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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 4m

Dire Straits, bebe

Money for Nothing

MM 🦋 @adgirlmm.bsky.social · 12m

Pop quiz: Name this video. (sound withheld)

Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 6m

Sally blocked me over criticism to her reposting without comment that bullshit George Will piece on Charlie Kirk

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 11m

it’s very jarring to run up against someone who has killed their capacity to feel shame. how do you even proceed? what can you actually say to a sally jenkins, a caitlin flanagan, that will get them to start acting like a person who knows that lying is bad

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 22m

ICE is the new Nazi dinner party that they’re choosing to stay at…

Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 23m

The inadvertent meta commentary of using AI to make ‘Trump’s wars are peace’ happen is kind of spot-on

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 28m

Trump just posted a screenshot of a tweet from the Prime Minister of Israel account, calling for him to get the Nobel Peace Prize.

It uses an AI image of Trump and Netanyahu, of course.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Prime Minister of Israel v
@IsraeliPM
Give @realDonaldTrump the Nobel Peace Prize - he deserves it!
G...
PEACE

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 1h

why though?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Sen. John Curtis: "I think we have to put a lot of trust in President Trump and his instincts."

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 1h

aren't they rushing to count their chickens before they hatch

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1h

And not just any reporter. Radley Balko's reporting has gotten an innocent man off death row. He's broken multiple major stories about huge scandals. He goes in-depth on the ground with tons of local sources. Dismissing his detailed debunking as Weiss did is something no serious journalist would do.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 4h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 4h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 4h

I love Winsome Earle-Sears doing these interviews...literal in-kind donations to Spanberger

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Winsome Earle-Sears: "The hospitals that are closing? They were closing long before the bill passed ... why should you have Medicaid when you're able-bodied?"

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 4h

This is Trump's America

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/shot-in-th...

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 4h

are things going well when I have to figure out if this is the *same* South Carolina island that had a mass shooting a few weeks ago?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 6h

fix in the "neutering a pet" sense

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 6h

new level of hell unlocked

"the biggest age group that needs the surgery in the country is from ages 15-19"

WTAF?

www.nbc26.com/sports/youth...

'The need for speed': Tommy John surgery has become most prevalent in youth baseball players

An injury that was once considered career ending for baseball pitchers has now become prevalent for MLB players and is now becoming an enormous problem at the youth level.

www.nbc26.com

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 6h

this is like "you look with your eyes not with your hands"

Trump's "opinions" are orders. Big difference. Big. Huge.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

WELKER: Is the DOJ acting on orders from the president to prosecute his political opponents?

JD VANCE: No ... You know who we haven't prosecuted? Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton ... he's allowed to have opinions about law enforcement

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 6h

the minute someone starts talking about an antichrist unironically or outside the confines of a fantasy miniseries, they should not be listened to anymore

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 16h

The thing about Dem voters is that they cared more about Trump
voters’ lives than Trump voters cared about their own lives

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 6h

"If they didn't make us mad, we wouldn't have had to hit them"

the DARVO administration

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 6h

ooohhhh so we're at the literal "don't believe the reporting" stage of dystopia

ARE YOU LISTENING, TRADMEDIA?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 6h

Like is that car in the back wrapped in plastic? the entire image is uncanny valley

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

Zoom in on any of the hands and you’ll see that it absolutely *is* AI.

Why are you doing this shit when there are so many legit photos and videos of ICE terrorizing communities?

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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social · 16h

The thing about Dem voters is that they cared more about Trump
voters’ lives than Trump voters cared about their own lives

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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