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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15h

‼️To destroy the hundreds of Russian drones that attack Ukraine almost every night, Ukraine’s air defense uses every possible method. For example, Soviet, propeller-driven aircraft such as the Yak-52 are used - they are cheaper than the drones themselves.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16h

“Inflation caused 2024” is a comfortable and appealing explanation for a lot of people - it reinforces their patronizing sense that most voters are selfish little piggies with no inner life, it promises that things will be back to normal next time - but there’s really not any evidence of it

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Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 16h

There's no such thing as a paid terrorist

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16h

During the last "No Kings" protest, MAGA didn't have much to say. But they're so worried about this coming Saturday's events that they've labeled peaceful protesters as paid terrorists.
Show up because you love this country. And, no, George Soros won't cut you a check, despite what MAGA liars say.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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lynn101.bsky.social @lynn101.bsky.social · 17h

Unfortunately I believe this was the whole point. I truly believe that he is tearing down our ability to take care of ourselves to put us in a position to have to beg him for help. The problem is he will find he can’t. The ability has been destroyed.

Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 18h

We could have had a Star Trek future. Instead, we are getting a Mad Max future. The people doing this deserve immediate and permanent punishment.

This has to be just a brief period of adjustment. Humanity must continue to progress.

Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 18h

Only a foe would want this for America—or for the world.

It feels like we are in the thrall of heartless, unrecognizable enemies bent on the degeneration, immiseration, and destruction of humanity.

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 17h

“All but one rated Trump as a greater or much greater threat to the rule of law than [in] his first term. …. the president’s abuses of power as far worse than they imagined before his re-election.”

Chilling piece.
But even now NYT fails: they convey truth not directly but through a poll.

‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

www.nytimes.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

The Trump administration wants us to believe that they are all-powerful forces who control everything and can be reined in by neither Congress nor the Supreme Court, but if anything goes wrong, it's Mastermind Chuck Schumer's fault.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 17h

Legacy media: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(Sadly, that would be true even if they weren't oligarch-owned, as NPR demonstrates daily.)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

In the last week, Donald Trump has insisted that there are no more stores left in war-ravaged Portland, asserted that Joe Biden was president during the January 6th insurrection, hosted conspiracy theorists for an "Antifa" summit, and said he'd consider pardoning his good friend the sex trafficker.

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Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 17h

Doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose?

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Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 17h

The Catholic worldview.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 18h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 18h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 17h

Trump has expropriated TikTok U.S. (banned under the law) and is now on the verge of forcing its sale at a below-market price to cronies of his choosing. What could go wrong? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 17h

Explosion in Kharkiv ‼️ the city is under russian drone attack right now.

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 17h

Forrest Gump on a bench telling the woman next to him that Christy knows like a box of chocolates because both will kill your dog.

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Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 17h

"Trump unhinges jaw, swallows writhing sea otter whole during press availability."

Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 18h

When I look at this, I do not recognize it. My mirror neurons are cold and dark.

Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 17h

Ammosexuals.

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Shoq @shoq.bsky.social · 17h

Fact check: Trump’s ‘$17 trillion’ investment figure is fiction

Fact check: Trump’s ‘$17 trillion’ investment figure is fiction | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump keeps claiming he has secured “$17 trillion” in investment this year – or even more than that.

www.cnn.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

The One Big Beautiful Bill cut a trillion dollars from healthcare, Schoolmarm Johnson

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

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Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 17h

Not on Earth 2!

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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 17h

Karin Immergut, lifelong prosecutor and judge and a registered Republican since 2001, is a kind of hero we need. A real conservative, reality-based, truthful, brave. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/o...

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Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 18h

I've seen animatronics from the first version of Disney's Hall of Presidents that look far more human.

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Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 18h

When I look at this, I do not recognize it. My mirror neurons are cold and dark.

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Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 18h

When I look at this, I do not recognize it. My mirror neurons are cold and dark.

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Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 18h

We could have had a Star Trek future. Instead, we are getting a Mad Max future. The people doing this deserve immediate and permanent punishment.

This has to be just a brief period of adjustment. Humanity must continue to progress.

Airbag Moments resists 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 18h

Only a foe would want this for America—or for the world.

It feels like we are in the thrall of heartless, unrecognizable enemies bent on the degeneration, immiseration, and destruction of humanity.

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