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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 7d

🙏 💚

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NoDirectionHome @nodirectionhome.bsky.social · 7d

Gotta hand it to 'em, each new outrage still manages to scrape ever lower through the bottom of the barrel.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 7d

Using the DOJ website for hatch act violating propaganda

Democrats have shut down the government. Department of Justice websites are not currently regularly updated. Please refer to the Department of Justice's contingency plan for more information.
An official website of the United States government

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WIRED @wired.com · 7d

SCOOP: At 9:35am on Wednesday, the first morning of the US government shutdown, employees at the Small Business Administration (SBA) received a template from human resources for their suggested “out of office” email. They were advised to blame the Democrats.

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

www.wired.com

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NoDirectionHome @nodirectionhome.bsky.social · 7d

Imagine a country where the sole governing impulse is owning the libs. 🤦

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7d

From the press pool

Good morning from the White House. We have a lunch lid until 12:30 p.m.

Screens in the briefing room are playing on a loop a video of past statements from congressional Democrats about government shutdowns. The same video is playing on a loop on the White House website.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 7d

An out of office email scoop with Hatch Act implications you're gonna want to read from @telliotter.bsky.social:

www.wired.com/story/govern...

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

www.wired.com

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 7d

A system where over 630,000 votes equals only one seat is not democracy, it's distortion.

As the NDP leadership race ramps up, candidates must make proportional representation central to their platforms so every voter gets a voice, no matter where they live.

#cdnpoli

A graphic with orange text boxes that read: “Did you know? At the 2025 federal election, over 630,000 Canadians voted NDP in Eastern Canada but only won one seat to show for it. Proportional representation means you get the voice you vote for, no matter where you call home.” At the bottom it says “Learn more at fairvote.ca.”

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NoDirectionHome @nodirectionhome.bsky.social · 7d

Priorities!

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7d

WH confirms that the construction of the ballroom will continue despite the shutdown.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 13d

BC Ostriches 👇 #cdnpoli

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 13d

Remember that Trump lamented that domestic violence was a crime. This is their version of “masculinity”

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 13d

#InTime

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NoDirectionHome @nodirectionhome.bsky.social · 13d

Thug. I hope he feels like a big, tough man now.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 22d

Just since yesterday, the President has engaged in more extrajudicial killings, promised to use the federal government's power to repress the political opposition, threatened to prosecute a reporter for asking him a question, and filed a baseless lawsuit to try to intimidate a leading news outlet.

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 22d

This week's "hate speech isn't free speech" calamity has, somehow, reached another new low: The president of the United States suggesting that speech he finds unfair to him is hate speech, and targetable by the Justice Department.

We are in deeply dangerous territory.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech

TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 23d

Failure to ugly cry over a dead podcaster now a Federal offense.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 22d

So last night, on a straight party line vote the House Rules committee voted to prevent privileged floor motions related to tariffs from coming to the floor. To understand the joy the House GOP takes in self-emasculation, read Article I Section 8 of the Constitution.

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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 22d

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 22d

“The study found that about 7% of US adults have been present at the scene of a mass shooting in their lifetime, and more than 2% have been injured during one.”

One in 15 Americans has witnessed a mass shooting – study

Report finds that 7% of Americans have been present at the scene of a mass shooting and 2% have been injured in one

www.theguardian.com

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 22d

His brand of it is particularly garish but all authoritarianism is basically government by spoiled child. No capacity for or interest in any principles. People who are nice to me get treats, people who are mean to me get abuse. I get what I want or I cry and thrash. Embarrassing

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22d

President Trump warns an Australian reporter that he’s hurting Australia because he asked him about his business activity: You are hurting Australia very much right now. They want to get along with me. Your leader is coming to see me soon, I'm going to tell him about you.

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NoDirectionHome @nodirectionhome.bsky.social · 22d

<cough> Epstein files <cough>

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 22d

“FBI agents reassigned to round up immigrants have had to walk away from investigations into violent predators who target and exploit children online, MSNBC has learned.”

READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

President Trump's deportations are diverting FBI agents off child predator cases

Officials warn that President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is leaving domestic terrorists, including online extremists who prey on children, unpoliced.

www.msnbc.com

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 23d

Thousands of X users have posted about Ali Nasrati, a 30 yr old IT tech for Walmart, claiming he made insensitive comments abt Charlie Kirk.

But Nasrati has never posted about Kirk.

Now, he's been suspended from work and forced into hiding. I wrote about people being falsely targeted by the right

Conservatives Are Doxxing Innocent People Over Charlie Kirk

Right wing influencers are blasting people's names and personal details out to millions before ever verifying their claims.

www.usermag.co

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NoDirectionHome @nodirectionhome.bsky.social · 23d

Vance, never the sharpest tool in the shed, forgets that he governs all of the U.S.A., not just half.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23d

Tucker Carlson is co-hosting the Charlie Kirk show with JD Vance

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Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social · 23d

If America isn't a one-party state by the time the midterms are over, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23d

US forces close to Venezuela. Counternarcotics? That’s a lot for the odd fishing boat.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 26d

“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism.”

The Trump DOJ scrubbed this study from their website.

Kash Patel’s DOJ Scrubbed Study Showing Right-Wing Violent Attacks Outpace All Other Extremism

As MAGA world rages about left-wing violence, the government appears to have removed a research paper showing contrary evidence.

jpaladino.substack.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26d

Pretty much the definition of psychopath. Zero empathy.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 26d

Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...

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