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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 36m

Army of Darkness

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Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 1d

Wait. Sorry. Am I meant to understand that that trope-y 80s movie poster look was just ONE DUDE doing his thing?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

ICE goons are terrorizing LA to the point where elected officials need to treat it akin to a public health and safety emergency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

LA to declare state of emergency over Ice raids to assist affected families

Move will allow county board of supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants amid immigration crack down on city

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 1d

I only saw it the once when it came out, but even then I remember finding the whole torture-your-wife thing super off-putting.

That’s not why I never watched any more of his movies, but maybe I should have stopped earlier.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 2d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 2d

I love a lot of things about Composite Superman, but one of my favorites is asking people who don’t have all this useless shit in their head to guess whose powers he has.

Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 2d

I haven’t seen a James Cameron movie since True Lies in 1994.

Unless I rewatched Aliens at some point since then, which is certainly possible.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 2d

Time magazine is owned by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who just came out as a Trump supporter and said it would be great if he sent the National Guard to invade San Francisco

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 2d

L-Ron

Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 2d

Googam

Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 2d

Man-Thing

Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 2d

Jocasta

Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 2d

Nancy

Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 2d

King Shark!

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

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

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is both a terrorist organization and a human trafficking operation.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 3d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 4d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 4d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 3d

She just… tweeted it out

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 3d

My fellow Americans
what are we even doing here bruh

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3d

The only way we save our country is through our numbers.

Trump and MAGA don't have the majority, not even close.

Overwhelm them with numbers. Resist everywhere. They are too reckless, incompetent, and self-destructive.

Also, divide and conquer. Many fissures, especially around Epstein.

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 3d

All these people write the exact same article over and over about the stuff that makes their social circle mad and then they get confused when normal people don’t think they’re geniuses

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 3d

This is such an embarrassing way to defend an article. “Here’s our new piece. Being mad at it makes it correct! IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT, YOU ARE THE COPS.”

Okay, lady, we get it. You like Bari Weiss. That’s legal in America. Nobody is arresting you.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 3d

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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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 4d

And the Joker’s secret Ha-Hacienda was under Arkham Asylum! His padded cell doubled as an elevator to get to it!

The Joker takes his padded-cell elevator down to his secret hideout.

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