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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Vance: Young Republicans must be allowed to praise Hitler in private, nothing bad will come of it

Trump: Finally, we're making Stephen Miller's white nationalist fantasies from his college days come true!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11h

worth 4 mins of your time to watch this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfD...

Now is the Time to Speak up for Justice

YouTube video by Justice Connection

www.youtube.com

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 8h

Systemic racism was/is the warm-up act for authoritarianism across the board. In case anyone is still unclear on that point

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Kristin Wilson 📎 @kristin-wilson.bsky.social · 11h

Would seem to me that a Congressman beating his girlfriend and having a judge order a restraining order against him is "really serious..."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · 5h

Yep. All of this.

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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · 5h

Free speech in the United States: a thing of the past and the future. The present is grim. We’ll overcome the racist losers.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 10h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 13h

Not that I think everyone should read everything I write, but AFAIK, I'm the only person to write a deep data dive into this topic. It's mystifying to still see people say: "Biden was late in concluding that he needed to ban asylum." TITLE 42 was a BAN! alexnowrasteh.com/p/biden-didn...

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 15h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 16h

Racism and sexism are the waters we all swim in, so there's a base level i understand. It's unconscious unless you've done the work. But this isn't that.

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asturianfarmer.bsky.social @asturianfarmer.bsky.social · 19h

I think #Spain is leading the world in #progressive #politics, #kindness and #inclusion, #acceptance, #multi-racial justice, #peace and prosperity for all.

#immigration
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Spain-Africa: Madrid's radically different approach to African migration

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government is kicking against the prevailing mood among Western nations.

www.bbc.com

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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · 18h

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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · 20h

Madrid sunrise run ahead of the World Football Summit #wfs

7.29 miles and a rower on the lagoon in Parque del Retiro at sunrise

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 23h

One thing that’s probably getting overlooked here is: these folks are serious about this stuff.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

my god

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 1d

It truly appears that the desire to say this sort of stuff without being socially ostracized and so on has been a main driver of one side of our politics from the "anti-PC" 1990s all the way through the "anti-woke" / "anti-DEI" present.

A true political juggernaut, this desire certain people have.

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 Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."

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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · 22h

As evidence the Voting Rights Act is still needed (it obviously is, but the racism here will knock you out), they should enter this into the record www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING

The US State Department has revoked the visas of citizens from Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, and Paraguay for comments they made in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

- An Argentine national who said Charlie "devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric" and deserves to burn in hell.
- A South African national who mocked those grieving Charlie saying "they're hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom"
-A Mexican national who said Charlie "died being a racist, he died being a misogynist" and stated that "there are people who deserve to die."
- A Brazilian national who said "Charlie Kirk was the reason for a Nazi rally where they marched in homage to him" and that he "DIED TOO LATE."
- A German national who celebrated Charlie's death + wrote
"when fascists die, democrats don't complain."
- A Paraguayan national who said "Charlie Kirk was a son of a b**** and he died by his own rules."

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 1d

Do you think The Times will cover this or nah?

www.silive.com/politics/202...

‘I love Hitler,’ Staten Island Republican fires chief of staff over alleged ‘troubling’ comments

Other alleged texts obtained by Politico include racist, homophobic and misogynistic statements made on a chat among young Republicans.

www.silive.com

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Caroline Haskins @carolinehaskins.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A proposal for rebuilding Gaza that's been shared with the Trump admin references Tesla, IKEA, TSMC, and tons of other companies. I reached out to them—none had discussed or agreed to any work in Gaza. Some had no idea they were mentioned in this proposal:
www.wired.com/story/a-plan...

A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They're Not Involved

A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild Gaza. Some of these companies say they had no idea they were mentioned.

www.wired.com

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

It’s funny how black people are expected to reach across the aisle to voters like these, while no one ever expects them to reach across the aisle to black people. Amazing who gets to be human, and who doesn’t.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · 1d

Even the right-wing propaganda outlet El Español framed the handshake between Trump and Pedro Sánchez in a way that Sánchez looked good. Unthinkable for the right-wing in Spain. www.youtube.com/shorts/QVRu_...

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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · 1d

I saw that. I never do this, but I was going to write to their employers to ask if they were ok with their employees supporting Hitler, raping people, gas chambers and more.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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