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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19h

And now for a report from the hellish, war-zone that is Portland

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17h

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 10d

Ya know, I'm reminded today of a story I did re Eric Adams controlling a secretive, abusive NYPD unit

The connex was so tight, the mayor had access to a *live-feed* of the unit's body-cams

“The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall," a source told me

www.propublica.org/article/eric...

How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses

After NYPD officials warned about a unit’s aggressive policing, the mayor boosted the team led by his allies. “The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall,” a former police official said.

www.propublica.org

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10d

Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it’s another day 👇🤷‍♂️

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10d

Johnson also accusing Dems of “holding people hostage” by seeking to restore healthcare cuts when Republicans are threatening to fire federal employees. He also said he will not get ahead of the President. Has anyone told him Congress is a separate branch.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

TAPPER: Just to be clear, there's not gonna be any negotiation at this meeting? This is just gonna be you, Thune, and Trump telling Jeffries and Schumer 'we're not giving you anything'?

MIKE JOHNSON: I'm telling you where the president's head is

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Sue Apfelbaum @sueapfe.bsky.social · 10d

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 10d

Johnson trying to promote a baseless lie.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

MIKE JOHNSON: We have to ensure that the rule of law applies to everyone

TAPPER: Does the rule of law apply to people who stormed the Capitol on January 6?

JOHNSON: Apparently there were 274 FBI agents in the crowd

TAPPER: They were sent there to do crowd control. It wasn't a false flag operation

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Tom Lommel @tomlommel.com · 11d

It's a failure of Dem messaging and a sign of weakness that Steve Bannon has no problem just coming out and saying this. The president is not The President. He's just a confused old man who goes on TV to air his grudges. Stephen Miller is The President, and he's the one pushing this hateful agenda.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11d

Hey @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social,I asked Steve Bannon directly if he thinks Miller will now unleash the state on groups that describe ICE as "authoritarian," and he said: "Yes," adding that Miller is "in charge." cc @mcopelov.bsky.social

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11d

I think we should also ridicule Miller here, not fear him. His fascist cosplay is absurd. He thinks tweeting in a clipped, military-sounding tone will frighten us. Oooo, he said "utilized"! Scary! Meanwhile their efforts to prosecute foes are imploding in buffoonery and Trump is polling in the 30s.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11d

After Miller tweeted that calling ICE is "incitement to violence," I directly asked Bannon if this means the government will be unleashed on groups that describe ICE that way. "Yes," Bannon told me, adding that Miller is "in charge." You can read that exchange in this link: bsky.app/profile/greg...

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11d

While the senile old man rides in carriages around castles, builds his ballroom, puts gold on everything, plans parades, attends a variety of sporting events, threatens people, and reads the scripts put in front of him, this psychopath is the one actually running the country.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13d

Sickening behavior by this agent. The fact that Mayor Adams has rolled out the red carpet for ICE is a stain on our city.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Sue Apfelbaum @sueapfe.bsky.social · 12d

i need proof this is not a real column

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 12d

Tylenol Me Up! Tylenol Me Down!

Bad Boy Bobby is blaming a common pain medication for autism. Are he and Donny McGee kidnapping Cheryl Hines from Larry David’s show in an Almodovar flick so she will fall in love with them? It’s time to curb your ableist enthusiasm, Junior.

by Maureen Dowd

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 12d

According to data from Ice, we passed a significant milestone. Immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group arrested and booked into detention by Ice.

Immigrants with no criminal record now largest group in Ice detention

Government data shows 16,523 people with no record, versus 15,725 with a record and 13,767 with pending charges

www.theguardian.com

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 13d

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

Thread 👇

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 14d

DC statehood now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Kamala Harris: "It feels chaotic, but what I would offer you is what we are witnessing is the swift implementation of a plan that was decades in the making. Project 2025 didn't just drop out of thin air. That's a product of decades of work. Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation ... "

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 15d

Beyond the false claims linking Tylenol to autism, it is especially gross to see extremely wealthy men shaming women for not ‘toughing it out’ during pregnancy.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 19d

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.

We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.

That's the revolution.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 22d

If you have the space on your plate to make these calls, please do.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22d

Here's the list of senators that MAHA wants people to call in support of RFK Jr.

Seems like the kind of list you should also call if you want to say you support vaccines.

Action Needed
Now
Secretary Kennedy is under attack. We need thousands of calls to senators before tomorrow's hearings. Emails aren't enough - pick up the phone and make your voice heard.
NAME
PHONE NUMBER
Andrew Kim (D-NJ)
202-225-4765
Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD)
202-224-4524
Ashley Moody (R-FL)
202-224-3041
Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
202-224-5141
Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
202-224-4041
Edward Markey (D-MA)
202-224-2742
James Banks (R-IN)
202-225-4436
John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
202-224-5941
Jon Husted (R-OH)
202-224-3353
Joshua Hawley (R-MO)
202-224-6154
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
202-224-6665
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
202-224-2441
NAME
PHONE NUMBER
Margaret Hassan (D-NH)
202-224-3324
Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
202-224-4721
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
202-224-3344
Michael Crapo (R-ID)
202-224-6142
Patricia Murray (D-WA)
202-224-2621
Rand Paul (R-KY)
202-224-4343
Roger Marshall (R-KS)
202-224-4774
Susan Collins (R-ME)
202-224-2523
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
202-224-5653
Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
202-224-4124
Tim Scott (R-SC)
202-224-6121
Tim Kaine (D-VA)
202-224-4024
Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
202-224-5824

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Sue Apfelbaum @sueapfe.bsky.social · 22d

@archive.org 👀?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22d

“In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder, Trump’s DOJ deleted a study from its site stating right-wing violence ‘continues to outpace all other types of terrorism & domestic violent extremism’ in 🇺🇸 — The study was available online until Friday.” newrepublic.com/post/200537/...

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 24d

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25d

The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.

A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Screenshot of article excerpt: The Education Department also was concerned about other words in the application, said Adrian Klenz, who works with deafblind adults in the state. He said he has talked with state officials about the discontinuation of the grant.

“I was told that apparently the administration is going through past grants and two words were flagged: One was transition and one was privilege,” Klenz said. “Transition — transitioning from childhood to adulthood. Privilege came up because a parent wrote a glowing review of staff that said what a privilege it was to work with them.” ProPublica obtained a copy of the grant application and confirmed that those words were included.

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Sue Apfelbaum @sueapfe.bsky.social · 26d

ahh in-person in Phoenix only :( but good to know about!

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Sue Apfelbaum @sueapfe.bsky.social · 27d

and why I subscribe 🙏

subscriptions.thenation.com/

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 27d

“These people are full of shit.”

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social, who faced multiple death threats from people who've since been convicted, calls out Trump +allies for weaponizing Charlie Kirk’s killing against the left.

Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's full interview: zeteo.com/p/full-of-sh...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27d

I said something last week that is more broadly applicable today:

Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Aug 31

Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.

Mass Shooters Are Not Disproportionately Transgender

Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.

www.motherjones.com

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Sue Apfelbaum @sueapfe.bsky.social · Aug 30

+1 those are fun! also depends on who’s playing, the chemistry of each pair (the Williams sisters against anyone)

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