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Jesse Singal Vapes Piss @mumbly-joe.bsky.social · 43m

::Youth Pastor sitting backwards on a chair:: you know what other time God needed to use the state to put a religious leader in His place?

No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 2h

I think there are still shared norms we can appeal to when we talk to the marginal MAGA voter. But there really are no shared norms left with the core of the movement.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 47m

christian nationalists are morally depraved

No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 2h

I think there are still shared norms we can appeal to when we talk to the marginal MAGA voter. But there really are no shared norms left with the core of the movement.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

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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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 1h

DOJ unnecessarily furloughed employees in grant offices, putting domestic violence victims & law enforcement at greater risk.

As Justice Connection member Marnie Shiels told
@politico.com, "Their own contingency plan says that they have funds. So it’s a choice to say, ‘We want this to hurt.'"

DOJ furloughs could impact domestic violence grants. Some fear that's the point.

The grant managers sent home this week have typically worked through past government shutdowns.

www.politico.com

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 1h

Challenge coins are just participation trophies for domestic abusers

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4d

I have a whole collection of challenge coins from various people, and this is hands down the dumbest fucking coin I’ve ever seen.

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 1h

You can't blame the world. We are more unstable than we've been since 1860. Anything could happen.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 5h

I’ve been worried a lot that this is right. Gold is skyrocketing in value because the world is losing faith in the role of US as guarantor/backstop of global economy open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Ingots We Trust

Are soaring gold prices telling us something important?

open.substack.com

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 16h

A shameful continued destruction of the innovation engine of the United States. For nothing! For no reason!

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 18h

Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...

Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law

A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.

heatmap.news

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'Gory the A'ight @gregoryaight.bsky.social · 1h

LMAO.

On Spotify? A handful of Bad Bunny's songs have billions of streams and most are well over a half-million streams, lmao.

The three separate recordings of God Bless the U.S.A., combined, have about 68 million streams.

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 2h

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

“Lee Greenwood for Super Bowl halftime show!” says the idiot

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1h

Dave Chappelle might note that their zoning policies are only getting better.

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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 1h

As one who has litigated FOIA cases for over 30 years, this decision is consistent with applicable law and policy.

As the Court notes, "record evidence establishes that any privacy interest of Musk’s is outweighed by the substantial public interests in disclosure."

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 1h

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

chicagoreader.com

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 1h

This isn't the criticism dude. The criticism is that the ppl signing your paycheck lead a severely repressive regime.

This week also saw Ansari, who is currently promoting his directorial debut Good Fortune, asked about the event by Jimmy Kimmel.

“It’s something I put a lot of thought into,” he said. “I have an aunt that lived there for a while and I talked to her about this and she said there’s people over there that don’t agree with the stuff that the government’s doing and to ascribe the worst behaviour of the government on to those people is not fair just like there’s people in America who don’t agree with the things the government is doing.”

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 2h

I just… jfc why don't these companies and politicians listen?

👻 Autumn Nash 🎃 @withenoughcoffee.com · 2h

At first the Discord hack didn’t seem that bad because it was initially the third party help desk.

But then you find out they had got there age verification data. Come to find out they got 1.5 TB of government id and age verification data. This is going to become a case against age verification.

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Jesse Singal Vapes Piss @mumbly-joe.bsky.social · 1h

He's also quote-xhitting an openly white supremacist account that is largely understood to be operated by Jack "1488" Posobiec

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1h

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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Jesse Singal Vapes Piss @mumbly-joe.bsky.social · 1h

He's also quote-xhitting an openly white supremacist account that is largely understood to be operated by Jack "1488" Posobiec

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1h

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1h

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3h

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Bob Vylan playing in front of the Israeli embassy for 24 hours @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 1h

When they say trans children don't exist they mean it literally. These monsters adultify trans and racialized children. All violence committed against them is justified. White children are a living metaphor for white purity. Anyone who isn't white and cishet isn't allowed the privilege of childhood

Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 6h

When politicians like Trump, or Starmer, say & do transphobic things, parents talk about it in front of kids & then the kids bring it to school.

It’s horrific that these kids are being taught to hate & at such an early age.

It is critical we do not import this into Irish politics:

11-year-old trans child allegedly assaulted by fellow student

An 11-year-old trans child was allegedly assaulted by a fellow student over their gender identity, the student's father has claimed.

www.thepinknews.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

The motto of The Free Press is "Honest. Independent. Fearless."

But on any given day you would struggle to know that Donald Trump is the President of the United States, or learn about how he is abusing his power. Is this the future of CBS News?

Front cover of the Free Press: no mention of Trump

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 1h

“No warrant could authorize entering every single apartment, smashing down every door, and dragging every person out in handcuffs, which is what they did.”

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 18h

As Trump and ICE unleash terror on Chicago, due process is nowhere to be found.

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social unpacks ICE’s overreach
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/ice-is-out-of-control-aaron-reichlin

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1h

One of the biggest mistakes ever was allowing any MAGA within a million miles of the NFL. You think Mike Johnson or Donald Trump have ever watched a snap of football? Absolutely not. They wouldn't be saying this shit if Goodell hadn't bent over for them before.

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 2h

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2h

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

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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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1h

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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