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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 4h

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 4h

Side with the Warwickshire militia and choose the Irishman

Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 7h

Pick one! Once and for all!

Joyce
Faulkner

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 4h

Joyce.

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 5h

50 years ago today thousands crammed into Parliament grounds in Wellington at the end of a 1100 km historic Māori land march from Te Hāpua in the far north led by Ngāpuhi leader Whina Cooper to protest against the continuing loss of Māori land. #TeRōpūOTeMatakite 🏳️

Photograph of Māori Land March demonstrators outside the Parliament Buildings in Wellington. Heinegg, Christian F, 1940- :Photographs of the Maori Land March. Ref: PA7-15-12. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 16h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 7h

please contact the president of Texas State University, Kelly Damphousse, and urge him to respect academic freedom and the first amendment and restore Professor Tom Alter to teaching.

[email protected], 512-245-2121.

aaup-texas.org/blog?blog=y

Texas Conference of American Association of University Professors

AAUP champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty and staff to promote economic security and quality education.

aaup-texas.org

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

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

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

“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.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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🦋 Still Standing 🦋 @imstillstanding.bsky.social · 5d

Important info for US Citizens stopped by ice.

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 9h

The arc of the last 100 years is a movement from a multipolar, to a bipolar, to a unipolar, to a tadpoler world.

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Dr Naomi Scott @drnaomiscott.bsky.social · 20h

Aristophanes would have *thoughts* just saying

Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 1d

First as tragedy. Then as frogs.

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 13h

Here’s the meeting agenda

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 15h

Listen to @timmiller.bsky.social’s interview with George from @thebulwark.com. It’s so infuriating.

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 18h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 18h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 17h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 18h

Welcome to the life of every teacher.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18h

How do I block all the AI slop? Also so far ai so just made my life 1000000 times more annoying.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

The conventions of political reporting today are not well equipped to handle this concerted use of pretexts for instrumental purposes and the bottomless bad faith they employ. Grasping the industrial-scale deception at the core of MAGA politics is essential. 6/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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ooOOOoona McCormack 🎃 @unamccormack.bsky.social · 20h

John Major was a vice-president of the Trollope Society. Discovered his books in Brixton library.

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 18h

Amy Poehler was perfect as Pam Bondi

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 5d

Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread

Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Second Mrs. de ShinyGoth👻 @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 1d

More Banned Book content!

www.instagram.com/reel/DPno5Ak...

A photo of me from Instagram with a title "Talking Banned Books Week with Dr. Daniel Kasper"

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

The government complains that Comey submitted a 19-page request for vindictive prosecution evidence.

Right.

$\the defendant has provided a 19-page letter that includes substantial and abnormal requests regarding the vindictive/selective prosecution allegation. These requests are for internal deliberative processes, attorney work product, and potentially privileged information. The government has asked for this material and will need to review it. We respectfully request the Court set the discovery deadline for this material for October 14, 2025.3$

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