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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 2h

Our brave Democratic elected officials responding to protests & unrest by pledging to have more cops beat more of their constituents even harder

Healey ‘disgusted’ by chaotic ‘street takeovers,’ pledges law enforcement crackdown on such events
The governor plans to further discuss the chaos that unfolded in several Eastern Massachusetts communities over the weekend.
What we know about several ‘street takeovers’ reported around Eastern Mass.
Wu condemns attacks on police at pro-Palestinian protest on Boston Common protest
Thirteen people were arrested and four police officers injured during a protest that turned violent Tuesday evening.
13 people arrested, 4 police officers injured, during pro-Palestinian protest on Boston Common

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 2h

There are no national newspapers or broadcast networks doing straight journalism anymore

The Washington Post & CBS News are now pure billionaire propaganda, and everyone else is sliding down that path

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 13h

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

www.status.news

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 2h

Look at the replies to this, Democrats really talking themselves into how the kids today are gonna flip out for “Mamdani video, but with elderly corporate lawyer”

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 15h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 13h

If Democrats want to stop fascism, they have to stop their cops from beating & arresting anti-fascism protesters in their own cities

Why is that a thing I have to say out loud

13 arrested, 4 police officers injured during pro-Palestinian protest in Boston

Thirteen people were arrested, and four police officers were injured during a pro-Palestinian rally in Boston Tuesday night.

www.cbsnews.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4h

Behold. The "genetic master race".

A photo, originally posted by @magicmoneytree.bsky.social, of the eugenecists/"race science" advocates Richard Hanania, Curtis Yarvin and Nathan Cofnas.

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 13h

If Democrats want to stop fascism, they have to stop their cops from beating & arresting anti-fascism protesters in their own cities

Why is that a thing I have to say out loud

13 arrested, 4 police officers injured during pro-Palestinian protest in Boston

Thirteen people were arrested, and four police officers were injured during a pro-Palestinian rally in Boston Tuesday night.

www.cbsnews.com

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 16h

Bondi ate the elderly Dem senators alive. They’re not up for this fight, this media environment, any of it.

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 16h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 16h

Democratic mayors funding the fascist squads taking over their own cities

Rubes

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 17h

Metro Transit police and FBI hanging out at Rhode Island metro station.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 18h

it just kind of goes unremarked upon that these two paragons of christianity are fucking, have been fucking for years, as both are married to other people

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 19h

Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.

A screenshot of a video of Noem praying at a conference table with other people wearing suits. Fast food bags and water bottles sit on the table.

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 19h

More on the "American Middle East Press Association":

"AMEPA’s truth, as I discovered, amounts to a version of pure Israeli propaganda far more extreme than anything I could have expected."

Five Days on a Media Junket in Israel: Lies, Half-Truths, and Conspiracy Nonsense

The country's supporters are determined to warp the truth of the ongoing genocide in Gaza

www.dropsitenews.com

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 19h

The Boston Globe's editorial page editor

✈️ Accepted "sponsored" trip from Israeli govt
🐣 To write his 1st-ever reported op-ed since his 2022 hiring
🫵 Only mentions genocide once, to accuse progressives using that word of forcing Israelis to be more pro-genocide

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/o...

Reporting for this piece was sponsored in part by the American Middle East Press Association.

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 19h

Drew, as a fellow hot-only coffee drinker, I have a horrifying news. Here in MA, home of everyone drinking iced coffee all winter using an entire stryofoam cup as a sleeve because you wouldn't want to get chilly & also fuck Earth, you must *specify hot* or it's 50/50 they're handing you iced.

Ryan:

Coffee is inherently a hot beverage, correct?? I get irrationally angry when I go to a coffee place, calmly ask for a black coffee, and then get the inevitable “iced or hot?” I want to go full Sam Jackson and scream MOTHERFUCKER DID I SAY ICED?! I’ll acknowledge I have anger issues if everyone else on the planet acknowledges I am correct.

Like Ryan, I only take my coffee hot. So I freeze just for a second whenever the cashier asks me if I want mine hot or iced. I just assume that hot is the default option in any instance. But the fact that the cashier needs to ask tells me that a shitload of customers don’t feel the way that Ryan and I do. Some people like the taste of iced coffee better and/or prefer a coffee that they can ingest, in full, as quickly as they possibly can to get the caffeine high. The proliferation of nitro brews, plus energy drinks in general, has conditioned Americans to take in 900mg of caffeine on a daily basis. You will have a nervous breakdown once a month treating your body this way, but America also wants THAT for you.

Back to the coffee thing. I don’t get mad whenever the barista asks me if I want mine iced. The only time I’d be outraged is if they gave me iced coffee without me asking for it. That’s when I’ll go on the warpath.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 20h

An adult driver angry at a child they hit with their car.

Our car culture summed up in one video.

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 21h

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 21h

maybe he knows something we don't

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I want to be good because you want to prove to God so you go to that next step, right? So that's very important to me."

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ᓃᔪᑲᒥᑳᐸᐤ Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Ph.D. (he/they/wiin) @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social · 23h

It has been shown time, and time again, that when you are able to provide basic support for folks, such as UBI, not only are they able to thrive, but there are significant increases in measurable indicators of economic health, such as purchasing power.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 23h

If you sit next to the fascists & laugh & agree with them about genocide, don’t be surprised if they think you’re a lapdog & come for you next

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 23h

The raid certainly had that look. I was wondering why the reporting was that apartments were emptied of furniture, mattresses were being thrown into dumpsters, etc. What would you need to do that for, in an "immigration raid?"

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Cool that we’ve quit coal but our this morning the New England grid is still 57% fossil gas & just 3% wind/solar

Meanwhile our Democratic elected officials have all declared themselves Climate Champions Mission Accomplished & how dare you suggest there’s much much more work left for them to do

Resource Mix
57%
• NATURAL GAS
26%
6 • NUCLEAR
7%
• NET IMPORTS
7%
• RENEWABLES -
3%
• HYDRO
‹ 1%
• OIL
< 1%
• OTHER
43%
WIND
31%
• REFUSE
18% 0
WOOD
4%
• SOLAR
3%
• LANDFILL GAS

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi is totally owning Durbin. He’s never been up for this moment & his appeals to the invisible referees look more sad & helpless than ever.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Durbin’s response, boy … not sure what to say other than we deserve a real opposition party that has the energy for this fight

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Cool that we’ve quit coal but our this morning the New England grid is still 57% fossil gas & just 3% wind/solar

Meanwhile our Democratic elected officials have all declared themselves Climate Champions Mission Accomplished & how dare you suggest there’s much much more work left for them to do

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Cop threatens to execute kids for petty theft

Our oligarch media will never call this what it really is, but we need to

Boston officer holds 5 youths at gunpoint during arrest in downtown parking garage, video shows - The Boston Globe

The tense encounter was presumably recorded by one of the youths.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Massachusetts Dems' response to this has been ... to pass huge tax giveaways for building more data centers

Laser focused on kitchen table issues*

* unless that threatens our megadonor profits

Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 1d

“By 2028, an average family in the region will be paying around $70 a month extra on their electricity bills because of forecasted data center growth”

I'm once again asking why ratepayers are subsidizing AI titans?

www.eenews.net/articles/dat...

Data center boom sparks sticker shock for PJM ratepayers

New analyses show that costs passed on to utility customers to guarantee future electricity demand are rising rapidly.

www.eenews.net

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

This is so dangerous because the editorial board closes with a call for yet more tax cuts

The last time the Boston Globe editorial board successfully campaigned for a massive tax cut for the rich in 2023, huge cuts to social services almost immediately followed

Mass.gov
https://www.mass.gov
Governor Healey Signs First Tax Cuts in More Than 20 Years
Oct 4, 2023 — The final agreement will permanently raise the Earned Income Tax Credit from 30% to 40% of the federal credit and establish an uncapped Child ...
WGBH
https://www.wgbh.org
Healey stands by tax cuts after trimming state budget | GBH
Jan 9, 2024 — A day after trimming $375 million from the state budget, Gov. Maura Healey said she has no regrets about signing a billion-dollar tax cut package into law.

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

I've been reading the Boston Globe for 40 years & don't know if I've read anything worse signed by the editorial board

America's Best States, per this report:

1. Wyoming
2. South Dakota
3. Alaska
4. Florida
and it goes on like that

Those are the states MA must throw away our values to emulate?

EDITORIAL
‘The bigger picture is grim’: Yes, Mass. snagged Hasbro, but can it compete with North Carolina?
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation’s latest competitiveness index report ranked the Commonwealth dead last in the nation for private employer job growth between 2023 and 2024.
By The Editorial Board Updated October 6, 2025, 4:00 a.m.

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