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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 21h

Their lies. Are just. Pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22h

I’ve seen posts claiming this “truth” is evidence of dementia, but IMO that’s not the right frame. This is strategy. Since 2021, the right has been rewriting history, bending timelines, to connect their grievances (Covid) and conspiracy theories (Jan 6, censorship, etc) to the Biden administration.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22h

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 22h

Seriously, aren’t you tired and suspicious of “IT’S THE DEMOCRATS’ FAULT” every. single. time?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 22h

Photo A: The Trump administration
Photo B: Portland

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 22h

Portland rules. I say this as someone who has lived in Seattle for the last 13 years. But your city is easily my favorite getaway destination in this country and I’m so thankful your people have what it takes to stand up to this administration without giving them what they (transparently) want. ❤️

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 1d

I gotta say, I think the Trump administration made a huge tactical error in making Portland one of the early targets for its egregious intimidation campaign. That city is meeting the moment in all the right ways 🫡

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 1d

Absolute clown show of an administration

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up dozens of scientists with expertise in infectious diseases that have pandemic potential. But after The New York Times reported the dismissals, a federal health official said many of them had been fired in error and would be brought back.

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

Friday’s layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to the measles outbreak and running an influential journal. An official acknowledged the mistakes on Saturday.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 2d

“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.”

Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure famously non-litigious company Nintendo will be totally fine with this thing!

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1d

Anbernic RG DS coming soon (under $100 - dual screen handheld) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvlp...

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 1d

Given that the whole point is to keep escalating the violence, this is the most effective form of protest. It undermines their narrative of a "violent mob", and every time they try to escalate, they'll just look goofy as hell beating a bunch of inflatable animals.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 3d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Look at this.

A new crypto account was opened yesterday morning.

30 minutes BEFORE Trump's announcement of 100% tariffs on China, it added a huge multi-million dollar levered Bitcoin short position, per YF.

The market dumped.

The trader made +$192 million in two hours.

Unusual.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 2d

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@geoffmcgivern.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social · 4d

hey, national news orgs! Go and film the fucking stores! And then follow with a piece to camera on this lying, senile, wannabe dictator felon.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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run DanAmrich.exe -verbose @danamrich.bsky.social · 4d

Today, a sitting President is trying to send military forces into US cities to quell...peaceful protests.

The National Rifle Association, which repeatedly shouts that it needs its pew-pews to fight a potentially tyrannical government, is silent.

Hypocrites? Liars.

As suspected. But.

a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket is sitting at a desk in a laboratory .

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket is sitting at a desk in a laboratory .

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 4d

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

A rightwing late-night show may have bombed – but the funding behind it is no laughing matter

Conservative donors spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a rightwing Stephen Colbert-style talkshow

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9d

When you recall that political reporters ran interference for Trump over his "opposition" to Project 2025, remember that even AT THAT TIME there was a hidden camera interview with Vought where he said that was bullshit and he didn't mean it. www.mediamatters.org/russ-vought/...

In undercover interview, Project 2025 architect gets candid on the initiative’s radical goals and connections to Trump

In an undercover interview with reporters from the British non-profit organization Centre for Climate Reporting, Project 2025 architect and MAGA ally Russ Vought admitted to the project's strong ties ...

www.mediamatters.org

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 15d

That’d be incredible. Yeah, I know what you mean. Would love to REALLY get to explore that place.

Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 15d

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 15d

I want to live on the Citadel irl tbh

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 15d

I’ve really had very little time to play much of anything for weeks/months, but currently back on my Mass Effect bs. Recently picked back up a long-paused trilogy run with ME3. This one REALLY benefits from the Legendary Edition remaster treatment.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 19d

see how settled science suddenly gets turned into something unclear as soon as conservatives make it a political issue? this has happened on dozens of issues.

NPR @npr.org · 19d

The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.

When it comes to Tylenol, what are parents to do?

The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 21d

Former counselor to RFK Jr’s predecessor:

Sarah Despres @sarahdespres
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I see @SecKennedy was able to attend Charlie Kirk's memorial. It's unfortunate the Secretary of HHS was not able to attend the funeral of Officer David Rose who was killed in the senseless attack on the CDC, one of the agencies within @hhs.
6:56 PM • 9/21/25 • 808 Views

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Lindsay Ballant @lballant.bsky.social · 29d

We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet

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