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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 20h

"Zionism is un-Jewish" is cowardice of the sort I usually expect from Christians unwilling to interrogate their own traditions.

Zionism is inextricably tied with Judaism. That does not make it good or beyond criticism. Have the courage to accept this & assess Zionism accordingly.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 10h

The U.S. under the Biden and Trump administrations has provided at least $21.7 billion in military assistance to Israel since the start of the Gaza war, according to a study published on the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks that provoked the conflict.

US has given Israel at least $21.7B in military aid since war in Gaza began, report says

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if any journalists have bothered talking to landlords of people who've been abducted by ICE.

Like there are reddit posts of landlords openly planning on using ICE to evict their tenants for them, etc.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

KLOBUCHAR: Has the DOJ issued any subpoenas to journalists under the updated guidance?

BONDI: ...

KLOBUCHAR: You can respond

BONDI: ... ... I can't comment

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Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 10h

“Mind you this is the woman who worked hand and glove with Alex Acosta in 2008 to ignore Epstein’s 42 victims and give him a no-jail-time plea deal in Miami when she was AG of Florida”

beingliberal.substack.com/p/pam-bondis...

Pam Bondi’s Response to a Yes-or-No Question About Trump and Epstein Should Disturb Everyone

We'll ask the question once again -- what is Trump and the Justice Department hiding?

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Not In My Name 🔻 @writerware.bsky.social · 7h

Milei capers around on stage whilst the country falls to pieces. This is a perfect encapsulation of his role, a narcisistic fool who clowns around and holds peoples attention whilst the Argentine ruling class reduces the country back to the level of neo-colonial dependency last seen prior to 1914.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

It's a well-established global phenomenon: secret police organizations always recruit losers, mediocrities, people who can't succeed in a competitive environment, whether bureaucratic, academic or commercial. These are people who will follow orders and engage in depraved, violent conduct when asked.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

Ross Douthat has this just right. Adolf Hitler becomes Reichskanzler—1933; his thousand-year Reich reaches its end—1945. Twelve years.

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Not In My Name 🔻 @writerware.bsky.social · 7h

From the Fourth Reich 🇺🇸.

ICE is Gestapo USA

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 13h

Here’s video of the incident

Not In My Name 🔻 @writerware.bsky.social · 7h

I don't trust Amnesty International

Not In My Name 🔻 @writerware.bsky.social · 7h

I miss DDR

Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 1d

East Berlin, Unter den Linden, junction with Friedrichstrasse, 11 September 1959. I post photographs taken on my Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ.). #Berlin #DDR #GDR

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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 13h

Wrote about fresh signs of an AI bubble (and why the industry says the worries are mostly overblown) www.platformer.news/ai-bubble-20...

We have entered the "weird financial tricks" phase of the bubble. A reliable indicator of bubbles is that companies concoct bizarre financial instruments and accounting measures to paper over their problems. In Fortune, Allie Garfinkel reports that venture capitalists are irked at some of the creative accounting going on in their portfolios. Some startups are reporting one-time sales as "recurring revenue." Others technically show "recurring revenue" for what are essentially trials.

And that's on the tame side. For crazy, you can look to Robinhood's suggestion that it might offer "tokenized" equity in OpenAI. By "tokenized," Business Insider reports, Robinhood means "blockchain-enabled representations of securities like stocks." In reality, they have no connection to OpenAI equity whatsoever. But that doesn't mean that consumers shouldn't be able to gamble on the mirage!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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therealfinancecharg 🏳️‍🌈✊🏿🇺🇦🇻🇪🇨🇺 @financecharg.bsky.social · 1d

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14h

This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.

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Not In My Name 🔻 @writerware.bsky.social · 7h

Where did they find this moron woman, Pam Bondi?

Jay @pescado70.bsky.social · 15h

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Not In My Name 🔻 @writerware.bsky.social · 8h

Putin? 🤔

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21h

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 · 22h

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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Not In My Name 🔻 @writerware.bsky.social · 11h

In my old communist country we never had to register protest. Getting permission from the police defeats the purpose of protest.

proletariatreborn.bsky.social @proletariatreborn.bsky.social · 12h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi5r...

The whole point of protesting is to deliberately violate all unjust laws. Direct action. Especially violate the US law on having to register a protest. Why let the enemy know where to find us and on what dates. The state has declared war on everyone. Act accordingly

Not In My Name 🔻 @writerware.bsky.social · 11h

Action.

Not In My Name 🔻 @writerware.bsky.social · 11h

Pete Hegseth is mentally unstable

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 13h

Tomorrow the Epstein survivors will storm Capitol Hill to demand release of the files. I hope new Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is sworn in at their press conference by another judge or official who is authorized to do so (doesn’t have to be the Speaker).

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 11h

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley said, “Trump’s troops are deliberately attacking peaceful protesters to incite violence. The goal is to generate riots to justify the expansion of authoritarian measures and to strengthen the case for the troop deployments.”

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12h

One of the most detailed accounts of the Nacht- und Nebel style raid at a Lakeshore Drive apartment building to appear thus far. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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.

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