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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 8h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 1d

I always thought this was how flat earthers got started

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 2d

I would give anything to talk to my grandmothers again

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 2d

This one cuts kinda deep

Maia @maiasingletary.com · 2d

They made those $5 footlong jingles too catchy and now we can't forget it

Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 3d

The $5 footlong has become the $6 six inch. I don't even eat Subway and I still think it's time to knock all this shit over

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 3d

My husband has never seen The Silence of the Lambs. We're fixing this tonight.

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 3d

Best part of the show!

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Jay @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 4d

As with countless other words and phrases, white people stole “woke” from Black English (AAVE) and ruined it.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

Donald Trump: Stop trying to incite Illinoisans into violence. Pack up and go home.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15d

The Coates-Klein debate (and meta-debate) just reinforces my belief that we elevated the wrong MLK passage.

Not the optimistic “content of their character” I Have A Dream speech.

But the “white moderate … [who] advises the Negro to wait for a ‘more convenient season’” Letter From Birmingham Jail.

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 17d

One Battle After Another is on one hell of a press tour. Guess I know what me and the hubs are doing later today

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 18d

Peace with the treadmill is my answer. Mileage suffers some.

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 18d

Thinking of Assata.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22d

I'll continue to be "I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win"-posting, so figure I should address this point that seems to come up every so often

Q: "is it still 'winning' if only *some* good things happen in the near term instead of total planetary eco socialist revolution?"

A: yes

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 22d

Don't tell me boycotts don't work

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22d

New: Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return on Tuesday

"We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday."

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 22d

Let's go spooky season! 💙📚
"The Bewitching" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
#BookSky

Picture of a book in front of a coffee bar and my café au lait on the side

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Aaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 25d

No impostor syndrome, no fear of not being good enough. Go do that thing you want to do, secure in the knowledge that absolute morons are all around us

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

Fed Gov Stephen Miran: "If you close that border and you have negative net migration - & there's been reports thus far that 1.5 million migrants have left the US just in the first half of the year -- that's gonna have a very disinflationary effect. And so I'm expecting quite a lot of disinflation."

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 26d

Ooh, I'm definitely looking into this!

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 26d

Very telling

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 26d

I didn't know people signed up for protests ever. I mean, if you want to put your name/email on something, you have petitions for that, right... right?

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 26d

I don't understand the pushback you're getting here

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 27d

This is the real reason Jimmy Kimmel is being taken off the air.

Brian Stelter: "Nexstar already owns lots of TV stations. It wants to merge with Tegna, which owns lots of other stations. In order to do that, it needs Brandon Carr, the FCC Chair's, permission."

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Maia @maiasingletary.com · 27d

Suddenly, I feel like I haven't bought enough books.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 28d

For years, I've tried to tell y'all what cops know, and what criminal justice reformers know, about how murders really get solved.

Look at how massive the manhunt for both Luigi Mangioni and Tyler Robinson were. Then look at how they were actually caught. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Two phone calls.

Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · Dec 7

Because cop shows have been lying to you all these years. CSI is a lie. Even Agatha Christie, Poirot, Columbo, all lies. That's not how murders get solved.

How murders really get solved: someone tells the cops everything: the killer, the motive, the weapon. All the CSI is just to verify the story.🤷🏿‍♂️

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 28d

DO NOT RSVP FOR A PROTEST, ESPECIALLY NOW. SERIOUSLY.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28d

We need your help to make October 18 the biggest peaceful protest of the year. Please spread the word, register your local event as soon as you can, and start RSVPing for the local protests to help build momentum: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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