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Elliott Vanskike @twonnet.bsky.social · 1h

Elie Mystal on why the GOP needs the illusion of a Trump third term

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1h

Make a list of the most regressive, most impulsively reactionary, most aggressively backward-looking bullshit you can think of and be certain that the people who are controlling the US government are going for it.

They will not rest until everything that smells vaguely "progressive" is erased.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15h

BREAKING: Trump orders the Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992.

Trump orders Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons 'immediately'

The U.S. voluntarily halted nuclear explosive testing in 1992, though it has the ability to resume tests at a site in Nevada.

nbcnews.to

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Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social · 5h

cool cool cool cool cool

Screenshot of ProPublica story that reads “Newby declined multiple interview requests from ProPublica and even had a reporter escorted out of a judicial conference to avoid questions. He also did not answer detailed written questions. The court system’s communications director and media team did not respond to multiple requests for comment or detailed written questions.
When ProPublica emailed questions to Newby’s daughter, the North Carolina Republican Party’s communications director, Matt Mercer, responded, writing that ProPublica was waging a “jihad” against “NC Republicans,” which would “not be met with dignifying any comments whatsoever.”
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration and I’m sure they would be interested in this matter,” Mercer said in his email. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” “

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Anthony Verna @avernalaw.bsky.social · 4h

The first thing I thought of:

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5h

Do some of you remember how I said a few months ago that the fascists aren't having fun? They still aren't, lol.

Their parties [when they have them] SUCK.

They make bad art.

They aren't funny.

They CRAVE Leftist popular culture & resent the fact that they do.

They aren't actually having fun

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Jacob Rosenberg @jacobrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history. The leading cause of death? Covid-19.

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

How dangerous is it really to work for ICE?

According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.

www.motherjones.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)

Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness

www.nytimes.com

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Anthony Verna @avernalaw.bsky.social · 1d

His actions are meant to - and do - make the House and his position as Speaker a nullity.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Note: This is me — I asked this question.

You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?

MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos

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Anthony Verna @avernalaw.bsky.social · 1d

He makes the House useless and he makes his position useless. Effectively, a nullity.

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Anthony Verna @avernalaw.bsky.social · 1d

That is NOT a font I'd use for any court filing.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 1d

I lowkey feel like MAGA voters are taking our current state of affairs worse than the crowd who said that all of this was going to happen, they're just too proud to admit it and are doubling down as a reflexive reaction.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 1d

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says

The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade

www.independent.co.uk

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 1d

Justice Kavanaugh: "and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States."

Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 1d

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says

The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade

www.independent.co.uk

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Anthony Verna @avernalaw.bsky.social · 1d

What a dumbass. Should be impeached for that statement

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Tuberville on Trump's third term: "He might be able to go around the Constitution, but that's up to him."

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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of Americans would love to talk about kitchen table issues, unfortunately the kitchen table is being used to barricade the front door because ICE is trying to illegally enter private property to arrest and detain them.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Someone once joked that Calvin Coolidge aspired to be the *least* president the country had ever had, doing as little as humanly possible.

Mike Johnson has already become the least speaker we’ve ever had.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: What's your reaction to yesterday's purge of senior ICE officials? When is it time for Congress to do some oversight?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know any of the details of that yet. I just heard about that, literally I was walking in.

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Anthony Verna @avernalaw.bsky.social · 1d

Give yourself a treat

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Anthony Verna @avernalaw.bsky.social · 1d

Or anywhere outside of rural Indiana, for that fact.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. I have constantly written about this as to other branches — www.lawdork.com/p/trump-is-s... — and institutions — www.lawdork.com/p/law-firms-... — over this year. It's appalling. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-weak...

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2d

I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 2d

fixed that for you

CNBC headline: "Elon Musk’s AI-powered Wikipedia competitor goes live after a rocky launch". I've struck through "AI-powered" in red, and replaced it with "Wikipedia-powered"

Grokipedia attribution text: "The content is adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License."

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The Crisis Room Podcast @crisisroompod.bsky.social · 3d

“Whose side is Pakistan really on?”

@mpolymer1.bsky.social describes coming under rocket fire when he ran a US base on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and grappled with the challenges posed by Pakistan’s unclear alliances

Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧

#Pakistan #Afghanistan

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 2d

1. That's not how it works, buckaroo

2. If you're in D.C. then it's time to swear in Adelita Grijalva

3. Where are the Epstein files?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "Every executive action signed by the autopen without written authorization should be voided ... including all the pardons that he signed."

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says US revokes his visa reut.rs/4nsl8wC

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says US revokes his visa

Nigeria's Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday the United States had revoked his non-immigrant visa issued last year and he was told to re-apply if he wished to try again to visit the U.S.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

If the current administration ever ends, many people in (and around) it will need to be prosecuted. From influence peddling to flat-out murder, their crimes seem to accumulate each and every day.

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