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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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John Palfrey @palfrey.org · 1d

"He quoted Hannah Arendt's 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' in asserting that the world needs free and objective information."

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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

Great piece by Joachim Frank, a Nobel laureate at Columbia from Germany who has been standing up for science and democracy throughout this year.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 23h

Are we paying attention? Shall we revisit my other predictions regarding how he'll use the government shutdown to further negate or dissolve Congress and consolidate single party and single branch rule? It's Putin 2.0 and has been predictable for over a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 1d

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Senators Warn Trump Administration Is Developing Secret Watchlist of Americans

One called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 “a greater infringement on freedoms than the Patriot Act.”…

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Michael Ekstra Scary @md.ekstrandom.net · 3d

Pope summed up my whole-ass research agenda.

Screenshot: "Free access to information is a pillar that upholds the edifice of our societies, and for this reason, we are called to defend and guarantee it," he said.
"Current events call for particular
discernment and responsibility, and it is clear that the media has a crucial role in forming consciences and helping critical thinking".
The pope also spoke about the challenges facing news media with the rise of AI.
"Artificial intelligence is changing the way we receive information and communicate, but who directs it and for what purposes? We must be vigilant in order to ensure that technology does not replace human beings, and that the information and algorithms that govern it today are not in the hands of a few," he said.
He nominated "transparency of sources of ownership, accountability, quality and objectivity" as key to news media.

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Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 2d

Did I ever tell you guys about the time, during Trump's first term, that I wore an ANTIFA Super Soldier patch and a custom black leather face mask into DHS headquarters? Nobody seemed concerned at the time...

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Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 3d

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Pizzagate Guy Compares Trump Fighting Antifa to Rise of Hitler

Jack Posobiec’s comment was a little too on the nose.

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Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 3d

www.kptv.com/2025/10/09/f...

Fact-checking President Trump’s roundtable on ‘Antifa’

President Donald Trump on Wednesday hosted a White House roundtable focused on what he described as “Antifa,” a term meaning “anti-fascist.”

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Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 3d

www.wtvy.com/2025/10/09/james-comey-pleads-not-guilty-federal-charges

James Comey pleads not guilty to federal charges

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges of lying to Congress.

www.wtvy.com

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Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 3d

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/t...

New York AG Letitia James indicted for alleged fraud

James successfully prosecuted Trump in a civil fraud lawsuit for improper business practices.

www.axios.com

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Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 3d

Most of you will never understand how much I would give for some of my predictions to be wrong every once in awhile...

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Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 4d

#goldfishmemory

Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 4d

The math checks out

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 4d

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Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 4d

Can you imagine the absolute shit fit if Obama or Biden had sent California National Guard to occupy Texas, Kansas, and Nebraska under the guise of their bullshit abortion laws amounting to an "insurrection" against them and their policies?

Wonder how "immune" this SCOTUS would have found them...

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Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 4d

Inflatable furries, WE NEED YOU ON THE FRONT LINES!

ANTIFA Operation "Get Behind the Kinky" has commenced!

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4d

had never before considered that the inflatable costumes offer pepper ball protection

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 7d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, they'll back pay the military and LEOs. And that's if they don't just keep paying them with the tens of billions they illegally impounded last FY. Why do you think they compromised Treasury's payment system? So Feds can't stop illegal payments from going out. You don't starve your guard dogs...

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Nate Brought @antifaspecops.bsky.social · 5d

I can't think of any reason that those two facts would be scary in combination.... 😬

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 6d

I just emailed my "Silence" essay to the Presidents/Chancellors and Provosts of the 9 Compact universities as well as those from the 4 orgs with which I have been formally affiliated.

The essay can be found here:

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

and here:

www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremy...