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Will Bunnett @willbunnett.bsky.social · 3h

Perfect execution on the idea of turning away from "defund" — while turning toward funding non-police intervention in mental health calls and *framing it as something to help out the police.*

This guy has political skill lightyears beyond the Chesa Boudins and Pamela Prices of the world.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 4h

Interesting dynamic in NYC where Zohran Mamdani is blunting opposition from patrol officers by taking their poor job conditions seriously. Bob Kuttner has this one:
prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

Mamdani Courts the Cops

He is doing a lot better than you might think.

prospect.org

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2h

The question isn’t whether ICE has become secret police or its functioning legally within very bad law. Very bad law made it possible for form secret police.

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Valkyrie Thunderbitch @valkyrieladyk.bsky.social · 2h

This.

I was violently abused and bullied throughout childhood, by kids and adults, and the only reason it stopped was because I eventually made them all physically afraid of me.

Nothing. Else. Works.

Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 2h

“Violence isn’t the answer” = let them do violence against you without fighting back which makes some kind of a statement about how much better you are as a person

No.

Scare them back until they fucking stop.

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 2h

“Violence isn’t the answer” = let them do violence against you without fighting back which makes some kind of a statement about how much better you are as a person

No.

Scare them back until they fucking stop.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 2h

I mean at this point I am counting days until ICE shoots someone in broad daylight and we get all of the stories and things from people who will claim this is unprecedented

and it be on teh anniversary of a racialized mass shooting

that "doesn't count" because white journalists aren't centered

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 2h

Europe has witnessed an unprecedented wave of solidarity with Gaza, as 45,000 protests were held across 793 cities, calling for an end to Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave.

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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · 8h

MAGA lawmakers regularly share its content. Elon called it "one of the best accounts on X." It's run by a Macedonian who has never set foot in America — and who illegally donated to a U.S. congressional campaign.

Great stuff from @jsweetli.bsky.social:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

www.rollingstone.com

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Beth Howard @june-6-bug.bsky.social · 3h

I suspect even some MAGAs are becoming sceptical. Some of my super conservative relatives were in Portland this weekend, and they actually went to Powell's, walked around and ate Thai food. I didn't hear a single complaint about the city that's supposedly overrun with pyromaniac antifa gangs.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2h

this is the thing, a lot of people visit portland, and they’re not all hyper progressives, people can see this shit with their own eyes and know they’re being lied to, that wasn’t the case in 2020 when everyone was stuck at home

Beth Howard @june-6-bug.bsky.social · 3h

I suspect even some MAGAs are becoming sceptical. Some of my super conservative relatives were in Portland this weekend, and they actually went to Powell's, walked around and ate Thai food. I didn't hear a single complaint about the city that's supposedly overrun with pyromaniac antifa gangs.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 2h

No wealthy person has ever sat on death row in the United States.

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Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social · 4h

I 100% now think that Scoiattolo follows Heritage and got upset that someone else get called out for it.

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Boo Jank @billjank.bsky.social · 4h

Trans rights are human rights
Migrant rights are human rights
African-American rights are human rights

Human rights are human rights, and as soon as you give up on any group, you’ve made the rights of any group subject to negotiation and removal.

✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 8h

If you are willing to throw away entire groups of people to protect your insular strategy that will only protect you instead of protecting everyone then I don’t want your leaders and I sure as hell don’t want to be associated with you.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 10h

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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Brendan Davey @brendandavey.bsky.social · 3h

Last week, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social joined Starbucks workers that had unionized and are fighting hard for a fair contract.

Meanwhile, Cuomo, claiming that he is finally becoming more "visible," didn't even show up today to the boarded up Starbucks in Harlem his campaign said he would be at 1/

"Wednesday Visibility in Harlem" Announcement claiming Cuomo's campaign would be present "outside the Starbucks at 284 St. Nicholas Avenue."

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3h

It's absolutely off the wall that they let these far right influencers into the press pool to push these absolutely unconstitutional and authoritarian ideas posing as questions. This is what they do nearly every press conference with Trump now.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 3h

Banging the sign with a metal spoon

Tyler King ® @tyleraking.com
Bluesky Elder
And while GOP wants to blame Dems for military not getting paid during shutdown
-GOP leaders could have brought a bill to the floor any time they wanted—A LOT of the furloughed fed employees they don't want to give backpay are ALSO
National Guard and Reserve soldiers.
October 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM

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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 1d

DOJ head Pam Bondi refuses to answer if the FBI found photos of Donald Trump with "half-naked young women"( trafficked children and adult victims ) during its #Epstein investigation. She proceeds to try to deflect from the question, when asked again she remains silent. #OpDeathEaters

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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 1d

US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a close Trump collaborator, is being called out by US lawmakers for keeping Congress in recess amid the 2025 government shutdown, an apparent move to stall a long-anticipated vote on releasing the Jeffrey #Epstein files. #OpDeathEaters

Speaker Mike Johnson is pictured alongside Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — all of whom have been named or referenced in connections to the Jeffrey Epstein network in public records or reporting.

Donald Trump Jr. is also present, long known to have maintained public ties and online interactions with Andrew Tate, a self-described influencer facing human-trafficking charges.

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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 3h

US Rep. Eric Swalwell ( @ericswalwell.bsky.social ) predicts that dozens of Republicans may support legislation requiring the Department of Justice to release the #Epstein files.

“It’s coming to an end guys." "It’s just a matter of time," #OpDeathEaters

thehill.com/homenews/hou...

headline: Swalwell: Republicans planning 'jail break' revolt over Epstein files.

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 3h

James Klüg- one of the participants- just insinuated that he was assaulted by “antifa” when in actuality he was hit by a right wing extremist named Aaron Simmons- who was prosecuted for his actions in Los Angeles. He knows it and acquiesced to it on Twitter at the time. Unreal.

It appears the man who assaulted me earlier was friends with the right wing organizer of the Wi Spa demonstration.

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JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 4h

Sam Alito thinks you can have standing to sue over any law that results in more votes for Democrats

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Valkyrie Thunderbitch @valkyrieladyk.bsky.social · 3h

My life is a constant medical hell, but I appreciate the sentiment.

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 3h

LAWSUIT UPDATE RE: NATIONAL GUARD IN PORTLAND: The Ninth Circuit just granted an administrative stay preserving the status quo: the Oregon National Guard remains federalized but the president cannot deploy them.

We'll share more updates as we have them.