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The peace president sure likes murdering people

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3h

Breaking news: The U.S. military killed six alleged drug smugglers off the coast of Venezuela, President Trump said, raising further questions about his legal authority to use lethal force against vessels suspected of transporting illicit narcotics.

U.S. kills 6 alleged drug smugglers in new strike off Venezuela, Trump says

The operation follows Senate Republicans’ narrow defeat of a measure that aimed to prevent the administration’s actions on legal grounds.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 3h

Unconstitutional, damaging to our democracy and--last time I checked--murder is a crime. Let's not gussy it up and call it acts of war. This is murder.

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 3h

This is the FIFTH time Trump has carried out an illegal bombing in the Caribbean.

Using the military to execute alleged criminals with no due process or input from Congress is brazenly unconstitutional and damaging to our democracy.

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US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

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John Ma 🇺🇦 @nakhthor.bsky.social · 3h

How can the president, a public servant, be immune of legal consequences and accountability precisely for his official acts ? Insane.

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John Ma 🇺🇦 @nakhthor.bsky.social · 3h

Aren't these like warcrimes ?

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 3h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 3h

This could seriously be one of the 2 or 3 biggest Presidential scandals in US history

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 3h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Jen Grogan 🐙📖📚 @eightarmsedits.bsky.social · 4h

"Ooo, wah, I'm scared of the naked bike riders!"

What a wimp.

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 5h

"What I've seen is the abuse of law enforcement by radical leftist activists. You know, most recently, the most threatening thing I've seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there. I mean, it's getting really ugly."

www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...

Mike Johnson decries 'naked bicyclers' in Portland as 'most threatening thing I've seen'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted that federal agents' abuse of force had not risen to the level of congressional investigations after a judge barred the Department of Homeland Security from ...

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 5h

"What I've seen is the abuse of law enforcement by radical leftist activists. You know, most recently, the most threatening thing I've seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there. I mean, it's getting really ugly."

www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...

Mike Johnson decries 'naked bicyclers' in Portland as 'most threatening thing I've seen'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted that federal agents' abuse of force had not risen to the level of congressional investigations after a judge barred the Department of Homeland Security from ...

www.rawstory.com

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John Ma 🇺🇦 @nakhthor.bsky.social · 3h

The decomposition of the republic is just awful to behold. We must react.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17h

Why are her eyes so dead?

Sarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · 19h

Denver isn't:

Why Denver Airport Isn't Playing Kristi Noem's Finger-Pointy TSA Video

"Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government, and because of this, many of our operations are impacted," she claims.

www.westword.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4h

Hearing about the top down orders at DoD that everyone, civilians and uniforms had a certain period of time in which to either watch or read the transcript of Pete’s quantified speech.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4h

Oh hey, check this out. They talk the same way in their private chats as they do on Twitter www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4h

Top on the list of "Democrat programs" Trump/Vought just ended is the office which runs special education programs in the United States. www.k12dive.com/news/special...

RIFs rip through federal Office of Special Education Programs

With OSEP reportedly decimated, one special education expert asks: How can IDEA "possibly function"?

www.k12dive.com

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 14h

One of the posts that got me flamed back in the old place was when I said I didn’t fetishise books as objects and wasn’t bothered if their owners wanted to rip them in half to make their baggage lighter or chuck them in the recycling once they’ve read them or whatever. Some people went ballistic

Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 1d

The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 4h

Put a banner on every closed rural hospital

WE SAVED ARGENTINA INSTEAD

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 4h

If you were an admin or member of one of the Facebook groups that the DOJ jawboned Facebook into censoring, we want to talk to you!

Please shoot me a message,

Rtorney Pamela
' @AGPamBondi
Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a
large group page that was being used to dox and target
@lCEgov
in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and
social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing
their jobs. The Departrnent of Justice will continue engaging tech
companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent
violence against federal law enforcernent.
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CT Yankee 🐸🫡 @connecticut-yankee.bsky.social · 4h

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Shoe + @shoe.bsky.social · 6h

The Trumps are supposedly Christian but avoid saying "Jesus" or "The Lord" so studiously you'd think they were vampires.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 10h

If you're going to a No Kings march instead of a witty sign that might elicit a chuckle maybe you could just carry an American flag

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 10h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 6h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 7h

TIL that the aggro af wasps you see in late summer are worker wasps who have finished their nest tasks and are all out seeking sweet stuff and raising hell for the locals with the last days of their lives while waiting to die, wasps are basically just the insect version of retired Brits in Spain

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

i also just have a soft spot for politicians who genuinely enjoy chatting it up anyone who is around (as someone who gives talks, loves to hang around and chat, and will happily talk for hours if you let me)

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7h

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Why Conservatives Invented a ‘Right to Post’

You have a right to free speech as long as you are saying what conservatives want you to say.

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