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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Joe Cooper 🇺🇦 @swelljoe.bsky.social · 2h

Well, she couldn't run very fast, being 120 years old and all.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 12h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 13h

One of the reasons they're having trouble concocting a Left Wing Terrorism epidemic is basically nobody in this country has ever met a left wing person. You might as well say we're being invaded by the smurfs

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

It’s so funny that we finally got confirmation it was an accident and even funnier that we didn’t know for sure because he tweets such crazy, criminal shit all the time

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 11h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Joe Cooper 🇺🇦 @swelljoe.bsky.social · 7h

Deep Sea Diver. youtu.be/ocrJUAI85LA?...

Deep Sea Diver - Shovel (Official Video)

YouTube video by Deep Sea Diver

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ReproMemes @repromemes.bsky.social · Feb 12

Tweety Bird is standing facing the viewer and smiling saying “YEP GOD DID IT AGAIN, HE SENT ME TO SUPPORT MY LOCAL ABORTION PROVIDER - AMEN! THANK YOU JESUS!”

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 15h

A national political party could just send a bunch of electeds to Portland for a weekend to look around, with cameras following them. I mean, national news outlets could also do this, but OK.

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 22h

Welcome to the capitalist innovation museum we got

- scam machine
- psychosis inducing machine
- weapons of mass destruction
- button you push that makes the planet hotter
- markets that intentionally starve people
- clothes that fall apart after washing them 1 time
- medicine you can’t afford

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 12h

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 17h

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

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.

apnews.com

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 1d

Virginia is the last line of defense for reproductive rights in the South — and women in Virginia deserve to know that it will stay that way.

My position is clear: as Governor, I will always protect reproductive freedom in Virginia.

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macci @maccic.bsky.social · 1d

Pruhs conceded. www.newsminer.com/news/local_n...

Mayor David Pruhs concedes mayoral race to Mindy O'Neall

City of Fairbanks Mayor David Pruhs conceded the mayoral race to candidate Mindy O'Neall Tuesday night during a watch party at Bobby's Downtown Restaurant.

www.newsminer.com

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Joe Cooper 🇺🇦 @swelljoe.bsky.social · 1d

They almost had me with the public benefit corporation bit. Good gag, I guess we all fell for it.

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 1d

Columbus City Schools may have to stop bussing high school students entirely because Ohio law requires public school districts to prioritize bussing for charter and private school students - and the state is already fining Columbus more than $10 million/year for not complying enough

Honesty for Ohio Education @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social · 1d

Columbus City Schools Board of Education has voted to remove a requirement that the district provide busing for high schoolers as a potential cost-saving move amid district financial challenges.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...

Columbus Schools board votes to remove requirement to bus high schoolers

Columbus City Schools voted to remove a requirement that the district provide busing for high schoolers as a potential cost-saving move.

www.dispatch.com

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Christina Holland @mortalwombat.info · 2d

Ok hot take time:

Clippy has a soul so you can't be mean to him

LLMs do not have a soul and it's ok to be mean to them

Image gen models have a soul but it's the soul of a serial killer so you should put them in jail but you can't do torture

Windows 95 installation wizard also has a soul

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Joe Cooper 🇺🇦 @swelljoe.bsky.social · 1d

It's a pretty good bikini.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 1d

I begged @spiegel.de to translate Jörg Schindler's excellent reporting on America's fall into theocracy and they did. As I keep saying, German journalists are doing a better job covering America's fall than American journalists. 1/
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Trump's Crusaders: Christian Nationalists Are Gaining a Solid Foothold in Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump has opened the doors of power to far-right Christian nationalists. Their goal: an American theocracy. The separation of church and state in America is at risk.

www.spiegel.de

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Joe Cooper 🇺🇦 @swelljoe.bsky.social · 1d

"Nothing At All" (as I understand it, this new record is pretty horned up)

Joe Cooper 🇺🇦 @swelljoe.bsky.social · 1d

A series of photos of pit bull dogs and seals in similar poses and with similar facial expressions. At first glance, it's a little difficult to tell which is which.

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Joe Cooper 🇺🇦 @swelljoe.bsky.social · 1d

The midwest is too powerful.

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 2d

lots of people know Łink from what he did to promote alt text usage here. this tip about pretending you’re describing an image over the phone has been burned in my brain since i saw it

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It's pretty cool you're using that alt text accessibility feature. It's not cool that you're not really describing the image though. Nice and simple is a good start. Descriptive and accurate is the way to go. You'll get the hang of it. Try pretending you're describing the picture over the phone.

July 1, 2023 at 10:33 PM Everybody can reply

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