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Banquo’s Ghost of KKKavanaugh Stops @bain.bsky.social · 2h

totally cursed image! seem like good projectiles for “ice-fishing” tho

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WhatSaraSaid @whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 1d

protests against this government should include white Boomer grandmothers who meet for pilates class, get a pitcher of mimosas & walk together to the public space

we need people in the street who think everyone can talk their way out of a speeding ticket, they're key to winning

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Banquo’s Ghost of KKKavanaugh Stops @bain.bsky.social · 10h

a photo of the sign in my front window, which reads (and which i continue to tap):

abolish ice
nobody is illegal on stolen land

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Banquo’s Ghost of KKKavanaugh Stops @bain.bsky.social · 11h

thank you for sharing this!

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Banquo’s Ghost of KKKavanaugh Stops @bain.bsky.social · 16h

On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, I recommend one of the most important books of the 21st century, or of any time, about America.

Rarely can a novel change your brain like this. Tommy Orange is a living treasure.

A photo of the novel “There There” by Tommy Orange

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 2d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Banquo’s Ghost of KKKavanaugh Stops @bain.bsky.social · 2d

ABOLISH ICE.

every single one of these fascist goons deserves the cask of amontillado treatment

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 2d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Banquo’s Ghost of KKKavanaugh Stops @bain.bsky.social · 2d

the fire gets closer; the applause gets louder.

Lars Iyer, from the novel Wittgenstein Jr.:

“There's a fire backstage, he says. The clown comes out to warn the audience. Laughter and applause. They think it's a joke!
The clown repeats his warning. The fire grows hotter; the applause grows louder. That's how the world will end, Wittgenstein says: to general applause, from halfwits who think it's a joke.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine that

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Banquo’s Ghost of KKKavanaugh Stops @bain.bsky.social · 2d

this is the most trenchant and timely piece i’ve read in years

Quote from Mike Masnick’s piece:

It is also, to an immense extent, the disease of a generation-the generation that grew up online, that learned to mistake engagement for truth, that confused being heard with being right. This is as true of suburban millennials as it is of rural boomers. It is the disease of the algorithmically poisoned.

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 2d

Lotta people warning me about fascism while still getting that Substack coin.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5d

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

This isn’t a hard-and-fast rule, but if a sentence starts with ‘per’ it’s usually a bummer.

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Banquo’s Ghost of KKKavanaugh Stops @bain.bsky.social · 7d

the categorical (you = every american) really shows your whole ass

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7d

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 7d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 7d

We elected the most soulless, self-absorbed empty suit we could possibly scrape from the gutters of late-stage capitalist grift. Twice.

This is on us as much as on him. As a country, we showed ourselves as infantile rubes and slack-jawed marks. As a people, we asked for this. Twice.

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 7d

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7d

For the London tabloids, Trump's mental illness is a major, front-page issue. For the US media, it's something that urgently needs to be swept under the rug. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

New conspiracies over Trump’s health swirl after CNN text interview

The president famously does not use email and is not known to frequently use text messages

www.independent.co.uk

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 7d

As the people who insist otherwise try to burn the country, it's important to affirm that immigrants, from everywhere, are awesome, and America is better the more immigrants we have. You have to be just empty and vapid and unimaginably small to reject that.

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Banquo’s Ghost of KKKavanaugh Stops @bain.bsky.social · 8d

thank you! this is a godsend.

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 8d

I am seeing way too many screenshots of Stephen Miller's tweets in my timeline, so I subscribed to @xblock.aendra.dev labeler. I don't need that poison in my psyche.

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Banquo’s Ghost of KKKavanaugh Stops @bain.bsky.social · 9d

reminded me of this all-timer…

neighborhood “cat missing” poster with pictures of a clearly upset opossum. poster says:

CAT FOUND!!!
LIGHT TAN W/ BLACK md GREY
- MALE
- NO COLLAR
- NOT VERY FRIENDLY, I THINK SHE MIGHT BE SCARED
- NOT HOUSE BROKEN EITHER
- FOUND ON 75TH
- IF SHE'S YOURS, CALL DAN 784

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Banquo’s Ghost of KKKavanaugh Stops @bain.bsky.social · 10d

likely drug-addled and shitting the bed

Banquo’s Ghost of KKKavanaugh Stops @bain.bsky.social · 10d

each accusation really IS a confession

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11d

One of my many, many questions about America in 2025 is how long it will take for people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history

Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 11d

My best guess is still that we will get through to the other side with our democracy intact. The question for university leaders is whether they want to live with the shame of having been on the wrong side of history.

Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 11d

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