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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 11h

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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Politico @politico.com · 20h

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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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 9h

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 8h

very random that they funded Airbnb with $40 boxes of political breakfast cereal back when it was AirBed & Breakfast because you literally slept on air mattresses

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Ranryu @ranryu.bsky.social · 3h

Nope

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 9h

No it isn’t stop complying in advance

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Ranryu @ranryu.bsky.social · 3h

As is the "invisible hand of the free market" (basically the same thing)

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Osaka: None/bun - A sack of nuns @osakanone.bsky.social · 13h

remigrate is not a dog whistle, and is open nazi language

Remigration

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing[1] via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.[2][3] It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement.[4][5] Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.[6][7][8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remigration

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 11h

If you leave one magazine job and go write a book, apparently for a major publisher, and you deliver your manuscript and take another magazine job less than a year later, when did the exile part happen, exactly?

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 11h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 8h

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 10h

Feds have got until midnight tonight to take down the fence in front of the Broadview ICE facility, per a recent ruling from district judge LaShonda Hunt.

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 10h

Not sure what’s up but this flatbed with what appears like more fence materials has pulled up outside Broadview.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 10h

At about 0:55, a couple in a nearby car gets out and hurries away with an infant in a carseat to try and escape the tear gas:

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 13h

Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 7h

Young Dems: idk I think saying “committed suicide” is problematic :/

Young Republicans: “I love hitler”

Politico @politico.com · 20h

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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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 7h

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Vaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 9h

Naturally the divide here is between a governor whose foremost issue is an Esoteric Obamaist one (“muh left behind WWC labor union big doodz want tariff socialism”) and a governor whose foremost issue is a Resistance one (“yes the African Muslim is an American you provincial backward hicks”)

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Vaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 9h

Kathy Hochul is who everyone thought Gretchen Whitmer was, and Gretchen Whitmer is who everyone thought Kathy Hochul was

That the two strategic outlooks seemed to shift almost in a direct mirror of each other may not be deliberate but it is fascinating

Amy (in her Jeff the Land Shark era) @spooloflies.bsky.social · 10h

I resent having to give Kathy Hochul credit but sometimes she deserves it.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 10h

I just watched this whole clip and oh my god Kathy??? The way she also takes the opportunity to boost Zohran and drag Mike Lawler????

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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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little lamb @puddleofbrain.bsky.social · 19h

Charlie Browns mom: Waaah wah wah wah waaah waaah waaah wah

Charlie Brown: oh, you mean pigpen

Charlie browns mom: Wah way. Waaaah wahwahwah wah wah waaah waaaah wahwhawah wah wah

Charlie Brown: yeah I get that. It’s pretty bad over there but I don’t think they hit him

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 9h

the subreddits for luxury watches are some of the darkest places on earth

Rolex subreddit post:

My uncle has Alzheimer's and is often forgetful of his possessions. One of them is a Rolex Submariner. Would I be justified in taking and caring for it as my own instead of having it left neglected and forgotten in his jewelry box? Thanks.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 7h

"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 · 14h

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

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Nic Weyand @nicweyand.com · 7h

1. We know about this because Politico (re: the media) reported on it.
2. "Normies" know. They're scared. Think of the backlash to calling Israel's actions a genocide. Students were locked up by ICE for months because they were protesting. I get it, man. It's only been okay to speak out recently.

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 14h

“many prominent young republicans are actual Nazis” is a self-censoring fact at this point

normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

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🦎galileo🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · 16h

Sonic saying, "Support your local, human, erotica creators. You need chatgpt to suck your e-dick for you? You absolutely fucking LOSER"

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 11h

anti-trans hate groups are ideological cults where any kind of disobedience to the party line on any ideas or tactics is forbidden. they are so stuck in their own heads and delusions and Kool aid that they can't even comprehend how this shit just makes them look like perverted pedophilic freaks

Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 12h

Anti-trans activists strip off at a school board meeting – but their protest is a flop

www.thepinknews.com/...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Anti-trans activists strip at a school board meeting – but their protest is a flop

Anti-trans activists resorted to stripping at a school board meeting in an attempt to make a point, only for their protest to fall completely flat.

www.thepinknews.com

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