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Rob Dalton @daltonator.bsky.social · 3h

"Worst of the worst" my ass. They're going after kids and families because they're power-tripping cowards whose job is to incite fear and terror into voters to keep them home from the polls.

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 4h

At a raid on the drop-off line at a local elementary school, hundreds of parents had ICE surrounded within three minutes. ICE gave up and fled.

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 4h

My neighbors have filled the Little Free Libraries with whistles so we can warn each other about ICE. Chicago is not afraid.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 4h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 5h

Everyone in my feed is shitting on Nuzzi. Meanwhile, the other person in the saga is now destroying the medical community and endangering public health.

But let’s slut shame Nuzzi.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 4h

WILL ONE PERSON ON BLUESKY CRITICIZE RFK JR PLEASE!

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 5h

Everyone in my feed is shitting on Nuzzi. Meanwhile, the other person in the saga is now destroying the medical community and endangering public health.

But let’s slut shame Nuzzi.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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monique d'hooghe ♿ they/she @moniquedhooghe.bsky.social · 1h

random violinist goes crazy improvising 🔥🙌 @matildeheckler

YouTube video by ARIatHOME

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monique d'hooghe ♿ they/she @moniquedhooghe.bsky.social · 1h

Baby elephant who doesn’t know how to use his trunk#animals #funnyanimal #funny #elephant

YouTube video by Giovani Gonzalez

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 6h

Or the extent to which they felt there would never be consequences.

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · May 4

Yeah, in response to the AIDS Memorial Quilt, some shitheads at the University of Iowa put together the "Gerbil Quilt", which was displayed in the student union.

dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1991/di19...

A "quilt" put together to mock AIDS victims.

Caption reads: "This quilt, on display in the lower level of the Union, has caused controversy over the way it satirizes the AIDS quilt. The display is sponsored by the Campus Review."

PDF of the school paper article. Text reads:
"'Gerbils' quilt sparks controversy
Dean of Students Phillip Jones responds to the Campus Review's latest Union display.
Heather Chase Daily lowan
Controversy has again erupted in response to the most recent Cam-pus Review display in the Union.
A "Save the Gerbils Memorial Quilt," sponsored by the Reviere, is currently on display in the cases near the Union Station dining area. The presentation includes a quilt with images of "deceased" gerbils and a report on "gerbiling an alleged sexual practice among some homosexual men.
A response to Kim Painter's June 24 Daily Jowan editorial titled "KGAN: Sex, Lies and TV News" is also included in the display. The response, written by Review contributor David Mastio, is titled "Censored by the DI."
Because of the controversy generated by the display, an open letter from Phillip Jones, dean of students, was placed in a nearby display case on July 15.
The letter, titled "Sensitivity Towards Others," states in part, "The university is a forum for the free exchange of ideas. While some views are repugnant and
despicable to others in a univer sity community, as well as to visitors to campus, the right to express those views is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution."
According to Jones, the UI has had a number of complaints about the gerbil display, some made by visitors to campus. Freshman orientation is cur-rently bringing many parents and new students to campus and into the Union.
"The (UI) has concerns about insensitive and degrading com ments. The (UI) also has an obligation to allow all forms of expression. But the university does not have to condone degrading statements," Jones said, and added the open letter endorsed
neither point of view on the issue. The UI Department of Dance sponsored a display case in opposition to the gerbil display and included pictures of the famous AIDS quilt display in Washing ton, D.C., and a written rebuttal.
A section of the rebuttal st…

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 6h

I've found the College Republicans Never Used To Be Like That v College Republicans Always Used To Be Like That split quite instructive. Clearly it depends on the extent to which they thought you were one of them.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 6h

I was a Young Republican for a brief time in the 1980s (for real). I promise you they talked like this back then. They didn’t know I was Jewish, so the Holocaust jokes flowed freely. It all helped radicalize me against the right.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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🕷TarantulaMask🎃 @octopusmask.bsky.social · 5h

As a white guy in a rural-suburban area growing up in the 90s, I can confirm this is the casual norm. And if you push back, it's always the same "just joking, relax"

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Sheila Fyfe @sheilafyfe.bsky.social · 5h

Trump did not invent any of this, but gave his followers permission to be vocal about it. Life was better when people were too embarrassed to be openly hateful.

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KatKat 🐦‍🔥 @katinthestars.bsky.social · 6h

I’m surrounded by MAGA and remember how guys would talk and “joke” like this in middle school. It’s embedded in their language and this shit starts at home. They think it’s normal. But now it’s worse bc you have real malicious intent behind the rhetoric. We all must learn from this.

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Malice-on @theallisonian.bsky.social · 3h

Were they not like that, or were they not like that *around you*?

I used to work with good ol' boys in a supply shop for electricians. They used slurs constantly, racist, sexist, homophobic, etc.

They dropped it the moment someone who would take offense walked in the door.

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monique d'hooghe ♿ they/she @moniquedhooghe.bsky.social · 1h

Upside down flag.... country in distress

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 4h

i did it

i got an inflatable costume for the no kings rally this weekend

i'm so excited

it's a parrot

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3h

I know the whole “every accusation is a confession” thing but it’s pretty clear this is the most elitist government that’s existed in decades. It’s just 12 billionaires in a group chat sharing banned Reddit memes

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Appalachian Mycologist @mycologist.bsky.social · 2h

Largely the same folks who said anyone talking about the rising fascism the last several years was overreacting.

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Edward James Almost @chrismacandcheese.bsky.social · 3h

Oppression isn't an all-or-nothing binary either. It ramps up. So if we don't stand up against it now, it will meet or exceed the oppression of X group. Because unchecked cruelty is the goal of fascism.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

People are also grappling to describe experiences that, to them, are unprecedented at this scale. "X group in history had it SOOOO much worse" is both unhelpful and asinine. You are not scoring points by snarking on terrified immigrants hiding in their fucking homes

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

Happy to block anyone whose contribution in this moment is to immediately police the language people are using to describe fed invasions of their cities. People are going to be imprecise. They are experiencing immense trauma. If you haven't had a gun pointed at you recently, maybe sit this one out

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monique d'hooghe ♿ they/she @moniquedhooghe.bsky.social · 1h

I am lucky that talia wrote an extensive thread on this

As a 15 year member of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army, I can only agree with her

Ofc diversity of tactics is needed, but not all tactics are good praxis in all situations

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