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Writer, publisher, artist 🚫MAGA 🚫Nudity 🚫Haters I mute rage baiters … my views are my own. Review the literature on logical fallacies, then we'll talk. https://www.logicalfallacies.org

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 6h

Sounds impeachable

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 13h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 13h

why does anyone care what Tim Pool thinks. he is a tool of fascism

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 16h

Now updated: The 'Presumption of Regularity' study.

1. Noncompliance with judicial orders: 20 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of DOJ information: 43+ cases
3. Courts’ findings of “arbitrary and capricious” conduct: 58 cases

www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...

The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation

Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."

www.justsecurity.org

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 14h

the heinous Israeli war on Gaza is violence on every level

Christine Binzel @christinebinzel.bsky.social · 16h

Horrific testimony by Greta Thunberg

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14h

CPJ: Israel is responsible for 95% of journalist and media worker killings in the Middle East since October 7, 2023, according to CPJ data. More than three in every four journalists and media workers killed worldwide over the past two years were Palestinians in Gaza.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 14h

Trump ICE regime troops assaulted and abducted a 15 year old American girl and two other US teens, a 250+ pound regime agent set his knee on her neck during the violent attack.

"They were telling them they were U.S. citizens, and they didn't care."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 17h

or a prop from Fairy Tale Theater would be so fine

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 17h

if Watergate showed us anything, it's that the news will come out, one way or another ...

CNN @cnn.com · 17h

A flyer with the words “journalism is not a crime” appeared Tuesday on the wall outside the “Correspondents’ Corridor” where journalists operate at the Pentagon.

It was a silent protest of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new policy that severely restricts press access. https://cnn.it/4qdizB1

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 18h

I like the smiling version of the frog better ... great concept and placement next to 44.

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 18h

NATO would not suffer if it cut Hungary loose. We would all be the better for it.

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 18h

the only thing that will wipe the hideous smirk off her face

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 18h

your fear of further trafficking is unfortunately rational, given the history of so many of the people in charge of this effort ...

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 18h

and so despicable

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 18h

The Merriam Webster word of the day is coalesce. My high hope is that all of our efforts to save democracy coalesce into a victory day celebration (like for the end of WWII) that sets the path for the restoration of our republic. Stay strong and safe on No Kings Day.

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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 1d

Watch this quick explainer on the Hatch Act and you’ll see just how far the regime has gone—propaganda in airports, partisan emails, and political orders from the top.

It’s not “messaging,” it’s a full-blown assault on the law that keeps our government nonpartisan.

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 1d

Wanker

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 1d

Lord have mercy

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 1d

Love this one, who is the artist?

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 1d

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

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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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been sitting with this the last few hours. It’s really hitting me just how fucking depraved you have to be to respond to an inquiry about an abducted child with a screenshot of a post on elon musk’s hellsite smearing this kid who has no ability to defend himself. It’s unfathomable.

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 1d

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maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 1d

Has he gone too far now Mr. Pope, sir?

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 1d

Or a plastic knife to cut his PBJ

maryklida.bsky.social @maryklida.bsky.social · 1d

Was probably a little Swiss Army knife. We all had them at 13

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