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the mjl (michael j leblanc) @themjl.bsky.social · 1h

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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · 2h

Agreeing with Rep. Massie, again.

Honestly, it’s happening a lot lately.

Sometimes principles and logic show up in the most unexpected places.

Glad of it.👇

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 20h

guys i'm beginning to think they haven't thought this through

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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Erin Burnett OutFront @outfrontcnn.bsky.social · 2d

“We could hear them laughing.”

Rev. David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to #CNN’s Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying in front of an ICE facility.

#OutFrontCNN #News #ICE #Chicago

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4h

Wow, so it’s illegal to make plans with friends now

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

JORDAN: Comey is where weaponization all started. 9 years ago he took the dossier--

BASH: But that's not what he's being prosecuted for

JORDAN: I'm just saying, you want to talk about weaponization, that's where it started

BASH: So this is retribution then

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 20h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

BASH: Are you gonna look into the way ICE is conducting itself?

JIM JORDAN: We're going to look into the whole situation where you have these mayors--

BASH: So you'll only look into that side and not federal law enforcement?

JORDAN: Wuh wuh wuh we'll look into all this

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 23h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Catherine Zoltan @catherinezoltan.bsky.social · 20h

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22h

“The Godfather and The Godfather Part II are, arguably, the two greatest American films ever made, a portrait of America told from the perspective of outsiders peering in. But that works in large part because we see the Corleones through the eyes of Keaton’s Kay.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/diane-keat...

Diane Keaton, 1946–2025

The leading lady of the 1970s.

www.thebulwark.com

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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 7h

The only good Salvation Army bell is one that is snatched and lobbed far into the parking lot.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h

Clearly someone who grew up here, she has no accent; really want to know what was going on here. Looks like they were following her already at the start of the video. Why?

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 1d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19h

There are dim people here but not Twitter-dim. It’s just not the same. It’s like carob.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 7h

I’ll pass on these two incredibly white-centric men discussing the Democratic Party.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 13h

we need to abolish this shit

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15h

Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman, who was thrown to the ground & handcuffed by ICE, has been released without charges

DHS said she assaulted an officer, but eye witnesses claim she didn’t

The lack of charges makes it clear that ICE is lying to try and cover up the fact that they attack the press

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 18h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Harry Shearer @harryshearer.bsky.social · 1d

@smerconish Michael, isn’t it possible that the reaction at CBS News to Weiss’ leap to the top is based not on ideology but on a little thing called competence?

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10h

As international journalists re-enter Gaza they are discovering a city turned to rubble, even more than Berlin was at the end of WW2, filled with corpses of women and children scattered everywhere.

Revealing that is apparently a 'digital holocaust'.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 20h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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the mjl (michael j leblanc) @themjl.bsky.social · 15h

“Rich and famous people take turns fucking each other”.

Film at 11🤷‍♂️

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