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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 3h

🫣 Wow. "The entire press corps leaves the Pentagon..." sounds like the first line of a very dystopian novel.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5h

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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A @meada.bsky.social · 6h

Disappointing.

A @meada.bsky.social · 8h

looks like more than half of them wouldn't be allowed in Kegseth's Army.

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A @meada.bsky.social · 8h

bsky.app/profile/mead...

A @meada.bsky.social · 9h

$40 Billion would buy A LOT of healthcare for Americans. #JustSaying.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Now we are up to $40 billion for Argentina. Can anyone stop Bessent from unilaterally sending unlimited amounts of our money to South America? And Republicans won’t even negotiate with the Democrats on health care for Americans. Where is Congress?

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A @meada.bsky.social · 9h

and then some...

A @meada.bsky.social · 9h

bsky.app/profile/mead...

A @meada.bsky.social · 9h

$40 Billion would buy A LOT of healthcare for Americans. #JustSaying.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Now we are up to $40 billion for Argentina. Can anyone stop Bessent from unilaterally sending unlimited amounts of our money to South America? And Republicans won’t even negotiate with the Democrats on health care for Americans. Where is Congress?

A @meada.bsky.social · 9h

🎶 Why are there so many.... 🎶songs about Rainbows🌈 .... 🎶

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A @meada.bsky.social · 9h

Important thread.

Popular Education @populareducation.bsky.social · Sep 5

🧵When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, 80% of the city flooded, trapping over 100,000 residents. But not everyone was equally affected.

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A @meada.bsky.social · 9h

Not to mention, refusing to swear in AA's Adelita Grijalva.

A @meada.bsky.social · 9h

Yes. For POTUS and for their Senators.

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A @meada.bsky.social · 9h

Well, he seems to think Alaska is part of Russia, so....
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Trump Thought Alaska Was Russia, And The Internet Is Having An Absolute Field Day With It

"This doddering old man has no idea where he is or what he’s talking about," one congressman said.

www.yahoo.com

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A @meada.bsky.social · 9h

I'm old enough to remember when it used to be considered "a bad look" (and then some) for a POTUS to put a thumb on the scale of foreign elections. (You know, like how Russia did in 2016.)

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A @meada.bsky.social · 9h

$40 Billion would buy A LOT of healthcare for Americans. #JustSaying.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Now we are up to $40 billion for Argentina. Can anyone stop Bessent from unilaterally sending unlimited amounts of our money to South America? And Republicans won’t even negotiate with the Democrats on health care for Americans. Where is Congress?

A @meada.bsky.social · 10h

The very FIRST Amendment. The one that comes right before the Amendment that they all like best.

A @meada.bsky.social · 12h

Showing disdain. "Showing disdain" for Capitol police officers is worse, apparently.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14h

Here’s the thing. We still have the power (probably) to say that this image must not be what America is. We still have the power to say “fuck no, we refuse to allow this to be what the streets of America look like.” Attend a “No Kings” rally this Saturday. And then vote in 2026.

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A @meada.bsky.social · 13h

And definitely not pardoned...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”

But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.

Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

www.msnbc.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

This is a great factcheck on the DHS sizzle videos of them rounding up immigrants: they are leaving a lot of context out.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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zensoul.bsky.social @zensoul.bsky.social · 1d

Stay safe, everyone!

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A @meada.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. Google "Boogaloo Bois". (And Boogs are relatively small time.
A point that Eddie probably meant to include .... record anything you see that looks suspicious or related to chaos-agency.

A @meada.bsky.social · 1d

Not even equal... some... ANY bargaining power would be nice.

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A @meada.bsky.social · 1d

If they ever need a single clip to distill the complete collapse of the once-great American society, I feel like this clip presents a pretty spot-on encapsulation.

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A @meada.bsky.social · 1d

Do not need another Fetterman, nor another Sinema...