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Dax (David J.) Schwartz @snurri.bsky.social · 13h

Johnson just admitted that himself, Trump, et al are fascists:

"I mean, we have video and photos of pretty violent rhetoric calling out the president, saying fascists must die and all the rest," he added. "So it's not about the people, it's about the message."

Johnson defends calling anti-Trump protests 'hate America' rallies

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended calling this weekend's "No Kings" rallies opposing President Donald Trump as "hate America" rallies.

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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 1d

Full story - No Kings Protest Draws Thousands in Minneapolis
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No Kings Protest Draws Thousands in Minneapolis - UNICORN RIOT

Minneapolis, MN — Another installment of No Kings protests against “increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration” is sweeping cities across the U.S. today. In Minneapol...

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

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

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eddietg51-42.bsky.social @eddietg51-42.bsky.social · 1d

Best sign so far. #NoKingsDay

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Dax (David J.) Schwartz @snurri.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes you just need to march and chant and yell in solidarity with several thousand people who are just as angry and defiant as you are until your reservoir of hope is refilled #NoKings

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The Advocate @advocate.com · 4d

A judge ruled that Rep. Cory Mills, who has said “we must stop the left’s attack on women,” poses a risk to his ex-girlfriend, the reigning Miss United States.

Judge finds anti-trans Republican Florida Congressman Cory Mills to be a danger to women

A judge ruled that Rep. Cory Mills, who has said “we must stop the left’s attack on women,” poses a risk to his ex-girlfriend, the reigning Miss United States.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 4d

15 Oct 2025 -- Boston's famed Fenway Health, a mainstay of affirming and LGBTQ+ health care in a navy blue state, has buckled to Trump pressure and instead of fighting as others have done, announced will no longer provide GAMT to anyone under 19. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Fenway Health Restricts Treatment for Patients Under 19 In Capitulation To Trump

“This is a fundamental betrayal to the core mission of Fenway and the patients they serve.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 4d

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Assigned in the bookstore. Fuck social media. Marry books. Kill ai.

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Politico @politico.com · 5d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 5d

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 5d

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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Chicago 🏳️‍⚧️🌱 @chicagotrans-plant.bsky.social · 6d

Evanston votes on banning ICE officers from using city property as staging areas and strengthening it's welcoming cities ordinance.

Unanimously passes.

Biss says staff will begin implementing it immediately.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 10d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Saki 🦄🪶✦Fae NTVtuber✦【NTVN】【V-Chunky】 @nightmaresakito.bsky.social · 10d

A beautiful native woman flipping the bird in response to Monday, Oct. 13th, Columbus Day. “Fuck Christopher Columbus.” Happy Indigenous People’s Day!

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 6d

It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day

Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 6d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · Sep 19

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

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Cris @crisvector.com · 11d

Chat GPT

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 13d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Dax (David J.) Schwartz @snurri.bsky.social · 12d

Fuck you Gavin

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 12d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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trans people are experiencing genocide in the US and UK @oh-that-amy.bsky.social · 28d

Once you get past the deep mendacity of this article and its suspiciously innumerate take on the study results, you are left with an implicit claim about the relative value of trans & cis lives. Is the safety of one cis kid (presuming their figures) truly more important than that of four trans kids?

The Economist @economist.com · 29d

A recent study found that children who transitioned young retained stable gender identities over time. But the fact that nearly a fifth of those in the group did not ought to give advocates of irreversible medical interventions pause

How stable are the gender identities of younger children?

A study finds that one in five who switch gender change their mind

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 12d

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Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 12d

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 12d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 13d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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