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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 15h

There’s a difference between saying that someone is a horrible person and unfit for leadership and saying that we should do a violence upon them.

I’m not a fan of the death penalty, whether state-sanctioned or (especially) otherwise. Commenters who do not respect that will be reported and blocked.

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 15h

How about we push HARD for free and fair and INFORMED elections… and not advocate for assassinating public figures on social media?

Some people may take your comment seriously and actually try to do that. I encourage you to please delete it.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 17h

If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face “decades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says.

These Dallas Residents Are on the Front Lines of Trump’s War Against “Antifa”

If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face “decades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says.

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 17h

I keep saying: we can NOT let Newsom survive the ‘28 primary.

One need look no further than what he’s doing to unhoused people in his own state to see his plan for federal support systems that Trump’s already gutting.

He’s building support NOW, and we need to be calling him out for what he is NOW.

David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 19h

An understated reason figures like Newsom are so dangerous is because what really advances the most violently reactionary parts of the American state aren't just the openly far-right rulers, it's their successors entrenching what they did. Newsom types aren't an end to fascism but its completion. 🧵

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

“…Flock’s default agreement with police departments gives the company the right to share data with federal and local agencies for ‘investigative purposes’ even if a local department chooses to restrict data to its own officers.”

Flock Can Share Driver-Surveillance Data Even When Police Departments Opt Out, And Other Flock Developments | ACLU

The company’s default agreement with police departments grants the company license to share people’s license plate data

www.aclu.org

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 2d

I’d be ok if it was to deliver food and medical aid to other nations as long as it’s to people with less access than those whose taxes are going into the pool.

But we got rid of those programs and this money is going to bail out a South American dictator and to give arms to Israel, soooo…

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 4d

Good!

(Also I’m deeeefinitely not hoping that this sets a precedent for our territories to sue to avoid taxes or get representation).

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Mike Johnson won't swear in Adelita Grijalva. So we're suing.

Arizona's attorney general explains how Johnson is using the newly elected Democrat as a pawn in his shutdown fight, and keeping the Epstein files secret.

www.msnbc.com

chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 5d

Gods I hope this isn’t true.

But if Sanders also thinks a big tent movement means including people who are trying to light the tent on fire, I’m down to kick him out too.

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 6d

Now they’re using AI to generate photos of him at his desk. Is he never at his desk to just get a real photo?

At least this one shows him *out* of the White House. :)

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 6d

I feel a little bit better about my workday now.

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 6d

If Obama or Biden or Clinton had demolished a significant part of the White House to build a privately funded edition that they commissioned and approved without public input they would have been summarily impeached.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 6d

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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Scott Frerichs @kaiserneko.bsky.social · 7d

It doesn't matter how despicable a person is, mocking their innate physical appearance is always wrong.

Not because it's cruel to them, but because it perpetuates the harmful idea that innate physical appearance has anything to do with one's character / beliefs / actions.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 10d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 11d

Congrats! Hope it goes well for you!

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 11d

Funny, that’s what I was taught in civics class too.

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 11d

I’m shocked that they even bothered to pretend to condemn it instead of defending it as “free speech”, people “being sensitive” and “overreacting”, or “owning the libs.” 🙄

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 13d

“Safety Zone” AT the ICE facility.

Sounds like they just want all dissidents to show up to one easy location for them.

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 13d

1) Good for (some) TSA! This time.
2) Reminder: republicans control all three branches of the federal government and do not need democrats for anything, unless they’re pushing something that even their own members do not all agree on.

www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...

Airports say they won’t air Kristi Noem shutdown video at TSA checkpoints

Travelers in Cleveland, L.A., Phoenix, Seattle and other cities will not see the footage, which blames congressional Democrats for shutdown-related flight delays.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 13d

The only reason Columbus Day even exists in the first place is because people were horrible to immigrants, and now the only people who want to celebrate it are people who are horrible to immigrants.

www.wonkette.com/p/the-incred...

The Incredible Irony Of MAGA's Columbus Day Obsession

It literally only exists because people were horrible to immigrants.

www.wonkette.com

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 13d

Or if you want the number on a whistle, use a label printer so you can peel it off in a hurry if needed.

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 13d

Not to rain on your parade, but this if a bad idea.
The more ICE-specific the device is, the more easy it is for them to link you to it. Remember that using these leaves DNA evidence.

Buy a generic whistle at a store. Store the number in your (slightly more secure) phone.

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daniel s. @self.agency · 16d

help me reach my goal of raising $1,000 for the gaza soup kitchen

High Holidays 5786 Tzedakah Campaign

Let’s keep Gaza Soup Kitchen running through the High Holidays

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 14d

Rosie the Ribbiter

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 15d

One year of college. Good enough!

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 17d

This needs more publicity!
I was just listening to a podcast that talked about it yesterday.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17d

Why is the US House speaker refusing to seat an elected Democrat? | Moira Donegan

Adelita Grijalva won a landslide election for her Arizona seat. But Mike Johnson is defying the will of the voters

www.theguardian.com

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chibidino.bsky.social @chibidino.bsky.social · 18d

To be clear. This is the lady who brought us the Jewish space laser conspiracy. She is NOT suddenly going to be an ally of science, human empathy, or rational thinking.

She’s just abandoning one conspiracy victim complex group and will quickly find another, but we can enjoy the fireworks for now.

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