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Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 4m

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1h

Breaking: Capitol Police have been called after a Republican congressional office was just caught displaying a swastika.

This comes one day after group chat messages were leaked of young GOP officials saying “I love Hitler” and calling to put Democrats in “gas chambers.”

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 10h

Definitely not Nazis bsky.app/profile/pale...

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

One of the things people will be protesting this Saturday at No Kings is Scott Bessent sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina while Trump plays golf and Congress says nothing.

That isn’t “hating America.”

That is America First.

Republicans want bailouts for oligarchs.

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 19h

Read all the disgusting details here: kansasreflector.com/2025/10/14/k...

Kansas Young Republicans shut down after Politico report on racist, violent encrypted chat • Kansas Reflector

Politico reports the chairman and vice chairman of Kansas Young Republicans participated in racist, antisemitic encrypted chats with GOP political peers.

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 19h

The Young Republicans worship the same ideologies as the old Republicans. We should only be surprised that this leaked, not that it was happening in the first place.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

Here's the question I would pose to those saying the only thing that counts as progress is defunding ICE entirely and sending them all to the Hauge: Is it really your position that accomplishing all the reforms discussed in this piece *with divided government* would count for nothing at all?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5h

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 10h

I was a Young Republican for a brief time in the 1980s (for real). I promise you they talked like this back then. They didn’t know I was Jewish, so the Holocaust jokes flowed freely. It all helped radicalize me against the right.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Truthout @truthout.org · 4h

“New York will not sit idly by while trans people are attacked,” said Zohran Mamdani in a new campaign ad this week honoring transgender trailblazers in the city and vowing to make New York City a sanctuary for trans people.

Mamdani Vows to Make NYC a “Sanctuary City” for Trans People in New Campaign Ad

“New York will not sit idly by while trans people are attacked,” Mamdani said in his new campaign ad.

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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 3h

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3h

NEW: Missouri voters are organizing to collect 106,000 signatures by December for the chance to veto the GOP's new gerrymandered map. But state Republicans are claiming existing signatures are invalid and constitute a “misdemeanor election offense.”

Missouri Secretary of State Erects New Hurdle for ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 3h

The illogic of this is staggering. The No Kings protests in June saw about 3 million people hit the streets. All of them were "FBI agents & losers"?

The allegation of fancy George-Soros-funded signs is also nuts, given that most of the signs are homemade with markers & paint.

Mediaite @mediaite.com · 4h

Joe Rogan Drops Wild Rant On Protest Goers: They Are All ‘FBI Agents And Losers’

Joe Rogan mocked people who attend protests, saying "99% are losers" and the others are federal agents, while also saying George Soros is paying for their signs The post Joe Rogan Drops Wild Rant On Protest Goers: They Are All ‘FBI Agents And Losers’ first appeared on Mediaite.

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Bill Day @billdayart.bsky.social · 3h

STEPHEN MILLER

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3h

"Ridiculous and childish, right? There has been strong reporting to the effect that Tom Homan took $50k in cash in a paper bag ... And now they’re having hissy fits at reporters who want better, clearer, fuller answers from the administration about what actually happened there." trib.al/ZNZ9oha

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22h

An honor to receive the endorsement of
of nearly a dozen Black clergy leaders in Crown Heights today, including Bishop Orlando Findlayter.

I’m grateful for their support, and this powerful and humbling prayer.

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 9h

via @marydudziak.bsky.social The Germans are basically funding 3 year asylum professorships for US academics seeking to flee the country for the remainder of the Trump Administration.

VolkswagenStiftung @volkswagenstiftung.de · 27d

New opportunity for professors in the humanities & social sciences in the US: Our Transatlantic Bridge Professorships support research & exchange in Germany & the US (€300,000 for up to 3 years). Apply from Jan 15, 2026. 🌉🇩🇪🇺🇸 More: 👉 www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/f...

Transatlantic Bridge Professorships

The programme is aimed at professors at US universities who are conducting research on the future of democracy, fundamental rights and academic freedom, or the future of transatlantic relations and wh...

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teachingmama.bsky.social @teachingmama.bsky.social · 22h

Ummm, I live in Portland and they do a naked bike ride EVERY YEAR. This is not a specific thing just to protest ICE. There's a reason Portland's catch phrase is "Keep Portland Weird." It's a great city and no, it's not a war zone.

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John Bigbooty - former Arthur Frayne @arthurfrayne.bsky.social · 22h

Deploying because of these kind of threats?

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 22h

He was fine with firing pepper balls at priests heads when asked just this morning.

I am starting to get an odd feeling that his values are a bit warped.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h

I had to listen to the audio to confirm it, but yes, as troops are being deployed to American cities, as masked goons are disappearing citizens from our streets, as ICE agents are shooting pepper balls at priests ... Mike Johnson thinks nude bicyclists are "the most threatening thing I've seen yet."

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 22h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Sko Hayes @skohayes.bsky.social · 8h

Well said, Jo!!

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 9h

They don’t fear violence; they fetishize it. What they fear is happiness, because happy people don’t need saviors or strongmen.
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No Kings, No Pants, No Problem

How Portland answered authoritarianism with bare asses and better ideas.

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Senseidai2547 @senseidai.bsky.social · 10h

Convicted Felon Donald Trump is interfering in an election, & threatening a country if the election doesn’t go his way.

Open your eyes & grow a spine, Republicans. This mob boss needs to be removed, arrested, convicted (again) & jailed.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

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Trump threatens to pull support for Argentina if its politics move leftward

President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw assistance from Argentina if its internal politics don't align with his interests in upcoming elections.

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Stephanie Allen @socalstephanie.bsky.social · 9h

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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Sko Hayes @skohayes.bsky.social · 8h

What, no LARA TRUMP headlining?
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Lara Trump singing debut

YouTube video by Oleksa Dovbush Legacy

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