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Andrew Gelston @agelston.bsky.social · 34m

Eric snitched

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 20m

Cold Blooded

YouTube video by Rick James - Topic

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 29m

I should say, what appears to be the New York Times

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 31m

Like Imodium, the New York Times eliminates diarrhea

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h

President Trump posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media showing him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters. He shared the video on Saturday, the same day that protesters participated in mass “No Kings” demonstrations.

Trump Posts Fake A.I. Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters

President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators.

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Kenny Akers @keneakers.bsky.social · 29m

Some Latinos who share African descendants need to hear this……. Afro? Means Black…… End of discussion……. Deja de actuar como si no fueras negro. Cuanto antes te des cuenta de esto, mejor.

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 31m

He's a lifetime sociopathic grifting con man piece of human garbage... I am numb to his willful violations of norms to a degree, for my own sanity... I reserve the biggest amount of hate and resentment for the people who will try to justify this, DO justify it or choose to pretend it doesn't matter.

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 7h

In exchange for getting to house migrants in El Salvador's notorious prison, the Trump administration agreed to give up top MS-13 cooperators, "a key step in hindering an ongoing U.S. investigation" into the Salvadoran government's relationship with the gang.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 3h

We finally have some insight into the legal rationale for the government's nighttime raid on a Chicago apartment building. The Times reports that the owners of the building consented, and identified units that were not rented out.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23h

Any American medium that fails to cover the largest protests in American history is failing in the basic mission of informing the public about the facts.
#NoKings

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 40m

Ashamed I can't remember the circumstances for either. Was H.W.'s the '92 L.A. Riots?

What was Reagan's justification?

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Boo-is @louisevans.bsky.social · 6h

We bombed a fishing boat in distress.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

UPDATE: COLOMBIA’s President says 🇺🇸 government (Trump) “committed murder” and bombed a fisherman with no ties to drugs

“The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure”

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 7h

Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970

The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside

Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23

They constantly let America down

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Hounds of Liberty @hounds-of-liberty.bsky.social · 3h

From a still capture Oct 18,2025.
Photo credit: Amanda Moore
#portland
#nokings

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 3h

The Mall in Washington is just a big outdoor area, it doesn't have doors that can be locked. The only way to "close" it would be to erect many blocks worth of barriers. It's like saying "The only reason people can criticize Trump is that he hasn't thrown them in jail yet" like we should be thankful.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Mike Johnson: "We congratulate them on an apparently violent-free speech exercise ... but if President Trump was a king, the government would be open right now ... by the way, the Mall was open because President Trump hasn't closed it."

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19h

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 48m

"Spock... What's that logo?"

"It reads... COLECO."

"SON OF A..."

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Found Star Trek Episodes @foundepisodes.bsky.social · 3h

Should have installed Tribble Linux.

Title card designed like an episode of "Star Trek: The Original Series." The Enterprise flies away from a space station. The title text in yellow stylized font is, "The Mediocre Computer"

View from the main bridge, captain's POV. Sulu and Chekov look ahead at the main viewscreen. On the screen is the BSOD from Windows. It reads, "Your main computer ran into a problem and needs to restart. We’re just collecting some error info, and then we’ll restart for you. 47% complete. For more information about this issue and possible fixes, visit http://starfleet.ufp/dunsel
If you hail a support person, give them this info: Stop code: PENALTY_FOR_MURDER"

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 3h

I wonder if all the LinkedIn-based, credulous national security MAGAs who wanted to stop foreign intervention, invade Greenland, do a Sicario, annex Canada, save Taiwan, & keep Ukraine in the war are going to don their “Fell for It Again” Awards themselves, or must I present them their decorations?

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3h

Breaking news: Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would 'destroy' Ukraine if it did not agree on.ft.com/4ou5h1A

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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 3h

Thinking about the huge No Kings turnout ..

It’s okay to celebrate and enjoy the event. We know it’s not the same as voting ..

But finding good in this environment is also important ..

Now the most important thing is channeling that energy to all our local midterms… then onto 2028.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

UPDATE: COLOMBIA’s President says 🇺🇸 government (Trump) “committed murder” and bombed a fisherman with no ties to drugs

“The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure”

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 7h

if maga got 4-7 million people on the streets, the press would cover it for months, years, as a world historic event

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Seems like a reasonable request

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 7h

This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Any media outlets that don’t address this video of Trump wearing a crown dumping shit on Americans is normalizing it.

As with everything else this authoritarian regime does, you’re either calling it out or normalizing it. There is no third option.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 3h

James Cameron is such a perfectionist that he actually built a life-sized replica of the Titanic and crashed it into an iceberg during filming, killing 1,500 extras.

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