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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1h

CIA girlboss send this asshole to the phantom zone

Team Spanberger @teamspanberger.bsky.social · 1h

UNEARTHED AUDIO: Winsome Earle-Sears downplays the mass firing of Virginia’s workforce, claiming “this is life happening.”

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3h

Abbott not only “tolerates” political violence, he encourages it by pardoning the perpetrators when they kill people he doesn’t like www.expressnews.com/news/politic...

Violence and destruction will never be tolerated in Texas," Abbott said in a statement announcing the deployment. “Texas will deter criminal mischief and work with local law enforcement to arrest anyone engaging in acts of violence or damaging property."

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 2h

“…except when the President invited them to Mar-a-Lago. And when Stefanik endorsed a candidate who praised Hitler. Oh, and the time we had an actual Nazi as a candidate”

Seems like now would be a good time for some sort of protest where all the people who ACTUALLY oppose fascism take the streets

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Steve @scdallav.bsky.social · 2h

a man in a military uniform says " deny everything baldrick " in front of two other men

ALT: a man in a military uniform says " deny everything baldrick " in front of two other men

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 7h

If Vance wants to have a conversation about people in ERs waiting for immigrants to be treated before them, we should also have a conversation about all the native-born Americans getting treated by immigrant doctors and nurses.

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Steve @scdallav.bsky.social · 2h

stroke their somethings . . .

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4h

the primary purpose he serves for the admin is to go on podcasts and to chaperone trump to make sure he doesn’t make any deals with dems

Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 22h

Man one thing that’s stunningly clear is JD Vance is extremely bad at spin and damage control

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Steve @scdallav.bsky.social · 2h

Marc Bloch, 1943

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Steve @scdallav.bsky.social · 3h

have you seen his neck lately?

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Steve @scdallav.bsky.social · 3h

Victoria Nuland wouldn't have the guts.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4h

"we're going to turn your prestigious university into a facsimile of Rufo's disastrous New College and our demands will never, ever stop" somehow not the most compelling sales pitch in the world

more of this, please

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5h

Just received from a colleague: looks like Penn is going to join the universities refusing the extortionary Trump "compact". I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

screenshot of an email saying:

"To the Penn Community:

For 285 years, Penn has been anchored and guided by continuous self-improvement, using education as a ladder for opportunity, and advancing discoveries that serve our community, our nation, and the world.

Since receiving the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education on October 1, I have sought input from faculty, alumni, trustees, students, staff and others who care deeply about Penn. The goal was to ensure that our response reflected our values and the perspectives of our broad community.

Earlier today, I informed the U.S. Department of Education that Penn respectfully declines to sign the proposed Compact. As requested, we also provided focused feedback highlighting areas of existing alignment as well as substantive concerns.

At Penn, we are committed to merit-based achievement and accountability. The long-standing partnership between American higher education and the federal government has greatly benefited society and our nation. Shared goals and investment in talent and ideas will turn possibility into progress.

I am grateful to the Penn community for your thoughtful input and for what you bring to our University and our missions every day.

Sincerely,

J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD
President
University of Pennsylvania"

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Vaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 4h

My kingdom for just one (1) president whose foreign policy isn’t this deferential goddamned dog and pony show

No, seriously, my actual kingdom, please God someone take it, I want my fucking republic back

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 6h

Did this mf really call putin to ask “what are your thoughts on tomahawk deliveries”

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 4h

Woke 2 is going to be less about people getting canceled for mildly problematic ‘women be shopping’ jokes and more people being canceled for “I love Hitler, Adolf Hitler, perpetrator of the holocaust, that’s my guy” in state senate campaigns in five-six years.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 8h

I'm sorry you can't convince me No Kings is pointless when it has the regime this mad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Scalise refers to No Kings as the "Hate America Rally"

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Steve @scdallav.bsky.social · 5h

The shutdown fight really has the feel of Mers-el-Kébir/Operation Catapult.

Steve @scdallav.bsky.social · 5h

Refuse is too harsh, they sort of try to, but the rabbit has other ideas.

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Vaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 5h

A good deal of elite capitulation to Trump has been based on the belief that this is just what most people want now and so they should just adapt to the times

That this means the end of the world and Trumpism cannot be adapted to is beginning to dawn on them at last

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 5h

Between this and the news networks refusing the Pentagon deal, are we seeing the first murmurings of solidaristic opposition to Trump? Has his popularity fallen low enough that institutions have actually started to think strategically about protecting their interests?

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5h

Just received from a colleague: looks like Penn is going to join the universities refusing the extortionary Trump "compact". I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

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Steve @scdallav.bsky.social · 5h

I envy you, the growing seasons are getting longer, yes, but my neighbours have pet rabbits which they absolutely refuse to keep in their yard.

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 5h

Tomahawks are on the way

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7h

2017 conservatives: dumb libs think words are violence
2025 conseratives: words are literally violence omg bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Homan: "If the hateful rhetoric continues, there will be bloodshed. People are going to die ... there is going to be more bloodshed unless this hateful rhetoric stops."

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 5h

the reason ChatGPT won't replace instructors is, as others have noted, that it can't credential you. everything that it can "replicate" you could already do through self-instruction (and I have! I've taught myself a number of skills i use professionally, but not the ones that are credentials)

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 6h

the issue isn't synthetic advisors, but more that tech acquisitions in the military right now just seem overwhelmingly fad-based. people will chortle and say "always has been," but elihu root, robert mcnamara, and even donald rumsfeld all had far more competence to incorporate priv sector ideas

New York Post @nypost.com · 7h

Top US Army general says he’s using ChatGPT to help make key command decisions

Maj. Gen. William "Hank" Taylor told reporters that he's been using ChatGPT to refine how he makes choices affecting thousands of troops.

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 7h

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Chinese negotiators are a bit ‘unhinged’ but the American ones *definitely* are. Our strategy has been to play chicken with all the smaller cars on the road but now we’re encountering another 18 wheeler

Shoe + @shoe.bsky.social · 7h

They are so screwed and are lashing out

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 9h

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7h

Anyway thank God we’re working towards a free speech culture where social convention will FORBID any consequences to you if your reaction to someone cheering another team is to call for them to be abused by a violent paramilitary organization

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8h

Ricardo Fosado, a Latino Dodgers fan and war veteran, is America. But bigoted entitled asshole Shannon Kobylarczyk is America, too, and we‘re in this fix in part because we like to pretend she’s not.

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