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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

#WarRavagedPortland

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Rob von Thaden @rvontha.bsky.social · 17h

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I do confess a deep love for pumpernickel...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

i think it is cool that a government run by fanatical bigots is on track to plunge the economy into a mountain and cause a food crisis

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 17h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Rob von Thaden @rvontha.bsky.social · 20h

*Liz 🤦‍♂️

Rob von Thaden @rvontha.bsky.social · 20h

Luz Bucar just posted something about the (Protestant) religious roots of this in response to the recent embarrassing speech by Pete Hegseth that lays bare what you get at here.

Makes me think of folks who resisted germ theory back in the day b/c germs don't care about your morality...

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

"Dear Sweet Blessed Little Baby Jesus, please watch over our armed thugs as they turn away the stranger, persecute the foreigner and harm the least of our brothers and sisters."

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is in Portland meeting with ICE, Border Patrol and DHS officials; Nick Sortor posted video of Noem saying a prayer for the safety of their officers at the start of the meeting.

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 1d

We really need to be thinking abt the current regime through the lens of the Second Klan, which helped to nationalize systems of Jim Crow state & vigilante violence & exploitation while creating an explicitly white nationalist immigration system. They even paraded down Pennsylvania Ave.

A 1926 klan parade marching down Pennsylvania Ave. The front of the column holds banners that read Connecticut & Rhode Island. Original available via the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001706338/

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d

Even the anti-papist antisemites hate ICE now: "He later told officers, “several of your people are gonna die from one of these” and eventually handed over a nine-page document outlining his disdain for Catholicism, Judaism, Supreme Court justices and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)."

Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 1d

Man arrested at outside Mass marking start of Supreme Court term had 200 explosive devices: Police

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Man arrested at outside Mass marking start of Supreme Court term had 200 explosive devices: Police

A man arrested outside the annual Red Mass ceremony held at St. Matthew’s Cathedral had over 200 explosive devices in a tent on the church’s stairs, according to police. Louis Geri, 41, tout…

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 1d

A bold retelling of the 1960s civil rights struggle through its work against police violence—& a prehistory of both the Black Lives Matter & Blue Lives Matter movements that emerged half a century later.

@joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social's Police Against the Movement is now available: hubs.ly/Q03Mp5Ss0

Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back by Joshua Clark Davis

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Rob von Thaden @rvontha.bsky.social · 1d

I use Schlafly all the time as an example of this in my classes!

Of course, I need to explain why she is first... 🤣

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · 1d

Our special issue on "Religion, Activism, & Community Action" is here!

Articles on religious leaders supporting immigrants, clergy paying for abortions, multifaith organizing, the Catholic Worker, queer religious activism, pro-Palestinian rabbis, a new TV series on religion & more! therevealer.org

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Rob von Thaden @rvontha.bsky.social · 1d

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Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 1d

So since I'm annoyed let me say a few things today.Some folks have been writing about Christian Nationalism and apocalyptic right wing movements for YEARS here in the US. YEARS. Do we get to have a platform in major mags and newspapers... rarely.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA is a wholesale rejection of the Enlightenment including stuff so basic that we don't even think of it being part of the Enlightenment project--like being polite to people and making social interactions smooth and pleasant.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

We really hit on something with the 12 year old theory of governance because that’s really the entire political project. It’s being 12 years old and not even normal 12 year olds but real pieces of shit 12 year olds

Texas GOP candidate
Shelley Luther complains that students can't make fun of transgender children
By Jay Root, Staff Writer
Updated Feb 9, 2022 6:02 a.m.

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Kirsten Grady @mrskgrady.bsky.social · 1d

The irony writes itself. Trump’s own memo says “anti-Christianity” is a marker of domestic extremism. Fed agents then tear-gassed and shot pepper pellets at a praying minister. By his logic, that’s terrorism. By moral logic, it’s hypocrisy.

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#TruthBombTuesday

Protesters arrested at Broadview anti-ICE demonstration have been released

Ten people arrested during a clash Friday with federal immigration agents have been freed, a spokesperson for the National Lawyers Guild said. But there was no word on whether any of them had been cha...

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Rob von Thaden @rvontha.bsky.social · 1d

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h/t @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 1d

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

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Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

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Rob von Thaden @rvontha.bsky.social · 1d

h/t @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 1d

Last December, every Maine media outlet dutifully reported that Senator Collins became the VERY powerful Chair of Senate Approps

Nine months later, she's powerless, got rolled by Vought and can only whine about Democrats

Feckless beyond
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Sen. Susan Collins criticizes Democrats for shutdown, Trump for layoff threats

Maine's Republican senator said Monday that she has asked the Office of Management and Budget not to pursue mass layoffs of federal workers, something the White House has threatened.

www.pressherald.com

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Rob von Thaden @rvontha.bsky.social · 1d

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

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🎃👻 John BrooOoooOOOOooOoks 👻🎃 @johnbrooks.bsky.social · 1d

There's a reason why you never see Trump regime goons and Patriot Front in the same room at the same time

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Going back to that raid on the South Shore apartment building. It hasn't gotten much focus that the goons reportedly traveled the same way Patriot Front does: in UHauls.

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A Budget truck with about five armed men seen inside. It's dark out and the taillights are lit. The photo is attributed to KT O'Loughin.

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Rob von Thaden @rvontha.bsky.social · 1d

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Derek Fox @partialobserver.bsky.social · 1d

“I had to flat out tell [the Microsoft sales team] VP we're not buying any fucking copilot - whereupon she revealed that the only thing she is being measured on for Q4 is sales of copilot, so if that's off the table the conversation is not interesting. LMAO”

your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 2d

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 3d

I dunno man, try listening to marginalized people *before* shit goes wrong, and maybe it won't keep being like that

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Rob von Thaden @rvontha.bsky.social · 2d

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 2d

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d

Hard to see this as anything other than a plan to balance out the "costs" of disability by killing off disabled people

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

Exclusive: The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments, part of an overhaul that could result in hundreds of thousands of people losing benefits.

Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans

Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.

wapo.st

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