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Susan Brooks ❌👑 @susubrooks.bsky.social · 6h

Is this real? I wish it were, but it just doesn't sound pope-like. Is there a source for it?

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 7h

I have always loved @propublica.org's mission statement. It speaks to method as much as mission, and does not shrink from describling their journalism as a moral undertaking. www.propublica.org/about/

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 7h

The idea that world events and life-or-death political decisions should turn on what one elderly US citizen sees on a TV sounds like the premise for a 1970s dystopian satire written by the most hysterical Marxist novelist seeking to magnify the moral rot and decadence of a declining American empire…

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 7h

“One former senior Trump administration official from the first term tells Zeteo that…when Trump was publicly dangling the idea of attacking Iranian cultural sites…the president indeed… asked…aides what they thought of striking the specific targets offered up by the likes of Hegseth &…Sean Hannity.”

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14h

For my piece today at @zeteo.com i wanted to truly underscore how punishingly stupid american fascism is now. Like, my original proposed headline for this was:

Our Democracy Is Imperiled Because One Old Man Won’t Stop ‘Yelling’ At His TV. zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 7h

Marshall, MO.

I head into rural Republican districts across the state and country and I organize the Democrats in those red spaces. I am a cheerleader for these Democrats. I remind them that they are not alone, and they are a force for change.

I will never stop.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 7h

Wow. With each sign I thought "surely that's all," but the signs kept coming and every one was dead-on. They didn't miss a thing. And the silent presentation was far more effective, and dramatic, than a chant.

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 7h

This is a really well done—I hope it catches on: A silent roadside protest staged over the weekend in Westerville, Ohio, and posted to the Facebook page of the Westerville Progressive Alliance.
www.youtube.com/shorts/TpZFS...

Signs of Fascism!

YouTube video by COOLHAND

www.youtube.com

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 7h

This is a really well done—I hope it catches on: A silent roadside protest staged over the weekend in Westerville, Ohio, and posted to the Facebook page of the Westerville Progressive Alliance.
www.youtube.com/shorts/TpZFS...

Signs of Fascism!

YouTube video by COOLHAND

www.youtube.com

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 9h

They arrested people on the job, so it’s not about being unemployed. They arrested people in court seeking legal status, so it’s not about legality. They used the IRS to track the undocumented, so it’s not about taxes. This is about punishment, not justice. #crueltyIStheONLYpoint

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

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

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 16h

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 13h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Susan Brooks ❌👑 @susubrooks.bsky.social · 9h

And yet nothing about his behavior will change.

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 11h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Susan Brooks ❌👑 @susubrooks.bsky.social · 10h

A moment of exquisite lucidity.

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 14h

We can organize everywhere.
We can flip red seats.
We can flip entire chambers.
And we can govern like we give a damn.

Let’s show the rest of the country how to fight like Michigan.

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Susan Brooks ❌👑 @susubrooks.bsky.social · 12h

We had an outlet near campus in college called Hot Potat. It was so good! No idea why it didn't take off.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Yes, if a male grifter like Chris Rufo or Ben Shapiro were named the head of CBS News, yes, the reaction would have been just as fierce.

No one is objecting because she's a woman. Jesus, get a grip.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 17h

You think for ONE SEC that a man in her position who was named head of CBS News would be the subject of so much to-do? Come on.

Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 17h

The whole "you should be proud of Bari Weiss because she's a WOMAN entrepreneur" argument reminds me of this comic:

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 17h

In a new video, Pope Leo tells U.S. bishops they must be even more united and forceful in fighting Donald Trump’s abuse of migrants.

Pope Leo Presses U.S. Bishops to Fight Harder Against Trump Deportation Raids

While some bishops have spoken up, the pope says the entire Church must act “with one voice” against cruelty at the border.

open.substack.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/AoXcgAq

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15h

Giving up? LOL. We're just getting started.

October 18th, Everywhere

#nokings

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Susan Brooks ❌👑 @susubrooks.bsky.social · 12h

Spare me the people who opine in public for a living who feel maligned when the actual public disagrees with their take.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 13h

I’m tired of having to repeat this but it still hasn’t sunk through to my economically illiterate colleagues. Clean energy is cheap energy. Attack one and you attack the other. Why not have both? www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Susan Brooks ❌👑 @susubrooks.bsky.social · 12h

This is exactly it! They don't want to just deport, they want to punish. It's evil for evil's sake.

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Susan Brooks ❌👑 @susubrooks.bsky.social · 12h

Coupled with the religious zeal, that seems to me to be key.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 20h

Vought is at war with large swaths of the population, with the very idea of a society defined by democratic pluralism. If you have correctly identified that this guy is now in a really powerful position, that people like him are in control of the government, how is that not the main story?

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