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cofax @cofax.bsky.social · 1h

... and you know they FLUSH them. So they are the reason we have sewer problems.

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 2h

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 5h

I’m involved with a couple abortion related causes and I’m just constantly shocked by all the amazing women whose husbands and adult children never join them at a single event.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 9h

"They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery."

Politico @politico.com · 11h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8h

This is not morally or legally different than lining up two dozen men and shooting them in the face.

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cofax @cofax.bsky.social · 13h

My old dog also howled at the ice cream truck

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

I need a montage of famous cops in movies and TV shows flashing their badges and announcing their names, followed by a stream of masked ICE guys refusing to give theirs.

a woman is getting out of a car with the nbc logo on the bottom

ALT: a woman is getting out of a car with the nbc logo on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

the broad public does not like chaos and disorder and everything you can do to emphasize that it is the federal government that is responsible for chaos and disorder is a point in your favor. it’s classic nonviolent confrontation!

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 14h

A huge landmark in journalism history seems to have come to pass a while ago: when @hcrichardson.bsky.social outstripped the Washington Post in online readership. An old world is dying, a new world is being born [Jeff Bezos is a monster].

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been sitting with this the last few hours. It’s really hitting me just how fucking depraved you have to be to respond to an inquiry about an abducted child with a screenshot of a post on elon musk’s hellsite smearing this kid who has no ability to defend himself. It’s unfathomable.

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cofax @cofax.bsky.social · 1d

well if they're using reconciliation funding there's no reason they couldn't fund the civilian positions -- but they won't. Because.

cofax @cofax.bsky.social · 1d

so, like "there is no such thing as a fish" -- any definition precludes some other form that you would think complies

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cofax @cofax.bsky.social · 1d

... will it include civilians? bcz there's probably a thousand or so "excepted" civilians.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

gene kelly is antifa

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Liz @lizbarr.bsky.social · 1d

Modern day The Americans AU where Stan and Philip are playing pickleball. And also Philip is like, "I'm working for Putin lol" and there's nothing Stan can do about it because he's been furloughed and also literally everyone in Washington at this point is working for Putin.

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Alt US Coast Guard @altcoast.altgov.info · 1d

There are no press releases during the shutdown, making it difficult to find this kind of news.
But the AK Air/Army National Guards, and the USCG, are conducting SAR operations. The flooding is in remote areas, and affecting primarily small villages, it appears.

taskandpurpose.com/news/alaska-...

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

You fucking just know that the federal personnel doing much of it already think they’re troops, they think they’re seal team 6

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cofax @cofax.bsky.social · 1d

Word! Nice article, of course you wrote the XF entry! And I'm glad to see some folks still remember Fringe fondly. I had my issues with it, but Anna Torv was spectacular.

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cofax @cofax.bsky.social · 1d

I find the Hoopla audiobook interface to be frustrating, but it's better than nothing.

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cofax @cofax.bsky.social · 1d

AND you're much less likely to lose them bcz you can just loop them around your neck when you're not listening

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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 1d

These unprofessional and easily threatened idiots are going to get people killed.

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

"The liberty and security of our fellow citizens is our great object, and not the prompt execution of the laws. Indecision, delay, blunders, nay villainous actions in the administration of government, are trifles compared to legalizing the full exertion of a tyrannical disposition."

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

a foundational belief of the modern right is that there is no such thing as organic disagreement with their policies, it’s all directed from the top down

they just can’t conceive that ordinary people find them horrifying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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