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Lauren Jenkins @laurenist.bsky.social · 9d

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 9d

Today I learned that the new owners of @militarydotcom.bsky.social axed @stevenbeynon.bsky.social *while he was on Guard duty*

I am going to burn this whole place down

www.npr.org/transcripts/...

Who will be left to cover the troops as the Pentagon limits journalists' access?

Smaller publications that cover the Pentagon are likely to be the most affected by a new press policy put into place by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

www.npr.org

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 9d

Criticizing Charlie Kirk is a fireable offense that incites domestic terrorism. But calling political opponents "the party of hate, evil, and Satan" is proper and good. Got it.

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Lauren Jenkins @laurenist.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah, fuck you too.

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Lauren Jenkins @laurenist.bsky.social · 10d

This column deftly identifies e-motos as a serious issue, noting that they are not regulated like e-bikes and are much more dangerous, and yet the headline.... blames e-bikes?? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | E-bikes are an e-menace

America’s streets are being swarmed by teens on fast, silent electric bikes, and injuries are rising.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Lauren Jenkins @laurenist.bsky.social · 11d

Remember when the ADL called Elon’s Nazi salute an awkward gesture? Ah, well. I’m sure that worked out for them.

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 11d

Posting this three hours before the start of Yom Kippur is quite a choice

FBI Director Kash Patel & @
@FBIDirectorKash
X.com
James Comey wrote "love letters" to the ADL and embedded FBI agents with them - a group that ran disgraceful ops spying on Americans.
That era is OVER. This FBI won't partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs.
FBI
Patel cuts ties Comey's FBI
made with ADL as organization faces backlash for TPUSA
criticism
That era is finished. This FBI formally rejects Comey's policies and any partnership with the ADL, Patel said
By Rachel Wolf • Fox News
3:32 PM • 10/1/25 • 758K Views

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11d

I would like one reporter to ask DHS to define what a "globalist" is or if it just means "Jew"

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 11d

DHS appears to suggest that it will deny citizenship to "globalists"

Homeland Security
@DHSgov
"Communist?"
DENIED.
"Terrorist?"
DENIED.
"Globalist?"
DENIED.

Above a meme of a bearded smiling guy, in this case wearing a USCIS hat

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11d

Let’s open our eyes. This isn’t a functioning democracy any longer when - in the middle of a high stakes funding fight - the President illegally suspends federal projects in states run by Democrats as a way to punish the political opposition.

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 11d

I did not expect this kind of fire from Eliot Cohen, but he has Hegseth absolutely pegged www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

There is a certain kind of Army officer who, after the excitement of company command, finds his career stalled, and who perhaps leaves the service as a major in the National Guard filled with bitterness and resentment. He may then dream of one day being in a position to make all the superior officers who failed to appreciate his leadership qualities, his insight, his sheer fitness stand to attention and hear him lay down the law about what it is to be an officer, and threaten to fire those who do not meet his standards. In this respect, and this respect only, on that stage Pete Hegseth was living the dream.

In all other respects, however, he was ridiculous...

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Phil Klay @philklay.bsky.social · 12d

In retrospect, it’s probably a good thing Trump chose a SecDef whose character, knowledge and comportment could only fill a genuine military professional with contempt and loathing.

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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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Lauren Jenkins @laurenist.bsky.social · 12d

“He views the world from the point of view of a not terribly successful major in the National Guard."

Jason Dempsey @jkdemp.bsky.social · 12d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

A Novice Defense Secretary Lectures the Brass on What It Takes to Win

www.nytimes.com

Lauren Jenkins @laurenist.bsky.social · 12d

The Signal chats are just going to be flying after this.

Lauren Jenkins @laurenist.bsky.social · 17d

a person in a hooded cape stands in front of a row of skulls

ALT: a person in a hooded cape stands in front of a row of skulls

media.tenor.com

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Lauren Jenkins @laurenist.bsky.social · 17d

If we're still in our fall of the Republic era, maybe this is Order 66. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals

The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Lauren Jenkins @laurenist.bsky.social · 19d

How many days away from this administration calling people "cockroaches" are we, really?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 20d

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

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Lauren Jenkins @laurenist.bsky.social · 19d

Well if John Yoo says Trump can’t, I can only assume this means we in fact can have a war on cars. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24d

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 24d

I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 24d

Every time a city prioritizes non-car travel, pedestrianizes thoroughfares, expands transit, improves bike networks, implements congestion pricing or creates new public spaces, that city becomes better.

It’s not a war on cars. It’s an effort to make cities better & more livable.

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Lauren Jenkins @laurenist.bsky.social · 24d

The third season of The Mandalorian, basically.

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 24d

kinda wild that there were four years in power to safeguard against all of this happening and the threat was seen as defeated not imminent

Lauren Jenkins @laurenist.bsky.social · 24d

To recruit "the right kind of people", I'm sure.

Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · 24d

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Pentagon leaders are considering a recruiting campaign centered around Charlie Kirk. Possible slogans discussed include "Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors" and there's talk of using TPUSA chapters as recruitment centers. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

www.nbcnews.com

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It's Trevor! @newbornstranger.bsky.social · 24d

Just one 7 minute episode with an AI version of Diego Luna recanting his sins against the Emperor.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24d

The Third Reich didn't last 1,000 years.

Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.

And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.

Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.

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