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Ghastreblyansky @yastreblyansky.bsky.social · 50m

It's "always nice" to have a recommendation from government officials means (a) he's lying, there's no such recommendation at least yet and (b) he's claiming also falsely that he doesn't need one. Hope that's clear.

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Ghastreblyansky @yastreblyansky.bsky.social · 55m

Nothing like the horror of a naked bike ride.

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 15h

This is exactly backwards, the no kings protests are a mass movement of regular people that have every republican politician in the country raging about "hate America rallies," and the online protest industry weirdos who say shit like "radlib" to each other are the ones skimming off the top of them

it is no wonder that 50501, a movement of radlibs who are very upset but don’t want to get in trouble, would be boosting superficial activism.

superficial activism has its place, but if that place is front and center, it kills whatever movement it is skimming off the top of.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11h

Statement of support for me from the American Historical Association (AHA)

AHA Sends Letter to Rutgers University Addressing Threats Made to History Faculty Members

The American Historical Association (AHA) expresses deep concern about recent threats made against Professor Mark Bray that extended to his partner, Professor Yesenia Barragan, both faculty members in...

www.historians.org

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Ghastreblyansky @yastreblyansky.bsky.social · 1h

His own parts, he couldn't stop fapping. He had to get in touch with his son by Covenant Eyes.

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 6h

What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 2h

"Many of the 90 bodies of Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israeli authorities under the ceasefire deal showed signs of torture and execution, including blindfolds, cuffed hands and bullet wounds in the head, according to doctors’ accounts."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors

Almost all had been blindfolded and had gunshot wounds between the eyes, says medic at Nasser hospital in Gaza

www.theguardian.com

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Ghastreblyansky @yastreblyansky.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe when he does the "bless her heart" bit you should look him in the eye and say, "Do you know who my father was?" Sounds a little Karen but I bet Johnson is sensitive to that. Main thing is you really do know more about the House than he will ever know, not just by birth but because he's stupid.

Ghastreblyansky @yastreblyansky.bsky.social · 1h

really bad at that but I know you're right, thanks for the reminder.

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 2h

I see protest discourse is hitting the feed again ahead of No Kings—idk man, go, don’t go,

…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing

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Buddy Spell @buddyspell.bsky.social · 2h

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

One of the people whose visas Marco Rubio canceled was snitched by right wing South Africans.

theintercept.com/2025/10/15/s...

He Tweeted Charlie Kirk “Won’t Be Remembered as a Hero.” The State Dept. Revoked His Visa

Nota Baloyi is one of several people who lost a visa to visit the U.S. because he spoke ill of Charlie Kirk on social media.

theintercept.com

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Ghastreblyansky @yastreblyansky.bsky.social · 2h

Calling Vice President Vance--you've got another foolish little boy to defend

Dannie D 🦋 @dannied.bsky.social · 5h

Nick Fuentes just got kicked off Spotify—his “America First” podcast can’t even compete with basic decency. Platforms finally saying: nope, hate speech stays off the charts. 💀🎧

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Carl Harris @carlftharris.bsky.social · 3h

America first?

Earthbound420 @earthbound420.bsky.social · 3h

BTW🙄

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3h

“Don’t give them your fear.” The No Kings protest matters. Do what you can, when you can to resist the fascist takeover we are watching in real time. No fear to PAB’s! None!

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Ghastreblyansky @yastreblyansky.bsky.social · 2h

Emperor Trump signs imperial rescript informing public that his new clothes are TOTALLY visible and anybody expressing doubt on that is subject to arrest and deportation.

It only works if people allow it to work. Trump's executive orders don't change anything unless people accept them.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2h

That absolutely isn’t how it works.

- me to Trump … and the NYT

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

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Ghastreblyansky @yastreblyansky.bsky.social · 2h

Good work, all of you, and remember I.F. Stone never went to a Pentagon press availability. He didn't need to.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5h

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h

Governor Newsom has issued a response on social media:

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3h

Fordham Law Professor signs memorandum declaring the Buffalo Bills winners of Super Bowl LX, escalating his challenge to the authority of the NFL* on football matters.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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Ghastreblyansky @yastreblyansky.bsky.social · 3h

Oldest dictator trick in the world, from Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

See this for what it is:
*Trump wants to make the military/FBI loyal to him
*GOP refuses bipartisan legislation to pay the military
*Trump creates a new executive power: that he and he alone decides if the military/FBI is paid during shutdown

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-shutdo...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

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Ghastreblyansky @yastreblyansky.bsky.social · 3h

"no longer protecting consumers"--Does he see CFPB the way Kavanaugh sees the Voting Rights Act, like it already fixed everything and consumers don't have any problems any more?

Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

Some RIFs will kill legislation, e.g the Ed office that oversees disability. IDEA was passed 50 yrs ago, when there was broad bipartisan agreement that a more inclusive educational system was a good thing.
It was repealed last Friday. No law was passed. Trump simply made IDEA a dead letter.

If you have had any interaction with education at the state and local level, you will know there are strong incentives for school systems to shortchange students with disabilities by skirting the IDEA mandates. That is why the law exists. Without a federal cop on the beat, states will know that it will be safer for them to ignore it. People at state governments see it this way also. One state director of special education told NPR:

I’m fearful. I think it’s good for states to know there’s federal oversight and that they’ll be held accountable. The concept of leaving special education up to states sounds great, but it’s scary. What happens if one state decides to interpret the law one way, but another state disagrees and interprets it differently?

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