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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 59m

Are the Colts warming up by playing Red Rover or something

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 59m

"Why should you have healthcare coverage when you're not sick?"

This is literally the same logic that Brian Blase keeps using re. a significant number of ACA enrollees never filing a medical claim as if that's a bad thing.

"Why should you have auto insurance if you haven't been in an accident?"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Winsome Earle-Sears: "The hospitals that are closing? They were closing long before the bill passed ... why should you have Medicaid when you're able-bodied?"

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An Evil Robot From The Future @anevilrobot.bsky.social · 58m

“We need to be able to rule the opposite if Dems ever come back into power”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 22h

Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

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Dinosaur Bob @dinosaurbob.bsky.social · 3h

Moore predicted this.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 11h

This was a choice made by Republicans to explode health insurance costs for millions. Now military families aren’t getting their paychecks and are online at food banks.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 11h

Hahaha, delicious.

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 12h

Our kind of play

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14h

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 20h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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erin*carly @erincarly.bsky.social · 13h

Piggybacking on this to share a story I overheard today. Lady in front of me was USAID. Got fired while she and her family were stationed overseas. Kicked out of their home and kids pulled from school. Moved back here, living in a shared apartment, and she’s selling things on Etsy to get by. 💔😡

shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 16h

it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone who’s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously it’s good that they backtracked, these are people’s fucking LIVELIHOODS they’re messing with.

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 19h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 12h

Tee Pup alert 🐶

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Thad Ochocinco, Active Listener @thadochocinco.bsky.social · 23h

From the people that repeatedly shoot at the Emmitt Till Memorial Marker comes Brent Jones, who was arrested for pissing in the reflecting pool and destroying the eternal flame at Martin Luther King's burial site www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 15h

I constantly yelled about Vaughn’s terribleness when he was with the Sox, but that he survived a terrible organization for so long, I’m genuinely rooting for him in these playoffs. He deserves some happiness after enduring the White Sox’s suckitude.

Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 16h

when you check on your client's 401(k) and everything is on track and also you've hit a go-ahead home run.

Andrew Vaughn, looking less like a baseball player and more like a friendly neighbor than anyone in recent memory.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · Jul 27

Half the time I post something related to race on this website I get someone in the comments like, “yeah america is a racist country what do you expect.” I’m starting to think folks like this are bots or ops designed to make people feel helpless. Think we should call it “doomsplaining”

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jul 27

I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 15h

That is, as the kids say …

a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man in an elevator and says `` not great , bob '' .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man in an elevator and says `` not great , bob '' .

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 15h

😂

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 15h

I just wanna point out how depressing it is to see so many on the other site relying on a racist AI bot for basic info instead of spending an extra five minutes to do practical old school research

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 15h

Loaf chonk.

troyliss @troyliss.bsky.social · 16h

Goin’ loaf mode!

A grey striped cat bunkered down so she looks topographically identical to a loaf of bread.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 16h

If we survive this, and Democrats are able to take back power, I guarantee you we will have to endure think-piece after think-piece that demand the rest of us reach out, stop shaming, and forgive fascists and the crimes they’ve committed. I absolutely guarantee it.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 17h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 1d

Before Trump began dismantling USAID, polling showed that the average American voter thought that ~25% of our federal budget went to foreign aid. But that figure was only 1%—and our foreign aid contributions represented a much smaller share of our Gross National Income than other wealthy countries.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 23h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 16h

This company is absolutely stealing money from this state for its underground death trap. It’s mind boggling.

The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 1d

Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Via ProPublica: thenevadaindependent.com/article/elon...

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22h

America's collapse in one swath of the NYT homepage

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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