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“For Nazi persecution did not take its extreme forms at the very start; on the contrary, it progressed only insofar as it failed to meet with resistance.” - Tzvetan Todorov, “Facing the Extreme”

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gnrb64.bsky.social @gnrb64.bsky.social · Apr 5

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"Cultivating an impression of working-class relatability is key to #Poilievre’s political brand."

www.desmog.com/2025/03/25/p...

Poilievre Mapped: His Inner Circle of Lobbyists and Right-wing Activists

Koch Industries, Elon Musk’s X Corp., Loblaws, Enbridge, Pathways Alliance, the Canadian Gas Association, Rumble Canada, Rebel News, Canada Proud, and Facebook. These are just a handful of the corpora...

www.desmog.com

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 2h

"One of the most striking examples of news media solidarity we've seen this year." — @brianstelter.bsky.social

I'd say THE most striking. It's not only the solidarity among those who have covered the Pentagon, but their vow to continue the work amid a mood of despair.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/m...

Journalists turn in press passes as Pentagon clamps down on access in ‘unprecedented’ move | CNN Business

A flyer with the words “journalism is not a crime” appeared Tuesday on the wall outside the “Correspondents’ Corridor” where journalists operate at the Pentagon.

www.cnn.com

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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 2h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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Politico @politico.com · 1h

Two more members of a Young Republican group chat strewn with racist epithets and hateful jokes stepped down from their jobs Tuesday after we published an exclusive report on the Telegram exchanges.

‘It’s revolting’: More Young Republican chat members out of jobs as condemnation intensifies

POLITICO report on private Telegram chat filled with racist slurs and tropes ignites debate from New York to Washington.

www.politico.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“Right-wing populism is likely to be an important political force for the foreseeable future .. Any hope of containing its authoritarian threat .. depends in part on driving a wedge between Trump’s general policy agenda .. and his most extreme abuses of power.”

www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 18h

"People often ask me what journalism I trust. So today I’m handing out letter grades to some major players." —Mark Jacob. www.stopthepresses.news/p/im-handing...

I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media

The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F

www.stopthepresses.news

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Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · Apr 24

“International students are incredibly afraid. There are students being advised not to go anywhere near a lawful, peaceful protest. Certainly scrub your social media … Which is creating a group of people with sort-of second status in terms of some of their fundamental rights," said Robert Tsai.

Secretary of student visas: Marco Rubio turns into campus gatekeeper

The State Department is implementing a sweeping crackdown on international students, citing national security threats.

www.miamiherald.com

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6h

The thing is that the modern GOP (not to mention its basement-confined moron stepchild, the Mises Caucus libertarian “party”) is accurately depicted by this language and a critical mass of the party is absolutely fine with it.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 6h

It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

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em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 2h

"enjoyed" is not exactly the right word, but i did... devour this piece by @usefulnoise.bsky.social, who spent a day at the big christian MAHA convention in alexandria this weekend:

What I Saw at This Weekend’s Minnesota MAHA Fest Scared the Hell out of Me - Racket

Over 1,000 Christian opponents of modern medicine descended on Alexandria, MN, to testify that drugs, doctors, and Satan were making us all sick at the 7th annual Freedom Summit.

racketmn.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1h

A former acting director of ICE says that, today, immigration control is the highest priority of federal police agencies and the Department of Defense. If that is true, then the administration is inviting both domestic crime and foreign aggression.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Why Is ICE So Aggressive Now? A Former ICE Chief Explains.

ICE used to arrest the “worst first.” Under the new Trump administration, “those rules are gone,” says a former ICE chief.

www.politico.com

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1h

"Everything they do is extremely violent."

Greta Thunberg on Israel:

Excerpt of greta thunberg article in link below

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 1h

Russian Police Make Arrests As St Petersburg Residents Gather To Chant Anti-Putin Songs

In a rare act of defiance, hundreds of young Russians gathered along St. Petersburg’s Nevsky Prospect this week to sing a banned protest anthem by Noize MC

kyivinsider.com/hundreds-of-...

Russian Police Make Arrests As St Petersburg Residents Gather To Chant Anti-Putin Songs

In a rare act of defiance, hundreds of young Russians gathered along St. Petersburg’s Nevsky Prospect this week to sing a banned protest anthem by Noize MC, the exiled rapper whose music has become th...

kyivinsider.com

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1h

"War is peace"

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1h

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a religious event in Sderot: "There will be Jewish settlement in Gaza! Because without settlement there is no security… For the glory of Israel! Because it is ours."

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Blackfoot Niitsítapi 🪶🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙🌎🐝 @thoughtsnations.bsky.social · 1h

www.cbc.ca/news/investi...

CBC puts faces to names of trio charged in Ont. restaurateur's killing | CBC News

Newly discovered images of three men accused in the death of a southwestern Ontario restaurateur in 2023 help peel away mystery surrounding the case, adding to prior CBC News revelations about when th...

www.cbc.ca

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Neel Kumar @neelkumar3050.bsky.social · 1h

I put this message below for Canadian mainstream media.

Hey CBC Rosemary Barton how about you do your job when you talk to PP.

We know how you go after the prime minister.

You do not have the courage to ask the tough questions of PP the same way you do with the Prime Minister.

CBC IS A DISGRACE

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17h

Pierre Poilievre says he wants to “restore merit.” He needed to be handed arguably the safest, most impossible to lose conservative seat in all of Canada after losing his own seat.

Seems like the opposite of merit. #Poilievre

(oh, and he still refuses to complete a check for a security clearance)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h

Trump’s power depends on maintaining the illusion that he’s all-powerful, and that Americans adore him.

But that illusion is harder to maintain if millions of people are in the streets protesting.

This is why Republicans are trying to discredit No Kings Day rallies before they've even happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

Trump Erupts at ABC Over Vance On-Air Fiasco as Presser Goes Off Rails

As Trump’s exchanges with reporters appear more power-crazed than usual, a sharp observer of our slide into authoritarianism explains why the Resistance must find a new kind of response before it’s too late.

Trump Erupts at ABC Over Vance On-Air Fiasco as Presser Goes Off Rails

As Trump’s exchanges with reporters appear more power-crazed than usual, a sharp observer of our slide into authoritarianism explains why the Resistance must find a new kind of response before it’s to...

newrepublic.com

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 1h

Why did JD Vance weigh in?

Because he sees the online bigots not as a cause of outrage, but as a potential constituency, and Vance is determined not to be outflanked on the Right, no matter how vile or disgusting it is.

open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

How the Young Right Lost Its Mind

And why JD Vance keeps making it worse...

open.substack.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1h

Make your plans for #NoKings. This Saturday, October 18th.
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Blue Junkie @bluejunkie.bsky.social · 2h

Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, received $35 million in total compensation for 2024, a 21% increase from his $29 million pay package in 2023

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/b...