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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

Trump’s ice goons pull guns on an unarmed guy on a bike in Rogers Park. Terrorizing neighborhoods

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

Never forget that when Bondi was appointed, Democracy Docket immediately called her out while The Washington Post gave her a thumbs up.

If you value independent, pro-democracy media that won't bow down or obey, support Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 4h

I know this makes me impossibly out of touch for an American, but I’m amazed that we live in a country where you can write this sentence. I did not grow up in a place where children had any access whatsoever to guns. It was not in our culture at all. I didn’t even know of an *adult* with a gun.

The study suggests that adapting firearm safety guidance to different childhood developmental stages could be crucial to saving lives.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 8h

This is purely about the visual, example 1 million www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 12h

The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

taskandpurpose.com

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 9h

NEW

Prince Andrew to Jeff Epstein in 2011: “We are in this together”

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

Bullshit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Also, using “thought police” to describe the *critics* of someone who literally launched her career by trying to police the thoughts of her pro-Palestinian professors at Columbia is AMAZING

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 12h

I know it's basically just bait so whatever but if you use "thought police" unironically you should be forced to sit in a corner without your phone for a full hour

Sally Jenkins post with a link to whatever awful Atlantic piece about Bari Weiss reading "Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of
@theatlantic.com
is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. "

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

Also lying:
- your own eyes
- every bit of video evidence
- the fabric of reality itself

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

trib.al

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

Look, maybe not *all* ICE and CBP agents are bloodthirsty psychopaths, but there are plenty of stories like this one and the rest of them sure as shit don't seem to mind, so ...

Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 11h

CBP agents knocked on an El Paso home at 7:15 a.m.

The owner asked to secure his Rottweiler, Chop, in the bathroom.

While he got his ID, agents opened the door and shot Chop.

The family tried to save him as he bled out on the kitchen floor.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 16h

The President using the military as his personal police force to intimidate American citizens is deeply un-American. This is the behavior of an autocrat. Full stop.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 14h

Trump was POTUS on J6.

It was Trump’s FBI.

Biden’s win had not even been certified yet.

Trump’s lies are beyond insane.

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 14h

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 13h

hahahahaha, so pathetically corrupt
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Barron Trump tipped for top job at TikTok as dad says users ‘owe’ him

The president has previously claimed that users ‘owe’ Barron Trump for saving the social media platform in a video from the Oval Office

www.the-independent.com

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 14h

A real headline from the AP.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

💯 CO-SIGN 👇🏽

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 15h

Who was President that day, Pumpkin?????

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19h

No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 15h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

In the last week, Donald Trump has insisted that there are no more stores left in war-ravaged Portland, asserted that Joe Biden was president during the January 6th insurrection, hosted conspiracy theorists for an "Antifa" summit, and said he'd consider pardoning his good friend the sex trafficker.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

The Trump administration wants us to believe that they are all-powerful forces who control everything and can be reined in by neither Congress nor the Supreme Court, but if anything goes wrong, it's Mastermind Chuck Schumer's fault.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

Speaker Johnson couldn’t convince all the members of his own Republican caucus to cite for their own Republican budget so he’s out here pretending that Democrats should have done that work for Republicans, that *they* are to blame for *his* incompetence.

Yeah, good luck with that.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

JD Vance swore an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same”

So … lock him up?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said Pritzker should be in jail. Do you think he has committed a crime?

VANCE: I think Pritzker has certainly failed to keep the people of Illinois safe

S: It's a yes or no question

V: I certainly think he has violated his fundamental oath. That seems pretty criminal to me

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