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Kris Armstrong @krisarmstrong1.bsky.social · Aug 19

Greetings! Thank you @westcoastbirder.bsky.social for the code. Happy to be here.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 5m

I am never ever fucking EVER getting over these fuckers just driving around snatching our neighbors off the street.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina’s top elections official is pressing the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles for unprecedented access to voters’ full Social Security numbers — a move that could erode voter privacy protections and lay the groundwork for mass voter purges

North Carolina Elections Chief Demands Voters’ Full Social Security Numbers From DMV

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Kris Armstrong @krisarmstrong1.bsky.social · 15m

It’s beautiful. I’m glad I haven’t fallen asleep yet.

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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 20m

Dear Republicans and Fox News: we know what an 'I Hate America' rally looks like. Trump spoke at it.

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✶ MarcusD ✶ @marcusd.bsky.social · 20m

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 7h

"[Yesterday's] raids across Southern California showed a continuing escalation of violence by masked federal agents as they kidnapped at least 20 people, including parents after their school drop-offs, U.S. citizens, and a mother is ripped from her infant."

lataco.com/daily-memo-o...

DAILY MEMO: ICE Rips Mom From Her Infant, Takes U.S. Citizens and Parents After School Drop-off, and Assaults Worker with a Taser ~ L.A. TACO

Today’s raids across Southern California showed a continuing escalation of violence by masked federal agents as they kidnapped at least 20 people, including parents after their school drop-offs, U.S. ...

lataco.com

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Kris Armstrong @krisarmstrong1.bsky.social · 20m

These people are absolutely delusional. Do they think if they speak this bullshit it makes it true - the worst thing is they want to believe it.

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 2d

Markwayne Mullin: "On Saturday they have a No Kings rally which is a huge Trump rally. The ones that are gonna have to protect the city from being burned down, cars being flipped over and shops being rioted is federal employees that Democrats are refusing to pay."

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1h

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Kris Armstrong @krisarmstrong1.bsky.social · 24m

MeanCat in a fluffy bed is just so darn sweet.

Kris Armstrong @krisarmstrong1.bsky.social · 26m

Cool, he looks like Barry Gibb circa 1975.

North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 6d

No medieval filter here! A modern recreation of a Viking ruler for Denmark’s National Museum, based on the depiction of Cnut in the New Minster Liber Vitae and on clothes found at a grave in Mammen, Denmark. #medievalsky

A man wearing a thigh-length red tunic beneath a cloak of a darker red, both richly embroidered, blue leggings and soft, tan-coloured shoes.

Kris Armstrong @krisarmstrong1.bsky.social · 30m

Now if we could just get those Opus Dei nuts out of our justice system.

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Kris Armstrong @krisarmstrong1.bsky.social · 34m

Dang this looks nice. We might go see a movie or two.

McLean Connected @mcleanconnected.bsky.social · 1h

Golden Ticket Cinemas to open Friday in Bloomington

A new movie theater promising an extensive food menu, ultra-comfy seats and upgraded sound and projection systems will open Friday in southeast Bloomington.

pantagraph.com

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1h

absolutely the fuck not. this needs to be a red line.

Janet Mills would support keeping filibuster if elected to the Senate

The Democratic governor’s stance is shared by Sen. Susan Collins, the Republican whom Mills entered the race to defeat earlier this week.

www.bangordailynews.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1h

I genuinely think this is a reason it's GOOD that Stephen Miller is playing his cards now. Bc we can beat it, legally and politically, when the stakes are [lower].

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · Aug 25

New:

At a Gateway Pundit conference, former Trump attorney Peter Ticktin said he “wouldn’t be very surprised” if there’s “an emergency called” before the next election, as "it's necessary."

"And with that emergency, we're going to be able to turn the tide.” www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

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Kris Armstrong @krisarmstrong1.bsky.social · 38m

I could watch Rodgers throw interceptions all day.

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 4h

America didn’t win WWII through “inferior tech," it won through organization, integration, and strategy, as well as the myth that Nazi Germany’s “exquisite” weapons outclassed the Allies, and critiques how the media keeps misusing history to sound profound. My latest⬇️

The Myth of Allied Technological Inferiority

World War II, The Free Press, and the Problematic Use of History in Contemporary Media

secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 1h

Omg, the solution to CIA's Kryptos being discovered by someone becoming a subject matter expert, going on location, and finding the plaintext sitting in a vault several miles away is the absolute *perfect* ending to Kryptos. You couldn't write it. Just absolutely A+ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...

A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault

www.nytimes.com

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Kris Armstrong @krisarmstrong1.bsky.social · 48m

It’s raining wins 🐻

It's Raining WINS! ⛈️🎉 a Chicago Bears Superfan parody song 🎬🕺🏻🐻⬇️

YouTube video by Dave Swerski

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 2h

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 14h

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.

And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4h

“Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.“

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 6h

Important piece, basically one of the most influential educational institutions in the world over the past 100 years abruptly collapsed due to unregulated pet projects that bankrupted UC’s entire research and education infrastructure.

kate wagner @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 1d

wrote briefly about architecture and the situation at u Chicago www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Why Did UChicago Destroy the Humanities?

The answer is simple: to spend untold sums on useless buildings by starchitects.

www.thenation.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 5h

Fortune favors him; we cannot know why. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million in Vegas playing blackjack

The billionaire Illinois governor, who is on the 2028 presidential short list, reported the earnings in his latest tax filings after playing blackjack at a Las Vegas casino.

www.nbcnews.com

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Kris Armstrong @krisarmstrong1.bsky.social · 1h

Those Bengals uniforms are sharp.

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Chelle M., PhD @drchellem.bsky.social · 5h

Pope Leo is making a strong move to hinder the power of an abusive right wing extremist branch of the church. He is posed to sign a decree separating Opus Dei into three branches and essentially blocking the recruitment of new initiates.

Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 14h

Opus Dei "on the cusp of ceasing to exist"

A recent report hints at the imminent suppression of this abusive group

open.substack.com/pub/garethgo...

Opus Dei "on the cusp of ceasing to exist"

A recent report hints at the imminent suppression of this abusive group

open.substack.com

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