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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20m

The objective of the Opus Dei court in striking down the Voting Rights Act and its guarantee of proportional representation to Blacks in the American South is simple: they intend to remove as many Blacks from Congress as possible.

Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

www.nytimes.com

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 1h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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latenerd.bsky.social @latenerd.bsky.social · 1h

The blue collar/red state guy culture used to really, really hate police and government overreach. I guess they're recovering from their amnesia?

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 6h

These posts about ICE are the kind of thing that has been showing up in recent days in local FB groups in suburban Chicago, amid the stuff about where to get the best matcha latte and someone to fix your plumbing

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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SailorLife @sailorjourno.bsky.social · 6h

Their brutal assaults/battery, shootings, maiming, chemical attacks, murders, property destruction, high-speed car chases, ramming into cars, running over pedestrians, sniper shootings, physically abusing infants & children, kidnappings & sexual assaults at gunpoint - all need to be addressed.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h

A few other ideas:

*impeaching top DHS officials
*criminal referrals for potential lawbreaking
*more aggressive defunding
*much stricter codified limitations

Full piece here:
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.

newrepublic.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h

We constantly talk about Dems' struggles to reach deeper into the culture and access people who ignore politics.

You know what issue is penetrating deep into the culture? ICE's masked raids and kidnappings! It's on Rogan and in country music. In the Manosphere!

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 2h

This is 100% true. Your general knee - jerk libertarian bro doesn't like this. It's low priority for them because it's not happening to them or people they know, but they don't like it.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h

We constantly talk about Dems' struggles to reach deeper into the culture and access people who ignore politics.

You know what issue is penetrating deep into the culture? ICE's masked raids and kidnappings! It's on Rogan and in country music. In the Manosphere!

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 1h

Remember kids: Spending trillions of dollars to "reindustrialize America" is dastardly socialist central planning...unless billionaires do it. finance.yahoo.com/news/marc-an...

Marc Andreessen Backs Call For Elon Musk To Spearhead $10 Trillion US Re-Industrialization Plan: 'This Is The Way'

Prominent tech investor, Marc Andreessen, expressed support for a suggestion for Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk to lead a $10 trillion program to reindustrialize America. Andreessen Agrees Musk Sh...

finance.yahoo.com

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 44m

People on the far right (who again, have no connection to the school), began lying online to rally people to protest, saying that school banned the club- which is objectively not true and not what happened.

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 44m

protesting the kids was white. They brought up solid points and on numerous occasions there were grown men trying to argue with students as young as 13.

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 44m

In addition to the chanting and hilarious insults hurled at the far right by the youth, they were also bringing facts to the table about the current political landscape, and repeatedly calling out how their school was predominantly students of color and how every single one of the people

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 2h

A single student crossed the street and walked thru the group of far right extremists waving this sign

AUDRA PRICE DATES PEDOPHILES & NEO-NAZI ABUSERS
SHE HAS NO BUSINESS ORGANIZING THE FAR-RIGHT TO SHOW
To
A SCHOOL

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 2h

Kids are now chanting “we are united, we are Scotts”

Scotts is their mascot

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 2h

A group of far right assholes have showed up to protest at David Douglas high school after students allegedly pushed back at a formation of a turning point chapter. School is out & they are outnumbered by predominantly Black & Brown students roasting the fuck out of them.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 18m

a big aspect of rightwing politics is being an adult who intentionally bullys children

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 2h

A group of far right assholes have showed up to protest at David Douglas high school after students allegedly pushed back at a formation of a turning point chapter. School is out & they are outnumbered by predominantly Black & Brown students roasting the fuck out of them.

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Reverend Aiden @sweetfnlucifer.bsky.social · 18m

Well, as I clearly predicted, the "ceasefire" has turned into nothing more than a disastrous photo op and a pretext for the U.S. occupation of Gaza. I'm happy the few remaining hostages were released. Just puzzled why nobody gave a shit when Biden saw MANY more released.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 22m

"sidestepping norms"
"pushing the envelope"
"breaking with tradition"
"in a bold move"
...
"expanding authority"

I wonder if the New York Times has ChatGPT generating these.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 34m

50 years of history, and axed by Elon Musk without Congress

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 36m

Still find it wild how they shut down USAID with no Congressional approval

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16m

How do you do, fellow state senators, GOP attorneys, and balding, 31-year-old Hitler enthusiasts?

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 44m

The headline & text of this piece don’t do enough to describe the Trump regime’s extreme immigration agenda.

It’s called white nationalism. Or white Christian nationalism. Or Christian nationalism. Pick one. Only one quote in the piece starts to describe it.

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

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 2h

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge just sided with @democracydefendersfund.org and our partners @afscme.bsky.social & AFGE blocking the Trump administration efforts to illegally fire mass numbers of federal employees during the shutdown -TN

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Richard Hellinga @richhell.bsky.social · 3h

Ugh, David Brooks....
Again, why is the Atlantic publishing the most wrong people for the historical moment?

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 3h

I read the piece. You shouldn't. He dismisses the "No Kings" protests as liberals in blue cities. He invokes Rosa Parks, as if rural white people in the 60s loved everything that the movement then was doing. "We need a movement but not this one" is a core centrist tact these days.

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 3h

Is this a joke. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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