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𝐿𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒞𝑜𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝐿𝑒𝓈𝓁𝒾𝑒 ⚾️📚 @bayareafan19.bsky.social · Aug 25

Upside down American flag with the words WE ARE NOT OK under it

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 6h

Yes. The appeal is never having to grow up or accommodate yourself to the needs or interests of others. It is enormously appealing, apparently. And not just to young people.

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 7h

It truly appears that the desire to say this sort of stuff without being socially ostracized and so on has been a main driver of one side of our politics from the "anti-PC" 1990s all the way through the "anti-woke" / "anti-DEI" present.

A true political juggernaut, this desire certain people have.

Politico @politico.com · 16h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 6h

The thing about young republicans is they grow up into old republicans

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 6h

One of many alarmed reports from the 1963 Young Republicans convention where John Birchers seemed to be in ascendancy.

Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, July 7, 1963
'MOB RULE' TACTICS CITED
YGOP Convention
Shocked Ex-Leader
By MERCER CROSS
Minneapolls Tribune Staff Writer
Leonard Nadasdy said Sat-
rushes at the podium to take
urday he is "still in a state
the gavel away from me."
of shock"
because
of the
"There
Young Repub-
the floor!" Were fistfights on
lican
Nation-
At one point the national
al Federation
anthem had to be played to
convention
in
make the delegates sit down.
San Francisco,
and police were summoned to
Calif.
keep order.
"The whole
Radicals distributed scurri-
thing has been
lous printed matter attacking
very
disillu-
Nadasdy.
sioning. for
McDevitt's hotel room was
me,"
said the
immediate
Nadasdy•
broken into
and campaign
past president of the 500,000-
literature, two typewriters
member federation.
and some
briefcases: were
elected. to suc-
ceed Nadasdy for the two -years was Donald Lu;
Washington, D.C.,
who campaigned as
porter of Sen. Barry Goldwa-er R-Ariz., for president. beleated was Charles.Me Devitt, 30, Boise, Idaho, who took no stand on a GOP presidential candidate. McDevitt had the unantmous support of the 15-member Minnesota
McDevitt had the edge go: ing into the YGOP conven-tion, said Nadasdy,
32,
General Mills public rélations san who lives in Plymouth.
But, he said, Lukens' supporters
"used the old Communist technique of causing a lot of dissension and a lot of furor, at which they were eminently successful."
THEIR PURPOSE, said Na-
dasdy,
"was to completely
ensnarl the convention and confuse everyone.
All this
was accompanied by scream-oing and hollering."'
At the center of the confu-
sion
were members of the John Birch Society and the radical right, Nadasdy said.
Two years ago the Minnesotan was elected chairman as a member of the Young Republicans'
moderate fac-
tion. As convention chairman this year, he said:
Right-wing delegates shouted at him to "go back to Russia."
"They made a couple of
• "Tve never seen such violence at a Young Republican affair," s…

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 6h

The First Amendment protects speech, even if it's "heinous".

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US revokes six foreigners’ visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk

State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist

www.theguardian.com

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 7h

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 8h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 8h

Join @maddie-says.bsky.social &

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 6h

It feels like the political overton window has shifted far to the Right because the wealth class controls our media and owns our politicians.

Meanwhile, the vast, vast majority of people belong to what would now be portrayed as “the extreme Left.”

It’s a perception game and narrative control.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6h

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 6h

Hamas launches Gaza crackdown as Trump vows to disarm group

Hamas published a video on its official channel showing the street execution of eight blindfolded, kneeling suspects, branding them 'collaborators and outlaws.' The footage, apparently from Monday evening, emerged as armed clashes were underway between Hamas's various security units and armed Palestinian clans in parts of the territory.

www.lemonde.fr

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 6h

The writer Peter Matthiessen traveled the world looking for elusive snow leopards and rare cranes. But a new biography shows that the genuine self he was really seeking would be much harder to find, writes John Kaag:

A Warning for the Modern Striver

A new biography of Peter Matthiessen chronicles his many paradoxical attempts to escape who the world expected him to be.

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Helen Alexander @bawley.bsky.social · 1d

Oh how we need them.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Sandi Bachom 📹🎥🎬 @sandibachom.bsky.social · 7h

🔥🔥🔥 Today at immigration court 26 Federal Plaza this woman went ballistic to the masked ICE agents who detained her family member. Where are the people standing up to the Gestapo? I never saw this in 4 months I’ve been filming. 👏👏👏👏

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7h

What IS PHASE TWO?

*return of 48 hostages was phase one.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 7h

At about 0:55, a couple in a nearby car gets out and hurries away with an infant in a carseat to try and escape the tear gas:

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 9h

Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸

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To the detriment of our own farmers and their consumers.

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wayne-gillo.bsky.social @wayne-gillo.bsky.social · 8h

There's a coup going on in Madagascar and I can't help seeing this...

youtu.be/ApuFuuCJc3s?...

Madagascar (2005) - I Like to Move It Move It Scene (5/10) | Movieclips

YouTube video by Movieclips

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PublicNews.world Feed @publicnewsfeed.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7h

Military seizes power in Madagascar after president flees amid youth protests

Gen Z-driven demonstrations erupted last month over water and power shortages, quickly escalating into an uprising over broader grievances […]

Original post on mastodon.social

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Heart for Africa @heartforafrica.bsky.social · 7h

Elite military unit says it has seized power in Madagascar

Announcement comes after country’s parliament impeaches president after weeks of anti-government protests

www.theguardian.com

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Even hell is too good for him. 😅

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 7h

The current U.S. President straight up hates America and roots against us. We should talk about that more. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

Blaming Boston street takeovers and LA wildfires, the US president said both global sporting events could be moved for supposed safety reasons

www.theguardian.com

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 7h

A big question: It's been at least 18 days since the independent autopsy was done on Trey Reed's body—where are the results?

For perspective: The formal state autopsy was performed on Sept. 17 with results on Sept. 18.

The private autopsy was done before Sept. 27.

We still don't know the outcome.

Timeline: Trey Reed's Hanging Death at Delta State University

A timeline of the known events surrounding Delta State University student Trey Reed's hanging death in Cleveland, Mississippi.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 5d

Speaker Johnson is delaying my swearing in to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

Join us in demanding Speaker Johnson:

End the Shutdown.

Swear me In.

Release the Files.

SIGN OUR PETITION 🔗adelita.us/sign

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 9h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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