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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 1h

I mean the Post Millenial is there literally every day and no one bothers them and Barney poses for their live streamers so I think they’re fine

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 2h

I love when Andy Ngo does one of his David Attenborough-style posts about Antifa and highlights some kid who took a bong rip and waddled into the protest dressed like a giant muppet.

My favorite flavor of his commentary by far.

Andy Ngo wants to draw your attention to Barney the dinosaur

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 1h

ICE shooting a pastor in the head with pepper balls as he pleads to their humanity

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s video of the incident

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 12h

I went on Think Out Loud at @opb.org today to talk about antifascism in the second age of Trump he brings national guard troops into the streets of American cities.

Portland writer's perspective on antifascism amid protests and looming National Guard troop deployment

Podcast Episode · Think Out Loud · 10/07/2025 · 17m

podcasts.apple.com

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salto mortale @saltomortale0.bsky.social · 14h

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 20h

If they believe that blue states are the last bastion of resistance to their agenda, they will undermine their basic autonomy. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump authorises National Guard deployment to Chicago

The controversial move follows protests over ramped-up immigration enforcement and the shooting of a woman during unrest on Saturday.

www.bbc.com

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 1d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 20h

The court blockages are helpful, but they aren't final: it is mass resistance in the streets that will actually dissuade the deployment of federal troops.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Judge deals Trump new setback in plans to deploy troops to Portland

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut temporarily blocked the administration from sending any state’s National Guard troops under federal control to Portland.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 20h

It's as if they want to prove the antifascists correct about them:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown

Military presence comes after judge declined to block troops from entering, following lawsuit filed by city and state

www.theguardian.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 21h

Going on @opb.org in about five minutes, so check me out if you are near a dial!

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 23h

The attack on Mark is another stunt by right-wing grifters to victimize a random person in an effort to use MAGA fear mongering to justify their existence. It should go without saying we should do anything possible to support his family.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 23h

Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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

www.theguardian.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

The ICE Twitter account mainly just accuses people of being pedophiles, Antifa or both. No other content.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

The Department of Homeland Security is now a TRS-style meme account that lulz at human suffering and is openly offering white nationalism.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

Richard Spencer is correct here

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

That was on Google, not the dark web or 8Chan forums or something. The book is housed on mainstream websites all across the Internet.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

Just to give you a reference on how saturated the internet is with neo-Nazi accelerationism: when I first heard about a book that a breakaway faction of Atomwaffen had organized around, which included graphic depictions of child abuse, I timed how long it would take to find it. 14 seconds.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

Just some background on this alt-right meme: www.salon.com/2016/10/25/m...

Meet Moon Man: The alt-right's racist rap sensation, borrowed from 1980s McDonald's ads - Salon.com

Once he was a harmless if idiotic Mickey D's pitchman — but now he's Moon Man, the alt-right's hip-hop hero

www.salon.com

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 2d

“Karl stop calling the federal government Nazis you’re being hyperbolic”

The federal government:

Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 3d

For those lucky enough to not know this is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

There’s little evidence what they said was true. A pretext for a military assault.

Border Patrol shoots woman on Southwest Side; agents, protesters battle for hours

The shooting occurred Saturday in Brighton Park when federal patrols were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security, which has yet to be verified. In the p...

www.wbez.org

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 5d

I published this one year ago today, and the firings have continued. But so has the creation of a new Jewish communal infrastructure for those who feel uncomfortable with these large Federation, Hillel, and pro-Israel institutions. So expect my follow up on the emerging world of anti-Zionism Judaism

U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists

A months-long investigation found even the smallest hints of dissent are often met with unemployment.

inthesetimes.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 3d

For those lucky enough to not know this is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 5d

I published this one year ago today, and the firings have continued. But so has the creation of a new Jewish communal infrastructure for those who feel uncomfortable with these large Federation, Hillel, and pro-Israel institutions. So expect my follow up on the emerging world of anti-Zionism Judaism

U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists

A months-long investigation found even the smallest hints of dissent are often met with unemployment.

inthesetimes.com

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Jake Hamby @jakehamby.bsky.social · 12d

MAHA is actually doing what people incorrectly think the Luddites were about.

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 12d

Dressed up as a health crusade, MAHA is a proxy for a larger right-wing revolt against science, technology, and public institutions.

It fuses lifestyle rebellion with policy agendas that hollow out the emancipatory promises of modernity.

MAHA and the End of American Modernity

Dressed up as a health crusade, MAHA is a proxy for a larger right-wing revolt against science, technology, and public institutions. It fuses lifestyle rebellion with policy agendas that hollow out the emancipatory promises of modernity.

jacobin.com

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 12d

Dressed up as a health crusade, MAHA is a proxy for a larger right-wing revolt against science, technology, and public institutions.

It fuses lifestyle rebellion with policy agendas that hollow out the emancipatory promises of modernity.

MAHA and the End of American Modernity

Dressed up as a health crusade, MAHA is a proxy for a larger right-wing revolt against science, technology, and public institutions. It fuses lifestyle rebellion with policy agendas that hollow out the emancipatory promises of modernity.

jacobin.com

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