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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10d

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

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jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 5h

I suspect they're projecting their sloppy or non-existent security in their own communications onto their targets.

And right -- gang leaders can't be that sloppy as TrumpCo, or they'd all be in prison right now.

jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 6h

I guess the obvious has to be spelled out for some (most?) Americans:

"Pritzker said Miller appears to be using his proximity to the president to manipulate him because of the president's 'diminished capacity.'"

www.rawstory.com/msn/jb-pritz...

Gov warns 'diminished' Trump is forking over power to henchman 'manipulating him'

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, said on Tuesday that one of President Donald Trump's closest henchmen appears to be "manipulating him" as he seeks more power over domestic issues. Pritzker join...

www.rawstory.com

jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 7h

Could be true, but I do not trust anything DHS has to say.

patch.com/illinois/chi...

DHS Claims Mexican Cartels Offering 'Bounties' To Kill IL ICE Agents

DHS claims cartels are offering thousands for murder of officers, days after a federal judge blocked the deployment of the National Guard.

patch.com

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jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 8h

Photo of protester with sign: "I should be at home smoking weed and cleaning my apartment, but these fucking Nazis are ruining my goddamn weekend. Goddamn Nazis." Photographer unknown.

jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 8h

Sound familiar?

"At least 154 Palestinian prisoners being freed on Monday as part of the swap for Israeli captives held in Gaza will be forced into exile by Israel," deporting them to third countries where they have no ties.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

‘Inhumane’: 154 freed Palestinian prisoners forced into exile by Israel

Palestinian families awaiting return of imprisoned relatives are shocked to learn they will be deported.

www.aljazeera.com

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 11h

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 9h

Hey, pixies are cute, not revolting!

For alliteration, "putz" would work just fine.

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jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 9h

Environmentalists for, big business against. Guess who won?

Bad decision, Gav.

Meanwhile, every cook should learn to use stainless steel, cast iron, and/or super non-stick (and non-PFAS) enamel, FFS.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Newsom vetoes California bill banning cookware with Pfas, ‘forever chemicals’

Governor says bill would cause sudden product shift, sparking debate among chefs, lawmakers and environmentalists

www.theguardian.com

jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 9h

#LGBTQ

Texas state rep crows about killing a university course and getting a prof fired:

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/14/b...

Harrison vs. higher ed: How one lawmaker is weaponizing social media to eradicate LGBTQ+ curriculum

State Rep. Brian Harrison has been on a crusade against Texas universities, scouring course catalogs and university websites for examples of “gender ideology” or LGBTQ+ curriculum, and riling up his X...

www.texastribune.org

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10h

Donald Trump is giving $20 billion of taxpayer money to Argentina – to help his political ally stay in power and bail out Wall Street hedge funds – while Americans at home can't afford health care or groceries.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 17h

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jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 9h

Do ICE next.

jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 9h

An investment company buying up #LGBTQ bars?

"The idea, she said, was to 'create a bigger group to have a voice' and stop the 'push toward silencing' LGBTQ+ and marginalized communities."

I do not believe that for one second.

I think the owners are being snookered.

www.kut.org/business/202...

Cheer Up Charlies sold to investment firm buying up LGBTQ+ bars and nightclubs

As part of the deal, Maggie Lea and Tamara Hoover stepped down as owners of the queer-friendly venue. Pride Holdings will handle Cheer Up Charlies' rent, payroll, taxes, insurance and the cost of live...

www.kut.org

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jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 9h

In essence: Barrett is a chicken, and not at all convincing in her empty arguments about shadow dockets -- which she defended, not in any official, written concurrence, but "within the cozy confines of a Fox News Sunday interview":

www.lawdork.com/p/barrett-tu...

Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

www.lawdork.com

jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 10h

The Swastikar is flopping so badly, it's being bought up by Leon's other companies! 🤣

insideevs.com/news/775652/...

It Doesn't Look Great For The Tesla Cybertruck

Tesla's Cybertrucks aren't selling as well as expected, so Elon Musk's other companies are reportedly gobbling them up.

insideevs.com

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jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 10h

So, pretty much every reputable news outlet -- plus the NYT and Newsmax -- have refused to sign Kegsbreath's agreement to... Well, not to do their jobs, which "would make us stenographers parroting press releases, not watchdogs holding government officials accountable."

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 10h

Names are named; eg: Peter Giunta, Bobby Walker, Anne KayKaty, Joe Maligno, Rachel Hope, Alex Dwyer.

May none of them ever find gainful employment, or be allowed near women, children, or marginalized people ever again.

With their gleeful talk about rape and gas chambers, they all sound psychotic:

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 10h

And these are the people we're supposed to understand? To reach out to? To find common ground with?

These are brute savages. They cannot be reached. Only conquered.

jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 10h

Do NOT call it "therapy."

"In Colombia, #LGBTQ advocates have documented a range of conversion therapy practices that include humiliation, exorcism, food deprivation, electroshocks, waterboarding and rape of lesbian women."

www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

'They break you': Colombia debates a ban on conversion therapy

LGBTQ advocates have documented a range of conversion therapy practices in the country that include humiliation, exorcism, food deprivation, electroshocks, waterboarding and rape.

www.nbcnews.com

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jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 11h

It's funny, the things a person considers the last straw.

I could have told this fan that the Osmonds were a bunch of RWNJs from way back, but at least she woke up, eventually:

www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

“They support the destruction of the U.S.”: 60-year Osmonds superfan renounces entire family over their Charlie Kirk tribute

"I have unfriended, unfollowed, and blocked the entire Osmond family, some of which were followers of mine on Instagram."

www.yahoo.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h

President Obama endorses Prop 50 — the California redistricting effort:

"California, the whole nation is counting on you."

"Democracy is on the ballot Nov. 4. Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years."

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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 @vero1986.bsky.social · 4d

Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

www.motherjones.com

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 12h

Taco changed his mind after accepting substantial bribes.

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jarocats @jarocats.bsky.social · 11h

And people like him call people like me "groomers."

But you already know the drill: Every accusation is a confession.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

Yes, color me shocked.