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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 8h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h

No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.

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tforcw.bsky.social @tforcw.bsky.social · 5d

I know you are but what am I ? I am so tired of these snarky, emotionally underdeveloped people.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 9d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 8d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 9d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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tforcw.bsky.social @tforcw.bsky.social · 9d

It is always projection and confession

tforcw.bsky.social @tforcw.bsky.social · 9d

Do you feel safer??

tforcw.bsky.social @tforcw.bsky.social · 10d

Please do

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Joe Ura @joeura.bsky.social · 11d

This should be a bigger deal.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11d

Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in a Democrat who won in a landslide.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12d

NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign.

"If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 17d

Hey dipshit, nice try. You Republicans control the House, the Senate, & the White House. Why are you whining about the Democrats? You control the entire federal government. Any shutdown is on you.

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tforcw.bsky.social @tforcw.bsky.social · 17d

What about all of the other small businesses hit by the tariffs???

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tforcw.bsky.social @tforcw.bsky.social · 17d

Just wow, still shake my head at how all of this not only happened but that it happened so fast. There is no remorse or recognition by the administration of the hundreds of thousands of lives upended by DOGE.

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Barron W. Tramp @barronwtramp.bsky.social · 17d

My husband and I (50)are spending 5weeks in Europe
2 friends we met,in their 30s:"that's great!We saved up an extra week and did that last year. Why don't more Americans travel?"

Because my husband and i had to quit our jobs to get more than 10 consecutive days off in a row

America: we are slaves

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45th Parallel Distillery @45thparallelspirit.bsky.social · 18d

RELEASING AT BARRELS & BLUEGRASS 🎶🪕
Rusmar Reserve, Vol. 2 🥃🌾

One of our most requested whiskies is finally here - Border Bourbon, carbon-filtered over a few months with 100% Mesquite Charcoal.

The result? A subtle, smokey Tennessee-style whiskey.

Releasing at B&B this Saturday, Sept. 27th.

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tforcw.bsky.social @tforcw.bsky.social · 18d

I am so embarrassed

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19d

Hard to express to those not in the weeds just how much the current state of the immigration detention system is just utter chaos.

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 19d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 22d

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

www.msnbc.com

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tforcw.bsky.social @tforcw.bsky.social · 22d

So frustrating for those of us who did our homework over 10 years ago about Trump. None of this is “new.” Many around us thought we were crazy at that time. I know you relate.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 23d

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 23d

Ok this was funny.

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tforcw.bsky.social @tforcw.bsky.social · 24d

Umm, duh

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24d

🚨BREAKING: Rep. Ro Khanna just motioned to SUBPOENA FCC chairman Brendan Carr in the House Oversight Committee to stop the intimidation of private businesses and assault on free speech

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tforcw.bsky.social @tforcw.bsky.social · 25d

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 26d

Hiding the truth.

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