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This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

So exhausting..

“But several things can be true at the same time: (1) Political violence is never acceptable and needs to be condemned. (2) Political violence must not be the pretext for silencing political speech. (3) It’s more important than ever to push back against autocracy…” open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

3 months ago, today, Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered by a Trump supporter. They had kids, too.

Statement from @postguild.bsky.social on the firing of Karen Attiah:

Today in 1963, 4 young girls are killed by white racists as a bomb explodes during Sunday morning services in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL: Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson & Carol Denise McNair. Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words lead to hateful actions.

My optimism here is limited, but I really hope centrist institutions like universities and major news organizations understand that the plan is for the govt to dismantle them. They do not care if you fire your columnists or discipline staff for accurately quoting Kirk. They just want us all gone.

👀👀👀 I can't help but see a pattern here.

arstechnica.com/health/2025/... Sadly, many more to come…😢

theintercept.com/2025/09/05/p... The lethal strike on a boat in the Caribbean on Tuesday was a criminal attack on civilians, according to a high-ranking Pentagon official who spoke to the Intercept on the condition of anonymity.

CNN: "Live Updates: Manhunt Continues for Killer of Charlie Kirk, Charismatic Right-Wing Activist" Why don't they go the whole nine and show him holding and kissing a baby, eh? That's the same guy who called black people dumb and spread nazi rhetoric that caused the same violence that killed him.

He completely ignored the assassination of a democratic lawmaker, her husband, and their dog, and the attempted assassination of another lawmaker and his wife, so f*ck this…

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100% true.

Moskowitz on Mike Johnson: "If he was lying then, is he lying now? ... I don't think in the history of this country we've had a Speaker of the House say the president was an FBI informant ... we need to hear from the FBI."

President Obama notes the Supreme Court has now signed off on racial profiling. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

More of this.

I'm hearing "political violence has no place in America" from people who were more than OK with what happened on Jan 6, 2021.

Yes. Yes, they are.

It is just way more probable that a violent alt-right goon shot Charlie Kirk, mostly because they are the ones who are saying "go shoot people you don't agree with." They should stop saying that shit.

This was just last month and we have already memoryholed it. A cop killed by an antivaxxer.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

APOLLO: “.. job growth in tariff-impacted sectors is now negative.”

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'Well I didn't specifically say who I would improve the economy for...' bsky.app/profile/osca...

Marc Elias is OUR Champion 🏆 He is in Court Battling the Chump Regime almost Every Day. We Need More Like Mr. Elias on Our Side.......

They are privatizing Medicare, which means they will profit off denial of coverage. Say no to the GOP or face loss of insurance.

PRO PUBLICA: “.. at least three of Trump’s Cabinet members call multiple homes their primary residences on mortgages. * Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer .. * Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy .. * EPA administrator Lee Zeldin @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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"If police are going to be using drones, we need much stronger limits on how they do that, including treating the flying of the drone as a search that requires a warrant,” EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @Dispatch.com. www.dispatch.com/story/news/...

Exhibit 248,926 proving that MAGA politicians believe their voters are morons.

There's "a popular misconception that age-verification mandates are going to be the best way to rein in big tech and hold them accountable," EFF's Molly Buckley told @rollingstone.com - but these laws will just further line the biggest platforms' pockets. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cul...

Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.

This is the kinda stuff right wing media said when Michelle Obama oversaw a school nutrition program fyi. Glenn Beck transcript is from 2010.

Last year, Colorado signed a first-of-its-kind AI measure into law, but the state recently held a special session where lawmakers held frenzied negotiations over whether to expand or dilute its protections. @viacristiano.bsky.social spoke to two Colorado Sun reporters closely tracking the talks.

“Who. Pays. The. Tariffs!”

We dead.

Like a deadly virus, created in the lab of bad public policy at the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 has been let loose on our nation with impacts we are all just beginning to comprehend. My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

“.. Roberson predicted produce prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year due to tariffs and deporting agricultural workers.” @waiterich.bsky.social @fortune.com #CPI fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, a step the Palestinian Authority decried as against international law. https://to.pbs.org/4naCsqj

"January 6 survivor and former MPD Officer Michael Fanone launches a campaign demanding that federal officers remove their masks, advocating for transparency." Check out our new D.C. campaign demanding federal agents take off their mask! @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social www.wusa9.com/article/news...

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