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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 5h

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 9h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 7h

I hear Mike Johnson himself is in the Epstein files.

To borrow your pal’s phrase, Mike: Prove Me Wrong.

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, go ahead and try that, you "Pro-Fa" activists -- and watch how fast Oregon, Washington and California become part of Canada.

Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 8h

The most important time to protest is anytime these fascists say "No Protest."

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 9h

I see the Pro-Fascist administration had an Anti-Fascist roundtable today. How'd that go?

Just recall the memorable song, and primary obstacle to the protagonists, in The Sound Of Music: "Do-re-me-FASCISTS-so-la-ti-do!"

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 9h

Here's an angle for ALL journalists: Never write the fake-word "antifa" again. Every reference to it in a legit news story should spell the phrase out fully: "anti-fascist." I'm pretty sure Strunk & White's "The Elements of Style" would've advised the same. And it's a LOT clearer to your readers.

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 9h

EVERY single REI store should unionize immediately. Then let's see them try that.

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 10h

To everyone I know who works at a media outlet covering national news:

The primary headline on your website today, or in-print tomorrow, really ought to be:

Trump: 'We took the freedom of speech away'

If it's not, I'd like an explanation why not.

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 11h

Agreed. Any outlet that framed its coverage of Bondi’s hearing with a headline like that needs a new editor-in-chief. I spent much of my life writing headlines for newspapers and magazines, and it’s quite obvious the hed should be something like “Bondi evades questions, insults Senators”

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

All these headlines saying “Bondi Goes on the Attack.” Really? She wasn’t in the octagon, she’s a public servant who was at an oversight hearing. Her job was to answer questions. She refused to do her job. Stop glamorizing and whitewashing this moronic, performative bullshit.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 13h

Miller is lying in order to get you (and “low-info voters”) to give up. Without surrender, Miller and the rest of the regime got nothing. They believe you will believe their lies and conquer yourself. But they can’t conquer you if you don’t believe them.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 13h

www.editorialboard.com/stephen-mill...

Stephen Miller will conquer you if you believe his lies

The lies start with the ones he tells himself, about himself.

www.editorialboard.com

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 14h

DJT’s administration is as bad as ISIS. And I can also say that with a completely straight face.

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 1d

Sure:

Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 1d

Don't.

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 1d

She can go fuck herself with a branding iron.

Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 1d

My suggestion would be to make something else besides eggplant 😜

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 1d

He’s not confused AT ALL. He and DJT do not even ACKNOWLEDGE the law, much less follow it.

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 1d

If it doesn’t have chocolate in it, it’s not really Nestle.

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 1d

"Any university leader who signs on to this compact would betray everything good and solid about the university and would do deep and permanent harm to the United States and the world." @sivav.bsky.social

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 1d

Who the fuck is Curtis Yarvin and why is he such a douchbag?

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 1d

Why isn’t the National Guard invading Mar-A-Lago? I’ve heard people are murdered there every night. And since, per Rep. Moore below, a spurious accusation is all that’s needed to invade, we should send in the troops. I’m sure Mar-A-Lago will be happy with the outcome. Right, Riley?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Riley Moore: "I think the actual residents of Washington DC are very happy with the outcome. And I think the actual residents of Chicago and our other great cities here in America would actually like to have safe streets and not people murdered every night."

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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 1d

Why is the National Guard not invading Mar-A-Lago? I’ve heard people are murdered there every night. And since apparently a spurious accusation is all that’s needed for an invasion, we should send troops in there immediately. Right, Riley?

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 2d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 2d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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