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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2h

4 months apart

Official ICE government account
June 6, 2025:
"To call us 'Nazis' - to compare us to one of the worst groups in history - is disgusting and just outright wrong.
"What the men and women of ICE are doing in Massachusetts and all over this country is making communities safer."
—ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 5m

convincing yourself more harm is done by bad protesting than by no protesting at all is the insidious refuge of ultraliberal shut-ins

Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 11h

Every single person who actually shows up to a protest is contributing more than all the online protest critiquers combined

BillThePony @billthepony.bsky.social · 11h

"who he right attacks, we defend"

How hard is this??? Its a very simply rule!

If the right is attacking, we are defending.

Anyway, i will be there are Saturday in my portland frog costume

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 5m

This is why in person multilayer games are superior to online multilayer. Like if you said shit about another player you'd get hit. Hard.

And then you'd learn not to say that shit again real fast.

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 3h

The evolution of InfantryDork continues to play out in the most predictable of ways… @mikeblack114.bsky.social @sharonk.bsky.social

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 10m

Is there evidence of that? Official acknowledgement from Bsky?

The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 17m

They'll lie in public, but don't feel comfortable yet lying in court.

Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 1h

DHS claims a “high-ranking Latin Kings member” from Chicago, solicited the murder of top Border Patrol chief.

But at his indictment, there was no mention of gang ties. His lawyers & family say DHS’s narrative of Juan Espinoza Martinez, is false.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/c...

Chicago man indicted for allegedly soliciting killing of Gregory Bovino, but without contention of gang involvement

A Chicago man has been indicted on charges he solicited the murder of U.S. Border Patrol field boss Gregory Bovino, but the bare-bones document makes no mention of previous allegations that he is a…

www.chicagotribune.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 32m

⚠️ ALERT: YouTube is currently experiencing a global service outage. As a result, you may encounter issues watching our videos, including live streams, on the platform.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 26m

Days since DHS last lied: 0

Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 1h

DHS claims a “high-ranking Latin Kings member” from Chicago, solicited the murder of top Border Patrol chief.

But at his indictment, there was no mention of gang ties. His lawyers & family say DHS’s narrative of Juan Espinoza Martinez, is false.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/c...

Chicago man indicted for allegedly soliciting killing of Gregory Bovino, but without contention of gang involvement

A Chicago man has been indicted on charges he solicited the murder of U.S. Border Patrol field boss Gregory Bovino, but the bare-bones document makes no mention of previous allegations that he is a…

www.chicagotribune.com

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 1h

Remember, brown 13-year-olds are hardened menaces to society, but 30-something Republican Hitler afficionados in positions of power are just li’l guys.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 24m

Wait is there a surge of Twitter refugees? I've seen a couple people mention it but I guess I don't see any real evidence of it.

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Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 1h

No Kings means no fucking kings

24"x36" "The Eagle and the Serpent" foam board poster, wideawakes.army

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

the extent to which media elites treat liberal americans as if they do not count in the body politic is a real problem

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 3h

I read the piece. You shouldn't. He dismisses the "No Kings" protests as liberals in blue cities. He invokes Rosa Parks, as if rural white people in the 60s loved everything that the movement then was doing. "We need a movement but not this one" is a core centrist tact these days.

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 4h

Is this a joke. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 1h

It's honestly funny as fuck that the US government is being run by podcasters so they also have Discord server drama

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2h

Oh they mad

Aidan @aidanxitter
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A friend of mine got blackmailed into leaking these chats. A total fucking coward and a useless piece of shit
One of the people in here, he attended his wedding with me and still sold him over to the devil
All over some useless YR beef
And then the GOP condemned them
Fuck these people
The GOP treated to fire my friend and vice chairman from his AG job because of tiktoks I posted about immigration
I wasn't allowed to talk about "replacement theory" or any mainline immigration stans They asked me to resign over Trump's gr card diploma mill comments

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1h

Chicagoans and tourists are flocking to the Loop in record numbers with arts, culture and dining as the main attractions, as the area recovers post-pandemic. Several new housing developments indicate the Loop is becoming more of a neighborhood.

Driven by arts and culture, pedestrian traffic in Downtown Chicago exceeds pre-pandemic levels, report finds

Chicagoans and tourists are flocking to the Loop in record numbers with arts, culture and dining as the main attractions, as the area recovers post-pandemic. Several new housing developments indicate the Loop is becoming more of a neighborhood.

trib.al

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 6h

Hey everyone! Go get your tickets now for Intelligent Speech Online! Yours truly will be one of the keynote speakers and I would love for you all to see the what if scenario I will be cooking up.

Intelligent Speech Online @intelligentspeech.bsky.social · 8h

We are extremely pleased to announce INTELLIGENT SPEECH ONLINE 2026! Join us on February 28th, 2026, for History's greatest Companions and Rivals!

Tickets are on sale now: intelligentspeechonline.com

Your ticket covers live attendance, as well as all sessions recorded to watch at your leisure.

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Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 3h

I don't like a lot of this genre, but Pride and Prejudice and Zombies did a great job of respecting its source material

The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 7h

Do you remember when people used to mash up classic works of literature with horror tropes? Well one of the best ones that I wanted to remind you all of this #AlternateHistoween was 2009's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith. 1/

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 7h

Do you remember when people used to mash up classic works of literature with horror tropes? Well one of the best ones that I wanted to remind you all of this #AlternateHistoween was 2009's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith. 1/

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 3h

excited to watch people lose their entire damn minds over this

👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 4h

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Dominic Michael Tripi &
@DMichaelTripi
X.com
NEW: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended, saying that the system does
"more harm than good."
10:27 AM • 10/15/25

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 5h

SCOTUS killing VRA would really be the culmination of a Second Redemption

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 5h

Increasingly we need candidates who'd be comfortable cutting a wrestling promo

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 5h

Even worse he's a Buckeye ultranationalist.

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 5h

I'm not exactly sure why I shouldn't call these guys Nazis if this is how they decorate their office space.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 5h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 5h

again, it’s an open secret in DC that basically all of the GOP staff class are unabashed (literal swastika flags in their cubicles!) Nazis

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 5h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 5h

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 5h

Just a few more billion dollars bro. We can make this libertarian utopia work I just need a few more billions.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 5h

Core to playing this down is pretending that "Young Republicans" aren't 40 years old with top positions in both the party and government. One's a state senator.

Nathan Bernard @nathantbernard.bsky.social · 6h

the "kids" were mostly 30+ years old and said they love hitler

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