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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20h

Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help.
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Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action

Professor Timothy Snyder – a prominent voice of freedom, teams up with NAFO to fundraise for ten trucks and ten cargo buses with anti-drone jamming systems. These will transport and protect those who ...

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 2h

I wrote about how hard it is to do politics in reality right now, both because of the fictions beings imposed on us and because of the fictions we maintain in our own minds. Read at @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/all-in-our-h...

All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations

Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 33m

In a normal modern political party anywhere else the whip would have been removed and he would have been expelled years ago.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

FOX: Do you think Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

FETTERMAN: If this sticks. I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And if he brings the Ukrainian war to its end, I will be the Democrat leading the committee for his Nobel Prize Peace.

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 34m

This is kinda insane. Blender creations made by the IDF using stolen assets from someone’s cyberpunk video project.

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 22h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 2h

The charge of “felony murder” allows defendants to be charged with the death of an accomplice, even when the killing was committed by someone else. Between 2009 and 2017, 83 percent of people charged with felony murder in Alabama were Black.

A Friend’s Death to Mourn, and to Serve Time for

An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. His case highlights a particularly harsh doctrine in American criminal punishment: felony murder.

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 39m

Miller should already be in Jail for the Child Separation policy, or January 6th, or a number of other crimes against the Republic and People. If he isn’t by the end of the decade America doesn’t deserve democracy.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 3h

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 3h

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 40m

We are doing politics with version of America in our heads that doesn’t really exist—or, at lest, not fully.

Trump’s portrayal of American cities as war zones is, of course, not based in reality. But neither is the persistent belief among many we have not already hurtled into authoritarianism.

Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 2h

I wrote about how hard it is to do politics in reality right now, both because of the fictions beings imposed on us and because of the fictions we maintain in our own minds. Read at @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/all-in-our-h...

All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations

Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 58m

ICE’s detention state, by the numbers (1/x)

The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

New — I was fortunate to speak in front of students and faculty at Grinnell College in Iowa tonight about the business of independent journalism, the current state of media under Trump 2.0, and billionaire control.

I published my full speech because I thought it might resonate beyond campus:

Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regime

My full remarks to students and faculty at Grennell College.

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 40m

Being a real Marxist means knowing who he is subtweeting in his works. Cause there is always a beef at work and it is glorious.

Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 1d

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Welcome back to Season Eight: The Story of Socialism as @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social conclude the story of Karl Marx and the birth of Marxism. Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...

#marx #karlmarx #marxism #socialism #podcast #new #episode #originstory

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 53m

the "popularist, let's do Clintonism again" people seem to have forgotten that Harris ran that kind of campaign and it didn't work prospect.org/politics/cen...

Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris

Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 1h

It’s SHAMEFUL to watch US Senators vote NO on the War Powers resolution & give this administration a blank check to bomb whoever the hell they want. The current conduct in the Caribbean is unconstitutional and unacceptable!

Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 59m

hi star tribune, please read this! i explain it all and why this is so bad! just because it wasn't in the decision that was emailed to you as part of the press release doesn't mean you shouldn't do your own research on top of it, right? right? 😔

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John Wall's Testimony Raises Questions About His Role in Ward 2

An evidentiary hearing was held on September 25th for the Robin Wonsley and Michael Wilson vs. John Wall case after Judge Christa Moseng found there was probable cause to believe the violations allege...

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 1h

another star tribune failure in not mentioning that john wall doesn't even live in minneapolis. it's clear they only read the decision, they didn't request hearing audio to listen, and we know they didn't send anyone to cover it, i was the only one there!

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22h

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 1d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1h

The Atlantic, the NYT, the Post, the Free Press, Persuasion ... god, so many others ... they did it. They participated in the destruction of norms against bigotry & now bigotry is running rampant, out in the open, at the highest levels.

Great work everyone.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1h

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 1h

Trump and MAGA have since the beginning of his second term worked to manipulate and control elections. From Elon’s Checks for the State Supreme Court to refusing to seat an elected Democratic Congresswoman. The rigging is here, in every election and they all matter for who controls America.

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 1h

Great article.

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Katie Jane Fernelius @kjfernelius.bsky.social · 12d

There's a lot of good attention being paid to the mayoral race. But might I suggest you turn your attention down ballot to another critical citywide race, the assessor's race?

My latest feature for @veritenews.org –

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New Orleanians are being priced out of the city. Can the next assessor make a difference? - Verite News New Orleans

A progressive candidate is challenging longtime Orleans Parish Assessor Erroll Williams for the job.

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Hedwig Richter @hedwigrichter.bsky.social · 1h

Werbematerial der SPD 1951

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1h

People especially liberals need to understand you cannot wait another year to stop Trump. You cannot vote out fascism especially a fascist regime already doing election interference out in the open.

Stop the steal 2 is already happening out in the open. www.commondreams.org/news/jb-prit...

Pritzker Warns Trump Will Have Military Seize Ballot Boxes So He Can 'Count the Votes Himself' in Elections | Common Dreams

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warns of Trump's plan to militarize US cities and control elections. Pritzker remains defiant against threats of imprisonment.

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 1h

Frogs Against Fascism

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1h

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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