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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 10h

“Religion is the opiate of the masses…”

- KM

🤣 the man was right!

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Apr 7

An extraordinary separate dissent from Justice Jackson accuses the majority of trying to pass off its dirty work under the cover of the shadow docket and explicitly invokes Korematsu, the Japanese internment case. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

I lament that the Court appears to have embarked on a
new era of procedural variability, and that it has done so in
such a casual, inequitable, and, in my view, inappropriate
manner. See Department of Education v. California, 604
U. S. ___ , ___ (2025) (JACKSON, J., dissenting) (slip op., at
1–2). At least when the Court went off base in the past, it
left a record so posterity could see how it went wrong. See,
e.g., Korematsu v. United States, 323 U. S. 214 (1944). With
more and more of our most significant rulings taking place
in the shadows of our emergency docket, today’s Court
leaves less and less of a trace. But make no mistake: We
are just as wrong now as we have been in the past, with
similarly devastating consequences. It just seems we are
now less willing to face it.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

Thanks, Doc.
This is a must win for democracy.

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Red Scarf Fella @redscarffella.bsky.social · 19d

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Apr 23

"The National Museum of African American History and Culture is not a place that traffics in improper ideology," Clint Smith writes. "It is a museum that recognizes that America has been suffused in improper ideologies for most of its history." https://theatln.tc/y3RevJzO

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Dave Long @stupordave1.bsky.social · 4h

Trump is INSATIABLE! No matter how much wealth, power or control he amasses, it will NEVER be enough. AND, he will always play the victim.

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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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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 5h

Fascism is a slow boil.
Get out of the pot.

Come together.
This Saturday.

NO KINGS!

@vjaybomb.bsky.social ❤️

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 14h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

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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The Wanderer @alexman1.bsky.social · 5h

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BIG D GRANDROYAL @bigdgrandroyal.bsky.social · 6h

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 16h

🚨 Major networks just told Pete Hegseth no.

The press answers to the people. Not the Pentagon.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 14h

The neurologist Oliver Sacks found that the social-media era resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale.

The Machine Stops

The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.

www.newyorker.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

> @governor.ca.gov

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Dave Long @stupordave1.bsky.social · 4h

Is there any member of any tribe anywhere in Africa more savage than Trump, Vance, Miller & Vought? And, of course, a long cast of mutants.

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AuntieU @umaija.bsky.social · 4d

THIS is not normal. The violence can only get worse if we don't stop it now. This is traumatizing to all who see it and live it. This is not acceptable in any democratic country. We've had universal human rights since 1948.

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 23h

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 6h

Congressional Democrats marched to Mike Johnson’s office demanding that he swear in Democrat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who would become the crucial 218th signature on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 11h

People think politics is corrupt… all of it. And to fix it, we need to rebuild trust.

That’s why I’m running on:

- Banning stock trading by members of Congress
- Overturning Citizens United
- And not taking a dime of corporate PAC $$

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Christina🌊🌊 @sassycc.bsky.social · 15h

Exactly what is happening.... 😡

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

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Dave Long @stupordave1.bsky.social · 9h

Once again, religious indoctrination prevents critical thinking.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10h

LEAKED CHATS FROM LEADERS OF YOUNG REPUBLICAN GROUPS EXPOSE RACIST, ANTISEMITIC, PRO-HITLER VIEWS AND ADVOCACY FOR KILLING POLITICAL OPPONENTS.

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