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Fuck fascism in all its forms. Pro abortion. Email compliance and privacy, anti spam. Chicago by way of the Bay Area (Go Cubs GO) Just trying not to make things worse. He/Him

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chuff @chuff.bsky.social · Sep 12

He "could be bigoted" and "wasn't afraid of people who disagreed with him."

Call me crazy, but I don't think the world needs more fearless bigots right now, or ever.

These are fearless bigots. Is the Boston Globe applauding them as well?

White nationalists at Charlotte's "Unite the Right" white power tiki torch yelling party in 2017.

White nationalists with home made white power shields with crosses; they're all pathetic loser men, and they're wearing white polos and khaki colored chinos like some really weak school boys.

Kyle Rittenhouse walking with an AR-15 before he shot and killed somebody in a state he didn't live in, because he's a racist piece of shit.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 13m

And for once I don't think he's being disingenuous -- I think Mike Johnson really doesn't care if someone beats their wife or girlfriend.

Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 19m

'Moral bankruptcy': House Speaker dismisses claim GOP rep beat girlfriend as not 'serious' www.alternet.org/the-right-wi...

'Moral bankruptcy': House Speaker dismisses claim GOP rep beat girlfriend as not 'serious'

When asked for comment on the news that Florida Republican Congressman Cory Mills was ordered by a judge to stay away from his ex-girlfriend who accused Mills of assaulting her, Speaker of the House M...

www.alternet.org

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chuff @chuff.bsky.social · 11m

According to Mike Johnson, domestic abuse is not serious.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17m

Violence against intimate partners IS very serious

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 4d

Preorder now! $8 per screenprinted shirt is going to the ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights)

www.harebraineddesign.com

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 51m

They say “I love Hitler” is just a normal “boys will be boys” thing to say and then freak out when they’re called Nazis lol

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 1h

“Banter”

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 48m

Not only is it invented, it is ASININE.

We've had the Voting Rights Act for 60 years.

On top of 88 years of Jim Crow and 250 years of slavery.

If there is a time limit, it should 250 + 88.

I have such loathing for these justices.

Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 1h

Justice Kavanaugh in the Callais oral argument keeps alluding to some longstanding requirement of strict scrutiny that use of race have a time limit. This is invented.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1h

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

www.nytimes.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1h

broooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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chuff @chuff.bsky.social · 1h

A photo from the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, showing rioters fighting with Capitol police in the rotunda.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 2h

Oh lol I thought she was trying to flee there.

She is simply trying to do a little hate tour over there and Australia said no. She fought that no in court and lost and now has to pay the country’s legal fees to keep her out lmao. 🤡

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 3h

Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens has lost her bid to enter Australia after the country’s highest court backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community.

Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia

The country’s highest court backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community.

nbcnews.to

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chuff @chuff.bsky.social · 2h

Are we great again yet?

Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 2h

Federal workers are scrambling to figure out if they've been fired because many don't have work email access during the shutdown. The Trump administration hasn't communicated with unions on the scope of the firings as unions have filed a lawsuit to block them

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Panic as US federal workers scramble to find out if they’ve been fired: ‘I don’t have email access’

Education department staff say they can’t access work emails amid the shutdown to check for layoff notices

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

I realize the Trump regime is one big grift, but it’s still outrageous that Trump announces major federal actions as “scoops” on a social media platform that he owns, thereby increasing the value of his property.
This would be unthinkable in a legitimate presidency.

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chuff @chuff.bsky.social · 3h

They'll just call it something else to distance themselves from yelling about inflation under Biden. My vote is for "Price+."

Chris Mohney @chrismohney.bsky.social · 3h

guarantee that sooner rather than later this take will naturally evolve into "inflation is the sign of a healthy economy actually"

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h

BESSENT: ONE TIME PRICE ADJUSTMENT FROM TARIFFS IS NOT INFLATIONARY

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Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 4h

“I think the federal basic income program could be a nation-building program.”

We've seen study after study showing universal basic income works -- cheaper, more effective than current income programs. Doesn't disincentivize people from working. Reduces crime. Improves health. UBI now.

Ireland is locking down basic income for artists. Could Canada follow suit? | CBC Radio

Ireland has made permanent its three-year pilot program that gave monthly income payments to thousands of artists. Canadian artists are hoping to use that program's success to build momentum for guara...

www.cbc.ca

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 3h

In blue states like Illinois, anti-choice obgyns like this should have their licenses revoked

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10h

“Please someone listen to me, I don’t want to die”

These are the words of a woman named Harmonie who had an ectopic pregnancy

Her obgyn refused to help, citing a
1% chance the fetus could survive

She lives in a blue state & still couldn’t access the life saving care she needed

Illinois Woman Denied Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy

10.14.25

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 3h

A defining feature of this admin is attacking as antisemitic everything they don’t like while constantly engaging in rank antisemitism.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21h

when you tie a tie, try to put in a dimple, like so

a black and white photo of a man in a pinstripe worsted suit, white shirt, and textured necktie. the tie has a nice dimple under the knot.

a photo of donald trump upside down. there is also a nice dimple on his red tie

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 14h

Incredible scenes.

Thompson, 43, said federal agents had just exited the fortified facility and appeared to be chasing a protester when the protester and officer collided with band members, most of whom were wearing banana costumes.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 8h

my taxes are paying for this, unreal

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 4h

Republicans: We’re not Nazis.

Also Republicans: I love Hitler.

www.thedailybeast.com/appallingly-...

Appallingly Racist GOP Group Chat With 251 Slurs Is Leaked

One Republican operative reportedly wrote, “I love Hitler,” and referred to Black Americans as “the watermelon people.”

www.thedailybeast.com

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 4h

Remember how under Biden the press said this was the biggest issue ever but how now under Trump it’s barely mentioned? Yeah.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

A grocery store clerk in Chicago says shoppers see prices “and say, ‘What the f—? .. It happens all the time.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 20h

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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limousine-liberal.bsky.social @limousine-liberal.bsky.social · 17h

FAPGPT

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17h

If your first thought as a reporter when racing to the scene where an invading fed paramilitary of murderous freaks are blanketing yet another neighborhood in chemical weapons after kidnapping people is to count how many objects are thrown at them, just quit. Just quit

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