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deadspatula.bsky.social @deadspatula.bsky.social · 28d

(as a side note, i understand that in reality, david was not an underdog if you consider an hunting sling wielder experienced in hunting tiny vermin versus a man with gigantism and the associaed movement limitations. David was the odds on favorite, but thats propaganda for you).

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Megara @megarab.bsky.social · 19h

😡Starbucks, McDonalds, Burger King, Pepsi, CocaCola, Domino’s, KFC, Tesla, Sodastream, Proctor and Gamble, and Amazon STILL suck*

*support the Israeli army. Which is not off the hook for atrocities.

Samara @samaaraa.bsky.social · 1d

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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key-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 4d

ICE out of Portland!
#abolishICE #resist #PDX

A digital drawing of a frog standing on a bright red background. The frog is holding a sign that says “ICE out of Portland”. The frog looks mad.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 4d

I love this image.

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 4d

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE

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drwhofan1.bsky.social @drwhofan1.bsky.social · 5d

Frog Power.

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 6d

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 5d

I will repost every portland frog joke

escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 6d

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Megara @megarab.bsky.social · 3d

They do though. Disease disproportionally affect the poor and those who live in densely populated areas.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 6d

🧵 Trump is criminally invading states under false pretenses. His supporters are trying to instigate violence by dressing as antifa and committing crimes.

In this clip from Portland, Joey Gibson of "Patriot Prayer" and his fiancée, Lindsey Nichols, tried to cause trouble before being forced away.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 12d

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls

Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

people.com

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Matty @bestestname.bsky.social · 13d

Googling "what to do if your government is evil?"

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13d

From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 13d

Ted Cruz: "How about we all come together and say let's stop attacking pedophiles?"

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Megara @megarab.bsky.social · 13d

“The media is not responding to public rage against vulnerable minorities; it is helping to create it.”

This article describes the U.S. lurch toward fascism in the clearest possible way - please read:

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...

What is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them?

A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Megara @megarab.bsky.social · 15d

That did not sound like a “plan to end the war.”
It sounded like a threat.

Megara @megarab.bsky.social · 15d

Correction: “to destroy Hamas” but I think I that translates, to Israel, to “destroy Gaza”
Yikes.

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Netanyahu clarified that he means destroy Gaza.
This is so awful.
Genocide is not “solving” the Middle East

Megara @megarab.bsky.social · 15d

Among all the self-aggrandizing and rambling DJT just said “Israel would have my full support to destroy Gaza”?!
WTF?!

He’s apparently solved the Middle East.

He’s still on about Biden?!

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Megara @megarab.bsky.social · 16d

“(A)m I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?”

The president discovers propaganda

Mister.Nobody @ytregaws.bsky.social · 16d

LOL

"I spoke to the governor, she was very nice. But I said, 'Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening? My people tell me different.' They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place...

www.kgw.com/article/news...

Trump seems to back off Portland military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?'

President Trump had said he will send troops to Portland to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he said were "under attack."

www.kgw.com

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Megara @megarab.bsky.social · 16d

“(A)m I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?”

The president discovers propaganda

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Megara @megarab.bsky.social · 16d

In a chaotic sea of bad news, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social keeps giving hope

Photo of Zohran Mamdani speaking into a blue and white handheld megaphone from this article:
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/07/01/zohran-mamdani-give-upmayoral-control-nyc-public-schools-mayor-race/
Credit: (Madison Swart / Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 17d

Greg Gutfeld screamed at his co-host @jessicatarlov.bsky.social that it would take her two months to find examples of right wing domestic terrorism. I've included several examples - the Evergreen High School shooting happened the same day as the murder of Charlie Kirk.

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