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correcting typo and derailing riff @stefanheck.bsky.social · 9h

I would honestly rather read a handwritten note from my parents in which they say they regret ever adopting me

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 11h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 3h

“The Democrats are getting killed” -POTUS

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Sabine Volk @sabinedvolk.bsky.social · 4h

Happy to have contributed a chapter on culture and #memory in far-right #protest events in Eastern #Germany, and I’m especially excited that one of my fieldwork photographs was selected for the cover!

BTW this book is fully #openaccess

UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 5h

Congratulations to Jan Kubik and Richard Mole! Their #OpenAccess book The Anatomy of Right-wing Populism published yesterday. Read and download free at: bit.ly/46I25Ju #Politics #RightWingPopulism #Illiberalism

The Anatomy of Right-Wing Populism

Over the past two decades, populist politicians and parties have enjoyed remarkable success across the globe. The rise of right-wing populism is perhaps most noticeable in post-communist Europe, espec...

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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 8h

Dem leadership needs to stop using words like “unimaginable,” “extraordinary,” “incredible”
No need to use your (apparently quite limited) imaginations. Look around.

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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 9h

More evidence that the “deplorables”comment was condescending only because it was too mild

‘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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Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 13h

Once again, and continuing to be A BIG FAT LOOSER.

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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 9h

A government by social media, for social media, and of social media

Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 9h

Government by social media

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 9h

The thing that explains their behavior - almost all their behavior, including the choice to commit incredible violence against random foreigners, is that they not only believe that Twitter is real life, but that real life mostly exists to create content that will play well on Twitter

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 13h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 21h

Trump and Miller will probably get the blood in the streets they want eventually. We don’t know when or how it will unfold, or how the public will come to perceive it. But we do know that no matter how it unfolds or is perceived, it is already their fault. All we can do is our best.

It'll Be Trump's Fault

Donald Trump created this unstable equilibrium; no matter how it breaks down, it will be his fault.

www.offmessage.net

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

It's a no-brainer that her appointment is invalid. So the question becomes, is the indictment (on she was the only lawyer signatory) invalid as a result—and, if so, is it too late for the Trump DOJ to remedy that problem, given that the statute of limitations ran on Sept. 30.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 22h

James Comey formally notifies the court of his intent to try to disqualify Trump’s lawyer Lindsey Halligan as unlawfully appointed.

The motion cites rulings DQ-ing two other Trump top prosecutors: Sigal Chattah and Alina Habba.

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The Resistance CO 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 @theresistanceco.bsky.social · 16h

Can’t pardon war crimes!

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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 16h

Not a moment too soon

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

NEW: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes threatens legal action if Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in Adelita Grijalva. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Arizona attorney general threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Adelita Grijalva

The Democrat accused Johnson of playing “political games” by delaying the swearing-in ceremony.

www.politico.com

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 17h

Vile and racist comments when they think no outsiders can listen in. Because Chatham house rules, right? A lot of bold, outside-– box thinking going on here on “forbidden” topics.
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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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 21h

Sue for all they are worth

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 21h

👀 “Ms. Brockman was taken to the ground, battered, handcuffed and her pants were pulled down exposing her bare buttocks. No one should be treated like that in this city, in this country, or anywhere else in the world." - Brockman's attorney

This story re WGN employee is not going away.

WGN employee released without charges after she was 'violently detained' by federal agents, her lawyer says

Debbie Brockman, of WGN's creative services department, is a U.S. citizen not acting in a professional capacity when she was arrested Friday in Lincoln Square.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1d

your whales must be seen before they can be killed

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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 1d

“Tense incidents” doesn’t quite capture it.
Since they’re going to call you “Voice of Antifa” anyway you might as well go all in on the truth.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

“there are a lot of people in this country …who are disgusted, appalled & frightened”by the Trump admin.
@sulliview.bsky.social is right: where’s the news coverage on these folks & the No Kings march? There are countless stories to be told…
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here's why.

Plus: Watch George Stephanopolous pushes JD Vance with follow-up questions, cringe at Bari Weiss's pep talk to CBS journalists; and more

open.substack.com

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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 1d

In Evanston: a last-minute protest against ICE, called just a couple hours ago, draws dozens of people to Oakton Street near where two people were abducted in front of a Home Depot yesterday. I need to run to cover City Council, but more people are still arriving.

Protesters against ICE line up along Oakton Street in Evanston near the Home Depot. In the foreground, two people hold a large Mexican flag.

Protesters against ICE line up along Oakton Street in Evanston near the Home Depot.

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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 1d

Equal parts terrifying and pathetic

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

ICE is all over the city and burbs today, including Waukegan. Multiple reports on social media from people who have found empty work vans and are trying to locate family of their owners. This is a near daily occurrence now.

Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 1d

Conspiracy theory vs conspiracy fiction

Scare-bag Boooooments 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 1d

Conspiracy theorists succumb to the tantalizing temptation to over-simplify messy reality.

Nevertheless, sometimes there are real and world history-inflecting conspiracies. We're living in one.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Terroresa Ripperhoff @tree26.bsky.social · 1d

Where I lived during grad school

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 1d

"FDR knew there are sides. When you replace that and have no villains because you want neoliberalism and a rising tide lifts all boats, you render people susceptible to the right. Neoliberalism is the handmaiden to authoritarianism," says @anatosaurus.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2015...

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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 2d

Portland is in the "house" 🥁💪👏😁

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