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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 1h

CNN is covering prediction market odds from an online casino as if it’s actual polling data

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Straw Raccoon @strawraccoons.bsky.social · 34m

If this happened in somewhere like Belarus, we'd all recognize exactly what it is. Instead, silence.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 1d

"The United States cannot remain a federalist system when soldiers from one state are sent to police another state against the explicit wishes of its elected leaders and when the justification for it is a lie.” @amandacarpenter.bsky.social

The ‘Chipocalypse’ is now

A training ground for the military?

www.ifyoucankeepit.org

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 3h

it's remarkable how bad they are at public messaging the moment they have power, almost as if they're increasingly an insular party with an inner committee that plots and schemes all of national policy under the influence/leadership of a cult of personality.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Straw Raccoon @strawraccoons.bsky.social · 16h

iPhone vuvuzela 828190108 billion dead

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 21h

Anyone saying the word tankie online in 2025 will be forced to relocate to a place currently collapsing due to climate change. Thank you for your attention to this matter

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

israel has already broken the ceasefire

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💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · 22h

Democratic Party Leadership reading this article and immediately redoubling their efforts to try and win these guys votes while scolding socialists for being Too Extreme.

Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 21h

NEW: Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the Citizens United decision & today released a memoir still defending his ruling that lets oligarchs buy elections - yet he's also saying he worries democracy may not survive.

And none of the media he's granting interviews has asked him about Citizens United.

Anthony Kennedy Is Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This

The retired Supreme Court Justice who authored Citizens United is suddenly worried about the future of democracy.

www.levernews.com

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Straw Raccoon @strawraccoons.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit lol

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Straw Raccoon @strawraccoons.bsky.social · 1d

There has to be *some* tipping point, right?

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

We will be in a state of civil conflict or civil war if Democrats ever decide to resist White House efforts with the same level of intensity that Trump's team is using to tear down the Republic. Until then, we're just waiting for autocracy to become official.

The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 1d

While politicians and judges debate the legality of Texas National Guard troops’ presence in Illinois, columnists and creators are wondering: “Are we in a civil war?”

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

We will be in a state of civil conflict or civil war if Democrats ever decide to resist White House efforts with the same level of intensity that Trump's team is using to tear down the Republic. Until then, we're just waiting for autocracy to become official.

The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 1d

While politicians and judges debate the legality of Texas National Guard troops’ presence in Illinois, columnists and creators are wondering: “Are we in a civil war?”

‘Are We in a Civil War?’ Texas Troops Are Still in Illinois, but It’s Getting Messy

The escalating tension between the states has devolved into personal insults, a legal battle, and fears of an actual second civil war.

thebarbedwire.com

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 3d

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.
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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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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I know it’s the most obvious thing in the world but it’s really sad that so many people have absolutely no desires or dreams in life except to accumulate money and our entire world is becoming a fucking pit because of it

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2d

This is correct, in part - as the grim, military historian in me feels the need to note - it is psychologically much harder to get soldiers to open fire on people they view as 'respectable.'

And I dread, with grim increasingly certainty, that we are headed to a point where that matters.

WhatSaraSaid @whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 2d

protests against this government should include white Boomer grandmothers who meet for pilates class, get a pitcher of mimosas & walk together to the public space

we need people in the street who think everyone can talk their way out of a speeding ticket, they're key to winning

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 4d

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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Micah @rincewind.run · 3d

boy the tiktok ban has really turned out to be one of the most singularly stupid things ever passed, huh? as if these people needed more help controlling the entire information environment

what a shitshow

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 4d

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 4d

Tapping that sign again.

When MTG “out lefts” AOC and the entire Demicrstic Party on certain issues you got a real fkn issue there.

Where the libs at? Why aren’t they AT THEIR LEADERS?! Protest THEM to actually run an opposition.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPo9vmw...

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Micah @rincewind.run · 5d

I feel terrible for everyone whose career is being destroyed but she is going to set speed records for running CBS into the ground, Ellison is no Murdoch

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 5d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Tifa☭🔻🥏 @hellhoundtifa.bsky.social · 5d

Reminder that this lady asked Israel to invade her own country and approved of the U.S. strikes on innocent Venezuelan fishermen.

Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw

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Straw Raccoon @strawraccoons.bsky.social · 5d

It's making me insane that people are falling for this shit

Straw Raccoon @strawraccoons.bsky.social · 5d

Liberals are the most gullible people on earth, I swear...