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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 6h

The girlfriend of the founder of antifa

Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd - Wikipedia

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 3h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 12h

I’m fond of the annual first-snowfall tradition involving footprints leading from the crime scene to the suspect’s residence.

SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 22h

Marco Rubio is the only member of this administration who is not constantly lying to the public. He is instead, constantly lying to himself, and sometimes does this out loud in public.

He knows. And some part of him is tracking his massive body count. He’s a mass murderer and he KNOWS it.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22h

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.

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Jon Hance @jhance.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, this is just funny.

isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Area Family Putting A Little Money Away To One Day Blow On Single Health Scare https://theonion.com/area-family-putting-a-little-money-away-to-one-day-blow-1819575678/

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago does not have the history of occupation that Philly and New Jersey experienced under Gen. Howe, but it’s still an American city full of Americans who learned, and perhaps learned from, that history.

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 1d

No one is questioning Pam Bondi's ability to be fair and impartial.

Everybody knows that Pam Bondi is not able to be fair and impartial.

And also not able to be honest, just, or concerned for the well-being of persons not named Pam Bondi

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 2d

ICE lies. A lot.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Scary Mr. Fahrenheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 2d

WTF

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 2d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 2d

If Tren de Aragua gangsters ransacked an apartment building, destroying and stealing property, zip-tying naked toddlers and carrying them off in vans, detaining dozens of innocent people for hours at gunpoint — then I would agree they were a lawless menace to be stopped with all necessary force.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 4d

Picking a crappy building full of poor people to test run 4th amendment violations at scale is no accident.

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 3d

This is Grade-D barstool blowhard content.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 4d

As a former part-time Encore Books employee (and customer), I will take a moment to savor this slice of Schadenfreude pie. (Rite Aid took over, sucked dry, and then shutttered that regional bookstore chain back in the ‘90s.)

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Rite Aid, once one of America’s biggest pharmacy chains, shuttered its remaining 89 stores this week after filing for bankruptcy in May for the second time in less than two years. https://cnn.it/3KUZkfl

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 4d

Not fond of the convention of listing player stats for each postseason series as a discrete New Thing Entirely that exists in a vacuum. “Bryce Harper (.000)” has the appearance of information, but it isn’t that.

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah. Some days I think “wineskins,” some days I think “A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun is moving its slow thighs … And what rough beast,” etc.

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 4d

The official story *seems* like implausible bogus nonsense desperately cobbled together as cover for panicky, flop-sweating agents firing indiscriminately into traffic.

But we should withhold judgment until we learn what the Border Patrol gestapo had engraved on their bullets.

Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 4d

Weird stuff happens all the time but I do have to say I’m pretty skeptical that federal agents were “rammed by 10 cars” and somehow none of them were injured? If that’s true, surely it wouldn’t be too hard to track down 10 busted vehicles?

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 4d

Wineskins.

Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 4d

"A third of America's 350,000 Christian congregations are on the brink of extinction ... as many as 100,000 churches may close in just a few years."

Given how Republicans claim to be "Christian," I can't help but wonder if this is a bad thing.

www.cnu.org/publicsquare...

Tsunami of church closings poses crisis and opportunity

Governments, business groups, community development corporations, foundations, and designers need to recognize church closures for the urban planning and development crisis they are.

www.cnu.org

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 4d

America is at last getting its own Loonie.

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 4d

Saw the coin.

OK, then, from now on we call him “Tails.”

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 5d

I’d have reposted this anyway just because theremin. But also, yes.

Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 5d

Do the ska elders know Fishbone was just on KEXP? @brooklynmarie.bsky.social @mmasnick.bsky.social

"You're not a Proud Boy, you're just a fuckboy drinking the Kool-Aid of a mad orange king."

Fishbone - Racist Piece Of Shit (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for all the kind words. I finally heard from my husband who is safe. He is being detained and it is not clear why he was detained or even if charges will be pressed.

Please pray for my family and if you can, reach out to your representatives and senators about this assault on our freedoms.

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 5d

New haircut really showcases my ears and nose. I’m getting increasingly Ecclestonian as I age, so now I’m just leaning into it.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 6d

former spirtual advisor to jeffrey epstein's best friend donald trump

Nikki @varivergirl.bsky.social · 6d

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child

Under a negotiated plea agreement, he was given a ten year sentence, but he will only serve six months of that sentence.

www.nbcnews.com

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