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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5h

Regarding the news today, all I have to say for now is... subscribe to The Onion. Thank you for believing in us and thank you for your patience.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 3h

I am hopeful but agree. I made sure to use language in yesterday’s video that was only in past tense for things that have definitely happened.

I hope we’re both wrong and the ceasefire is permanent!

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 3h

Taking a break from my VP duties to talk about using humor to combat misinformation.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 7h

add "The Sun" to Trump's growing list of enemies

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 8h

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S.

Then ICE arrested him.

If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

America saved him from the Taliban. Trump wants to send him back.

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 8h

COLA and its impact on Social Security

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 11h

should’ve gone with Plus

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Apple TV+ has rebranded to Apple TV

It's their 'vibrant new identity'

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump helped negotiate peace elsewhere

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote about the importance of silliness and inflatable frogs

lni.media/p/the-frog-r...

The frog (r)evolution

Discover the hilarious rise of inflatable frog protests in Portland, transforming from Alex Jones' meme to a quirky, effective form of civil disobedience that's confusing authorities.

lni.media

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 4d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 3d

Independent media here and happy to report 🫡

Though I think the more relevant, immediate news story is the psychopaths around him enabling him and speed-running 1930s Germany.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d

Billionaire Peter Thiel believes Greta Thunberg works for the Antichrist.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d

the entire experience of posting content on Snapchat, in one screenshot

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d

a man is pulling a rope in the water with a yellow belt that says t on it

ALT: a man is pulling a rope in the water with a yellow belt that says t on it

media.tenor.com

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d

The videos and content from these conservative creators is getting more mainstream. I’m just seeing it more. And they’re getting more access than ever before. It’s a lot!

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d

I've been thinking about how this is maybe the biggest propaganda arm of the administration. Between the antifa roundtable this week and Benny Johnson's remote shoots with Kristi Noem, it's only gaining more momentum.

Great article:

makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

Wrote a bit about the content mill for consensus the Trump administration has created to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

More here:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

www.wired.com

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d

sometimes it feels a bit on the nose that the very people wearing masks right now are often the same people who refused to wear one in 2020.

try to be more subtle, writers of the America show!!!!

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d

It’s Beardfacé!

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d

Trump didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize but his administration did manage to create nonexistent enemies all over the country.

This week’s in-depth look at the stories behind our @lni.media videos, from @bychrisvazquez.bsky.social

lni.media/p/what-we-ta...

What we talk about when we talk about rebellion

Dive into the week's pivotal legal battles and LGBTQIA+ rights coverage, exploring how court decisions reshape lives and challenge ongoing societal challenges.

lni.media

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d

I really hope there's a tribute to Ted

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d

Scrubs was so important to me growing up (and I think that shows up in a lot of the videos I make).

Anyway, i cannot wait for this revival.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d

there's gotta be a word for this feeling

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