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Roroy @roroy.bsky.social · 4d

Better than zero percent chance this shit brings me back to the church (I cannot believe I’m saying this)

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Roroy @roroy.bsky.social · 5d

It takes a special kind of brain genius to make people think about politics while they’re already having with the most irritating interaction they regularly endure with the organization that you yourself run, and to simultaneously believe that will somehow reflect well on your governance.

William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 5d

Petty garbage www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/u...

Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown “rolling out” at TSA security checkpoints across the country | CNN

Travelers waiting in airport security lines across the country will now be met with a video where the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown.

www.cnn.com

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 6d

California's governor has signed SB 79, a large-scale upzoning of land near transit throughout the state's largest counties.

Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 6d

WE DID IT!!!

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Roroy @roroy.bsky.social · 6d

If I am killed by a driver, the people I love will feel the same anguish regardless of said driver‘s intent. Motonormativity stops us from accurately assessing the material impact of the crime.

Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 6d

I remember talking to a former law enforcement official who told me that judges and juries can be hesitant to impose charges that could send drivers to prison, largely because those judges and juries are drivers too and worry that an "accident" could lead to prison time.

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Roroy @roroy.bsky.social · 7d

I mean this with all due respect: what the fuck are these people talking about

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

Roroy @roroy.bsky.social · 9d

It’s so loud in there! I mean I guess I’m glad it exists in the same way I’m glad The Wharf exists, but it is very much Not For Me™️

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 14d

When Trump let Musk feed USAID into the woodchipper, he started a chain reaction that began by firing dedicated public servants &
ended shortly thereafter in the gasping last breaths of children denied medicine within reach. It's murder with slighty more steps www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Roroy @roroy.bsky.social · 15d

”Stay out of the second to last car on full eight consists — that’s an antifa FOB”

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 15d

everyone should legitimately be done forever with @gavinnewsom.bsky.social if he doesn't sign SB79. people took massive risks to get this through, YIMBY groups scraped together a coalition that could get through both chambers, if he fucking bails out now he's worthless.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16d

A bunch of toxic LA NIMBYs are whining about SB 79, the amazing housing bill the CA legislature passed recently.

It's on the governor's desk, and reportedly he's getting cold feet. Hey @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, please have some spine on the most important issue in your state. Just sign it.

Homeowners denounce SB 79 vote - Beverly Press & Park Labrea News

Legislation awaits governor’s signature

beverlypress.com

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ezracycle.bsky.social @ezracycle.bsky.social · 20d

If all the space in Adams Morgan currently dedicated to tables and dining goes back to being car parking, it will be a huge loss to the neighborhood. That land is of far greater benefit to the community as is rather than as car storage. wtop.com/dc/2025/09/t...

‘Time to say goodbye’: Outdoor dining will soon look different in DC - WTOP News

Downtown D.C. will see a reduction in outdoor dining as the city phases out its Temporary Streatery Program.

wtop.com

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Roroy @roroy.bsky.social · 23d

It’s utterly clear he’s not at the wheel anymore. We are ruled by scheming viziers and copper wire magnates.

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Roroy @roroy.bsky.social · 23d

One Billion Justices

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 23d

#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28d

A month from today, we will gather for the largest peaceful protest in American history. The only way to protect our freedom of speech is to exercise our freedom of speech. Join your local event to make it clear there are still NO KINGS in the USA: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 28d

ah, well

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 23

a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 29d

You might think it should be a non-controversial belief among Democrats that "DC should be able to self-govern.

But 31 House Democrats just voted to give Trump and Congressional Republicans full control over DC's sentencing laws.

Shameful, heinous behavior from Vichy Democrats

Jake Auchincloss (MA-04) Josh Harder (CA-09) Josh Riley (NY-19 )
Herb Conaway (NJ-03) Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Pat Ryan (NY-18)
Lou Correa (CA-46) Bill Keating (MA-09) Kim Schrier (WA-08)
Jim Costa (CA-21) Susie Lee (NV-03) Darren Soto (FL-09)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Stephen Lynch (MA-08) Greg Stanton (AZ-04)
Sharice Davids (KS-03) John Mannion (NY-22) Norma Torres (CA-35)
Don Davis (NC-01) David Min (CA-47) Derek Tran (CA-45)
Laura Gillen (NY-04) Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) Eugene Vindman (VA-07)
Jared Golden (ME-02) Jimmy Panetta (CA-19)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) Chris Pappas (NH-01)
Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · Sep 8

bro just carry your papers on you. just show them to the masked guys who refuse to identify what agency they're with, let alone give you their name and badge number. what is the big deal?

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Roroy @roroy.bsky.social · Aug 31

Not looking forward to playing Principles Or Aesthetics with my wealthier neighbors!

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · Aug 31

Federal agents in DC have been starting dangerous car cases for small stuff like tinted windows. The chases violate DC police policy.

Out of 10 cases, six ended in a crash. One car had a minor in back.

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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Alex Taliadoros @alexctaliadoros.bsky.social · Aug 29

Everyone detained by ICE in DC is first taken to an office building in Chantilly, Virginia, where they are supposed to be quickly processed.

Instead, people are being held there for several days in awful conditions:

— Severe overcrowding
— No beds
— No showers
— No medicine
— Only one meal a day

Inside a Virginia ICE office: One meal a day, 40 people in a room and no bathing for days

"The situation is getting worse by the day," warns Amy Fischer, an organizer with Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid. "It is an office; it is not intended to detain people."

www.msnbc.com

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Roroy @roroy.bsky.social · Aug 27

Rapidly approaching The Trayon Zone in terms of future electoral prospects

Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · Aug 27

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser today praised Trump for flooding the city with federal law enforcement.

“We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city." 😐 www.huffpost.com/entry/muriel... via @delaneyrules.bsky.social @phillewis.bsky.social

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Praises Donald Trump’s Police Takeover

The city’s Democratic mayor has maintained an unusual friendship with the Republican president.

www.huffpost.com

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Roroy @roroy.bsky.social · Aug 26

Creating modal shift is a civil liberties issue, among other things.

Alex Koma @alexkoma.bsky.social · Aug 26

I hear there was a big checkpoint involving both MPD and feds along N. Capitol Street last night, across from the McMillan reservoir.

To the extent there’s police activity outside of downtown, it’s increasingly taking this form: traffic checkpoints with immigration agents.

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Roroy @roroy.bsky.social · Aug 23

Four signs left (and then I’ll get more)! Don’t miss out on a free sign for a free cause!

Roroy @roroy.bsky.social · Aug 17

DC Folks! Are you in Shaw/Logan Circle/nearby? Do you want a DC Statehood yard sign? Come pick one up at my house! DM for address.
As always, thanks to @51stdc.bsky.social!