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“some kind of weird combination of David, Aries and lunatic” – Toni Cade Bambara • Tejano • twin • 🏳️‍🌈

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · Nov 17

“For the truth changes so much for us that other people can hardly keep track of it.” –Proust (V, p11)

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 9h

My mom was like “why is it the frog? Isn’t the frog a bad thing?” (Re: Pepe)

J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 9h

(I also don’t think it’s particularly funny that his name is Miranda, but that’s just me embracing my woke killjoyism streak til the end)

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 10h

my bf said the same thing about AI!

J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 10h

it’s giving “hasn’t actually been to Texas, or at least not driven through it on 35”

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 10h

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 11h

It would be inappropriate to condition funding of the government on the government following any rules whatsoever

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 15h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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K. Liakos @kliakos.com · 11h

America 2025:

The facade of a store in a Delaware strip mall called its fashion but the lights on the o n and exclamation point are out so it says it’s fashi

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 11h

As one of those voters, fuck us & fuck Texas.

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 11h

It’s very naive of me to think that there’s even relative safety anywhere, but I honestly worry about travel outside of [the parts of] Texas [where I generally am], because at home I’m surrounded by other Latinos, & profiling all of us is a bigger lift. I don’t want my passport confiscated in Iowa.

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 11h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 11h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 12h

you chose to be a politician -- the highest-profile public servant. Risk should be part of it

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Wow — Harvard Crimson student newspaper busts Hegseth for having written a long policy brief touting diversity before he joined Trump’s war on DEI.

With receipts. Bravo, Crimson.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 12h

no bc wtf, were they just like "leftover parts of texas, they must go together." HILL COUNTRY ERASURE

J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 13h

tommy orange macarthur ... good

J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 14h

this was from 2022 (when the Post had a purportedly more independent opinion desk), as evidenced by the fact that it is saying that Miyares doing that is bad.

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 15h

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rePro-Truth @reprotruth.bsky.social · 15h

Pro-Life did this. For years and years, they called for this. Lobbied for this. Pressured for this. Cheered this. Never underestimate the anti-abortion movement's willingness to hurt people under the banner of "respect for the sanctity of life" to get what it wants.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 15h

by a country mile.

J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 15h

I remember him saying it about Mika Brzezinski once.

(This isn't meant to rebut the broader point, with which I agree)

J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 16h

Lolll no apologies needed—don’t hate the player, hate the game, etc.

J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 17h

"how can 37% of people say yes to the second question?" well, you see, many of those people think the question is "the president should be able to deploy troops against Black people whatever a governor says."

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 17h

58% of Americans - including half of Republicans - think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as President Donald Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities, a @reuters.com poll found.

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 17h

i mean, of course it omits it, it's the new york times. but it's not really about october 7th (if it was, they would've used the word "hamas").

J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 21h

I was gonna say, I got 38477 fundraising texts from him lol

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 21h

Seriously. It’s “oh, this was left over and it’s just Texas.”