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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 58m

goats are such natural insurrectionists, aren't they

Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 2h

Portugal is too often overlooked when it comes to timeline cleansers at the midnight hour. But no longer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeT...

Charmarita - Malasadas (Portuguese Folk Song)

YouTube video by Sonny Chillingworth - Topic

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 2h

here's your timeline cleanser.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPaT...

Embryonic Journey

YouTube video by Jefferson Airplane - Topic

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 2h

"Those close to Trump no longer downplay the possibility of the retribution campaign widening further. And the president himself, following Comey’s indictment, indicated that his personal vengeance tour is only getting started."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Retribution Is Here

The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.

www.theatlantic.com

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 4h

Shortly before 8 p.m. in Broadview, a bright floodlight shined down on a lone state police cruiser parked outside the crowd control fence. There wasn’t a protester in sight.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/t...

Without the Texas National Guard’s help, Broadview protests are calm Wednesday night

Texas National Guard spent Wednesday drilling with riot shields at their makeshift base about 40 miles southeast of Chicago. Local police kept things calm in Broadview.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 4h

Invoking the Insurrection Act is Stephen Miller's most fevered dream. Common sense--and most federal courts--will conclude that "insurrection" is a ruse to justify a power play in support of a tyrannical regime. But will the Supreme Court?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision isn't expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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Beingsass @beingsass.bsky.social · 6h

Interesting..

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14h

New Harrispoll on US sanctions on Russia. Those Republican responses are very interesting.

OVER THREE IN FOUR SUPPORT FURTHER SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA TO END THE WAR, AND MOST VOTERS THINK GOVERNMENTS THAT BUY RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS SHOULD INCUR TARIFFS
ARVARD CAPI
IARRISYULL
Do you support or oppose additional economic sanctions on Russia to try to force it to end the war?
77%
Do you think that governments that buy oil and gas from Russia should be punished with tariffs or should they not be punished for buying that oil?
57%
23%
•Support
• Oppose
Column %
DEM
GOP
Support
71%
86%
Oppose
29%
14%
IND/OTH
72%
28%
UKR0901: Do you support or oppost additional economic sanctions on Russia to try to lorce it to end the war?
UKR0902: Do you think that governments that buy oil and gas from Russia should be punished with tarifs or should they not be punished for buying that of?
•Punished
Column %
Punished
Not punished
43%
• Not punished
DEM
55%
GOP
45%
66%
34%
IND/OTH
51%
49%
MOST VOTERS SUPPORT ARMING UKRAINE, SANCTIONING RUSSIA, AND PREFER EUROPE BUY U.S. OIL OVER RUSSIA'S
HARVARD CAPS
HARRIS POLL
Do you think Europe should stop buying oil from Russia and buy it from the United States instead if it were practical?
Should the Trump administration continue to provide weaponry to Ukraine and impose further economic sanctions on Russia if it refuses to negotiate and prolongs the bloodshed, or should it not do so for fear of antagonizing Russia?
79%
68%
Aug: 67%
32%
Column %
Yes
No
• Yes
DEM
76%
24%
21%
• No
GOP
86%
14%
•Continue to provide weaponry and impose sanctions
• Not continue for fear of antagonizing
IND/OTH
74%
26%
Column %

GOP
IND/OTH
Continue to provide weaponry and impose sanctions
72%
73%
60%
Not continue for fear of antagonizing
28%
27%
40%
UKR0903: Do you think Europe should stop buying of from Russia and buy it from the United States instead if it were practical? (
(UKRON Should the trumn atminstration continue to rovide weaponry to Utaine nd im coster economie cantions on assurE reduses to nasatete ans alongs the leadther or should ? not do so or tear of an…

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 7h

"... everything is transactional with Bari.”
variety.com/2025/biz/new...

Inside Bari Weiss’ $150 Million Journey From Rejected ‘View’ Host to CBS News Editor-in-Chief: ‘She’s Just Gaming the System’

How Bari Weiss sold The Free Press for $150 Million, charmed the superrich and became CBS News editor-in-chief.

variety.com

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 16h

And there is such a thing as irrational exuberance.

Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 17h

Eric Swallwell (D-CA) says it’s coming to an end and House Republicans are privately breaking, that a “jailbreak” is brewing the moment the Epstein files hit the floor, and that Trump’s aura of fear is finally cracking.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

SWALWELL’S BOMBSHELL EPSTEIN TWEET: "The Epstein Files Are Coming And The GOP Are Getting Ready To Abandon Trump"

218 or chaos: Inside the House moment that could shatter Trump’s grip

open.substack.com

Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 17h

It's not unreasonable to assume that Marco Rubio once had a moral compass. But all that's history. In lieu of a moral compass, Rubio must now deny everything, everywhere, all at once, lest the arc of his story conclude in a wilderness of moral hazard

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

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.

bit.ly

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 17h

Trump's appetite for vengeance is a feature of his narcissism, a personality disorder. It's politically motivated, too, but the root cause is a mental disorder. An aggressive dog frothing at the mouth endangers a community, and that's very interesting, but the salient fact is the dog has rabies.

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 17h

CNN: The elephant graveyard where breaking news goes to die.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 1d

To wit: "... these motherf***ers are crazy."

IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 1d

The gloves are off for Kamala Harris who has given a scathing four word rebuke to Trump's MAGA movement.

Kamala Harris' scathing NSFW four-word put down of Trump and MAGA

www.irishstar.com

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 1d

Bank of England sees deja vu all over again.
"On a number of measures, equity market valuations appear stretched, particularly for technology companies focused on artificial intelligence."
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

Bank of England warns growing risk AI bubble could burst; gold hits new $4,000 an ounce record – business live

Soaring tech valuations could drop amid potentially ‘disappointing’ progress on AI, central bank says; gold has doubled in two years and extends 50% rally so far this year

www.theguardian.com

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roger @regorregor.bsky.social · 1d

... and DIRNSA, too. I'm sincerely afraid the ones who are left are the ones who said, "Yes."

Trump has fired…

The Navy Chief of Staff
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
The Head of the Navy Seals
The Naval Operations Chief
The US Navy Reserve Chief
The Head of the US Cyber Command
The Head of Defense Intelligence
The Coast Guard Commandant
The Air Force Chief of Staff
The Air Force Vice Chief of Staff
The top of AF Global Strike Command
The top legal officer of the Air Force
The top legal officer of the Army
The top legal officer of the Navy
The top legal official of the CIA

Putin couldn’t do a better job at attacking America than Trump has. Hundreds of years of combined experience decimated by an absolute draft dodging imbecile. America has never been in so much danger.

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 1d

True. Nowadays, nearly every GOP congressmember is adrift in the Twilight Zone.

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 1d

My god, Kristi is up against a caped crusader!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 1d

I can imagine that the presence of soldiers at the polls will discourage some people from voting. A more focal concern would be soldiers demanding IDs from people waiting to vote. Elections are the province of local governments and states, not the U.S. military.

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 1d

Remember her work to throw the 2000 presidential race in Florida to George W. Bush.

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 1d

We're fast becoming a country where you can buy falafel in pita bread, but you can't organize a campus protest on Gaza.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.

The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 1d

We could start by calling her a stone cold bitch. Because, let's face it, she is one stone cold bitch. Also, a lying stone cold bitch. We could say that, too.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

How Democrats could reshape the public narrative around AG Pam Bondi

In eight short months, Attorney General Pam Bondi has left the Justice Department in chaos.

Opinion | Pam Bondi has a lot to answer for

In eight short months, Attorney General Pam Bondi has left the Justice Department in chaos.

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 1d

It would be timely and focused for the folks running Indivisible to change the next day of national protests from "No Kings"--we've done that already--to "RFK Jr must resign." Let's graduate from generic rhetoric to specific, actionable goals. Getting rid of the HHS Secretary is a worthy goal.

NPR @npr.org · 2d

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

n.pr

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 1d

words matter

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

When the media repeats the phrase "Trump enemies," they do Trump a favor. They're not his "enemies," they're his critics exercising their fundamental right to criticize the president.

@saletan.bsky.social joins @monacharen.bsky.social on Just Between Us, for Bulwark+ members only:

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 1d

I can't think of a single reason I'd ever trust this guy.

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Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 1d

My Senator!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hirono: "I have to conclude that, since no wrongdoing was determined, that Homan kept the money. And I hope he will put that on his tax returns as income."

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