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You know @janecoaston.bsky.social is taking a break as she isn’t immediately celebrating Whitt coming to Michigan
December 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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stefanheck.bsky.social
"The worm doesn't make me eat dead rats. I was doing that before the worm," he purred at me like one of the diseased cats that would follow him around whenever he had a dead rat in his pocket that he was saving for later. He really liked eating them. He coughed and it sounded like a lawnmower hitting a sprinkler head. His leathery skin crackled in the evening sun. He had to leave tonight - he was speaking at a conference for people who think medicine turns you gay. Sometimes when he was away I would rub an old catcher's mitt up and down my legs and pretend he was giving me a massage. - excerpt from “I Don't Know Why He Sounds Like That: My Disgusting Affair with RFK Jr” by Olivia Nuzzi
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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mikesacks.bsky.social
This whole piece is all the actual horribles on parade, and this one is just infuriating
April 7 Brian McEntire, Civil Rights Division: My goal was always to become an attorney in the Civil Rights Division. That was my dream. I ended up working a lot on fire department cases. In Cobb County, Ga., we got information that even though African Americans and whites were applying for positions at about an equal rate over the previous decade, 90 percent of the hires had been white and 10 percent had been African American. And we didn't quite understand why that was. So we did an investigation and found out that there was a credit check that was disproportionately knocking out African Americans, particularly for student loan debt. And when we asked them why they were doing that, their response was essentially, Well, if a firefighter is deeply in debt and he's fighting a fire, he might steal grandma's pearls. So we brought suit. In February, we got a note saying that the attorney general wanted us to withdraw the case. The next day, division leadership insisted that we put additional language in the notice of dismissal that implied it was all about reverse discrimination. I didn't know, quite frankly, if I could sign it. If I have to say what I argued before was illegal, then I could have been accused of misleading the court, which could have ended up with me being disciplined, sanctioned and my bar license revoked. So I did not sign it. My colleagues didn't sign it. They pulled us all into a room, and we were all prepared to get fired because none of us were going to sign. My boss signed a modified version of the notice of withdrawal on our behalf. We also had a racial-discrimination case involving the sole African American attorney working for the Mississippi State Senate, who, during the years she worked there, was paid less than half of what her similarly situated white colleagues were making. It was as clear-cut a case of disparate racial treatment you could find. The Senate stalled the case until Trump's appointees could come in and order our section to drop it. When you talk about the rule of law and treating people fairly and equally, that's obviously a slap in the face.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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internethippo.bsky.social
Seen a few of the epstein emails now, all with different people and it's not the main issue here but is everyone illiterate
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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nicklutsko.bsky.social
ALL THE BEST PEOPLE ARE DOGS |
New music for @life360.bsky.social 🦮
October 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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esqueer.net
ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.
October 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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chicago.suntimes.com
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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nathanielstyer.com
I think you are trying to find a poll-tested strategy in an era where authenticity and engagement matter more.
September 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
opeski.bsky.social
Support good journalism
September 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
opeski.bsky.social
I’ll donate a thousand dollars the second you step down you fucking hack @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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felipedlh.bsky.social
I hope people understand that the anomaly here aren’t the conditions—the conditions are very typical—the anomaly is that they put a number of documented workers from a high-income country in those conditions. This is how people are treated in custody routinely
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Sep 14
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.
September 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
opeski.bsky.social
Richie Torres needs a primary now

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Ee...
RITCHIE TORRES Talks Zionism, LGBT, The Bronx
YouTube video by The Adam Friedland Show
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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mikesacks.bsky.social
We could stop all this but Republican politicians and judges don’t want to
bluegeorgia.bsky.social Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · Aug 27
Ten year old student who witnessed shooting: "I heard [shots] again. I just ran under the pew and then I covered my head. My friend Victor saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit... He's really brave, and I hope he's good in the hospital."
August 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
opeski.bsky.social
@colorado.gov

Checking in, how did that’s full support for RFK work out?
August 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
opeski.bsky.social
Have Democratic Centrists ever been asked to compromise their views in the ways that the leftist wing of the Democratic party has?
July 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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drewmagary.bsky.social
This is excellent from Roth. I wish we had some help from up top but it turns out we’re gonna have take down ALL of these old fuckers defector.com/andrew-cuomo...
Andrew Cuomo Is A Future Of The Democratic Party | Defector
There is a specific and lacerating shame that comes with talking about New York City politics in places where people who do not live in New York City can hear you. This is not just because the people ...
defector.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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notalawyer.bsky.social
leftists are consistently labeled as out of touch extremists, but there isn’t a single prominent left position this unpopular
usapolling.bsky.social Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · Jun 23
"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"

No: 85%
Yes: 5%

YouGov / June 22, 2025
June 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
opeski.bsky.social
Anyone talk about this yet?
June 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
opeski.bsky.social
It honestly feels like the Dems could not be more performative if they tried
May 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
"I think it should be controversial to NOT say anything" about Gaza

I spoke to YouTube star and children's educator Ms. Rachel about her outspoken support for Palestinian kids in Gaza - and the bad-faith attacks on her in response.

Full interview here:
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
May 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
opeski.bsky.social
This article about Air Traffic Controllers is abhorrent and conveniently ignores how DOGE laid off a ton of controllers
May 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
‘Fetterman went on to make statements that shocked people. In opposing a cease-fire, he said, “Let’s get back to killing.” A person who heard the conversation told me, “He said, ‘Kill them all.’”’
John Fetterman’s Struggle
The senator insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.
nymag.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
Vance's Easter visit to Rome clogged its streets with a 40-vehicle entourage. He also demanded the Coliseum be closed so he and his family could tour it alone. Tourists who properly booked slots in advance got screwed.

He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
JD Vance and his forty 4x4s visit the Vatican during trip to Rome
The US vice-president, a self-styled ‘baby Catholic’ who was baptised in 2019, and his family met senior officials from the Catholic Church
www.thetimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.
April 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM