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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 1d

I don't usually make videos like this so I'm not used to the jump scare when it pops up while I'm watching my friend's Instagram stories

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 2d

Hours after announcing 'undercover operations' into leftist groups, Texas' attorney general Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

Learn more at the link in bio and at

thebarbedwire.com

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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 1d

This isn’t funny. Judges only speak to the press when they’re in extreme distress

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 1d

"Hedge fund Alden Global Capital gobbles up newspapers across America and guts them. No one knows why, until journalist Julie Reynolds investigates. Her findings trigger journalist rebellions at Alden-owned newspapers nationwide."

Full documentary streaming at @pbs.org.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans: They killed Charlie Kirk because they hate free speech and that's why we are investigating Antifa and transgenderism

Trump: We took the freedom of speech away

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 6d

Subscribe now by becoming a patron—be the first to receive Issue VI, our next print edition!

To sustain independent left media through difficult times, your help is needed—and we're excited to share our new work with you in return.

patreon.com/proteanmag

An independent leftist print magazine: essays, poetry, and art.

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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 3d

Chaya Raichik, better known as Libs of TikTok, was dutifully bemoaning the fact that the city of Houston repainted a Montrose neighborhood crosswalk decked on in LGBTQ+ rainbow colors. Raichik wrote that the crosswalk “must be removed immediately.”

And our governor dutifully complied.

Cool! It Really Looks Like Greg Abbott is Taking Orders From Libs of TikTok

Acting on the orders of notorious cesspool Libs Of TikTok, the governor bravely stands up to the menace of decorative asphalt.

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 2d

Who up, cut, and on the spectrum

A screenshot of a post from The Bulwark on X that says:

RFK: "There's two studies which show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It's highly likely because they were given Tylenol."

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Blake Montgomery @montgomery.bsky.social · 2d

Stanford professor Adrian Daub critiques Peter Thiel's lectures on the antichrist:

"The picture of Thiel that emerges is someone desperate to disidentify from their own power."

"More often than not, Thiel ends up with something that reads like Dan Brown."

www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

www.theguardian.com

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 2d

During his speech in Lubbock this week, Ken Paxton told the audience he didn't have any money when he faced impeachment. But he became a multimillionaire on a $150K salary, and @wsj.com got Paxton's tax returns and other financial documents that show how.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | How Ken Paxton, a Rising MAGA Star, Got Rich as a Texas Politician

The state’s attorney general, who is vying to be the GOP nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, became a multimillionaire as a public official.

www.wsj.com

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 2d

Hours after announcing 'undercover operations' into leftist groups, Texas' attorney general Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

Learn more at the link in bio and at

thebarbedwire.com

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 2d

Roads are too gay, gotta get rid of them

www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...

Abbott orders Dallas and other Texas cities to remove rainbow crosswalks or lose funding

Dallas is among the Texas cities that risk losing money if it does not remove a rainbow crosswalk.

www.dallasnews.com

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 3d

*nondenominational guitar riff*

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 4d

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech.

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Texas’ attorney general compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

My latest for @thebarbedwire.com

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/k...

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

thebarbedwire.com

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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 4d

Ken Paxton’s showing at a Turning Point USA event hours after announcing “undercover operations” into “leftist terror cells” made one thing clear: Kirk’s death is being used by Republican leaders to justify power grabs.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/k...

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

thebarbedwire.com

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tyler @walletcheck.bsky.social · 6d

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 6d

Subscribe now by becoming a patron—be the first to receive Issue VI, our next print edition!

To sustain independent left media through difficult times, your help is needed—and we're excited to share our new work with you in return.

patreon.com/proteanmag

An independent leftist print magazine: essays, poetry, and art.

patreon.com

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: We sent @stevanzetti.bsky.social to a Turning Point USA event, where Attorney General Ken Paxton was the keynote speaker — just hours after he announced his “undercover operations to infiltrate and uproot leftist terror cells in Texas.” It went how you expect.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/k...

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

thebarbedwire.com

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 4d

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech.

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Texas’ attorney general compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

My latest for @thebarbedwire.com

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/k...

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

thebarbedwire.com

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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 4d

“He was also young himself. God has forgiven him,” Rirhandzu Manganyi wrote.

“AND HIS MINISTRY WILL BE BIGGER THAN EVER,” user Shannon Liddle wrote.

“I still will listen to him!” Pam Ullo wrote.

Meanwhile, Morris must register as a sex offender.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/s...

Supporters Say ‘God Has Forgiven’ Ex-Megachurch Pastor Robert Morris, Who Admitted to Sexual Abuse of a 12-Year-Old

Comments have rolled in expressing forgiveness for the convicted child sex offender and megachurch founder.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 4d

Ya’Kub Ira is a Filipino American artist, educator, and photojournalist. He is a well known Eskrima Filipino martial art expert and is known for his work and activism in Baybayin script scholarship and revival.

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 4d

The Dallas area Palestinian Youth Movement reported yesterday that Ya'Kub Ira, an activist and martial arts instructor, was abducted by ICE despite Ira's legal status under DACA.

"This is the second unexpected arrest of someone with proximity to the Palestine movement in the past two weeks."

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 4d

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 4d

Is deportation okay in your mind as long as it happens to people whose politics who don't like?

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 4d

The Dallas area Palestinian Youth Movement reported yesterday that Ya'Kub Ira, an activist and martial arts instructor, was abducted by ICE despite Ira's legal status under DACA.

"This is the second unexpected arrest of someone with proximity to the Palestine movement in the past two weeks."

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 4d

Those are my assassination coordinates

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4d

Happening right now. To us. In America.

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone who grew up in Texas has at least one person in the high school friends group chat who seems a little too concerned about Gender

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