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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 13h

Remember when Alex Pareene predicted this after Charlottesville in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 13h

ty to bari for providing much-needed comic relief this week www.discourseblog.com/p/bari-weiss...

Bari Weiss Is Having a Terrible Week

Seems like everything's fine over at CBS. It's fine! Perfectly fine!!!

www.discourseblog.com

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 15h

man trump's america fucking sucks

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16h

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

www.tmz.com

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 1d

Even if the genocide is over, Gaza still needs you. Its people still need all of us. @jackmirkinson.bsky.social explains why. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Gaza Still Needs You

The fight for true Palestinian liberation is far from over.

www.thenation.com

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 1d

According to the AP, roughly 11 percent of Gaza’s population has been either killed or injured in the last two years. That’s the equivalent of nearly 38 million people killed or injured in the United States. That's a horror none of us can walk away from.
www.discourseblog.com/p/gaza-still...

Gaza Still Needs You

This fight is not over.

www.discourseblog.com

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Wrote about the temptation to put Gaza on the back burner now that the ceasefire is solidifying—and why we can't let that happen. Gaza still needs you, and me, and everyone to fight until real Palestinian liberation is won. www.discourseblog.com/p/gaza-still...

Gaza Still Needs You

This fight is not over.

www.discourseblog.com

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 1d

if you work for cbs news and you can afford to quit....you should quit

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 3d

imagine having the godfather AND first wives club on your resume. that’s called being a movie star

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 3d

ughhhhhhhhhhhh. gotta say i’m pretty fucking tired of cool people dying too young while every demon lives to 150. rip

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

Breaking News: Diane Keaton, who played some 100 movie and TV roles and won the best-actress Oscar for “Annie Hall,” has died at 79. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/m...

Diane Keaton is smiling and looking to her right. She is wearing a black jacket, a white blouse, a black hat and glasses. A headline reads: "1946-2025: Diane Keaton." Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 4d

remember when you hear trump called a peacemaker that his government created a group whose sole purpose was to murder starving palestinians

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4d

Gaza Humanitarian Fund "distribution sites" (Israeli killing fields) are being dismantled as part of the ceasefire

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 4d

let's do the fucking news

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 4d

it's so funny that the nobel people clearly gave this woman the prize bc they thought trump would love it

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/nobel-trump-rubio-venezuela.html

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 4d

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Abolishing ICE Is the Bare Minimum

ICE agents aren’t out of control. They are performing their designed role as fascism’s storm troopers.
Jack Mirkinson

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 4d

This extraordinary piece from Gaza by Ali Skaik about the ceasefire made me cry. It contains so much—joy, grief, determination, love, sorrow, hope. Very proud to run it in @thenation.com today. Please read it. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Then my sister Huda, 21, was awakened by a phone call. Her friend told her the ceasefire would begin at 12 PM. "A ceasefire! A ceasefire!" she shouted, her voice shaking with disbelief. The whole house erupted— some of us laughed, some of us cried, and all of us dared to hope, if only for a moment. My 10-year-old brother Abedrahim jumped from his mattress and danced around the room shouting, "The genocide is over! We'll finally eat chicken!"

I walked through the ruins of Al-Rimal to find a cafe with internet so I could submit my exam. The streets were unrecognizable. Shops were flattened. Homes were piles of ash and steel.

I ran into my friend Khaled Al-Saqqa, 27, the sole survivor of his entire family. When I told him about the ceasefire, his eyes filled with tears. “Why was I left to suffer alone?!” he asked. I had no answer. I simply hugged him and whispered, “God gives you strength.”

We’ll welcome back loved ones who fled to the south—but not all will return. The IOF killed many who sought safety in so-called “safe zones.” Among them was the family of my father’s cousin Yusuf. A midnight strike on September 28, 2025, hit the apartment next to theirs as they prepared to pitch a tent. His wife Nidaa, daughter Ruaa, 18, and son Hamoud, 11, with curly yellow hair, were killed. Yusuf survived, along with his daughter Aya, 21, who suffered a broken leg and pelvis, and Aboud, 17, who remembers hearing his mother’s last breath.

We will remember the martyrs—those who died teaching, reporting, healing, mothering, surviving. We will carry their memory like fire in our hearts. And we will begin again.

The real war is now. The war of healing. Of remembering. Of refusing to forget. Of restarting. Of chasing our dreams.

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Katherine Krueger @kathkrueger.bsky.social · 5d

let's hold up a minute, shall we?

www.discourseblog.com/p/donald-tru...

Donald Trump Is No Peacemaker

Don't believe anyone who tells you otherwise.

www.discourseblog.com

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 5d

there was a ceasefire when trump came in. he let israel blow that up, let famine spread, let his goons murder starving people, before using the power he'd had since he took office. grotesque to call this peacemaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-mideast-visit-israel-gaza.html

(from the nyt obvi) With Mideast Deal, Trump Is on the Brink of a Major Diplomatic Accomplishment

For President Trump, success in brokering a cease-fire is the ultimate test of his self-described goal as a deal maker and a peacemaker.

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 5d

she is though!!!

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 6d

one of the most embarrassing ways to introduce yourself to your new colleagues i have ever heard

Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 6d

The Bari Weiss “let’s do the fucking news” thing is so funny because it confirms that she thinks she’s in a Sorkin show just like all her nemeses

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 6d

top tier @jscros.bsky.social blog www.discourseblog.com/p/what-does-...

What Does Kash Patel See in the Shadows of Washington

The director of the FBI has seen things I can only speculate on.

www.discourseblog.com

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 6d

i would never walk outside again after this. or inside for that matter

TresTiffany 🎃 @trestiffany.bsky.social · 6d

“What’s your barber name?” is crazy 😂

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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 7d

"I am exhausted. We are exhausted. If fatigue can be worn, we are all wearing threadbare shirts. We long for the Gaza we once knew, for the lives we once lived, and for the selves we once were."
~ Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

I’ve Endured Two Years of Genocide. But I’m Still Here.

The world before October 7, 2023, is a distant memory. But we carry on, fueled by the determination that this land will become a place of life once more.

www.thenation.com

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 7d

Palestinians stand atop the rubble of their lives and show the rest of us what courage means. We owe them everything.

Me for @discourseblog.com on two years of genocide.

www.discourseblog.com/p/palestine-...

Palestine Is Still Here

Two years of genocide couldn't erase the Palestinian people.

www.discourseblog.com

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 11d

Fadi has a new fundraiser but he’s been trying to raise on it for a bit with no success- I told him the best way was to post lots of photos and videos but it also helps if people follow him so if you can’t donate maybe give a follow ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 11d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Fadi. Fadi is 19 years old and wants to go to school to be a software engineer. Instead of studying he has just been trying to survive after his family has been displaced many times. He has a new fundraiser to help him accomplish his goal.

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11d

"coming up next on 60 minutes: another investigation from our new virgin hunter correspondent tyler cowen. in this edition—did you ever try going to the mall"

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 12d

Wait, Tyler Cowen has been writing about how to find virgins since 2009 while he was a professor at George Mason University

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 12d

abolish abolish abolish abolish abolish abolish abolish abolish abolish abolish abolish abolish

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 12d

“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

bangs.

"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

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