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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 4h

Wray could've made sure Trump was locked up in early 2021 if he had wanted to. Not replacing him was a huge error by Biden and, as it turns out, for Wray too.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 9h

incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Other prosecutors are investigating former CIA director John Brennan, another prominent Trump critic, and former FBI director Christopher Wray, who was originally appointed by Trump but enraged conservatives who came to believe he had wielded the bureau’s powers against them. Former officials have received subpoenas in recent days in the Wray inquiry, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Fitzroy Maclean Angel @mzgunter.bsky.social · 5h

We used to cut up something different back then.

Jul*an @jmill26.bsky.social · 5h

Man, when niggas we’re in their prime on The Bird™️? Undefeated.

Will never forget when ol girl got ran up on at the Applebees and Dutch said he was gonna go to Starbucks and order a Venny.

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fmason3 @fmason3.bsky.social · 6h

Old Twitter was a CIRCUS. 😂😂😂

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Princey. @princey5ive.blacksky.app · 6h

an inspirational deep cut with much importance to the community at large.

Six @sixdos.blacksky.app · 7h

Mojizel to the bullshit.

IYKYK

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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 1d

Using AI to keep watching videos of a dead person is frankly sinister. Just reveals a culture obsessed iwth never moving forward or looking ahead, just wallowing in increasingly degraded and unnatural rehashes of its own memories

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 1d

Zelda Williams urges fans to stop sending AI videos of her father, Robin Williams:

“Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand, I don’t and I won’t. If you’re just trying to troll me, I’ve seen way worse, I’ll restrict and move on.”

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 20h

I say this with love, some of you are going to lose your life savings to a man who says you have parking tickets that can only be paid in Target gift cards

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20h

👀👀👀👀

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 11h

Honest to god the biggest scam in America right now is whatever Dem consultants are being paid

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 12h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹 @himboblacksmith.bsky.social · 15h

The tank's role is to draw aggro

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 11h

We are in the second week of the Republican shutdown.

Where are House Republicans? On vacation.

Went looking around the Capitol to see if any Republicans had the common sense to come back. Featuring @mcbride.house.gov.

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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 12h

also if y'all want fact-checking, reporting and left media y'all need to pay for it, im so sorry to say. the reason we are losing is because every billionaire fucks with fox news & rarely do they ever invest in left-wing pubs.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 14h

"where's the left media?" "where's fact-checked reporting?"

lately @teenvogue.com has run profiles: of Assata Shakur's revolutionary history; a 23-year-old Palestinian journalist; what's happening in Chicago's ICE protests; and organizing supporting LGBTQ+ youth

📍 www.teenvogue.com/news-politics

Journalist Plestia Alaqad Is Publishing Her Diaries From Gaza: "A Dystopian World"
"Every time I read it, I just feel disbelief — is this real? Did I really live that? Are there still thousands of people in Gaza living that?”
By Lex McMenamin

Politics
Assata Shakur Was a Black Revolutionary Who Fought for Freedom Even in Exile
“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”
By Marian Jones

Politics
Inside Gen Z Candidate Kat Abughazaleh's Viral ICE Rally Tear-Gassing: "Fascism 101"
“If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.”
By Maia McDonald

Politics
Hurricane Helene Devastated Asheville. A Local LGBTQ+ Organization Is Supporting Youth — With Cash
“We know that [direct cash transfers] are the number one support for preventing youth homelessness.”
By Colleen Hamilton

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Fitzroy Maclean Angel @mzgunter.bsky.social · 11h

Buying higher-quality clothes that fit.

Try things on; go to a tailor.
It's not size that matters so much as if it is *your* size that is important.

When your appearance is elevated, it will buoy your spirit.

#ProtectJhordin ❤️ @xchemoni.blacksky.app · 15h

What is some practical advice for improving self-esteem as an adult, esp ages 30+?

(I don't think we talk about this enough because we're too busy criticizing those who haven't figured it out, so I'd like to get the convo going.)

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 13h

Is there a black politician that at some point or another Trump hasn't called "low IQ?"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "They've had hundreds of people shot and then a guy like Pritzker or this low IQ mayor gets up -- the people are all against him. Beautiful Black women are wearing a MAGA hat last night on TV. And they said, 'We don't care who comes, just stop the crime.' They don't care if it's military."

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 13h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 14h

Life would have been better never knowing what I'd lost because of these racists. Because this might kill me.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 14h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 18h

The ultimate "Never date a Kennedy" story. I hope she found some peace in her life because that fucked-up family did a hell of a number on her

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18h

Breaking News: Joan Kennedy, whose longtime marriage to Senator Ted Kennedy made her part of an American political dynasty, died at 89. nyti.ms/4obXi9b

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Chastity Blackwell @blackisis.bsky.social · 18h

This is a good explainer by folks doing the work here in Chicago about why Pritzker can't just start ordering the ISP to arrest ICE.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

NEW — Some TRiiBE readers, among many others on the internet, have been suggesting that the Chicago police arrest ICE agents for their misconduct.

TRiiBE publisher @morganelisej.thetriibe.com put out this explainer video, breaking down the legality for y’all.

youtube.com/shorts/WDHFe...

Can local police arrest ICE?

YouTube video by The TRiiBE

youtube.com

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 18h

somehow congressional republicans are keenly aware of every drag queen story hour in america but are totally unaware of trump's corruption and dictator threats. weird!

and of course, the mainstream media never calls them on this.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 19h

you'd think Democrats would realize that effective messaging can shift public opinion and electoral outcomes after watching Republicans wage relentless and super-effective propaganda warfare on the nation's dim electorate for going on five fucking decades

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19h

Weird. It’s almost like making accusations generates friction which generates news which rallies your supporters.

2 Key Democrats Come Out And Say It: Trump Has 'Some Kind Of Dementia'

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 18h

that the entire republican party and the supreme court have enthusiastically gone along with this is a structural issue that also needs to be solved and we cannot simply return the pre-trump status quo, yes

Seentoomuch @seentoomuch.bsky.social · 18h

That our current system was unable to prevent this is a sign it probably should not recover

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Micah @rincewind.run · 19h

that donald trump was allowed to become president again after J6 is something we may never recover from as a nation

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Fitzroy Maclean Angel @mzgunter.bsky.social · 1d

Dollya said she was coming for a heavy hitter, and Dollya went for a heavy hitter.

A woman of her word. #DragulaTitans

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Fitzroy Maclean Angel @mzgunter.bsky.social · 1d

What the hell is La Zavaleta? Is it a ghost? #DragulaTitans

Fitzroy Maclean Angel @mzgunter.bsky.social · 1d

It's weird seeing Disasterina not be in character doing the voice the whole time.

Quite a change from their original season's Andy Kaufman-esque performance. #DragulaTitans #Dragula

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