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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social @iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social · 6d

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Andrea Welker @catndogslady.bsky.social · 7d

Or screaming goats?

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 7d

Were screeching cats in heat not available?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9d

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 10d

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 10d

What a loser.

TIME Magazine: "Trump loses Nobel Peace Prize he shamelessly campaigned for."

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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 10d

Trump and his admin are once again illegally firing federal workers. Real people are being harmed as a result of Trump's totalitarian takeover and Republicans' refusal to end this shutdown.

This is an authoritarian abuse of power.

www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...

Government shutdown live updates as OMB director Russ Vought says layoffs "have begun"

The government shutdown entered its 10th day Friday as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over a spending plan. Follow live updates.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 10d

Thou shalt not shoot priests in the head. I shouldn’t have to say this.

Thou Shalt Not Shoot Priests in the Head

I shouldn’t have to say these things.

www.thegodpodcast.com

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Andrea Welker @catndogslady.bsky.social · 11d

Derp

Video: RFK Jr claims circumcised children have double the risk of autism | Daily Mail Online

RFK Jr claims that children who are circumcised early have double the risk of autism.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18d

When they are characterized as fascist (for literally being fascist) it’s political demonization and dangerous.

When they characterize their critics as radical leftist lunatics and terrorists, it’s a game and all in good fun.

Their “game” has weird rules.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18d

"To my colleagues in mainstream media: your silence is complicity. Your 'boths-sides-ism' is complicty. Your euphemisms for genocide is complicity."

From my speech accepting the 'Path of Truth' award from Palestinian diaspora group KTH.

Full speech: zeteo.com/p/palestine-...

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Andrea Welker @catndogslady.bsky.social · 19d

My orange girl is just about done with it :)

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20d

This photo just about sums it up

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22d

79. American citizen.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 23d

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.

Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23d

Wow! This ICE agent has bigger problems than just dropping his gun.

Just asking questions: why is tough guy pointing a gun at bystanders, and does he even notice that the magazine is on the ground too?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23d

😕🇺🇸

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23d

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Andrea Welker @catndogslady.bsky.social · 23d

No, it's exactly as it seems.

The art of the steal: Trump's TikTok deal is not what it seems

If successful, the transaction will cement Silicon Valley's right-wing shift

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Andrea Welker @catndogslady.bsky.social · 23d

Nothing to worry about here-
"Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges wrote: July 1935 German generals were called to a surprise assembly in Berlin & informed that their previous oath to the Weimar constitution was void & they would be required to swear a personal oath to the Führer."

'He's too stupid': Rumors swirl after Pete Hegseth's new comment mocking a general

After the news was announced that generals, admirals, and other top military officials had to travel to Washington for a meeting, one retired general recalled a similar action in 1930s Germany. Secret...

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Andrea Welker @catndogslady.bsky.social · 23d

MAGA got a two-for-one-here. A hit against education AND a "win" for ICE. So proud.

ICE arrests superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa | CNN

The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Friday morning, according to a statement from the school district.

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Andrea Welker @catndogslady.bsky.social · 23d

She does not have a degree in education. This is her smirking at ruining education for K-12 for the country.

Linda McMahon is dismantling the Education Department — but first she’ll help make school ‘patriotic’ again | CNN Politics

Linda McMahon, the US education secretary, has a uniquely fateful task: President Donald Trump wants her to be the last person ever to run the agency, an entity he’s long sought to dismantle.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24d

Masked goons are tearing families apart, pulling parents away from their children. The family is attempting to navigate the legal system, but this situation is truly horrifying. I'm genuinely afraid for the future of this country.

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