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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 44m

David Brooks is possibly the last human on earth I’d take advice about “building mass pro-democracy activist movements” from

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 2h

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

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

started / going

DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

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chemo GFM help! 🙏 (Jules) @juleshghn.bsky.social · 1h

I know how tough things are for people right now. Ambulance came after surgery (no coverage I will be covering the #Mariners #BlueJays game. I just hope my Canadian friends don’t.. do the things they typically do which is just completely ignore. I don’t think I’ve ever conveyed urgency like this

Donate to Help me get through a rough patch, organized by J H

2024 broke me. I spent the year in medical hell, only to return to the collapse of design re… J H needs your support for Help me get through a rough patch

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@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 1h

LA rules man lol imagine nomming on this while watching based ball?

MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · 1h

The Dodgers are selling a Chicken Yakisoba Noodles bowl for the NLCS 👀

It's made with grilled chicken and yakisoba noodles, tossed in yakisoba sauce and topped with scallions

Who's grabbing this at a game this series?

A bowl of noodles sitting on a wall at Dodger Stadium. The bowl and wall are blue. A chopstick is in the bowl of noodles.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 1h

Every time you see Mike Davis do Mike Davis things, think about Gorsuch reportedly helping land Davis a job at DOJ, then choosing him as a clerk when he was on the 10th Circuit, then choosing him as a clerk when he was on the Supreme Court.

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 1h

from the author of

Why the Protests Help Trump
The excesses of social protest movements can play into the hands of candidates who promise to restore order.
May 2, 2024

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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 1h

At least one Colombian ship has been struck by US Military amid escalations in the Caribbean.

Donald Trump’s Venezuela Military Strikes Hit a Colombian Ship: Report

www.newsweek.com

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@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 1h

ugh

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 1h

More measles in South Carolina as US nears 1,600 confirmed cases

South Carolina officials said all new case-patients were in quarantine before they contracted the disease.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 2h

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2h

miss rachel is the GOAT white lady

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2h

Joking in your Young Republican group chat about the mass murder of 6 million people who'd been scapegoated for decades as morally degenerate ethnic/religious outsiders is just locker room talk. Speaking lightly of the murder of Charlie Kirk to your 400 friends on Facebook is a fireable offense.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2h

14-year-olds in DC: They need to be tried as adults!

30-year-olds praising Hitler while trying to make policy: Just a bunch of kids making edgy jokes. Give em a break!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

My message to President Trump.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2h

WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalists begin leaving Pentagon after refusing to sign Trump administration agreements on rules of access.

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@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 2h

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Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin "What A Week, Huh" meme except she says "What a Day, Huh?" and he says "Lemon, It's 4:25PM"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

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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@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 2h

spend your money and time on independent outlets and journalists

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 2h

yeah that's a good clarification, I'm definitely not naive to the risks but my wife is definitely more of a "worst care scenario" planner than me, admittedly

also how dare you

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@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 2h

can't let discount Goebbels drone on about skull shapes

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 2h

I try not to doom but it's hard to imagine that 2026 won't have, at the very least, a massive ICE presence at polling places and a ton of disenfranchisement.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3h

Once again, I ask - without trying to being overly alarmist - what anyone has seen since January to make them believe the 2026/28 elections will be free, fair, & democratic by any meaningful definitions of the words.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 3h

Oopsie!

@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 2h

and none of these outlets can bring themselves to call the modern conservative movement "racist"

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2h

Quite a day.

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 4h

SCOOP: Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com/2025/10/15/t...

Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com

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@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 3h

jesus fucking christ

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 3h

BREAKING: We just secured a big win with our co-counsel on behalf of civil servants.

This court order proves what we've long known — President Trump and Russ Vought attempting to fire federal workers during the shutdown is illegal.

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 3h

People who abuse their power in one way abuse it in every way. Cuomo and Trump are such men.

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 8h

Lindsey Boylan was the first of about a dozen women to accuse Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment and is now supporting Zohram Mamdani for mayor of New York City.

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