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Matt G. Metcalf @mattmetcalf.bsky.social · 10h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Matt G. Metcalf @mattmetcalf.bsky.social · 11h

There it is, confirmation that he posted a private DM to Bondi.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

“.. On Sept. 20, Trump meant to send a private message to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging her to prosecute” Comey.

“.. Trump believed he had sent Bondi the message directly .. and was surprised to learn it was public, the officials said.” 🤡

@wsj.com
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Matt G. Metcalf @mattmetcalf.bsky.social · 12h

Also folks are saying "how could Biden let Trump be the one to end the war in Gaza."

But the situation is vastly different now, in part because Trump and his Admin have helped Israel drive the people of Gaza to near starvation.

It's much easier to broker a deal with people who are starving.

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Matt G. Metcalf @mattmetcalf.bsky.social · 12h

To be clear, a lasting peace and end to the war would be tremendously good news.

I just do not have faith that Bibi intends to follow through.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 12h

i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Matt G. Metcalf @mattmetcalf.bsky.social · 12h

Honestly I'll believe a complete end to the fighting in Gaza when I see it.

Seung Min Kim @seungminkim1.bsky.social · 12h

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas to release all 20 living hostages this weekend, AP sources say, as Israelis to withdraw from majority of Gaza.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 12h

house republicans are getting extremely outplayed here, lmao

House Dems prep letter to Johnson urging vote on troop pay bill

Republicans are struggling with whether to move on a bill that would lessen the pain of the shutdown they think Democrats caused.

www.politico.com

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Fat Apollo, baby! @fatapollo.bsky.social · 1d

Made it easier to share with credit

Panel from original Batman comic book, a brooding Bruce Wayne is thinking out loud: "CRIMINALS ARE A SUPERSTITIOUS COWARDLY LOT. SO MY DISGUISE MUST BE ABLE TO STRIKE TERROR INTO THEIR HEARTS. I MUST BE A CREATURE OF THE NIGHT, BLACK, TERRIBLE.. A. A..."

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The frog costume guy stands in opposition to ICE thugs in Portland

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

“It’s true, all of it… it’s all true.”

Daily Beast: lol Republicans’ polls suck

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Matt G. Metcalf @mattmetcalf.bsky.social · 13h

I really believe this is an effective strategy.

Dems need to consistently start calling into question Trump's mental abilities

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13h

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Matt G. Metcalf @mattmetcalf.bsky.social · 13h

"imagine if Joe Biden had said thisssssss" I yell as I leap head first into the widening abyss before me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Matt G. Metcalf @mattmetcalf.bsky.social · 13h

"imagine if Joe Biden had said thisssssss" I yell as I leap head first into the widening abyss before me.

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Matt G. Metcalf @mattmetcalf.bsky.social · 14h

Also who the hell is actually in charge of the executive branch?

The evidence seems to indicate that it's not the 79 year old who can barely stay awake at his own roundtable.

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 14h

Here's my grandad and his mates training for the big antifa day out on 6th June 1944

Troops from the Royal Engineers and Royal Ulster Rifles training with a machine gun in advance of D Day, (my grandad is the fella holding the magazine)

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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 14h

Wow, tell me more about Weimar Germany and what came after?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Matt G. Metcalf @mattmetcalf.bsky.social · 14h

Ok there's a lot going on here.

If nothing else it seems to be proof that Trump is not the only one writing his social media posts.

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 14h

👀 The note Rubio handed to Trump:

“You need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 20h

when the people who shuttered USAID learn of a diabetic single mother and her disabled son starving to death 9,000 miles away because of aid cuts, they don't see failure or dereliction or tragedy, but rather success: the people they view as unworthy of life are dying

She has no real way of explaining the danger of their situation to her son, who is 17 years old but cognitively closer to a toddler. And as a single mother too weak to forage, she has no real way of ensuring their survival. She also is too old to benefit from a recent policy change the Thai government made in a bid to prevent mass starvation, granting work rights to some of the 107,000 Myanmar refugees who, like her, live in Thailand’s border camps.

Her son never learned to speak, and needs her help with everything from getting dressed to using the toilet. Since the funding cuts, their survival has hinged on the charity of her Christian church, whose members occasionally give her handfuls of their rice.

She suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure, and begins to sweat and grow dizzy when her hunger is at its fiercest. Some days, she eats nothing.

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Matt G. Metcalf @mattmetcalf.bsky.social · 14h

Ok I'm glad to finally have the conclusion to this series but also that episode run time is whack!

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 14h

All episodes in the final season of ‘STRANGER THINGS’ will be over 1 hour

• Between 90 to 120 minutes each
• Budget per episode is $50M-$60M

(Source: puck.news/can-peter-fr...)

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Matt G. Metcalf @mattmetcalf.bsky.social · 14h

The fact that CNN uploaded this interview with the "plenary" line edited out is a huge red flag.

Miller screwed up and short circuited on live TV. The WH almost certainly applied pressure to remove that moment from the clip.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 15h

Losing the war on woke

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 1d

What ICE and the National Guard don't realize is that tear gas is basically vaporized Malört. Won't work in Chicago. They love it

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16h

Dems should have adopted Pritzker’s current orientation towards Trump from day one.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17h

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

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 20h

in the Bible it says to help people only if they have papers and a Cigna plan

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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