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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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Sure as you’re born @sureasyoureborn.bsky.social · 1d

#nokings I stayed in my small (4k) conservative town to protest. we had 50+ people in attendance, but I was shocked by the amount of positive support by people driving by! only 5 people cursed us out. Dozens honked and cheered in solidarity.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

I know folks have been litigating the value of these protests all week, and I would remind those who have been eyerolling that one VERY important part of mass dissent is making it impossible to round up all the dissenters.

They see the crowds and have to reevaluate gulag plans

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

You know the mass protests work because Team Trump has been freaking out about them

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Sanders: Today, October 18th 2025, there are more people out on the streets in more communities all over our country than we have ever seen in American history

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 4d

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 5d

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

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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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5d

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Andrew K. Gardner @akgardner.com · 11d

This is one of those things where, if you said after the first (couple) strikes on Venezuelan boats that they were laying the groundwork for killing people on US soil, you sound crazy. Hysterical.

And then.... When it actually does happen on US soil, it's nearly normalized.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11d

As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 11d

Trans rights are civil rights. If you aren't willing to die on the hill of trans rights, then you aren't willing to die on the hill of Black rights. Of Jewish rights. Of disabled rights. Of gay rights. Of anyone's rights. Human rights.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 11d

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 14d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 14d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Sure as you’re born @sureasyoureborn.bsky.social · 16d

He defunded you! Do some actual journalism!!

NPR @npr.org · 17d

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

National Guard presence may deter crime, but experts warn of the long-term costs

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 17d

No lie.

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 16d

We need to laugh at Stephen Miller.

badfaithtimes.com/ok-tough-guy/

OK Tough Guy

Stephen Miller wants you to tremble before him. Laugh instead.

badfaithtimes.com

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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 18d

"What you fail to see Mr. Pope" is truly the most incredible assemblage of words I have seen coming out of X, the Everything App, in quite some time.

worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 18d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

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I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 19d

He didn’t have any dreams for you… only nightmares for others

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Sure as you’re born @sureasyoureborn.bsky.social · 19d

There’s a lot of “he's declaring war on the cities“ posts. It you‘re giving him too much credit. Dude looks like hell and is talking absolute nonsense.

Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 19d

excuse me

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Sure as you’re born @sureasyoureborn.bsky.social · 20d

Some good news in these trying times!

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 20d

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

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Popehat Or Danger of Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 23d

Many people and institutions that fight back are winning.

This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23d

Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 26d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 27d

So you know how many views Charlie Kirk’s memorial got online in TOTAL now a day later ?

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Folks are having “dialogues” to see both sides with folks who can’t top a mid level anime food influencer

At some point we admit they aren’t being bullied . They’re racists weaponizing cowardice

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 27d

At the Nuremberg trials, Karl Dönitz was convicted of war crimes for the sinking of civilian vessels. This is not a complicated question, it's been illegal for centuries.

Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 28d

A fourth boat bombed in international waters. Total death toll now 19

What I dont get is, if these boats are "carrying fentanyl" as Trump says (they absolutely arent. Even the DEA says VZ doesnt produce fentanyl), then why not seize one and show us?
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

U.S. naval forces have sunk a fourth suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, Trump says

U.S. naval forces have conducted another lethal strike on a vessel President Donald Trump said was tied to a designated terrorist organization involved in drug trafficking in the Caribbean.

www.miamiherald.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · Sep 19

i've subscribed to:
rolling stone
WIRED
404 media
defector
the handbasket

chicago journalism i subscribed to:
unraveled
block club

it's time to support media directly so they don't fall into the hands of fascists, the replies to this post have additional great news media i recommend supporting

onion person @junlper.beer · Sep 18

it looks like the only way to have honest media is directly support them. i currently subscribe to WIRED and rolling stone, and about to subscribe to 404 media. any other WOKE and antifa media orgs i should support?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 17

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · Sep 17

New: FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/m...

FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk | CNN Business

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr warned. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

www.cnn.com

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Rahul Kohli @rahulkohli13.bsky.social · Sep 18

I have *never* used ChatGPT. Not once.

I’m not saying I’m better than you… oh fuck it, I’m better than you.

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Sure as you’re born @sureasyoureborn.bsky.social · Sep 17

No way, Miller’s idiotic, racist ideas and policies are causing international incidents?! Who could’ve seen that coming?

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Sep 17

according to an immigration attorney representing several arrested workers, ICE agents chose to arrest the Korean workers to fulfill the quota of 3,000 daily immigrant arrests set by Stephen Miller www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

Stephen Miller’s Quota Likely Drove Korean Arrests In Immigration Raid

When ICE agents arrested over 300 Korean workers at a Georgia battery plant, a daily immigrant arrest quota was likely on their minds.

www.forbes.com

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