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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 5h

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

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Marc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social · 2h

The most important article you will read today. This is simply not the America we love. I say this as a former national security professional who is very much pro law enforcement. The tactics used here are anathema to actual policing, against all TTPs. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

www.propublica.org

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's federal agents shot Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, multiple times for allegedly menacing them with her car in Chicago. Only hours later, Kristi Noem and DHS started spreading disinformation about the shooting.

Now the official line is crumbling. 1/

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newrepublic.com/article/2019...

Trump’s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged.

As the official Trump administration line about the shooting of a Chicago woman crumbles, Senator Chris Murphy is asking pointed questions about what really happened here. Will we ever get answers?

newrepublic.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

UPDATE: COLOMBIA’s President says 🇺🇸 government (Trump) “committed murder” and bombed a fisherman with no ties to drugs

“The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure”

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 3h

It is notable that the Times article did not mention this, which, in itself, should be a huge, ongoing scandal, particularly in light of all of the concern about condescension to ordinary Americans that the Democrats supposedly display.
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Donald Trump Has Posted An AI Video Of Himself Dumping S**t On Protesters

The US president is seen flying a fighter jet and wearing a crown as he targets those taking part in "No Kings" marches

uk.news.yahoo.com

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Joe DeLong @joedelong.bsky.social · 19h

Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 4h

This is quite a hed/subhed.
1) Start with Vance. Use strong action verb. Accept the autocratic premise that the “Marines’ Might” are Vance’s to flex.
2) Mention the protest second and absurdly describe them as in the thousands
3) Treat Trump’s strong man use of the military as a partisan scuffle.

Vance Flexes the Marines’ Might as Thousand Protest Trump’s Agenda
VP JD Vance’s trips o a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 2h

Can’t help but note how little coverage is given to the altered nature of White House press events—with pro-Trump propagandists getting access and bulk of questions. Where’s the outrage? The pushback from the press? Why are these events aired? Ukraine press “op” is a perfect example.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11h

📽️ WATCH: This video on the rise of Russ Vought, Trump's “shadow president,” is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.

Russell Vought: The Shadow President

YouTube video by ProPublica

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 3h

Top story when you go to The Guardian this AM. Which it is not when you go to the Washington Post or the NY Times. Apt language here, whereas WaPo describes the day as an airing of grievances as though we are a bunch of whining George Costanzas, not a vast public fearful of losing everything.

Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump

Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianism

www.theguardian.com

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you to @us.theguardian.com and the international and independent press and remaining American legacy media outlets that are reporting and opining on the reality that we face as Trump and MAGA seek to consolidate their authoritarian control on the US and wreak havoc everywhere.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

Donald Trump keeps posting images of him as a king and the legacy media ignores it as if it is normal. It is not. It is dangerous.

Support pro-democracy media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

Note in the annals of the NYT, WaPo and WSJ, this Trump posting simply doesn't exist. Typical. bsky.app/profile/nich...

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2h

Instead of seeing the Trump dropping poop AI video by old standards—"how dare he, if any Dem..."—see it in fight-against-authoritarianism terms:
They want everyone non-MAGA too scared to object, they fantasize about shooting protestors, and all they've got is a juvenile AI video to fake the feeling.

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 16h

“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 19h

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Sara Whitmer
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I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town.
Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming.
Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1h

It’s actually really serious that every mainstream Republican believes that any American who peacefully protests against Trump “hates America”.

Like it’s not just a weird thing they say. It shows how they’ve given up on democracy. And it should freak you out.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12h

Trump’s video seems like the fever dream of someone very self conscious about their loss of bowel control.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1h

Not a small thing that Trump is destroying our alliances in the Western Hemisphere because of a wildly illegal and reckless “launch missiles at small boats” strategy that will do nothing meaningful to stop drugs from coming into our country because the drugs come by land.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5h

The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal

When someone uses this emoji 🤣 they are more mad than they have ever been in their entire life

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1h

NEW: It became clear to anyone paying attention that the GOP’s drive to gerrymander districts in their favor threatens long-term fairness of elections. This week, Democracy Docket covered it from every angle.

Catch up on everything we reported👇
https://bit.ly/3JgBNVS

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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 1h

Majority of Trump’s Political Adversaries Facing Legal Scrutiny Are Black-Americans

Since returning to office, Trump’s Justice Department has targeted at least six political critics. Four are Black-Americans; a ratio that's hard to ignore.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/majority-o...

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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 11h

The wildest part about the largest protest in American history is that the president’s response was to post a video literally proving the point of the protest.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 1h

Vance out railing about diversity. Wife must be home weeping on the couch.

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 1h

This Day in Labor History: October 19, 1980. The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) forced the textile company J.P. Stevens to sign a contract for the first time in North Carolina and Alabama. Let's talk this epic campaign, made famous by the film Norma Rae!

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N.S. Dolkart, elected official @nsdolkart.bsky.social · 3h

This is important! Markey is running for reelection against a “generational change” Democrat whose position on trans rights is cynical wishy-washiness. It matters that his response hasn’t been to “moderate his position.”

Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · 17h

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."

Sen. Ed Markey, a white man with white hair, standing at a lectern with a dark background, and Sen Elizabeth Warren to camera right, in a black top with a red blazer. Markey wears a trans pride flag draped over his shoulders. The closed caption reads "trans people because trans righs are human rights. We" The chiron underneath reads "No Kings Rally Underway In Boston"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

BASH: Santos pleaded guilty to defrauding constituents of hundreds of thousands of dollars, money he will no longer be required to pay back. Is the commutation acceptable to you?

BRITT: What I appreciate is President Trump's commitment to the American people. We saw disarray under President Biden.

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