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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.

I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.

This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: The Pentagon is considering sending the elite military unit that invaded Iraq & Afghanistan into U.S. cities.

The 82nd Airborne Division.

Wake up, people. This not about petty theft and street crime.

www.treason.io/p/what-are-t...

What are they hiding? asks Pentagon reporter Barbara Starr

PLUS -- Trump's invasion of Illinois is (another) seminal moment.

www.treason.io

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 2d

I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it.

His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.

This is now very obvious.

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Michael Penn @mpenn.bsky.social · 5d

I could see no maze to unwind

Programme 4 @programme4.tv · 5d

Coming up on Programme 4: Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) is BROOKER

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 10d

About to be the family that owns TikTok.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

fortune.com

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Michael Penn @mpenn.bsky.social · 15d

This was perfect and beautiful

Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 15d

As I was saying…

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

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Michael Penn @mpenn.bsky.social · 15d

Perfect and beautiful

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 18d

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.

Pam Bondi knew.

Kash Patel knew.

Emil Bove knew.

And they made the investigation go away.

A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

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Puck Arks @puckarks.bsky.social · 20d

Original Antifa logo and well if you aren’t antifascist you’re a fascist

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Michael Penn @mpenn.bsky.social · 20d

this brings me tremendous glee!

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Michael Penn @mpenn.bsky.social · Jan 19

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Civics

Civics

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 23d

Political violence is evil, killing people is evil, a country with more guns in it than people is broken, and what the government is saying about political violence right now being a primarily leftwing phenomenon is factually, statistically untrue. They are using this moment to rewrite history.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23d

Trump is planning a crackdown on anti-conservative thought and speech to cripple the opposition and rig the 2026 elections. If you want to support Democracy Docket's pro-democracy mission, now would be a great time to sign up. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

Thanks,

Marc

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27d

No, Ezra Klein, Charlie Kirk wasn't “practicing politics the right way.” He promoted racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia. Kirk had every right to express his political views, and his death is an outrage. But no one who believes in peace and love should praise what he was doing to our politics.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27d

I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.

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Michael Penn @mpenn.bsky.social · Sep 5

a black eye

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Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · Sep 5

We're in the money
We're in the money
We've got a lot of what it takes to get along
We're in the money
The sky is sunny
Old man depression, you are through you done us wrong, oh
We never see a headline
'Bout a breadline today
And when we see the landlord
We can look that guy right in the eye

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 26

We are very far off the cliff here folks. 🇺🇸

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Michael Penn @mpenn.bsky.social · Aug 23

hello there. Thank you! I wish I could just post it someplace but, alas, all of my music for Girls is owned and controlled by HBO. I know there is a large community of folks discovering the show for the first time and if enough people reach out to HBO maybe something could happen. You never know!

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · Jul 18

L.A. TACO is committed to staying on the front lines, exposing the truths they are trying to cover up and amplifying the voices of those who need it most. But we can’t do it alone—we still urgently need your help to keep covering this evolving crisis. givebutter.com/LA_TACO_TMC

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Michael Penn @mpenn.bsky.social · Jul 23

Speaker Of The House Mike Johnson is canceling Congress and sending everyone home until September.

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Michael Penn @mpenn.bsky.social · Jul 18

Not the first head of state who "wrote a picture"

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