @matt12l.bsky.social · 4h

Talk about failing upwards. Or at least failing from one sinecure to the next. Not just Belichick but also the rubes who hired him at UNC

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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 6h

‼️ Russia: “Putin, along with Gay and Satan, was added to the list of banned names and surnames on VKontakte.”

So there can only be one Putin?

www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/08/p...

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Matt „Feind im Inneren" L @matt12l.bsky.social · 4h

Florida Man

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 6h

Not anything to joke about. But quite the headline from federal prosecutors based in California.

www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr...

Headline "Florida Man Arrested on Federal Criminal Complaint Alleging He Maliciously Started What Became the Palisades Fire."

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6h

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."

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Matt „Feind im Inneren" L @matt12l.bsky.social · 4h

Could be diminishing capacity or it could just be his own ignorance. If it’s not a fact about himself why should he be bothered to remember it?

Matt „Feind im Inneren" L @matt12l.bsky.social · 4h

That’s called, “doing dinner the right way.”

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