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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.net · 7h

Look how they massacred my boy

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.net · 12h

Not beating the allegations…

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 13h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

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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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 2d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 2d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 2d

you absolutely did vote for this, you craven dorks

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.net · 3d

The part of his brain that handles code-switching is fully necrotic at this point. All he can manage now is reheated stump speech slop, whatever stage he’s on. In his Fat Elvis era, truly.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

Trump, speaking to the Navy: "I was president in 2016, and then they rigged the election on me. And then we caught them, didn't we? We caught them."

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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.net · 3d

Asshole.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump tries to goad the Navy into booing "Barack Hussein Obama" but is met mostly with silence

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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.net · 3d

Good probability that Stephen Miller has some random staffer churning out AI slop for the president that makes Portland and Chicago look like Grozny in the 90s.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

It's bad enough if President Trump is demanding authoritarian powers in violation of the Constitution ...

But if his unelected aides are manipulating him to get their own authoritarian policies in place, that's sort of a bigger deal.

Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 3d

This feels like evidence Trump's aides are deliberately gaslighting him, which is unfortunately very easy to do with dementia sufferers (Trump did it to his father) and which aides are using to seize control of the US military for their own purposes.

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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.net · 3d

Our latest Espresso Martini on @secretsandspies.bsky.social: We talked about Hegseth’s culture war TED talk at Quantico, the Secret Service disrupting an NYC SIM farm, the shutdown’s impact on the IC, and MI6’s new virtual dead drop

🎧 pod.fo/e/336e28
🎥 youtu.be/CCXcBQkPtec

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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.net · 4d

Autumn Man has logged on.

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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.net · 5d

Do you know how crazy the “mark of the beast” rants would be on Facebook if literally anyone else did this?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5d

Trump administration officials have proposed minting a $1 coin featuring President Trump’s image on it to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States next year, a plan that could violate the law.

Treasury Department proposes Trump coin to mark 250th anniversary of U.S.

According to draft images confirmed by U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach, both sides of the coin could feature images of President Donald Trump, but the law states that only deceased people can appear on U...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 5d

Also perfect for the Friday afternoon commute! 😀

Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 5d

Our recent @justsecurity.org article is also available in audio form on the Just Security: Out Loud podcast. Perfect for the Friday morning commute! @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @cfr.org www.buzzsprout.com/2509956/epis...

"Assassinations in America: How Political Violence Became Personal" by Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware - Just Security: Out Loud

www.buzzsprout.com

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Parker Butler @parkerbutler.bsky.social · 6d

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.

Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.

Legacy media failed the country.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6d

Complaining about cancel culture in Riyadh is one of the best examples I've seen of how "free speech culture" rots the brain.

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.

bit.ly

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 6d

And yet at the same time the Trump administration is citing the threat of illegal drugs to justify premeditated killings in the Caribbean.

Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

The Justice Department eliminated 275 positions and shuttered its Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces. The restructuring affects 140 federal employees through elimination or reassignment, marking the largest DOJ reorganization in two decades reut.rs/4nxYuUg

Exclusive: US scraps Justice Department task force that took on cartels, documents show

The U.S. Justice Department is closing a task force that took on drug cartels and an office that aimed to ease racial tensions, in a reorganization that drops a plan to merge the nation's top drug and gun law enforcement agencies, documents seen by Reuters show.

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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.net · 6d

Really sick how much Putin’s gone out of his way to comment on Michael Gloss.

Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 6d

Putin extends his condolences to the Kirk family and rather confusingly links him to Michael Gloss (the son of the CIA’s deputy director who died fighting for Russia in Ukraine), arguing that they both gave their lives in defense of shared values.

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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.net · 6d

That’s the kind of language domestic abusers use. “Look how you’ve made me hurt you.” Absolutely psychotic people.

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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.net · 7d

Serious question: Does no one in the tech industry fucking think for more than two seconds about anything anymore?

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d

Here's a video I made of Sam Altman as a World War 2 leader in an Axis uniform

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7d

Second look at Butlerian Jihad?

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d

I told OpenAI's Sora to make a video showing "Body cam footage of cops arresting a dark skinned man in a department store." It took less than a minute.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 7d

It would be great to find out if Patel is still sending new agents to the Holocaust Museum as part of their training. We went in the first week and after seeing the museum had a discussion about complicity and law enforcement that was led by someone from the ADL. This was started in 2001 by Freeh.

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 7d

Posting this three hours before the start of Yom Kippur is quite a choice

FBI Director Kash Patel & @
@FBIDirectorKash
X.com
James Comey wrote "love letters" to the ADL and embedded FBI agents with them - a group that ran disgraceful ops spying on Americans.
That era is OVER. This FBI won't partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs.
FBI
Patel cuts ties Comey's FBI
made with ADL as organization faces backlash for TPUSA
criticism
That era is finished. This FBI formally rejects Comey's policies and any partnership with the ADL, Patel said
By Rachel Wolf • Fox News
3:32 PM • 10/1/25 • 758K Views

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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.net · 7d

It’s like Clippy, except even more unnecessary and it requires the energy output of a small African country to answer your question—and that answer is probably wrong.

The Verge @theverge.com · 9d

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.

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Kyle Mizokami @kmizokami.bsky.social · 8d

“The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free.”

—4 U.S. Code § 8(d)

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8d

"no more superficial individual expression"

Pete Hegseth wearing USA flag pocket square, USA lining, contrast stitching, and "America First" embroidery.

Pete Hegseth wearing a USA belt buckle. monogrammed shirt cuff, contrast buttonhole, contrast buttons, and USA flag lining.

Pete Hegseth in tailored clothing. They are full of cheap "personalization" options common in low-end made-to-measure tailoring.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 8d

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 8d

the postcard cited in judge young's ruling isn't just at the top, it's a framing device. the whole opinion is a letter to the postcard writer. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Post card dated June 19, 2025
(On file in Chambers) TRUMP HAS PARDONS AND TANKS ... WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous,
Alone, I have nothing but my
sense of duty.
Together, We the People of the
United States –- you and me --
have our magnificent Constitution.
Here’s how that works out in a
specific case –-
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

I hope you found this
helpful. Thanks for writing.
It shows you care. You
should.

Sincerely & respectfully,
Bill Young

P.S. The next time you’re in
Boston [the postmark on the card
is from the Philadelphia area]
stop in at the Courthouse and
watch your fellow citizens, sitting
as jurors, reach out for justice.
It is here, and in courthouses
just like this one, both state and
federal, spread throughout our land
that our Constitution is most vibrantly
alive, for it is well said that “Where a
jury sits, there burns the lamp of
liberty.”

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