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The Cleric @thecleric.bsky.social · 39m

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 16m

I would WARN protestors of the risk so that they could make an informed decision.

And then I would PRAISE those who choose to do so anyway for their bravery and for what they are willing to sacrifice for freedom.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 39m

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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BlueVoter @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 4h

The Judiciary has drawn it's line in the sand.. #politics #fascism

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Wizzy Probs @wizzyprobs.bsky.social · 58m

Self humiliation is the official nazi kink.

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Antifa Princess™️🗿💖🌻⛵️✨ @tleighb.bsky.social · 2h

Bye bye coward. He's right about one thing..there will be payback. We were too nice after the Confederacy fell. We can't make that same mistake again.

Citing fear of Democratic ‘vengeance,’ Curtis Yarvin says he may flee the U.S.

The far-right blogger doesn’t think the Trump administration has done enough to dismantle democratic institutions.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1h

This is why Trump & Republicans went into the shutdown so confident. They banked on the Democratic Party’s weak reputation and assumed they would cave.

Well that’s not happening. Democrats are on the right side of the healthcare fight, and rank-and-file Dems want this battle because it’s worth it.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1h

Decimating the alert system for critical infrastructure so as to provide for more raids of Home Depot parking lots

Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 3h

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

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Wizzy Probs @wizzyprobs.bsky.social · 1h

Because giving a bully your lunch money has predictable consequences.

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Wizzy Probs @wizzyprobs.bsky.social · 1h

Andy Beyer, Sally Jenkins, and Thomas Boswell wrote for WaPo sports and they've been replaced by some dickbag stalking me to hand out a gift subscription. Great job Bezos.

Steven Godfrey @stevengodfrey.bsky.social · 2h

Wizzy you know want the gift sub

Wizzy Probs @wizzyprobs.bsky.social · 4h

Not gonna lie, as sad as it is that @washingtonpost.com has become a nazi rag, they didn't have to turn the sports section to shit too.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1h

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 · 2h

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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Wizzy Probs @wizzyprobs.bsky.social · 1h

This is the quality content we're here for!

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2h

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

Joey Mannarino in a dark brown tailored jacket. The low armhole is causing his jacket to lift.

Someone in an inflatable frog costume. The high armhole allows them to raise their arm without disturbing the rest of the garment

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5h

Solidarity!

RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 5h

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

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Wizzy Probs @wizzyprobs.bsky.social · 1h

Figures the guy who can't read has feels for WaPo. Lol.

Wizzy Probs @wizzyprobs.bsky.social · 1h

You must be so proud to work for the chuds who fired all the smart people. I mean, you couldn't be consistent with the pattern, right?

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Wizzy Probs @wizzyprobs.bsky.social · 3h

Well she and Ezra Klein are in the same space...

Wizzy Probs @wizzyprobs.bsky.social · 3h

Yes. That's a 911.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 3h

I can’t imagine ever getting used to this

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3h

Marjorie Taylor Greene just said the Republican Party is “getting destroyed” during this government shutdown as they refuse to protect health care.

“Everyone’s just getting destroyed... Republicans, you have no solutions... It is hurting so many people.”

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 6h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6h

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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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 3h

“Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters the right way”

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 6h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6h

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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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 10h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

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Wizzy Probs @wizzyprobs.bsky.social · 3h

It's racist to bring up Rhule's success at Temple being far more impressive than Franklin's well funded mediocrity at Pedo State

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