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Memories of No One @historysraven.bsky.social · 2h

We need to stop with “Trump is doing X due to (mental health reason).” Even if he has dementia, he’s doing this shit because he’s a racist asshole. Scaremongering about cities is a long conservative tradition.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/g...

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · Feb 11

Fascism in America will manifest as a series of atrocities viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until there's a pounding on your door.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 13h

CNN: The judge presiding over the prosecution of Jim Comey has agreed to Comey’s request to schedule a near term trial. Comey asked for a Jan 12 trial date. The judge went with Jan 5. Comey is counting on the gov’t not being ready for trial. A good bet.

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Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · 7h

They can.

But why would they do anything strategic, intelligent, and indicative of having any sort of fucking principles?

Don't you know that principles don't poll at 100%? Unless a message is watered down to homeopathic levels of backbone, it's WAY too much of a gamble to lose "independents".

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 14h

Looks like the queen's gonna be okay.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Dolly Parton's sister 'didn't mean to scare anyone' with call for prayers

The singer's sister had asked fans to pray for her after the star postponed gigs due to health issues.

www.bbc.com

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Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · 14h

I relayed the story above to some friends in a Discord server, where character limits are a bit higher.

I said I had never heard a positive story about immigration interactions, except maybe judges at naturalization ceremonies-- y'know, AFTER a long road of hurdles and disdain.

Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · 14h

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply we lost our way since Trump. ICE, CBP, and attitudes surrounding immigration have been garbage for years.

I'm old enough to remember Cuban rafts washed up on the shore where I lived in Florida, and the vitriol around that.

America's been broken for a while.

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　　　　　　　　　　　 hamgod . 　　　　　　　　 skin @mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.hamgod.skin · Jan 13

yes my horse’s name is “grab an officer’s service weapon” and yes i do intend to enter him into the kentucky derby

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 1d

Trans people defending Gavin Newsom:

Quisling Mutant from X-Men The Last Stand: "the cure is voluntary! Nobody's talking about extermination!"

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Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · 1d

My name is Opal, and I would love to be insulted and/or shit-talked by an animatronic skeleton.

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🐦‍⬛🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸Dan won't shut up about trans rights & Palestine @verboseminimalist.gay · 1d

Being a cop and telling people that their best political strategy is to let themselves get shot by cops so people will get mad at the cops and make them stop by voting is bonkers.

Saying that after 2020 can only be a sign of malicious intent or severe head trauma.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

I get that everyone thinks it's a funny little joke when Trump says nonsense about "trangender for everybody" (because really, wtf does that even mean?), but I gotta say that as a trans person, I find it absolutely fucking insane that he's constantly obsessing over trans people existing. It sucks.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "If we didn't win this election. If we had these people that were running that were ruining our country, destroying our country with their open borders and men playing in women's sports and transgender from everybody and windmills all over the place ... I'm not sure we'd even have a country."

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 1d

I know realities on the ground are never so clear, but if you're trans or have a trans kid in Texas, get out. Get across any border. Get out now. Right now. Get out, please.

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 1d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · 1d

Hearing a Costa Rican immigration officer respond with an enthusiastic, "That's wonderful! Welcome!" to the news that my wife and I are seeking residence caught me off guard.

It's a bittersweet reminder of how America lost its way. Imagine ICE or CBP saying such a thing.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 2d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 2d

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 2d

Lucy is promising that this time she will definitely hold the football.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 2d

The Senator who enabled the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh is selling snake oil again. #MEPoltiics

Will some Democrats be stupid enough to buy?

Robert Costa screenshot from X:

"Robert Costa @costareports
Senator Collins says at the Capitol tonight that she’s circulating a bipartisan plan that will commit to moving to address health-care subsidies once the government is reopened… she showed reporters a folder that had a printout of what she said could be a way out of shutdown"

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 2d

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RJ Says: "Jay, Free Link Now!" @shoren18.bsky.social · 3d

Saw some post somewhere earlier about people “not getting” transness or whatever

You don’t have to get it.

If you believe in bodily autonomy for all, then no one needs you to understand their personal situation to earn being seen as a person by you.

You just treat every human being as a person.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 2d

An incredible article casting serious doubt on claims made by transphobes, about conversion therapy for trans kids. The 1987 publication upon which their claims are based, is thoroughly discredited, it cannot justify the claims it makes.

Chapeau: @fiercemum.bsky.social

TW: Conversion therapy

An autoethnographic critique of a past report of inpatient psychiatric treatment for gender diverse children

Contrary to ongoing representations of efficacy, “therapy” that aimed to change or suppress a gender diverse child served to delay self-acceptance for two decades and caused long term harm 

www.mja.com.au

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