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Oh So Audrey
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Oh So Audrey @pinkyorbrain.bsky.social · May 29
@gallego.senate.gov I will move heaven and earth to ensure this is your last term, you pathetic excuse for a marine! You may be worse than sinema, which says a helluva lot about just how piss-poor of a human being you really are. I'm a disabled homemaker Ruben, all I have is time on my hands for you
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · May 29
In addition to this being appalling from Sen. Gallego, the fact that the senior editor at The Dispatch frames it as coming from a "rising star" Dem and in opposition to "progressives" — as opposed to in opposition to virtually every elected Dem except Suozzi, Moulton, and Newsom — is trash.
John McCormack v @McCormackJohn New @TheDispatch: Arizona senator Ruben Gallego, a rising star in the Democratic party, becomes the latest prominent Democrat to break with progressives on the issue of transgender athletes and girls' sports. thedispatch.com/article/ruben-... Will Ruben Gallego Lead Democrats Out of the Wilderness? The issue of transgender rights is another area where some Democrats-such as Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts and California Gov. Gavin Newsom-think the party has gone too far to the left, particularly on the issue of women's and girls' sports. Gallego now says the issue is ultimately a local-not federal-one. "As a parent of a daughter, I think it's legitimate that parents are worried about the safety of their daughters, and I think it's legitimate for us to be worried also about fair competition. And I think the parents of these trans children also are worried legitimately about the health and wellness of their kids," Gallego said. "There are some sports that some of these trans children should not be playing," he said, adding that it should be up to "local institutions" like school boards or associations to figure out the games and sports where "there should be a separation" based on biology. He emphasized that the message to children who identify as transgender needs to be compassionate: "Hey, listen, we love you. We want you to be part of our community, but this is just the one place you can't play, and let's find other activities for you to be involved."
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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2h
I think it's amazing that we somehow fixate on the horrors of overseas prisons and jails here in the United States.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 2h
Prisons never beating the slavery torture death camp allegations
Source: Texas prison officials refused to let inmate out of burning cell
Two former TDCJ employees are charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide following an inmate's death in the Bill Clements unit near Amarillo, Texas
www.newschannel10.com
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 2h
i'm not sure how you can claim to cover things fairly and fully when you're using the bootleg name that is officially only a "secondary name" for the department
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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 2h
CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2h
Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 21h
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray. “I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.” But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire. “We could hear them laughing,” Black said.
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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2h
If we know this, then why was the immediate reaction to Trump’s announcement in Washington DC to point at Ward 7+8 as places that could “use” it better.
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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2h
Really would like people to square this circle with their vocal support for increased policing in Black communities.
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Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 20h
Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Screenshot from a NYT article by Thomas Edsall, quoting Barbara Walter of UC-San Diego: "The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there’s no reason for them to be there. It’s inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this. Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil. People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied. "Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely."
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TresTiffany @trestiffany.bsky.social · 3h
“What’s your barber name?” is crazy 😂
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 2h
This is a five alarm fire.

Serious implications here: a sitting governor saying basically that the U.S. president is planning to use the military to overthrow democracy in America.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
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ghostyTrickstress (june egbert - official) @june-egbert.bsky.social · 2h
well great. now i don't want to leave out of spite.
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · 4h
a bksy dev following the Heritage Foundation would be an unpleasant surprise if you didn't know this place was created by and for libertarian crypto bros, and all the good things about it are an unintended consequence they have been trying to "fix" for the last year
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · 4h
a bksy dev following the Heritage Foundation would be an unpleasant surprise if you didn't know this place was created by and for libertarian crypto bros, and all the good things about it are an unintended consequence they have been trying to "fix" for the last year
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 2h
Prisons never beating the slavery torture death camp allegations
Source: Texas prison officials refused to let inmate out of burning cell
Two former TDCJ employees are charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide following an inmate's death in the Bill Clements unit near Amarillo, Texas
www.newschannel10.com
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h
A practice that would have been unthinkable under past administrations is becoming normalized: Sending ICE detainees, without due process, to far-flung prisons.

@nlanard.bsky.social takes us inside the "legal black hole" in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.
ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy
Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini where Trump is sending detainees.
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The Antifa Lorax @anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social · 3h
I'm so fucking tired of all the snarky nicknames people give Trump, as if it's getting back at him somehow. It's giving "Brandon." He's not the boogeyman, saying his name doesn't summon him. And calling him names really hasn't stopped the fascism since 2016 has it
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4h
Congressional Democrats Find That Taking a Stand is Popular
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 4h
Tina Smith says Democrats are digging in: “If anything, we’re feeling more strong.”

“I think we've tapped into something that's really important to Americans.”
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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 6h
"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.
White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion
Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3h
Marco Rubio is going to hell.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h
FBI agents assigned to Musk concluded he was systematically avoiding conduct standards imposed on those holding high-level clearances. FBI management concluded it could do nothing about this because of Musk's ties to Trump and the GOP.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4h
JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 3h
"I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights."

Then don't expect trans people to sacrifice themselves for your rights either. We are all free or none of us are, and if you can't stand and die on this hill, your country isn't worth dying for.
the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social Follow I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can't protect ANY groups if we can't win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That's not "erasing" them; it's long-horizon strategy. October 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3h
"hey, pull charlie off of his boring story on the destruction of the regulatory state and have him write up something about this CEO wanting to make more money"
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Oh So Audrey @pinkyorbrain.bsky.social · 3h
Look what your donor buddy thinks, @gallego.senate.gov! Guess you're all for 100% unemployment & 100% poverty
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h
ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 3h
the biggest story out of silicon valley in the last 15 years is dunning-kruger syndrome, especially in the realm of economics. they thinkovated goldbuggery but somehow made it dumber
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h
ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 3h
it's definitely a dog whistle because I only see complaints about "purity tests" when it's about supporting marginalized people
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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 3h
At this point im starting to wonder if hearing the words “purity test” are a dogwhistle because the most shit opinions in the universe will almost always immediately follow it
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Don Jenver @donjenver.bsky.social · 6h
if you're willing to sacrifice some groups for your personal safety, i'm going to assume you'll sacrifice anyone. Either we all get humanity and rights or none of us will. Because nobody is voting for another centrist Dem trying to move the party right. that shit is over.
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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 4h
If you are willing to throw away entire groups of people to protect your insular strategy that will only protect you instead of protecting everyone then I don’t want your leaders and I sure as hell don’t want to be associated with you.
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the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 6h
I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.
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