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Natasha Lennard
@natashalennard.bsky.social
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Well, since you’re all here, too… columnist at The Intercept; professor of critical journalism at The New School; author - “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life”; antifascism, abolition, Wittgenstein from the left.
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Vanessa E. Thompson @vethompson.bsky.social · 21h
"Invoking the Insurrection Act would not, however, be a flip switch moving us from a functional democracy into fascism; rather,it would be an expansion of already existent fascist action . It’s tempting to urge protesters to avoid giving Trump a pretext for escalation.That would be a grave mistake."
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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social · 1d
It’s tempting to urge protesters to avoid giving Trump a pretext for escalation. That would be a grave mistake. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/10/07/t...
The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act
An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 1d
"The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act" by the incomparable @natashalennard.bsky.social
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The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act
An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d
"As one of the few Jews on [the flotilla]...they asked me if I was Jewish...threw me in front of the Israeli flag... we were strip-searched & zip-tied & blindfolded, & sent to this detention camp."

Horrifying testimony to Zeteo from freed activist David Adler:
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d
An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.
The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act
An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.
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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social · 1d
It’s tempting to urge protesters to avoid giving Trump a pretext for escalation. That would be a grave mistake. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/10/07/t...
The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act
An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.
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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social · 1d
Concern that Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act to take control of blue cities is by no means far-fetched. Our cities are already occupied by a federal army of thugs— ICE — directed to kidnap and cage our neighbors, atop regular police violence. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/10/07/t...
The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act
An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.
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Lewis Muirhead @bringthenoise.bsky.social · 2d
Hiring Bari Weiss to bring down the temperature of the discourse is like hiring Animal from the Muppets to reduce workplace noise
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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 2d
We take you inside the horrifying halls of the NY immigration courts you've been seeing on the news. But you've never seen and heard this... Please watch and get everyone you can to watch.

"ICED out of America" by Michael Nigro @therealnews.com

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ICED out of America
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d
once again encouraging you all to support independent, worker owned, billionaire free News media when and how you are able
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2d
Installing someone like Bari Weiss as the head of a major news organization isn’t even about profit or longevity. In effect it’s about continuing to shrink the traditional news industry smaller and smaller and weaker and weaker and less and less journalism based until it ceases to exist
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 3d
the hardest part of living in Portland is having your house burn down every single night and then having to rebuild it during the day. the amount of money i spend just in drywall is insane.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d
Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.
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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social · 3d
David would want focus to remain steadfastly on Palestine. But US representatives of conscience should all be demanding Israel immediately release David & all Flotilla crew members; they should also end all support for the genocidal ethnostate holding them captive.
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 3d
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 3d
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d
State cops literally assisted ICE in assaulting and arresting people who had been actively complying with the demands of state police. Folks were on the sidewalk, and ICE marched up and attacked the crowd for a photo op. IL state cops helped. @govpritzker.illinois.gov must be held accountable.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d
If you work at CBS News and have anything you'd like to share, please text me on Signal premthakker.35

Your anonymity will be protected
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 6d
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. 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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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 6d
SCOOP: Leaked Document Justifies Boat Strikes as “Non-International Armed Conflict”

“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”

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Leaked Document Justifies Boat Strikes as “Non-International Armed Conflict”
“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7d
I've been writing about the war on drugs for more than 20 years. There are some cases that have stuck with me -- names that have never left my head. For the last couple years, I've been working with The Intercept on a podcast to tell their stories. It launches in a week.
Introducing Collateral Damage | Collateral Damage from The Intercept
The Intercept is launching a new podcast series reported and hosted by investigative journalist Radley Balko.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 7d
Alma vessel has been boarded - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/alma-vessel-has-been-boarded
Alma vessel has been boarded
<article data-history-node-id="429494" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/alma-vessel-has-been-boarded" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/alma-vessel-has-been-boarded" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Alma vessel has been boarded</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli soldiers have boarded the Alma vessel, Middle East Eye can report.&nbsp;</p> <p>Alma is a the lead vessel of the Sumud Flotilla.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7d
NEW — Freedom Flotilla Coalition says there may soon be an attempt by Israel to intercept the Global Sumud Flotilla. Say radars show roughly 12 unidentified vessels, just 5-15 miles away.

Some flotilla boats seem to be losing connection, possibly experiencing signal jamming.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 7d
The Intercept is launching a new podcast series reported and hosted by @radleybalko.bsky.social, a trailblazing investigative journalist who has been covering the drug war and the criminal justice system for more than 20 years.

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Introducing Collateral Damage
The Intercept is launching a new podcast series about the consequences of the war on drugs, reported and hosted by investigative journalist Radley Balko.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 7d
“Every photo is not just for history. It’s for my family, my neighbors, my people.”
“They Fear Our Lenses”: Gaza Photojournalists Speak Out
Photographers in Gaza risk their lives to witness the war. Their images speak louder than the critics trying to discredit them.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Aug 14
Eric Adams is amazing because when he won every media person was leaping over each to go “this is the normal sane leadership that the political left doesn’t understand normal sane Americans crave” and then every day since that Eric Adams has been like “Leprechauns are real and I’m going to cook one”
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 11d
Liberals dismiss antifa as just an idea — instead of acting to defend the activists, researchers, and organizers facing persecution.
What Liberals Get Wrong About Trump's Executive Order on Antifa
Liberals dismiss antifa as just an idea. That opens up the activists, researchers, and organizers to a real risk of persecution.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 11d
“Last thing I heard from him was, ‘I think I’m just going to give up. I’m never getting out of here,’” his niece, Kirandeep Kaur, told The Intercept. interc.pt/3KhKfEF
A photo of Federal agents at the Chicago ICE Detention Center on September 19, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "He Has a Green Card and a Brain Tumor. DHS Wants to Deport Him for Forgery With No Proof." and the DEK, "Paramjit Singh is going blind in ICE detention. DHS wants to deport him for a forgery conviction — but they’ve produced no record that one exists."
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