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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

I can’t get over this. Trump bailed out Argentina farmers with $20 billion of our tax dollars, then China turned around and bought soybeans from them instead of US farmers.

Not AMERICA FIRST, America got played.

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 4d

The sort of people the administration calls 'terrorists' :

"[the 84 year olds] were rushed by federal officers “for no apparent reason.” She said her husband was leaning on his walker and wearing his Vietnam veterans cap as he was pushed to the ground."

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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sjostromcgs.bsky.social @sjostromcgs.bsky.social · 3d

Well,when a terrorist group is running your country and your neighbors are attacking you I’d bet you’d have animosity too. They’ve literally bombed all of the hospitals, homes, schools and now they’ve helped themselves to more of there land. Again

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sjostromcgs.bsky.social @sjostromcgs.bsky.social · 3d

Too many men in power who should be in prison.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Polarsprite 🧚‍♂️ @polarsprite.bsky.social · 8d

Passive aggressive level 100 this is how we roll in the PNW 🤣 Protesters in Portland are going ice fishing with donuts as bait on fishing polls, holding dance offs in front of ICE barricades in goofy costumes and just being incredibly annoying to ICE there's no violence from protesters whatsoever.

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Lynda Will Not Obey @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 10d

Trump is bailing out Argentina with our tax dollars because helping another right-wing lunatic who tanked their economy is a top priority of our “America First” president.

That’s 20 Billion Dollars with a B suckers!

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 10d

Cool.

"Solar-powered ‘artificial plant’ purifies radioactive soil by 95% in 20 days"

interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...

New ‘artificial plant’ uses solar power to clean radioactive soil

Researchers have created a game-changing device that purifies radioactive soil using nothing but sunlight.

interestingengineering.com

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sjostromcgs.bsky.social @sjostromcgs.bsky.social · 10d

I can’t imagine Robert Smith holding a gun.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 10d

About to be the family that owns TikTok.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

fortune.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10d

What would the reaction be if Democratic politicians went on TV every week to talk about how scary and dangerous Louisiana was, or how bleak and depressing life in rural Mississippi is, or how Oklahoma ranks last in education and “God, can you imagine being from there?”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Rand Paul: "Chicago is a nightmare. It is literally a war zone."

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sjostromcgs.bsky.social @sjostromcgs.bsky.social · 10d

They freak out because it’s hideous.

sjostromcgs.bsky.social @sjostromcgs.bsky.social · 11d

I'm attending Indivisible Charlotte's event, “NO KINGS 2” - sign up now to join me! #indivisibleCLT www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

NO KINGS 2 · Indivisible Charlotte

Event details on mobilize: No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in U.S. history. From deep red small towns to our largest cities, millions of people turned out to make it clear that the Am...

www.mobilize.us

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Tara Palmeri @tarapalmeri.bsky.social · 13d

Here's my latest on Senator Murkowski, the deciding vote not to release the files, and how survivors are striking back. open.substack.com/pub/tarapalm...

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sjostromcgs.bsky.social @sjostromcgs.bsky.social · 13d

My head hurts.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20d

So, Kimmel said nothing wrong and was mocking MAGA. That's it.

ABC's cowardice even worse.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...

Jimmy Kimmel Did Not Say Exactly What You Think He Said

Jimmy Kimmel’s comment about the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect was a mess, and a miss, which gets less clear the more you look at it.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21d

Weird that the FCC Chair had no issue with Kilmeade wanting to euthanize homeless people.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 21d

great news! you're not actually seeing karl rove, john yoo, and david frum criticize the administration's lawlessness more stridently than dem leadership. you, reader, were infected with rabies by a brown bat 36 hours ago and this is all just the virus working its way through your nervous system

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sjostromcgs.bsky.social @sjostromcgs.bsky.social · 21d

Exactly!

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Andrew Egger @eggerdc.bsky.social · 22d

For me, the most shocking moment of Kash Patel's Senate testimony today was when he cleaned his glasses with his thumb

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26d

In the Trump administration’s haste to shrink the federal bureaucracy, it “didn’t really consider whether there were some aspects of the CFPB that might be useful for their projects,” notes consumer law expert Luke Herrine.

Trump Wants to Crack Down on “Debanking,” but He’s Dismantling a Regulator That Was Doing Just That

An executive order seeking to stop banks from discriminating against customers could be undermined by the administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which had been investiga...

www.propublica.org

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sjostromcgs.bsky.social @sjostromcgs.bsky.social · 28d

Look into a mirror.

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · Sep 8

With various companies like Palantir, Paragon (Graphite App), etc, doing data sourcing and infringing on people's privacy, it's a good idea to reduce spyware risks.

- Keep your OS updated
- Reboot daily
- Use encrypted apps

Remember, ICE is using Graphite.

#ProudBlue
Credit: @theronanfarrow/TT

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