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No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 4h

This has been bothering me all day because the obvious point of No Kings is to show we have the power to do a color revolution if they don‘t honor the results of future elections.

The other point is to radicalize fence-sitters by having people who are *clearly doing nothing wrong* be tear gassed

Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 15h

This is exactly backwards, the no kings protests are a mass movement of regular people that have every republican politician in the country raging about "hate America rallies," and the online protest industry weirdos who say shit like "radlib" to each other are the ones skimming off the top of them

it is no wonder that 50501, a movement of radlibs who are very upset but don’t want to get in trouble, would be boosting superficial activism.

superficial activism has its place, but if that place is front and center, it kills whatever movement it is skimming off the top of.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 4h

I will continue to push that even when people say they have lost trust in higher ed, it doesn't mean it's for the same reasons and rebuilding trust with one community could exacerbate issues with another.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 3h

you know this attitude is a truly a perfect illustration of how the modern left can't duplicate the Civil Rights Struggle, only cargo cult it

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3h

Sorry to harp on this, but another almost-unbelievably terrible unsigned editorial from WaPo. This one has a crucial "tell" that Murdoch's Fleet Street team is in full control.

The tell: Would any US writer refer to Trump as "the American," the way the WaPo does in passage below?

A Washington Post editorial which refers to Trump as "the American."

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 3h

Today's episode of "Republicans and campus speech" features "student newspaper ordered to print no news and then shut down entirely"

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 3h

These teams consistently did some of the best reporting at the network. 💔

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

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North Carolina Courage @nccourage.com · 13h

SENIOR CALL UP FOR SHINOMI 🇯🇵

Called Up Graphic Shinomi with a media day photos of her and a photo of her holding a Japan flag

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Jack Scrambo @scrambojambo.bsky.social · 15h

The fact that the person Olivia Nuzzi sacrificed her career and integrity for is the guy destroying the medical community and endangering public health, makes her look INFINITELY WORSE, not better.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 15h

two different people can both be terrible in different ways and to different degrees

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your friend natey @vrunt.social · 15h

we premise-shaming now? with whats going on in the oval office?

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Mike Goodman @themlg.bsky.social · 13h

I think we can all handle being mad at both of them.

Calling it “slut shaming” to be incandescent that a reporter started FaceTime banging a source she was writing about is pretty fucking demanding to women reporters who don’t sleep with sources btw.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 15h

Everyone in my feed is shitting on Nuzzi. Meanwhile, the other person in the saga is now destroying the medical community and endangering public health.

But let’s slut shame Nuzzi.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

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onion person @junlper.beer · 13h

very annoying that we had to endure about a month of these people going “calling us nazis hurts our feelings” to then immediately be revealed saying nazi shit and going “yup, we want gas chambers. so what libs”

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 13h

everyone on here seems to think that there's just one feature you can add or remove from social media to make people not go insane on here. this belief, i think, is itself a form of madness

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 13h

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 13h

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 13h

Bari Weiss launched her own path to stardom with the argument "it is oppression to dislike me for being bad" and now we will get to see what an entire media ecosystem built with that philosophy looks like

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 13h

"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...

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 12h

I'm a bit of a dissent apologist for this reason

I understand the kinda nihilist dunks on them as meaningless, but i've seen too many dissents become majority opinions to think they don't have value--as doctrinal roadmaps, as mobilizing tools, as records of the truth when the majority lies, etc.

Aphrodite Void @aphroditevoid.bsky.social · 13h

If going forward we ever fulfill the actual promise of our Constitution, the dissents from this era of #SCOTUS are going to be very important and influential.

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BigXThaHug @iamgoog.bsky.social · 9h

Meza?

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 12h

That conversation actually reminds me of a soccer creator who I sat down with some months ago, and they revealed that they were struggling because they had been ostracized from the space after it was revealed that they had worked for some of the biggest conservative dark money groups.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 12h

Cleaning off my glasses and reading this again

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Someone should let her know that she is currently the chair of the (normally) powerful Senate Appropriations Committee and do a lot more than weakly protest this shit.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12h

Sen. Susan Collins says the White House should try to get their proposed spending cuts into appropriations bills.

“This end run is not helpful,” she says.

Collins adds that it “would be helpful” to reopening the govt if WH and OMB’s Russ Vought stop the rescissions.

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 13h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 12h

i have to be honest, gang, i have some questions about this republican strategy of telling everyone to tune in and pay attention to what’s likely to be one of the largest days of political protest in american history directed at the republican party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

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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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 12h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 13h

"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...

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