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Dreaming of Sleep 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice22222.bsky.social · 1h

And almost certainly some white dude named Jeffrey who is cosplaying bc he thinks that will make white supremacy more palatable to white people.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

My message to President Trump.

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 15d

Trump was on the Jeffrey Epstein Plane!

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 18h

just saw a commercial mocking chubby dads for wearing tiny shorts and this is a) not the variety of short straight heterosexual men in their late 40s wear and b) working directly against the cultural momentum we have been pressing forward sisyphean for my entire life and i WILL NOT stand for it

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✨ Erinyes ✨ @erinyes.diy · 20h

weird how men get all "no way i'd fuck that" about me. like relax dude, i don't do this for you, its actually for your bi ex wife

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ACLU @aclu.org · 2h

We won't allow politicians to dilute the power of Black voters in Louisiana or anywhere else.

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Dreaming of Sleep 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice22222.bsky.social · 1h

like there isn't nuance here, we're either human beings or we're not.

Dreaming of Sleep 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice22222.bsky.social · 1h

"Sure trans people are human, but maybe women shouldn't be uncomfortable going to the bathroom"

1. Denies trans women are women
2. reinforces the idea that trans people should be made to suffer for the sake of transphobe's comfort
3. subtly suggests we are the problem, we are the danger

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Dreaming of Sleep 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice22222.bsky.social · 1h

In the "trans debate" a lot of those cis voices start with "maybe there's some nuance here" before openly spewing transphobic bullshit

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Dreaming of Sleep 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice22222.bsky.social · 2h

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 11h

nailed it!!! absolutely iconic work by @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social

its a pizzacakecomic illustrating the difference between how young republicans portray themselves privately versus publicly using examples of texts from a leaked chat from yesterdays politico report

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onion person @junlper.beer · 5h

we love edgy jokes about gas chambers and rape unless it’s jokes about charlie kirk dying, which if you do that, you’ll be punished and deported and free speech revoked

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 8h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Dreaming of Sleep 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice22222.bsky.social · 6h

You can't, and that's the point.

LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social · Aug 3

💯! also, how does the rest of the world opt out of becoming a part of someone’s Ring camera on their face 🧐

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 1d

everyone needs to internalize that this is just how all republicans are and when nancy pelosi said "the country needs a strong republican party" she meant that more people like this should be powerful. they are all like this! they all think just like this and like trump and they love it and it's fun

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

The medication stockpile bill is the bill I had pegged this year as the most important kind of bill to pass given federal threats, with a short time window to make it happen. Washington passed the same bill earlier this year.

It's so shameful for Newsom to veto this bill.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 1d

If possible, do not bring your real phone. Write at least one phone number on your body in sweat-proof sharpie in case you get kettled and need to call someone.

Wear a mask, if you're going to be crowded in with people.

Wear the most common and nondescript clothing you can.

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 2d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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Favorite movie lines @titlesinmedia.bsky.social · 2d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Dreaming of Sleep 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice22222.bsky.social · 1d

because nobody talks about Hamas in isolation. People bring up Hamas when they want to distract from or justify Palestinian lives being slaughtered and starved to death at 10 times the casualty rate of Israel. "but Hamas" is an example of "what about-ism" and should not be taken seriously.

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Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 1d

I think this is the reason that you’re seeing such a nationwide backlash to his candidacy, not only from hard-core MAGA types, but from traditional centers of centrist power. He appears to be a generational political talent who isn’t corporate or white, and that’s a threat to a lot of people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Dreaming of Sleep 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice22222.bsky.social · 1d

I have seen 3 Israeli propaganda accounts in my time on blusky, that I could confirm with relative confidence that is what they were. It's harder to get left leaning people to buy their grift than right leaning people, because left leaning people tend to care more about facts and other people.

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