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Julie Goldberg @juliegoldberg.bsky.social · 7m

Every week or two, “The Archers” trends on BlueSky. This is a RADIO drama? Do I have that right?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9m

if you're black and 14, you're a man. if you're white and 40, you're just a kid

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 26m

I think we need to talk more about entitlement in the “do fascists feel shame?” debate.

Fascists aren’t ashamed of oppressing people. But they do feel entitled to adoration for their oppression.

When we reject them, they act like an abusive parent, mortified that their kids don’t really love them.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5h

some colleagues have suggested to me that shame is irrelevant because the people on the "other side" don't know or care what "we" (on whatever "this side") think of them. I have...not gotten that impression

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 6h

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

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 19m

When Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton (don't talk to me about the electoral college) and Joe Biden won, they did so without the majority of white voters. They know exactly what happens if they silence Black voices, that's why they're trying so hard.

Bear Jewess 🟦🎗️ @388shark.bsky.social · 2h

Understand.

This country is on track to make sure Black people can never vote or be represented again. It’s happening.

Voting Rights is the root of EVERYTHING. Voting rights are about to END.

I know there’s a lot going on. But without Voting Rights… this country ENDS.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

It's fundamentally insane that providing health care coverage is left to employers. hbr.org/2019/03/why-...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

When college kids publicly say "Israel's war on Gaza is bad" that is full-blown anti-Semitism that requires the federal government to crack down on all colleges.

When Young Republicans in their 20s and 30s privately praise Hitler and "joke" about the Holocaust, well, that's just freedom baby.

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Trish Anderton @trishanderton.bsky.social · 3h

“Share the information”?! FFS it is illegal for the president to MURDER PEOPLE! Dems need to stand up for the actual rule of law.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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Nicholas Adams @nicholasadams.bsky.social · 11h

I’ve been caught up on the fact that many of the “young republicans” featured are in their late 20s or mid 30s. One was a GC. Vance trying to dismiss the texts as juvenilia of college kids is misleading as hell.

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 17h

And yet the Trump administration is killing higher education in the name of antisemitism. I guess they figure the Hitler-loving, Nazi kind isn't really a problem.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 15h

"republican staffers are all literal nazis" is less of a groupchat thing and more of a posting on main thing at this point

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

To this dude, "we got the things that upset you off your screens" is tantamount to *saving the country*, because that's all his world is, these online culture-war disputes. And that's all his people want: to not have things they find disagreeable on their screens.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

What would you say if you saw it in another country?

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: I took a long look at the Proud Boys and found some of their most extreme chapters are sharing ICE recruiting materials on encrypted apps and even suggesting members have joined up. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

The first
Antifa
Counter Terrorism
Task Force
Trump already gave so many of us jobs with ICE. We may have to start recruiting soon to fill all these spots.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

"There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 1d

"The DOJ will continue engaging tech companies to *eliminate platforms* . . ."

This is your daily reminder Bondi specifically, and MAGA generally, spent the last 4 years accusing the Biden admin of jawboning tech companies to take down content in violation of the 1A.

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Julie Goldberg @juliegoldberg.bsky.social · 1d

"We're saving God" is not how deities work, to the best of my understanding.

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Drew Kadel @drewkadel.bsky.social · 1d

If anybody has any interest in what pure blasphemy sounds like:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 3d

I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!

If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.

drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...

Hand holding a black and white illustrated zine of two people holding signs that say “we marched! Now what?”

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

9. As a species, we have figured out war to an astonishing degree. We are still working on the ability to hold peace.

Real peace requires self-determination and justice. It requires trusting that differences do not make us enemies.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

(It is my personal belief that the US government agrees with me that violence is self-replicating and have chosen to stoke violence on purpose; language to the contrary is posturing for the masses who don’t want a forever war.)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Traditionally that’s the trade off — the cop proves their authority and then expects people to respect it.

ICE refuses to give us proof but demands we respect them as if they had.

That’s not how this works

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point

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Julie Goldberg @juliegoldberg.bsky.social · 1d

Democracy should protect us from being ruled by billionaires, but not if governments accommodate their every wish because our elections are so corrupted by money.
(But if you’ve ever wondered why they are so terrified of death, this is why. It’s the only force in the world they can overrule them.)

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Julie Goldberg @juliegoldberg.bsky.social · 1d

Few kings were truly secure on their thrones. They contended with the fear of rivals, enemies, uprisings. Billionaires, though, are far too comfortable in their power. Nothing but their own choices could possibly make them not billionaires, and even then, they’d still be wildly rich.

Robin Marty @robinmarty.com · 1d

No Billionaires

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs

www.independent.co.uk

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ceej @ceej.online · Aug 30

my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy

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