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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 1h

Stock market! Do not crash! I was joking!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1h

“Don't worry about China, it will all be fine! Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment.”

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Ellie Vate @eevw.xyz · 1h

Humor and ridicule have long been used to expose the absurdity and cruelty of authoritarian regimes. So the more, the better!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6h

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 18h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Christina Stephens 🐯✨ @christinastephens.bsky.social · 1h

Sally Jenkins has a fetish where she wants you to scream at her online, don’t provide that to her for free.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3h

Sorry 1 day lmao

A tweet from Donald Trump that reads “Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine! Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment. He doesn’t want Depression for his country, and neither do I. The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!! President DJT”

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 1h

Just about everyone vulnerable has been told to stay inside. There are literally hundreds of trained emergency response people on the streets of the 1.8 sq mile neighborhood. ICE is driving through alleys looking for anyone who’s brown

This is Fugitive Slave Act stuff + foreign occupation

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 19h

Rogers Park

Northernmost lakefront n’hood in Chicago

Home of Loyola U (RIP Sister Jean)

One of few n’hoods w no racial majority. One of the most densely populated places in America, & one of the most racially/ethnicly/religiously/linguistically diverse

An amazing community

And under attack

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1h

Caitlin Flanagan is what, lol?

Girl, post whatever you want defending Weiss, people who have different opinions didn't have a home visit from the thought police--they just see Weiss for the hypocritical, grifting amoral emptiness she is. Oh, and she's a terribly mediocre writer.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 2h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

Also, using “thought police” to describe the *critics* of someone who literally launched her career by trying to police the thoughts of her pro-Palestinian professors at Columbia is AMAZING

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1h

I know it's basically just bait so whatever but if you use "thought police" unironically you should be forced to sit in a corner without your phone for a full hour

Sally Jenkins post with a link to whatever awful Atlantic piece about Bari Weiss reading "Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of
@theatlantic.com
is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. "

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1h

I know it's basically just bait so whatever but if you use "thought police" unironically you should be forced to sit in a corner without your phone for a full hour

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Strahan Cadell 🇨🇦🇻🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 @quincunctial.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, Jenkins, she is the veritable Lance Armstrong of journalistic integrity. Great analysis.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 4h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 8h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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❌👑Rimwe (never giving up)🔵 @rimwellc.bsky.social · 5h

"Sir, you were President on January 6th, and you didn't 'do something' - instead, you sat there and watched the Insurrection on TV."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 6h

The perennial problem with Trump these days is it's hard to tell if he's speaking from dementia or just lying again.

I think that's one reason the press doesn't know how to cover it. It's unclear if he's really this deluded/forgetful, or if he's just lying.

www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

Trump Forgets He Was President During Capitol Riot, Blames ‘THE BIDEN FBI’ for Jan. 6 in Dead-of-Night Post

President Donald Trump blamed the Capitol riot on former President Joe Biden, claiming that “THE BIDEN FBI” had placed agents in the crowd that had assembled in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6. 2021.

www.mediaite.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 6h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 6h

So, attacking the US Capitol would be bad if the FBI did it but not if his own supporters were involved?

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Jim Manley @jamespmanley.bsky.social · 6h

Lock him up

Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 8h

At least half a dozen companies vying for some of the $45B allocated for immigration detention work hired a friend of border czar Tom Homan because that friend (who previously had Homan on his payroll) led them to believe his connections to Homan would help their chances of scoring a contract.

Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the Push to Cash in on the Trump Administration’s Deportation Campaign

A Pennsylvania businessman who had Tom Homan on his payroll led companies to believe his connections to the future border czar could help advance their bids for government work, industry executives sa...

www.propublica.org

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 7h

The deportation order derives from the crime of which he has now been exonerated.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · Jun 22

ice’s illegitimacy grows with every passing day

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jun 21

"ICE" beating man during arrest in Santa Ana California.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 18h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 17h

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

500 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics are at risk of closing because of the Trump-Republican big, ugly bill. Many are in rural areas.

Meanwhile, Republican-held US House districts and states Trump won in 2024 rely more on ACA coverage.

They're selling out their own voters.

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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 8h

100% certainty that if Biden had forgotten when he was president that Tapper and most of the political press would be fretting about his fitness for office by noon today. And it would dominate the news for days.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 8h

the hardest question in contemporary politics, for republicans

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 15h

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 8h

When will the DC press start taking about the mental stability of a man who doesn’t remember he was president on Jan. 6, 2021?

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