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Steve Baird
@stevenkbaird.bsky.social
· Jul 13
This is a video of ICE walking shackled and handcuffed CHILDREN out of the loading dock at DTLA at approximately 8:45pm on July 10th
This has gutted me. How can this be allowed to happen in our country?
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This is just delightful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n1G...
Bruce Springsteen - "Stayin' Alive" (Brisbane, 02/26/14)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This is just delightful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n1G...
Both of these threads are recommended reading for this day:
Thread. This is a crucial thing for non-Christian Americans to understand. Most Christian Nationalists think it’s an act of kindness on their part to tell you that you will be going to hell if you don’t convert. It’s incomprehensible to most of them that they’re being bigots.
I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it.
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
December 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Both of these threads are recommended reading for this day:
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These two are awesome
December 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
These two are awesome
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Happy Resistance! ✊
December 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Happy Resistance! ✊
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🎄 Colbert's Canceled Christmas: The Last Noel 🎄
youtu.be/XkEy_IttHKE?...
youtu.be/XkEy_IttHKE?...
December 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
🎄 Colbert's Canceled Christmas: The Last Noel 🎄
youtu.be/XkEy_IttHKE?...
youtu.be/XkEy_IttHKE?...
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I recall Ceausescu did his one action in service of the truth by changing Romania’s name from Democratic Republic to Socialist Republic 😬
December 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I recall Ceausescu did his one action in service of the truth by changing Romania’s name from Democratic Republic to Socialist Republic 😬
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So it seems obvious that everyone in the Trump Administration knows he's a pedo sex offender. But consider this: they're all okay with that.
That rot runs deep.
That rot runs deep.
December 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
So it seems obvious that everyone in the Trump Administration knows he's a pedo sex offender. But consider this: they're all okay with that.
That rot runs deep.
That rot runs deep.
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
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This was a human being. What the fuck is wrong with you?
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This was a human being. What the fuck is wrong with you?
Short thread 🧵 worth your time.
A big part of the problem in the US is that “the left” has not been meaningfully present in national politics for so long that people can say it is just about anything and it will strike readers as plausible.
Americans have “heard of it” and that’s about it, making it a blank slate for charlatans.
Americans have “heard of it” and that’s about it, making it a blank slate for charlatans.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Short thread 🧵 worth your time.
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A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
Totally agree with this, but I would remove the word “now” and also apply it retroactively.
Any university, law firm, corporation or other powerful entity that now bends the knee for Trump deserves to be scorned and boycotted.
He is deeply unpopular and will only grow more unpopular. Moreover his power is waning and his own coalition smells it and is fracturing.
He is deeply unpopular and will only grow more unpopular. Moreover his power is waning and his own coalition smells it and is fracturing.
December 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Totally agree with this, but I would remove the word “now” and also apply it retroactively.
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Much of the state money was intended to assist needy Floridians, including children. Instead, it paid for political consultants, lawyers and thousands of advertisements that helped DeSantis and his supporters win at the ballot box.
DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
A Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times investigation found the DeSantis’ administration’s use of public money to fund a campaign against marijuana and abortion access was more sprawling than previously kn...
www.miamiherald.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Much of the state money was intended to assist needy Floridians, including children. Instead, it paid for political consultants, lawyers and thousands of advertisements that helped DeSantis and his supporters win at the ballot box.
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Congressional investigations are likely the ONLY accountability this administration will face. Bondi won't arrest anyone. US officials can't be tried at the Hague. And even if we get a new AG in 2029, Trump is going to pardon everyone. These midterms are crucial for accountability.
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Congressional investigations are likely the ONLY accountability this administration will face. Bondi won't arrest anyone. US officials can't be tried at the Hague. And even if we get a new AG in 2029, Trump is going to pardon everyone. These midterms are crucial for accountability.
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Has Trump terrorized our Sunday yet?
December 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Has Trump terrorized our Sunday yet?
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Someone has to tell US Supreme Court justices that their job is to safeguard the constitution and is not to establish Fascism in the United States
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Someone has to tell US Supreme Court justices that their job is to safeguard the constitution and is not to establish Fascism in the United States
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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What an interesting coincidence.
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What an interesting coincidence.
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Strong public pushback leads to failure of small #Florida town council's effort to put up a memorial marker for Charlie Kirk. www.theledger.com/story/news/l...
Tie vote ends hopes for Charlie Kirk memorial in small Polk County town
The vice mayor had proposed the marker at the Nov. 4 meeting, where the idea moved forward 3-1. But after a flood of resident comments, it failed to pass.
www.theledger.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Strong public pushback leads to failure of small #Florida town council's effort to put up a memorial marker for Charlie Kirk. www.theledger.com/story/news/l...
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Gift link to the article quoting folks lying about shutting down student speech over alleged "DEI" concerns.
This is just racist, sexist censorship and unlawful viewpoint discrimination.
This is just racist, sexist censorship and unlawful viewpoint discrimination.
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Gift link to the article quoting folks lying about shutting down student speech over alleged "DEI" concerns.
This is just racist, sexist censorship and unlawful viewpoint discrimination.
This is just racist, sexist censorship and unlawful viewpoint discrimination.