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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

“Kids”

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 16h

"We are a decade into Trumpism. These Young Republicans have never known any other type of Republicanism....We’re talking about a full generation of Republicans who *only* understand politics in the context of an authoritarian project."
www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...

All the Pretty Little Nazis

The shape of things to come.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 18h

Remember, brown 13-year-olds are hardened menaces to society, but 30-something Republican Hitler afficionados in positions of power are just li’l guys.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 18h

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 1d

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 5d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

"I don't like Trump, but you have to admit--"

Nope, we're good, you can stop right there--actually, back up about five words, pull over, and get out of the car you're about to drive over a rhetorical cliff.

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Brad Preston @thebradpreston.bsky.social · 4d

Not the obituary I wanted to read today.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 5d

This is one program Trump thinks is a "Democrat" program because it demonstrates care for others.

But the benefits cross-cut partisan lines.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 5d

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

Zach Schermele
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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being
"decimated," as one person described.
"They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding," said another.
"I'm not sure how these programs exist moving forward."
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Brad Preston @thebradpreston.bsky.social · 5d

FUN FACT: The first pitch of the ongoing Tigers/Mariners playoff game was thrown my Seattle’s own Kurt Cobain.

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Genderflux Superfluid @rewhan.bsky.social · 5d

It is the year 2085.

Entire generations of baseball players have taken and left the field, but the Tigers and the Mariners remain deadlocked at the bottom of the 847th Inning.

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Brad Preston @thebradpreston.bsky.social · 5d

FROM THE ARCHIVES: President and Mrs. Taft watch from the stands during the first inning of the ongoing Tigers-Mariners ALDS game.

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Brad Preston @thebradpreston.bsky.social · 5d

Dear Mariners and, I guess, Tigers,

This is just a friendly reminder that the whole point of the game is scoring runs.

Love,
Everyone

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Brad Preston @thebradpreston.bsky.social · 5d

#Mariners

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Brad Preston @thebradpreston.bsky.social · 5d

I’m sure you’ll have some cosmic rationale
But here you are
In the thirteeenth
One man out and two men on

#Mariners

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Brad Preston @thebradpreston.bsky.social · 5d

Actual photo of me taken by my late great-grandmother during the first inning. #Mariners

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LauraD-in-Indy @laurad-in-indy.bsky.social · 5d

I've said it dozens of times. City government should put up live cams around the ICE facilities, the downtown area, and have them broadcast live feed, 24/7, on the city's website so people can go look for themselves whenever they wish.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

If I lived in Portland I’d be filming daily videos of the reality there and sending them to every single person in my contacts.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 6d

ICE shoots ministers. Pass it on.

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Brad Preston @thebradpreston.bsky.social · 6d

Looking forward to reading the indictment of the UN escalator system.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7d

I love that we live in a world where we're all supposed to now praise Trump for his peace-making and ignore the fact that at least 20,000 Palestinians have been killed on his watch, with bombs & bullets - & rhetorical support! - that he supplied to Israel.
That's all erased now.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Brad Preston @thebradpreston.bsky.social · 7d

It would be nice if the mainstream press did its fucking job by showing that Portland is not, in fact, a war-torn dystopian hellscape.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 8d

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 9d

Thugs

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