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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 3d

This is not good

The story is actually worse than the headline. The ex-GOP official worked in Missouri with Ed Martin.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

Axios headline: Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 4d

www.axios.com/2025/10/08/t...

Trump baselessly calls for Pritzker, Chicago mayor to be jailed

The state and city sued the administration Monday over the deployment of troops to Chicago.

www.axios.com

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8d

MORE: Immergut issued a stark warning that the efforts by Trump to make a bad-faith justification to call up the guard risked plunging the country into a form of unconstitutional military rule.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 9d

“This is not just an administrative headache. It puts patient care at risk in an already overburdened system. Medicine is complicated enough. We should not be leaving physicians and patients to guess whether a proven, widely used mode of care is legal, billable, or sustainable.”

Coverage for telemedicine has ended abruptly. For my patients and me, it’s a disaster

Telemedicine is a core part of care delivery. But on Oct. 1, patients and doctors lost access to it across the U.S.

www.statnews.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11d

I really wish I didn't have to care about these fucking weirdos.

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

www.wired.com

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 11d

Jane Goodall was not only a pioneering primatologist, she also campaigned more relentlessly and selflessly for the natural world than anyone I know.

A great soul if ever there was one
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

www.theguardian.com

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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 12d

Donald Trump, who claimed he'd end all wars, just declared war on the American people...and Republicans cheered.

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Ryan Abt (He/Him) @ryanabt.bsky.social · 12d

This is the essence of the conservative facade. It demands civility in personal interactions in spite of the use of power to destroy lives. As long as people are civil lives harmed don’t matter.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 12d

fun timing: my new article today is about a Norms Respecter claiming to be "worried" about "democracy"

ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

Anthony Kennedy: The Real Crisis at the Supreme Court Is Justices Being Rude to Each Other

For a guy who is purportedly worried about the future of democracy, he sure did a lot to erode it.

ballsandstrikes.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12d

Deranged, un-American fascism. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

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No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 14d

Jesus. that’s the fourth mass shooting today

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 14d

Reports: multiple people have been shot at The Hideout in Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 15d

“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”

I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.

And that’s wrong.

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Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 26d

Robert Redford was an amazing actor, may he rest well.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27d

Trump: everyone in the US died from drugs last week
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: so we must murder on the high seas
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: the cock on that bunny
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: bigger than you think

Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives

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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 27d

The only thing Kirk has in common with Jesus is that Christians hate when you quote him to show what he really believes.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 27d

November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n...

MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) - Charlie Kirk stood 80 miles from where George Floyd was murdered, faced an overwhelmingly white audience, and declared he was going to say things "no one dares say out loud."
What followed was an avalanche of aspersions and debunked claims about Floyd, the Black man whose death at the hands of a
Minneapolis police officer set off a global reckoning over racial injustice and broad calls for change. But the white conservative agitator had a counter view: Floyd was a "scumbag," he said, unworthy of the attention.

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Kimberley @kimberleyfox.bsky.social · Sep 12

At least a millimeter, or maybe two, of sorrow.

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Liberal Librarian, Emotional Support Cuban 📚 🌿🕓 @liberallibrarian.bsky.social · Sep 12

It's all fun and ha-has until someone takes you seriously.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · Sep 12

A little background on the groyper/Charlie Kirk "feud."

Charlie Kirk, his Culture War Tour and Groyper trolls

Charlie Kirk’s Culture War college tour was increasingly haunted by Groyper trolls that frame Charlie Kirk as a fake, 'anti-white' conservative. This article explains how.

www.diggitmagazine.com

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · Sep 12

The shooter was a groyper.

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · Sep 12

the suspected Charlie Kirk shooter has been identified as 22 year old Tyler Robinson from Utah

very little in his family socials other than that Tyler was very online and dressed up on Halloween specifically to emulate this meme

knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultur...

Facebook post by Tyler Robinson's mother of him dressed as a gopnik meme, wearing a track suit and squatting on the ground

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Sep 12

The 16-year-old who shot two students in a Colorado high school on the same day Charlie Kirk was killed was a virulent white supremacist and antisemite www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...

‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts

Social media accounts that appear to be connected to the 16-year-old shooter are littered with references to mass shootings and antisemitic views, The Denver Post found.

www.denverpost.com

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Kimberley @kimberleyfox.bsky.social · Sep 11

Hm, a country with an actual rule of law. Interesting.

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · Sep 10

Kirk was America's latest victim of senseless gun violence for all of an hour or two: "Three people, at least two of whom are students, were shot and critically injured at a suburban high school in Colorado on Wednesday afternoon." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

3 Students Shot and Critically Injured at Colorado High School, Authorities Say

The attack took place on the campus of Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colo., which is southwest of Denver, according to the local sheriff’s office.

www.nytimes.com

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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.

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