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🏳️‍🌈I am a Gay Man, He/Him. I oppose war. I oppose genocide. I oppose ethnic cleansing. I fight for ⚖️ #EqualJustice and 🏳️‍🌈 #EqualRights. As the Regime commits Crimes against Humanity around the world, I stand with our allies! 🇲🇽🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇪🇺🇵🇸💙🇺🇸💔

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If you are an American citizen I *urge* you to fulfill your civic duty and take a stand against the fascist takeover of our Democratic Republic.❌👑

Not *just* protests. Boycotts, aid to victims, phone calls, etc.

Above all else *ALWAYS* speak truth when you hear Fascist propaganda.

www.nokings.org

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 ...

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 4h

Both sides of a conflict are calling each other evil and corrupt, rendering me, a humble journalist, helpless to discern the truth. Best I can do is let you know that both sides are in fact saying those things. Hope this helps

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 31m

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 5h

furthermore, they expressly do not believe in democracy. not an exaggeration, their funders are fully in the technofeudalist/monarchist ideological swamp. their figurehead literally does not understand how our or any democracy works. they dont want to be in any kind of government with you at all

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 5h

you can make a credible argument from their orders and statements -- act blue is a terrorist network, we are going to take apart these networks the way we do the cartels, we are summarily exploding any alleged cartel members -- that they've greenlit summary executions of anyone to the left of them

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 5h

reactionaries wouldve howled bloody murder if a fraction of this had been done to them - rightly so. indeed they howled bloody murder as they fever dreamed and fantasized about it happening to them. we all agree instinctively that its unacceptable and incongruent with any sort of freedom. and yet

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 5h

they actually called you a terrorist and hamas, which theyve put out orders to hunt down and eradicate. they expressly want to disenfranchise you even at your local government level. theyre sending "foreign" troops to your neighborhoods. they don't believe you deserve a say in who your dogcatcher is

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 5h

Because liberals tend not to directly insult conservatives on account of their humane and inclusive worldview so right wingers have to look back further for insults to GOP voters. Meanwhile this weekend every major Republican congressman said I hate America.

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 6h

I'm generalizing, but why do conservatives remember political irritations for so much longer than liberals?

It's been 17 years since Obama said some voters "cling to their guns, to their religion" and I heard a senator denounce that last month.

Obvious theory: Media ecosystem puts it on repeat

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Fuzzy Soft @fuzzysoft.bsky.social · 5h

Republicans will find any crack in the armor and use it for decades in order to insert power whenever and wherever they can. Put it in the mind of voters, never let it go and voters believe that is how a person feels forever, because that is how conservatism feels forever. No change, no growth.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 5h

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 6h

Imagine caring about Kaepernick in the year of our lord 2025

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 7h

Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 8h

“Policy says reporters cannot obtain or solicit any information the Defense Department does not explicitly authorize. Any media who does not sign by 5 p.m. Tuesday has 24 hours to turn in their media credentials and clear out.”

Absolute fucking abomination.

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

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Which Republican genius came up with the talking point to label millions of ordinary Americans peacefully protesting their government as paid Marxists who hate America?

That’s really what you are going with?

That we hate the United States of America?

Fuck you.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19h

can’t even be bothered to write a fucking statement. just “see previous tweet.”

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 19h

Nihilism as a state-sanctioned philosophy really makes me upset at pretty much everything

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Josep Goded (New Main Account) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 17h

During the night, Israeli occupation forces abducted a Palestinian after shooting and wounding him in a raid on the Issawiya neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem.

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Josep Goded (New Main Account) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 17h

“I was hung by my wrists and ankles and beaten all over my body,” said Noa Avishag Schnall, a Jewish photojournalist from the Freedom Flotilla, after her release from Israeli detention.

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Josep Goded (New Main Account) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 17h

Yesterday marked one year since 19-year-old Shaban Al-Dalou was burned alive by Israeli forces in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, after suffering a head injury that required seven stitches.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17h

What’s the word for an adulterous relationship involving a man, a woman and a federal department? nymag.com/press/articl...

On the Cover: Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and Trump’s Police State

Washington correspondent Ben Terris writes the definitive account of the Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Noem.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14h

ICYMI:

Stephen Miller's spouse doesn't know Joe Biden exists.

A screencap of a tweet from Katie Miller.

Why are there no living female hostages?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

It is a disgrace that Fox continues to put them on constantly day after day to spew their propaganda to their friends when Hegseth & Wilson are afraid to face real press and are obviously in the process of covering a lot up that they don’t want the American people to know.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

He has hidden much worse from her.

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Josep Goded (New Main Account) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 12h

Gaza

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

GOLDMAN: “.. The modest job growth alongside robust GDP growth seen recently is likely to be normal to some degree in the years ahead. We expect the great majority of US potential GDP growth to come from solid productivity growth boosted by advances in artificial intelligence (AI) ..”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

Today, Mike Johnson will continue to keep the House adjourned for the 71st day out of the last 83, with Republicans refusing to show up to work again to avoid having to vote on the Epstein files or negotiate with Democrats.

Epstein Shutdown

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

(ABC) - The Israel Defense Forces said its troops opened fire on Palestinians, killing five, after they allegedly violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement.

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Israel-Gaza live updates: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza City for alleged ceasefire violation, IDF says

Israel on Tuesday identified two of the people whose remains were returned.

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