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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 1h

There's a very cool video out there somewhere of Jackson's daughter reminiscing about how her mom gamed out the logistics of the poisoning in WHALITC at the family dinner table. (It was at a conference, but YouTube isn't coughing it up right now)

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 1h

I was trying to figure this out from the website--apparently this is "Prime Deals Day" which is basically Amazon "cutting prices" on a random assortment of stuff they need to unload plus maybe some loss-leaders that folks might spring for early as holiday gifts. Basically a President's Day sale.

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 2h

I signed that one too! Thanks!

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 2h

Regarding UT Austin petitions about the compact, there's another petition with more signatures here: bsky.app/profile/texa...

Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 4d

Hey, there @texasexes.org! 🤠

Sign the petition below to protect UT and demand President Davis refuse to sign the Trump administration’s “compact” for higher education, an attack on UTAustin’s integrity and independence!

alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 2h

Also, be vocal about not donating to the school until the state of Texas protects academic freedom as it is constitutionally obligated to do: www.reddit.com/r/UTAustin/c...

From the UTAustin community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the UTAustin community

www.reddit.com

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 2h

UT-Austin alumni: Here's a letter you can sign expressing opposition to this destruction of our alma mater. www.change.org/p/alumni-urg...

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 20h

Every major city in Texas has a higher murder rate than Chicago

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 21h

Incredibly slimy and dishonest, but also... yes?

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ncperiodista.bsky.social @ncperiodista.bsky.social · 21h

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 19h

"At the War Department first and foremost we must restore a ruthless, dispassionate and common sense application of standards," Pete Hegseth said last week

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 19h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 19h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 17h

The "antifa army" that Noem stared down 😂😂😂

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h

What's it like living in Chicago today? This image gives us a strong sense of the fear that Chicagoans fear from Trump's secret police.

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 1d

One guest, a retired major general, was asked about Hegseth's dismissal of the rules of engagement. He answered: "The words the president and secretary of defense are those of potential war criminals."

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

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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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 23h

He really is just going to throw bodies out the window until he either gets what he wants, or someone storms the bank with smoke grenades.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump, answering reporters' questions in the Oval Office, says he'll announce in four or five days how many federal workers will be fired amid the government shutdown but "it'll be substantial and a lot of those jobs will never come back."

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Oh SHIT. Two birds with one stone and neither were for immigration. It was to hassle black folk and make a sizzle real about it and to help Wells Fargo out.

Fucking crazy shit.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

PADILLA: Do you believe govt officials are obligated to follow court orders whether they agree with them or not, yes or no?

BONDI: I wish you loved your state of California as much as you hate President Trump

PADILLA: I asked a simple yes or no question

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 1d

I think people who respond to these products have little or no experience with creative activity, so they are at least willing to try it. People still buy paint-by-number sets! At heart it's about how we stopped funding art education in public schools.

Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 1d

"The logic is straightforward: a modern state cannot function if its bureaucracy operates like John Gotti’s crime family."

Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 1d

This piece by @beaubaumann.bsky.social is really good and focusing on all the right questions. lpeproject.org/blog/rebuild...

Rebuilding State Authority In A Post-Trump America

In the ruins of the administrative state after Trump, many on the left see an opportunity to design a New Deal-type reconstruction agenda. But building state capacity requires a government that is…

lpeproject.org

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah. That one's in the queue with Judy's Xmas special. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDsx...

The Judy Garland Christmas Show (1963) #judygarland

YouTube video by Judy Garland Forever

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe they wiped all the apps on his phone, re-installed them, and are now Truman Showing him. They could let him interact with an entirely fictional social media ecosystem while someone else runs his real accounts.

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 1d

The man is obsessed with ratings, we will know how much actual news he is getting exposed to based on if he has a meltdown over Kimmel’s ratings or not.

Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure he'll take this normally.

Jimmy Kimmel more popular than Trump after show suspension, poll finds

Economist and YouGov poll finds president had a 16-point deficit in terms of popularity compared with late-night host

www.theguardian.com

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 1d

They say they got a three-year research grant and I can't disturb their data collection.

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