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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 16m

If you’re going out there this weekend, folks, wrap yourself in the flag. It belongs to you far more than to Mike, and he can’t stand it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29m

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 37m

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 3h

There’s truth to both POVs here: Van Loh really does seem to care 99% only about JIA, 1% Cecil and 0% rest of system, but Howland suffers from Lenny Curry Disease: having a vaguely acceptable idea and then barreling forward in a straight line w/o worrying about silly things like the law or logic.

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 3h

I gotta hand it to him: trying to get the aviation authority to pay to make power lines in the general area of instrument approaches to three different airports *higher* is one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard #jaxpol jaxtrib.org/2025/10/15/m...

Money, aerospace drive turbulence between City Councilman and aviation CEO

A Jacksonville City Council member and the CEO of the city's four airports have butted heads for years over the aviation authority's spending and governing powers

jaxtrib.org

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 4h

This is the reason it is legitimately illegal to wear camo/fatigues in several countries unless you are Military Actual.

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 5h

It should be illegal for non-military to wear fatigues. These guys are not soldiers and we should not see them as soldiers and they should not see themselves as soldiers.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h

Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 17h

It's one thing to criticize and condemn statements that cross a line of hate or indecency - or even for people, on their own, to disassociate from that person. It's entirely another for the government to punish a person for that speech, however offensive it may be, in violation of the 1A.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 1d

this is extremely smart and should be the checkbox all future D candidates have to clear to be taken seriously

Ritchie Torres, the Bronx Democrat and frequent critic of progressives, said Mamdani is “a once-in-a-generation communicator” who has mastered what he called the “three threes”: A candidate in today’s day and age needs to be able to explain ideas in a 30-second vertical social media video, a three-minute television hit and a three-hour long-form podcast.

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 1d

Duval County and Jacksonville have exactly the school board they voted for. Voters have been given tests like “actual J6er vs. acclaimed mental health professional” & “Michelle Obama is a man Facebook shitposter vs accomplished EdTech PhD” and choose wrong consistently. jaxtoday.org/2025/10/13/f...

Free speech fight simmers at Duval School Board | Jacksonville Today

Board members are criticized over speech as they vote to settle with a teacher over his alleged free speech violation, and the district investigates more teachers for social media posts.

jaxtoday.org

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 1d

It’s the wild lack of humility and lack of curiosity masquerading as smirking contrarianism, slathered in self-aggrandizing ego, that really stood out as the common thread to me, both for her and the former NPR writer.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 1d

This is a sign of immense weakness. It’s like a mobster asking others if they’d be interested in a shakedown because their first targets didn’t cooperate.

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 1d

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 1d

Please let this happen lol

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Belichick at 6am: I'm dedicated to UNC I'm not going anywhere

Belichick at noon: Nashville is real close to here only a few minutes by plane Jordon

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 1d

Couldn’t happen in Jacksonville

JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 1d

Tennessee should’ve fired Callahan at the end of last season too iwbh, just to break their constant cycle of firing the GM but not the HC, then firing the HC but not the GM. That rarely ever works out

Casey Ayers @casey.app · 1d

Hate to see the Titans improve like this

NFL Fantasy News @nflfantasynews.bsky.social · 1d

@AdamSchefter tweeted
Titans fired HC Brian Callahan.

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 2d

Unless the answer is Delta, why is Sean Duffy talking about it?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Ryan Day @ryanday.bsky.social · 2d

Even playing us invites an absolutely improbably amount of risk due to exposure (CIN)

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 2d

Teams that lose to the Jacksonville Jaguars historically have one of two reactions:
1) Reflect and correct (CAR, KC)
2) Kill themselves (HOU, SF)

utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 2d

bro how the fuck are we stomping the lions but we fucking loss to the goddamn jaguars last week i hate this stupid fucking team so goddamn much

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 2d

The guy is almost as dead as the Tennessee Titans

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 2d

It can and that’s part of the problem to be honest (tired and banged up)

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Devin Lloyd, Gamewrecker @grimjag00.bsky.social · 2d

Seattle played mostly mistake-free football. That's how to beat this Jags team. Stay clean and we beat ourselves.

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 2d

Honestly just happy Trevor didn’t throw an int given the circumstances and how harassed he was all day. We need the starting center back badly. #Jaguars

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 2d

Not kicker yips in the Jason Myers revenge game 😩

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 3d

It was certainly not Joe Biden. I think over a long enough period, history will eventually determine the office was essentially in abeyance for the final two weeks of that term and replaced by an informal triumvirate, but that is deeply inconvenient to acknowledge given the current office occupant.

Casey Ayers @casey.app · 3d

There’s a different answer from 1/1-1/6 and 1/7-1/20 tbh

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Brent @jagman13.bsky.social · 3d

Happy GameDay!
#Jaguars
#Tealsky
#DUUUVAL

a man in a y3 jacket holds a football in his hand

ALT: a man in a y3 jacket holds a football in his hand

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Casey Ayers @casey.app · 3d

I like this idea because you can also point to shadow docket abuse as clear evidence the court is overworked as presently constructed and unable to keep up with its demands.

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