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Jess Dillard-Wright @jessdw.bsky.social · 56m

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Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?

Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections? Am I irrita...

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 4d

Psychiatrists/NPs/therapists who could provide off-the-books, no-fee, Zoom-based care for individuals in crisis in ICE-targeted Chicago communities, please email me: [email protected]. Include whether you can prescribe, speak Spanish (or other languages), and available hours per week/month.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9d

I don’t really understand the people who think we shouldn’t situate the current moment in context of the last 25 years in American politics, including the actions of the three Democrats who were president during that time

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 11d

The United States has never needed to be "controlled" to do genocide.

The United States isn't an uwu smol bean empire with an uwu smol bean Pentagon and uwu smol bean world's largest carceral state. We're directly responsible for genocides against multiple Indigenous nations,

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Jess Dillard-Wright @jessdw.bsky.social · 15d

LOSER SHIT

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15d

this is, no exaggeration, some of the most loser shit i have ever seen in my life

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15d

this is, no exaggeration, some of the most loser shit i have ever seen in my life

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 15d

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 17d

# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon

The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17d

War torn Portland (2025) 😞

War zone in Portland, terrorist scooters and bikes lined up infront of terrorist gay flag mailbox

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Jess Dillard-Wright @jessdw.bsky.social · 17d

Subtly downgrade a band:

Bikini Maim

Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 17d

Subtly downgrade a band:

Glare At The Machine

Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 17d

Subtly downgrade a band:

Imagine Lizards

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 17d

Uh, the man operating as President of the United States has illegally deployed the military into another US city with the intention of provoking dissent that will be met with lethal violence, and you want to negotiate with the people who think this is fine? What the fuck is wrong with you?

Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 17d

Republicans are fine with increasing your health care costs.

They’re also fine with shutting down the government.

Democrats want to prevent both of these things. Republicans should join us at the negotiating table.

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Jess Dillard-Wright @jessdw.bsky.social · 19d

LOL how precious.

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 19d

I think it's really cute that a government official thinks that any history is "settled" and "final" just by tweeting about it. Bless your heart.

tweet from the account "Secretary of War Pete Hegseth @SecWar." The text reads: “Under my direction, the soldiers who fought at the Battle of Wounded Knee will keep their medals. This decision is final. Their place in history is settled.” Below the tweet text is a paused video showing Pete Hegseth in a suit and tie speaking against a backdrop featuring the U.S. flag and two large Medal of Honor insignias.

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Jess Dillard-Wright @jessdw.bsky.social · 20d

Not that different, buddy. Disgusting then, disgusting now.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20d

"People don’t understand that Palm Beach in the 90s was a different time, he groused."

Every word of this is a yikes

Inside the White House Struggle to Tame the Epstein Crisis

Finger-pointing, disorganization and unforced errors by Trump advisers made the problem worse. “Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” the president said.

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Jess Dillard-Wright @jessdw.bsky.social · 21d

Tylenol is fine. FFS.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 23d

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 25d

Think once, think twice, think

DO NOT PUT MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW INTO AI

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · Sep 11

An alarming number of people in positions of power seem to be completely unable to distinguish good from evil as long as the evil is spoken in a reasonable tone of voice by a white man in a suit

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Jess Dillard-Wright @jessdw.bsky.social · Sep 11

Darling, these glasses are everything. Love the mug too.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 11

The effort to paint Charlie Kirk as some sort of model for practicing politics and a beloved figure across the spectrum is bizarre.

Just a month ago, South Park was mocking him pretty mercilessly.

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Jess Dillard-Wright @jessdw.bsky.social · Sep 11

All violence is political violence.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 5

These are your words of the week

posse comitatus
monopoly
funicular
hoax
charlatan
philamot
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The Words of the Week - Sept. 5

Dictionary lookups from Los Angeles, Lisbon, and Washington, D.C.

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