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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 3h

Few people have ever taken this criminal family serious enough bsky.app/profile/chri...

Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · Apr 20

Trump Tower was a money laundering paradise for the Russian mob (clip from documentary 'Active Measures')

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ImHiding @imhiding.bsky.social · 3h

Well damn. I thought they just figured MAGATs were idiots and didn’t care about facts. But it seems there’s a method to even this madness.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · Jul 9

Have you ever wondered why Trump & MAGA always lie so wildly about numbers without a care in the world? Watch Angela Lansbury explain the reason in this brilliant scene from The Manchurian Candidate. This was the basis for McCarthyism in a nutshell:

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

More details on the massive and mysterious FBI raid in Eugene, OR Wednesday morning: ICE just *happened* to be there and multiple people were “swept up” and detained, according to court documents.

Via @lookout-es.bsky.social:

Man ‘swept up’ in execution of search warrant seeks release from ICE

A Lane County resident picked up by authorities executing a search warrant, is seeking release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention. It’s unclear if he was picked up during FBI acti...

lookouteugene-springfield.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

this is the new “you were at my wedding denise”

Defector @defector.com · 1d

Free Press reporter discovers that being an amoral dickhead can cost you friends: defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you…

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

Also turns out that if you say AI is going to replace much of your workforce very soon, as Benihoff recently did, some folks might be inclined to air your dirty laundry with reporters.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3h

New: hackers just doxed hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ officials. I went through the data. In many cases does look legitimate, sometimes includes residential addresses.

“Mexican Cartels hmu [hit me up] we dropping all the doxes wheres my 1m [1 million].”

www.404media.co/hackers-dox-...

Hackers Dox Hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ Officials

Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters—one of the latest amalgamations of typically young, reckless, and English-speaking hackers—posted the apparent phone numbers and addresses of hundreds of government officials...

www.404media.co

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bobhall44.bsky.social @bobhall44.bsky.social · 6h

OMG! Take a chill pill, Will.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 15h

It's wild how the No Kings protests are a reliable Bluesky flashpoint - seemingly for the sole reason that the leftists who dominate discourse on here are deeply threatened by the idea that millions of old folks going and crowding the streets could better, without them so much as bombing a Wal-mart

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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bobhall44.bsky.social @bobhall44.bsky.social · 6h

John McGuire (R - Idiotville)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Rep. John McGuire: "We had an epic week. He stopped 8 wars in 8 days."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

Who’s eating the tariffs? You, mostly.

@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/t...

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Shoe + @shoe.bsky.social · 7h

Beautiful

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6h

If you park in the fire lane to run into a store to get something and you are not driving a fire truck, your car should be crushed into a cube. It’s partly about safety but mostly about lazy, entitled people.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 9h

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 7h

"I might die if I stop going to the doctor."

"KFF estimated earlier this month that the average ACA recipient will see their premiums increase by 114% next year."

Some plans "are expected to increase dramatically." "$559 per month this year, will cost $2,736 [..] next year."
#USA #Healthcare

ACA Marketplace Previews Show Staggering Premium Spikes Due to GOP Subsidy Cuts | Common Dreams

"I might die if I stop going to the doctor," said one Tennessee resident whose premiums jumped from $10 to $1,140 a month.

www.commondreams.org

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 6h

This is such a powerful piece from @reptroycarter.bsky.social and @repfields.bsky.social on the importance of the Voting Rights Act.

As the Supreme Court hears arguments on this legislation, it is so vital that we all remember WHY it was enacted.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...

Opinion | The Shadow of Jim Crow Looms Over the Supreme Court

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 6h

Will they do it anyway? Idk, probably. But it is by illegally annexing the power of appropriations away from congress, not because this is a legal workaround for appropriations

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 6h

In my book, I argue that this kind of elite disagreement is an important constraint in democracies. And up til now these concerns would make the president think twice, so the “stepping down” would not ever happen. Now it’s happening, but there’s nobody else to pay attention to the fire alarm.

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 6h

"One current and one former U.S. official, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats" near Venezuela

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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bobhall44.bsky.social @bobhall44.bsky.social · 6h

JFC! How bad are the Epstein Files, Mikey? Enough to make a pathetic fool of yourself.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 8h

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 7h

SOUTHCOM head steps down early & one US official says "Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats...." Bulk of article then discusses overwhelming view (incl every IL scholar & mil expert i know) that strikes are illegal.

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Materialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 6h

they could also just end it, by ending the filibuster. the reason the shutdown is happening is because Republicans want to govern with the consent of, but without making concessions to, Democrats

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bobhall44.bsky.social @bobhall44.bsky.social · 8h

The MSM has consistently promoted false stories of Trump on the cusp of sanctioning Russia/supporting Ukraine. You'd think they would have learned by now.

Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 9h

We you think about all the thousands of articles written wondering whether Trump would send Tomahawks to Ukraine, even claiming he had agreed too, and realize that at no time was there any chance Trump really would; only then do you realize the uselessness of much of the media.

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bobhall44.bsky.social @bobhall44.bsky.social · 8h

JFC! Hide the detained immigrants. Hide the evidence of a probably lying affiant.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 9h

The immigration agent who shot a woman earlier this month after she allegedly rammed his vehicle in Brighton Park was allowed by his supervisors to drive the government-issued SUV back to Maine before it could be inspected by the woman’s attorneys.

Immigration agent who shot Chicago woman drove ‘rammed’ vehicle to Maine, attorneys reveal

The immigration agent who shot a woman earlier this month after she allegedly rammed his vehicle in Brighton Park was allowed by his supervisors to drive the government-issued SUV back to Maine bef…

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 10h

A main organizer of VC Defensa in Ventura County was rammed in his vehicle by federal agents and taken into custody this morning. This video is from VC Defensa IG and shows the ramming. Organizers are thinking he’ll be taken to LA MDC—headed there now

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h

Here's the post, w/an update on the ruling from the 7th Circuit.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/16/h...

How City of Chicago Beat Back Stephen Miller's Shoddy Propaganda ... So Far - emptywheel

How the efforts of everyday Chicagoans managed to defeat Stephen Miller's propaganda ... so far.

www.emptywheel.net

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