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Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 1h

Take a few minutes out of your day to flick through these fabulous photos from Handsworth, yes that Handsworth, in Birmingham.

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 9h

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In 1979 Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John Reardon created a pop-up photography studio on the street outside a terraced house in Grove Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham.

Instead of taking the photos themselves, they invited passers-by to take their own photograph...

Handsworth Self Portrait: 40 Years On - 1854 Photography

When Derek Bishton, John Reardon, and Brian Homer set up a photography and design agency in the late 1970s in Handsworth, a multicultural, inner-city district of Birmingham, they were viewed with susp...

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edacuk.bsky.social @edacuk.bsky.social · 1h

I guess this what they meant by "tone down the rhetoric"

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1h

Imagine if KJP or Psaki had said this about the Republican base: not just that half of them were “deplorables” but that the GOP’s “main constituency is made up of domestic terrorists, white supremacists, and violent criminals”? The media, not just Fox, would be in meltdown. GOP would be screaming!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

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

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Seventh Circuit rejects Trump admin's request to deploy National Guard in Illinois while litigation over the effort continues, holding Trump likely did not follow the law for doing so. The unanimous ruling keeps a TRO in place blocking deployment but allows troops to remain federalized.

The administration argues that the President's federalization of the Guard under § 12406 is not judicially reviewable at all. Alternatively, it contends that the factual predicates of
§ 12406(2) and (3) are satisfied in light of the deference due the President's decision to federalize the Guard. We conclude, at this preliminary stage and given the district court's factual
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findings, that the federal government does not appear likely to succeed on either argument.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Eric Trump admits that Indonesian President Subianto was caught on a hot mic talking with his dad about Trump family business deals in Indonesia

(so much for the supposed firewall between Trump's business and the federal government ... )

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edacuk.bsky.social @edacuk.bsky.social · 2h

Nobody believes prices are down.

Oh, that's not what he meant...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

“Grossly illegal. Immoral. Delusional. Trump appears unhinged… listless… in decline —cognitively & physically. The rantings of someone who needs an intervention. Needs help. Needs to be stabilized.”

- Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social on Trump threatening to invade SF next

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 3h

Whenever Democrats are tempted to pull out the old “spirited disagreements but we’re all Americans” bromide, they need to remember this first.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

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

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

⚡️UPDATE: “A court denied the Trump administration's appeal to continue the deployment of National Guard troops from any U.S. state in Illinois… The TRO blocks federal troops from deploying in Illinois…”

A bush, a trump, and an Obama judge ALL agreed. abc7chicago.com/post/7th-cir...

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edacuk.bsky.social @edacuk.bsky.social · 3h

It’s hard to believe because it’s not true

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3h

When the Nazi group chat ruins your talking points

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3h

The half-life on our National Conversation™️ about toning done the rhetoric lasted about as long as expected.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

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

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 3h

This is weirdly heartening. He comes off as scared and desperate.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson on CNBC: "I think it has a lot to do with the 'Hate America Rally' that's gonna be on the Mall on Saturday. You're gonna have all the antifa and BLM and pro-Hamas people, all the Marxists will be on the Mall."

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 4h

“100% American First” has actually been cut by 500, 600, 800, sometimes even 1,000 or 1,500 percent!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

VARNEY: Some Iowa farmers are frustrated because Trump is putting $20b into Argentina to bail them out. They're worried that the administration is focused on foreign financial aid at the expense of American farmers.

BROOKE ROLLINS: The president's focus remains 100% on America first

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 4h

Karoline Leavitt should resign.

They try to make us hate each other to distract from the fact that they're robbing us all blind.

It's sick.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

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

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Jeffries: "All of these crisis events stem from Republican policies that are colliding at the same time, which is why Republicans are hiding, refusing to come back to Capitol Hill."

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edacuk.bsky.social @edacuk.bsky.social · 4h

All you have to do is answer the question

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 4h

Remember when Biden bungled a comment and it sounded like he called all MAGA garbage, quickly corrected and it was still a 3 day news story?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

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

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 22h

After weaponizing the Justice Department to go after his enemies, Trump now plans to turn the IRS on them as well. This is one of the abuses of power cited in the July 1974 articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon.