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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 8h

Chicago PD: arrest these motherfuckers threatening civilians. Put them in jail. Let the courts sort it out

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 3h

Doing crowd work from notes. Pitiful

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 7h

Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.

Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

trib.al

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 24m

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 14m

no, to America, to the American people, to the US government

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full slack @fullslack.bsky.social · 40m

just as the police bombed 60 homes in a black neighborhood in Philadelphia in 1985, this admin is making it clear they plan on using the full force of the government to carry out terrorist attacks against dissenters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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onion person @junlper.beer · 22m

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1h

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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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 15m

so is the president

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1h

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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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 16m

im not wondering, he said it. he said what he wants: dont make false promises like youre some bulwark against the admin if youre not actually able to do that. or even control your own state police. its ultimately just cynical political messaging that will backfire

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Amazing Digital Carcass @amagire.bsky.social · 1h

the "do your own moderation!" to "no NOT LIKE THAT" timeline was shorter than I expected. I really did think they'd wait until we had ads and people started coordinating to block those

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1h

this sucks lol

Follow Tracker @for.shame.wtf · 3h

This labeler will be shutting down. We will first be unlabeling everyone who is labeled and then will cease to operate. As the unlabeling operation will take an unknown amount of time, we are not setting a specific timeline other than as soon as possible.

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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 23m

oh, so then someone else can feel free to make the same thing then?

Follow Tracker @for.shame.wtf · 1h

Some of you are blaming @jay.bsky.team or @bsky.app in general, or claiming that this is being forced by @moderation.bsky.app. That could not be further from the truth. I'm shutting it down of my own volition because some of you can't be trusted to use this information reasonably and responsibly.

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 7h

Welcome to the capitalist innovation museum we got

- scam machine
- psychosis inducing machine
- weapons of mass destruction
- button you push that makes the planet hotter
- markets that intentionally starve people
- clothes that fall apart after washing them 1 time
- medicine you can’t afford

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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 27m

but dont worry, the Illinois State Police will help you against the people

mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 29m

who is free to start a business whenever they like? businesses require capital. e.g. at least 80% of the population is NOT free to start a business whenever they like.

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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 30m

in both cases its actually wealthy executives "taking" the jobs

mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 34m

eh, AC games are pretty standard. its for sure to avoid a negative hype campaign from antiwoke/gamergater types, which they almost certainly used as a scapegoat for the samurai game not selling enough to save the company rather than the company's worsening reputation or the game being pretty mid

mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 41m

Killer's Code: Klan Hunter

"everything you do to slavers is permitted--and morally correct"

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 56m

ICE’s violent attacks on journalists and others exercising their First Amendment rights should be thoroughly investigated by the local authorities whose states and municipalities ICE has invaded.

Quote card from FPF Advocacy Director Seth Stern

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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 14h

history doesnt turn one way. though i guess it could be argued that the planet will become uninhabitable to humans at some point in the relative near term so things wont just keep going

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Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 23h

this is literal nazi shit, like plagiarized from goebbels' own original nazi shit, with a few words switched around or replaced with modern versions

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 1d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss, CBS News, 1965

- New art in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 14h

frankly we all should, but there's still so much reflexive "how dare you attack your own side" type rhetoric--even moreso in a time of great division--that ignores the fact that to the reach the upper echelons, politicians & media figures have to very specifically NOT be on our side

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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 14h

the more tenuous their grasp on power, the more establishment Dems are willing to fight off "the extreme left" (their rationalization for kneecapping their own base)--but they dont have much power, so theyre ultimately just assisting the far right's much more persistent disenfranchisement efforts

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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 14h

but 2) yes, that same base wants wartime Dems and is more willing to sweep current do-nothing capitulators aside. so, as ever, Democrats are highly motivated to ignore their own base (and the good of the whole country) and not push for a fight to maintain their own highly tenuous grasp on power

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