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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1h

Every time something like the GOP chat leak occurs I hear smart people arguing that shame could be a useful tactic. But shame only works if the bad actors think their actions are bad. Hypocrisy, shame, these Victorian-ish norms are just that, norms, guardrails, and they don't work against fascism.

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Sheryl with an S @beachblond52.bsky.social · 2h

#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #Pinks
If the Biden admin had done anything remotely as corrupt as the Trump admin, Repubs AND Dems would have been all over it! He would have been removed from office. Where is the love of America and morality in the right wing party? Silence is compliance.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1h

The Department of State shared the actual tweets: x.com/StateDept/st...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1h

Someone needs to do a roundup article on "Charlie Kirk censorship" because there's so much repression of free speech for anyone who had anything irreverent to say about him. From Jimmy Kimmel to these immigrants www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

U.S. Says It Revoked Visas of Some People Who Criticized Charlie Kirk

www.nytimes.com

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JC @jc12.bsky.social · 3h

www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

Trying to preserve Scotland’s distinct political culture is not hate speech

SPARE a thought for poor wee Dougie Alexander, a man so unpopular with his own party

www.thenational.scot

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 9h

Zack Polanski: "If the straight question is, ‘would I abolish the monarchy' - yeah, absolutely.”
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

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sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 23h

Hamas ceases

Isreal fires

Keir Starmer's Israeli handlers observe the "ceasefire"

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 22h

People had to complain to get Polanski an interview.

Weird nobody has to beg the BBC to give Farage airtime.

I mean, it's not actually weird. We all know what it is and why it happens.

Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 22h

BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview

www.thenational.scot/news/2554271...

BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview

ZACK Polanski will be interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg after the BBC received complaints from the public for the lack of coverage of the Green Party…

www.thenational.scot

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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 21h

Court overseeing the Comey case rejects government application for a broad protective order:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Loss #1

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 1d

Israel has destroyed the "ceasefire" in hours.

It is murdering Palestinians, and maintaining its illegal siege.

Not a ceasefire.

New post 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/israel-des...

Israel destroys ceasefire in hours

Today, Israel slaughtered Palestinians and resumed siege. Not a "ceasefire"

www.owenjones.news

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1d

This is one of the businesses that’s choosing not to allow ICE inside their establishment unless they have a signed warrant from a Judge and this is starting to happen all over the Country!

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 21h

Most people see me and decide that 6’ and a buck ninety of female rage can do more damage than it’s worth, is all I’m saying

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 22h

The dominant dynamic in the information environment for the past 8 or so years has been literal nazis using rhetorical games to claim anything hindering dominance of pro-nazi ideas as censorship, and pretty much everyone in a position of control of information and social spaces going along with it.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22h

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 22h

you know he did everything they say he did.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 22h

Right there in the Declaration of Independence:

“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.”

“He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun…”

Right. There.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 6d

love this!

Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 6d

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

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Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 23h

Kaepernick is one of the few people who was thoroughly, successfully cancelled, by the NFL and team owners, nearly a decade ago

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Many focusing on the hubristic blasphemy of “we’re saving God”—and fair enough—but also, Kaepernick?

All he did was exercise his 1A right to expression in a calm, quiet, unobtrusive way. And he last played Jan. 1, 2017!

How lacking in real problems that this was ever a grievance, let alone still.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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asparagusnextleft @asparagusnextleft.bsky.social · 22h

Racist anti Immigrant far-right fuckwit.
Feel sorry for the professor for working with the cunt.

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Lanie A @iamlaniea.bsky.social · 22h

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Greymane 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @greymane54.bsky.social · 22h

WTF another one, is there some sort of competition with these people?

Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 1d

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❤️Kai in Kanada🇨🇦 @kleinekin.bsky.social · 1d

Well, he and his dear old daddy used to attend KKK "rituals" together, so yeah, def tracks.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

In her life, Marilyn Monroe was exploited and abused by so many men.
Studio executives, so many people.
After she died, men continued to exploit her for their pleasure: trying to get themselves buried near/above her.
What your writer did here is obscene, nonconsensual and makes me feel slightly ill

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Thomas @tomrom1.bsky.social · 23h

So much for the president of peace. He doesn't understand the concept of peace.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela
💙 #TuesdayThoughts 🏳️‍🌈 #FBR #FBPE #Resistance #StrongerTogether #KindnessMatters #Motivation #Bluecrew

Trump says US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another small boat he accuses of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

apnews.com

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