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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 44m

The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 23m

The most important political thread of our time.

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 4h

reposting with alt-text because yes, this needs to be shared as fully as possible

Masked and armored ICE agents shooting chemical weapons point-blank at Presbyterian minister David Black, an unarmed white man with brown hair wearing black clothing and a clerical collar. He is flung backwards with the force of the assault. Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times

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Robin 🏕️🔔 @robinathefirst.bsky.social · 12h

*cranks up WHEN THE PAWN…*

(but fr I really want to see this)

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 2d

‘One Battle After Another’ crosses $100M at the global box office 💰

First PTA film to do this

Robin 🏕️🔔 @robinathefirst.bsky.social · 12h

“Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes… machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines!… You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural!… Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!”

Robin 🏕️🔔 @robinathefirst.bsky.social · 12h

“Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost…”

The Dictator’s Speech (Clip) | The Great Dictator (1940) | TCM

YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies

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Robin 🏕️🔔 @robinathefirst.bsky.social · 13h

Random: Timothy Olyphant and Seth Meyers talking about Nantucket, I’m remembering Christmases with my aunt/uncle/cousins when they lived there; their neighbor was a scallop fisherman (?), he and his wife brought bacon-wrapped scallops he’d caught Christmas morning, my life has never been the same

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 13h

The millennial mantra

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 14h

alright then, chuck! somebody ate their wheaties

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 15h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 15h

This is what Republicans are supporting. Think about that and what it says about them.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 15h

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

I know we're all used to the president talking like Livia Soprano all the time, but this is a goddamn outrage

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

“.. we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Robin 🏕️🔔 @robinathefirst.bsky.social · 15h

If there’s one thing I believe it’s that, after age 18, youngest children should be forced to live at least 100 miles from their parents in a non-college setting for at least two years because otherwise they are useless

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Robin 🏕️🔔 @robinathefirst.bsky.social · 16h

I don’t pray but I am praying for Dolly Parton. Universe, please, let us keep her.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 16h

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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Robin 🏕️🔔 @robinathefirst.bsky.social · 16h

Make sure your parents and all their friends and all those friends’ friends know about this and tell them to call their congressional representatives

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Robin 🏕️🔔 @robinathefirst.bsky.social · 17h

Gosh I hope this doesn’t drive him to drink

Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 17h

"At the War Department first and foremost we must restore a ruthless, dispassionate and common sense application of standards," Pete Hegseth said last week

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 18h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17h

Oscar Issac looking at some kind of electronic tablet.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 1d

As basic question from an ex-police reporter: Can some of our journalists detail the training regimen all these new federal agents receive? The lethal incompetence involving use of force and perameters of the 4A suggests they are just handed guns, masks and badges and told to go fuck people up.

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation.

Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.

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Robin 🏕️🔔 @robinathefirst.bsky.social · 1d

Worth reading in light of today’s sad news. It didn’t have to end like this.

The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 1d

In February, the Eastern Music Festival was abruptly canceled. This came after mounting tension between faculty musicians, who teach the festival’s students every year, and the organization’s board and administration.

Facing The Music

After the cancellation of this year’s Eastern Music Festival over a labor dispute, the future of the organization hangs in the balance.

www.theassemblync.com

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 2d

The thoughts of an economic depression are depressing

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

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.

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

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.

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