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J Gerber @sailorboyj.bsky.social · 13h

Most likely that.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13h

Vance doing the “boys will be boys” hand waive to excuse Nazi rhetoric & vile hatred

First, these were men not boys

Second, hold them accountable. That’s how things change

Third, saying we shouldn’t ruin someone’s life for what they say online is rich given they’re deporting people for Kirk posts

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J Gerber @sailorboyj.bsky.social · 13h

Welcome back to the resistance... maybe? ... Brown.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15h

As someone who remembers what happened in 2003 when the former law school PR board moved off the Princeton Review website (and even what happened when the PR staff wasn't around to delete posts), lemme just say that it is not a fucking surprise to me that young republicans talk like that.

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J Gerber @sailorboyj.bsky.social · 15h

'“It reflects a preexisting notion among some in the Trump administration as to who are the true Americans,” said Barbara L. Strack..."And they think it’s white people and they think it’s Christians.”'

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

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J Gerber @sailorboyj.bsky.social · 16h

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How to help residents and communities after catastrophic Western Alaska storm

Several organizations are asking for donations or contributing fundraiser proceeds to help residents affected by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

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Stephanie Allen @socalstephanie.bsky.social · 21h

Young Republican poasters are *really mad* in the replies of the apologies every state’s YR is postings, and you’d be unsurprised to learn they’re mad about the apology and not the story.

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J Gerber @sailorboyj.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m glad the press is pushing back,” one longtime Defense Department employee told What A Day. “We get a lot of our info on WTF is going on from press reports, since the senior [Trump appointees] aren’t sharing much of anything with the workforce.”

crookedmedia.substack.com/p/what-a-day...

What A Day: Battle of the Divulge

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempt to silence journalists could backfire.

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J Gerber @sailorboyj.bsky.social · 1d

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Black People Always Knew I.C.E. Was Coming For Us

White Supremacy Never Skips Black Day

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

The propaganda effort at CBS News has begun in full force.

There's this absurd hit piece saying his election would cause a large exodus at the NYPD.

A paused CBS News video features a close-up of a bearded man in a suit speaking outdoors. Video controls are visible over the image. The headline below reads about NYPD officers worrying about someone becoming the NYC mayor. The CBS News channel name and subscriber button appear at the bottom.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

We should have ended it all when he started openly monetizing the presidency at his DC hotel & sending his kids to represent the 🇺🇸 government at official international events. But he is One Special Boy and we appear to no longer be a serious country interested in the rule of law or the Constitution.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 2d

If you're in Georgia right now, get in contact with your local library. Ask for these books to be stocked. Contact your local school board representatives. And most importantly, get in contact with the org behind the contest. Ask them why.

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 2d

UPDATE -- students in Georgia who've participated in the Reading Bowl have launched a petition to get answers as to why these 8 books were banned. Please amplify their petition and message, as well as the story here.

Petition: www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...

Image of a book with flowers on it. It's a flier from the Wheeler High School Reading Bowl team saying "Fight Book Banning." Under the image it says "We want open minds, not closed books," and asks people to sign their petition: https://www.change.org/p/ensure-transparency-and-change-in-georgia-high-school-hrrb-book-banning-process?recruited_by_id=1a6e97a0-a854-11f0-aa25-fd089d14a993&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 3d

👴🏻"Yes, I know this person did horrific things to Black and brown people, but if you don't pretend to honor his memory, you are the bad guy here!"🤡

No. It doesn't work like that.

Not for Kirk. Not for Columbus.

There have been *millions* of great Italian Americans. Columbus is not one of them.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 2d

way too many ppl scoffing at this and claiming we aren’t as christian as america — while completely ignoring that this country is a christian theocracy already.

we literally give law making powers to the church of england and all anglican bishops sit in the house of lords by default.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 3d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Atti 17.11 @atti1711.bsky.social · 3d

This is Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY). He wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Over 63,000 of his constituents to lose health insurance, if the ACA was repealed.

RETWEET to let New York know that RepMikeLawler wants to take away their health care!
👇👇👇👇

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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J Gerber @sailorboyj.bsky.social · 2d

“It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up, or before big tech showed up… I feel like AI doesn’t really have a place in beer, and if it does, it’s not going to be in things that are very human.”

www.404media.co/what-happene...

What Happened When AI Came for Craft Beer

A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 4d

Mike Johnson is falsely generalizing the “No Kings” protestors as extremists to justify crackdowns. The truth is, they’re patriots.

These protestors don’t “hate America.” They oppose an authoritarian president who tramples on the freedoms and principles America was founded on.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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J Gerber @sailorboyj.bsky.social · 5d

“In our view, America’s leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence... In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences.” *mic drop*'

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What A Day: In Too Deep Dish

Republicans and judges are joining the fight against Trump’s troop deployment in Chicago.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 9d

If you live in California, today is an excellent day to call @gavinnewsom.bsky.social at (916) 445-2841 and ask him to sign SB 79. publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...

Newsom's Fateful Choice

Why the governor needs to sign SB 79

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 7d

Something not fully appreciated in the Riyadh comedy festival discourse is that in many ways Saudi Arabia is getting *more* repressive

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions?

Activists believe that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence dissent and chill speech.

www.thenation.com

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 8d

Chicago is not the enemy. Fellow Americans are not the enemy.

Attorney General Bondi is enabling President Trump’s war on Americans.

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J Gerber @sailorboyj.bsky.social · 8d

Why do I think this might have more relevance soon?

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 9d

Built in a lab to appease billionaires

"I know that there are some people in this room who don't believe that my marriage should have been legal," Ms. Weiss told the Federalist Society, an influential
conservative legal group, in 2023. "And that's OK. Because we're all Americans who want lower taxes."

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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 9d

"I want to be accountable for none of this."

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 9d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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