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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1h

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 7h

Word

Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 23h

Gotta say--dressing up in costumes is the kind of creatively brilliant resistance we all need. It brings joy and humor to things while vividly painting the authoritarian as foolish and absurd. Hats off Portlanders! @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org I think this counts as the sprite of mischief.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 10h

The Atlantic—one of the most prolific corporate media outlets in America—attacked me, my values, & my advocacy. And they got most everything wrong.

Here is my rebuttal. I doubt they’ll issue a retraction, but my receipts are undeniable. Please share and boost.❤️✊🏽
www.qasimrashid.com/p/journalism...

Journalism Without Justice: Jonathan Chait & the Collapse of Media Integrity

From Iraq to Trump to Gaza, America’s pundit class has perfected the art of being wrong and profiting from it. It’s long past time we hold them accountable.

www.qasimrashid.com

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Zehnra @zehnra.com · 8h

Random thought: Lords of the Realm II has one of the best soundtracks of all time, and nobody will ever convince me otherwise.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 12h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 11h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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brendanamartin.bsky.social @brendanamartin.bsky.social · 15h

Good reporting.

The diversion of the FBI towards terrorizing our immigrant neighbors neatly dovetails with the regime’s goal of committing and abetting crimes like foreign espionage, trafficking, and money laundering…\1

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A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 10h

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Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 17h

Ran into Speaker Johnson and told him exactly how I feel about Republicans shutting down the government to protect pedophiles and jack up health care costs for 24 million Americans.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 11h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 10h

I wrote legal editorials for the Post for a hot minute many years ago, and I was constantly anxious about making sure I got the details right. This editorial is just humiliating for everyone involved

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11h

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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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 10h

I have a friend who owns a restaurant. He says tourism and travel to DC in recent months has devastated many restaurants in DC. So, yes, Trump is lying. Again.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "You can go and eat at the restaurants. The restaurants are booming. They were closing one after another and now they're booming, they're opening. Nobody has ever seen a transformation like they have in Washington DC. It's as hot as it can get."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

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 · 12h

“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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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 9h

Their conversations with the Trump Administration seem to have been quite explicit on the plan. Pass a federal voter ID law that vote by mail states like OR and WA can't possibly comply with before 2026. Then have the GOP controlled Senate and House simply refuse to seat the people who won.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 9h

You can hear them talk about this around minute 24 of this podcast. For context, Republicans have long hoped to end vote by mail in Oregon because they (wrongly) think it's conducive to voter fraud. These two know that voters will never get rid of it, so....
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Ep. 18: September to Remember

Podcast Episode · Kerry McQuisten's Common Sense Sanctuary · 10/07/2025 · 44m

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 9h

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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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · 12h

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 15h

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 12h

As an antifa elder, this is nonsense

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 15h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Zehnra @zehnra.com · 11h

Y'all, if you've never played Terraria, go buy it and play it now.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ to Redigit, Cenx, and the entire Terraria team.

Redigit🌳 @redigit.bsky.social · 12h

We’re the featured article on the Wikipedia today!

Mom’s gonna be so proud 🥲

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 12h

WTF??? First of all, Antifa as an organization, doesn't exist. Second of all, I'm assuming that that IF Antifa did exist, it would be made up of American members. So, is this Noem's way of admitting that they are arresting citizens of this country?

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 15h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 12h

is this real life?

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 12h

The biggest reason I can't take this opinion seriously is because I can guarantee that Mr. Nichols has not written about the dehumanizing language toward trans people all year by Republican politicians. To me, that is far more profane than VP Harris or Mr. Schumer uttering the word "fuck" publicly.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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Kenn Pike @thutigger.bsky.social · 1d

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 13h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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