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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 2h

We got more of this content dropping on the new PTI premium ep. Hint, the freaks on Jared's screen are not the people dressed like Barney:

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 9h

On the premium episode this week, @michaelehayden.bsky.social and I set out to answer our show's existential question: "Who Are These Freaks on My Screen?"

We looked at the cohort of right-wing influencers who have flocked to Portland to make MAGA agitprop

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043: Who Are These Freaks On My Screen? | Posting Through It

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Katherine @kmr318.bsky.social · 2h

The videos are great bsky.app/profile/cour...

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 12h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 2h

I love when Andy Ngo does one of his David Attenborough-style posts about Antifa and highlights some kid who took a bong rip and waddled into the protest dressed like a giant muppet.

My favorite flavor of his commentary by far.

Andy Ngo wants to draw your attention to Barney the dinosaur

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 9h

On the premium episode this week, @michaelehayden.bsky.social and I set out to answer our show's existential question: "Who Are These Freaks on My Screen?"

We looked at the cohort of right-wing influencers who have flocked to Portland to make MAGA agitprop

www.patreon.com/posts/043-wh...

043: Who Are These Freaks On My Screen? | Posting Through It

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 18h

Responded to Chait’s take on progressives and the Democrats.

Spoiler: I disagree with him

Jon Chait Thinks Kamala Harris Went Too Far Left. He's Just Falling for Trump's Demagoguery.

A year ago, Jonathan Chait said centrists were winning. When Kamala Harris lost, though, he fell for Trump's anti-trans demagoguery.

theintercept.com

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 22h

How did Bari or Matty get cancelled? What does cancelled even mean to these people?

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 1d

My latest: I talked to Steve Bannon about civil war

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They do not consider American cities to be part of this country

I talked to Steve Bannon on the phone last week

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump Admin has portrayed Nick Sortor as mini-martyr to justify cracking down on anti-ICE protesters in Portland.

Meanwhile, Sortor is filing legal junk with the same lawyer used by Joey Gibson: a far-right activist who collaborated w/ Proud Boys to stage violent protests in Portland years ago

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Identifying public officials isn't "doxing." People have the right to know who is working for their government. Nor, for that matter, is it "radical left-wing terrorism." So it's frustrating to see platforms caving to these bad faith characterizations. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

The Supreme Court has rejected Laura Loomer's bid to sue social media for banning her.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d

Out Now: @gbbranstetter.bsky.social stops by the show to talk to us about the legal and cultural attacks against trans people during the second Trump administration. A bleak but critical listen

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5QJF...

042: What Did Trans People Ever Do to You? feat. Gillian Branstetter

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING— David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, just sent out this email to Paramount employees re: The Free Press acquisition/Bari Weiss. Says she has passion for "rigorous, fact-based reporting & a relentless commitment to amplifying voices from all corners of the spectrum."

Text shared w me:

Dear Team Paramount:

I think we can all agree that the temperature of our nation's social discourse feels higher than ever. Too often, the space once reserved for thoughtful dialogue has been consumed by partisan division and hostile disputes. If we are to move forward, we must find our way back to the ideals that shaped both our country and civilization itself: open exchange of ideas, vigorous yet respectful debate, and a genuine regard for the beliefs and traditions of others.

This challenge extends to the media. While it was founded with the mission of informing the public and fostering discussion on the issues of the day, too often it has become a platform that amplifies the very partisanship tearing our society apart. George Washington warned that the primary danger in politics is partisanship. Today, that danger extends far beyond politics - threatening the fabric of our communities. When we reduce every issue to "us vs. them" or "my way vs. the wrong way," we close ourselves off from listening, learning, and ultimately growing, both as individuals and as a society.

I don't pretend to have a solution to this challenge. But I do believe we each have a responsibility to do our part. At Paramount, we have both a unique opportunity and an obligation as stewards of one of the most iconic and respected news organizations in the world. We are challenging ourselves to do better - recognizing that we have the ability to reach a broad audience and demonstrate constructive, respectful, and bipartisan dialogue in our own work.
Our mission is clear: to ensure that this global platform remains a place where people can seek the truth, gain understanding, and engage with the facts. That is our purpose.

With this in mind, I am excited to share that The Free Press is joining our Company. Since its launch just five years ago, The Free Press, under cofounder Bari Weiss' leadership,

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 3d

‘They Need to Suffer’: Inside Trump’s War on Dissent

After Charlie Kirk’s murder, Trump expanded his war on free speech, the left, and ordinary Americans.

It’s going to get worse.

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

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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 3d

Activists in L.A. identified this CBP officer earlier this yr. Today, he choked, body slammed and detained a young man in Chicago. What's particularly fashy about this moment is that CBP officers get to commit crimes w/ impunity and people who tell you their identities are charged with felonies.

A known CBP officer chokes a young man who said mean things to him.

A post on IG that identifies the CBP officer who choked and assaulted the young man. It states "The Department of Homeland Security recently sent Meta a Subpoena demanding to identify @stopicenet , @longbeachrapidresponse , and other instagram accounts who reported on Simeon last month. The subpoena referenced a “criminal investigation” noting “officer safety / doxxing.”

A federal court has since issued a temporary order blocking the Subpoena from DHS.

This is certainly not the first time we have seen ICE / Border Patrol agents violently attack people for exercising their First Amendment rights. These attacks are part of a larger pattern of intimidation designed to “punish” anyone who speaks out against the unconstitutional and reckless raids currently occupying and terrorizing our communities.

It is your LEGAL RIGHT to observe, record and document any law enforcement activity in plainly visible spaces. We will continue exercising our First Amendment rights in the interest of free speech, legal transparency and public reporting.

Stay aware, stay alert, be vigilant.  Report ICE activity directly from your phone at WWW.STOPICE.NET / @stopicenet  Text “JOIN” to 877-322-2299 to get local alerts Text “REPORT” to send an alert
Text “RADAR” w/ zipcode to check ICE activity nearby"

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 3d

Absolutely fascinating exchange on X between MAGA who support cops illegally brutalizing protesters and a self-described Christian conservative who objects.

Tweet: “In Donald Trump’s America, you can just bear mace shrill annoying women”

Attached is a video of an officer macing a woman unprovoked who was talking to him.

Tweet thread in which “TexasZachisBack” argues that the cop was in the wrong for macing someone who posed no threat to him, while others say that the protester got what they deserved because they were disrupting the officers’ efforts to restore order.

Tweet thread where otakugenarian argues that people like TexasZachisBack should only oppose the cops when “the other side” controls them but should support them when “our side controls them.”

TexasZachisBack insists he is a Christian conservative but doesn’t think police should abuse their power.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4d

NEW from me:

Several CBS News staffers and insiders told me that the network "is not a good place now" amid the imminent arrival of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief, who one source likened to Michael Scott of The Office based on her lack of qualifications.

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom

EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.

www.the-independent.com

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 3d

you’re wearing pink and holding a pile of lalabu dolls that you collect. i’m wearing camo and shaved my head because gender is a construct.

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 3d

Ian, “Hannah Gaia” and I are in Queens right now designing a feminist video game. It’s about a woke female cyborg that bullies incels.

Now is your chance to fly 9,500+ miles from Kuala Lumpur and make some citizen’s arrests!

Ian miles Cheong, who is a deeply stupid man, and doesn’t live here, wants me and hannah to go to jail

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Celeste Ramsay @celesteramsay.bsky.social · 4d

Solid primer and timeline with an entertaining trip down memory lane to 2019 Portland in the middle. @michaelehayden.bsky.social even remembered that antifa made Andy drop his fruit.

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 9d

New Posting Through It: What the Hell Is Antifa? — with @letsgomathias.bsky.social

The three of us breakdown the decade long disinfo campaign around antifa that led us to this objectively insane moment.

Grab it here and anywhere podcasts go!👇🏽
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040: What the Hell is Antifa? feat. Christopher Mathias | Posting Through It

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 4d

Up next on Posting Through It, a conversation with @gbbranstetter.bsky.social about the MAGA movement's hyper-fixation on transgender people and the movement's warpath against them.

@michaelehayden.bsky.social

Get it on your podcast players on Monday
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042: What Did Trans People Ever Do to You? feat. Gillian Branstetter | Posting Through It

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Brandon @optimismprime01.bsky.social · 5d

man if only @jaredlholt.bsky.social and @michaelehayden.bsky.social could tell me who the hell this guy is

capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 5d

Just unbelievable stuff coming from independent journalists these days. Jack Posobiec, Roger Stone protege, was one of the biggest spreaders of Russian disinfo in 2016. Then Pizzagate, Macron leaks, election-fraud narratives in 2020. And it took til now to show he was voting fraudulently himself? 1/

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 5d

What I find odious about Bari Weiss isn’t really her politics. It isn’t her moronic diatribes against “wokeness,” whatever that is. It’s that she literally only has a career because she cried when her coworkers made fun of her. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 5d

Yes ma’am

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Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 5d

I agree it's hateful but only because it quotes him so much.

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 5d

Damn son where’d you find this?

Two articles I wrote (miller, Posobiec) are making sacks mad online

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