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Robert Ingersoll @rgingersoll.bsky.social · 12h

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Robert Ingersoll @rgingersoll.bsky.social · 13h

Count me in!

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 13h

How do I make Justice Kavanaugh watch this?

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

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Robert Ingersoll @rgingersoll.bsky.social · 16h

The worst of the worst, right?

Rapists and murderers.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 17h

This is great stuff from @jamestalarico.bsky.social, running for Senate in Texas:

“The most dangerous form of government is theocracy — because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.”

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Robert Ingersoll @rgingersoll.bsky.social · 16h

Love this guy… dishonorable and distinctly unpatriotic to remain silent.

Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 16h

“We dishonor those who came before us if in this moment of crisis we remain silent,” Mr. Stevenson said. “I don’t think it’s just unempathetic. I don’t think it’s just cowardly. I think it’s dishonorable."

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 21h

Murders per 100k residents:
* Houston 19.0
* Dallas 16.6
* San Antonio 15.9
* Ft. Worth 10.8
* NYC 4.6

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Robert Ingersoll @rgingersoll.bsky.social · 1d

When you post things like this, should you also remind followers that crime in the United States has been on a steady decline since the 1990’s?

Why on earth would we need the National Guard to manage crime?

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Robert Ingersoll @rgingersoll.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic thread. Thanks.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

steady.page

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Guess that Qatari jet wasn’t a “gift” to Trump after all.

Screenshot of tweets. Mike Madrid writes: “Joe Biden was criticized for a Chinese balloon flying over our airspace. They’re giving Qatar an entire f’ing air base.”
Below, Aaron Rupar’s tweet quotes Pete Hegseth saying on Fox News: “I’m also proud that today we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.”

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Robert Ingersoll @rgingersoll.bsky.social · 1d

ICE brings a video crew with them very often. Show us the alleged assaults.

Obviously we get to see plenty of assaults in the other direction, captured by regular citizens.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Robert Ingersoll @rgingersoll.bsky.social · 2d

This is why they wear masks.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

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Robert Ingersoll @rgingersoll.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone can see this. Every American voter can see it - and they have been able to see it for more than a decade.

And yet, 70M+ voted for him, again and again.

In a way, we deserve everything we are getting. And everything we will get.

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