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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

Another go at the "was American conservatism always going to end in Trumpism?" question: www.thebulwark.com/p/elian-gonz...

Elián González, Trump, and What Happened to “True Conservatism”

Toward a quantum theory of politics.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 20h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 20h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 1d

Pasty Pillsbury Boyzzzz

Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 1d

The results of their "research" are often hallucinations and utter BS.

A.I. is too new and too unethical to be unleashing. It's destroying curiosity, critical thinking, and will be wreaking havoc on the environment and economy.

WTF are we letting these tech goons do???!!!

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Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 1d

When universities embed an AI toool in their platforms, they are communicating that its use is permissable/ethical. As a professor, I am sick of this battle.

Students don't know how to research or think critically and they're just "asking AI for quotes" like that counts as research.

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Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 1d

I'm re-upping where I think the Trump thuggery is headed.

Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · Jan 23

Looking at the patterns of other authoritarian leadership transitions, my worry is that these militia types end up infiltrating communities and using their endowed immunity as a means to hold citizens hostage by demanding bribes for protection or to simply be left alone.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Jake Wittich @jakewittich.bsky.social · 2d

The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.

“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.

Read more at @windycitytimes.com

Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident - Windy City Times

Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month. In an interview with Windy ...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 3d

This is how "industry" (read: capitalism) works. Shoot, aim. Hide, lie.

The opioid crisis is another example.

This is what's happening with A.I., too.

Unleash it, make so much money that you can afford or escape culpability for the harm you cause.

Scientists find evidence that a Pennsylvania town’s water was contaminated by fracking • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Testing carried out over the next two years by researchers found evidence for oil and gas contamination in a larger geographic area than was initially reported, according to a study published last mon...

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3d

Biden wasn’t president yet. These folks aren’t too bright

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 3d

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Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 3d

Progressive and all in for Graham.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Trump doesn't remember/believe/understand HE was president on January 6, 2021

This is how unstable, how mentally unbalanced, how much of a dangerous mixture of dishonesty and insanity Trump is:

"Biden's FBI?" By Jan. 6 2021, TRUMP had run the FBI for 1,448 days #25A

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20d

"I want folks to be very aware that they're attacking these Black-led cities...that have historic reductions in violent crime.”

On this week’s “More To The Story,” Brandon Scott says Trump's threats to send the National Guard are a distraction from the city’s historic efforts to reduce crime.

Baltimore mayor to Trump: Don’t send your troops

On this week’s “More To The Story,” Brandon Scott says the president’s threats to send the National Guard are a distraction from the city’s historic efforts to reduce violent crime.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Polly Nator @madeincleveland.bsky.social · 4d

So we know he's a liar, but seriously, are people just showing him fake videos and manipulating him? I don't understand how someone can just say obviously ridiculous shit like this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5d

So Trump gave Argentina a $20 billion bailout and is now building a Qatari military facility in Idaho.

While Americans can’t afford groceries.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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