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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Hochul: "They promised to extract revenge on their political enemies & apparently any state that has a D gov. Tell me how Florida & Texas could receive these same funds w/o having to go to court? They're playing politics, but more than that, they're playing with people's lives. And that's abhorrent"

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 8h

😂 🤪
The creator of the political cartoon, Nick Anderson, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist.

Hamas is offering to broker peace between you [Trump] and Portland.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

"Bobby, should I stand or sit?" -- in an unusual move, Trump takes a seat while other speakers speak (usually he stands behind them)

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 16h

Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...

Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.

One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project

If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.

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Rob Benson 🇬🇧 🇺🇦🦋 @robnellie.bsky.social · 16h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

American fascists are, obviously, very scared about how big a protest "No Kings" will be this weekend, as seen by their hysterical, dishonest rhetoric about it.

Let's make their fears come true by showing up on October 18

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 14h

So the feds have now directed states NOT to send out November SNAP benefits.

A whole bunch of people are going to go hungry this Thanksgiving.

FUCK THAT HEARTLESS DUDE!

All he does is hurt people.

If you haven’t donated to a food bank recently, now is a good time to start.

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 10h

There’s no shame in aging, but this is getting ridiculous.

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

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 12h

Crowds have power.

As we protest this cruel regime, it’s important not to give them any excuse to respond with violence.

They want a police state. 🚔
We’ll model peaceful opposition.📺

Please consider these tips for ensuring calm, peaceful protests.

Stay safe out there.🕊️

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 14h

It's been 23 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 14h

NO ONE CAN TRUST TRUMP‼️ #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp #TrumpGovernmentShutDown

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Scott @scottbluewave.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Bluesky,
If I’m blocked by someone and I blocked them as well, they should not be allowed to put me on a list 😳🤦‍♂️
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Scott 😘

a man is sitting in front of a computer with the words `` if you could go ahead and do that that would be great ... ''

ALT: a man is sitting in front of a computer with the words `` if you could go ahead and do that that would be great ... ''

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🇨🇦 I believe that with each other, we are stronger than we know 🍁 @nimelennar.bsky.social · 11h

No, you see, he doesn't qualify. ICE knows the limits of the authority Kavanaugh gave them, and they're very visible.

The Family Guy colour palette meme.

A cop is holding up a colour palette next to Peter Griffin's face. The top three colours are "white" skin tones, and are labelled "Illegal Detainment"; Peter's skin matches the third.

The bottom three colours match Black or brown skin tones, and are labelled "Kavanaugh Stop."

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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McKenzie Funk @mckenziefunk.com · 10h

The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org

Screenshot of the article by Nicole Foy of ProPublica:
"When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned.

“If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.”

But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched.

About two dozen Americans have said they were held for more than a day without being able to phone lawyers or loved ones."

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Hey Cordeiro @heyacordeiro.bsky.social · 10h

Is it me, or is this exactly what Israel has been doing in #Palestine with Hamas? I.e. they’re “hiding” in apartment buildings, hospitals, elementary schools…

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But the absurdity of this episode doesn't diminish how sinister and carefully elaborated much of this propaganda truly is. When ICE raided an apartment complex in Chicago, where Trump is also trying to deploy various National Guards, state propagandists produced a slick video portraying it as a heroic operational triumph against a dangerous, determined, dug-in enemy.
Stephen Miller declared that the complex was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists."
Yet as Aaron Reichlin-Melnick points out, all of two people were identified as possible members of the gang, per CNN.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Portland has fallen!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social @iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social · 2d

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