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John Knefel @johnknefel.bsky.social · 7h

Fox News is committed to pushing the "worst of the worst" myth as a way to frame Trump's deportation operations as about public safety rather than what they really are -- an attempt to maintain structures of white supremacy through ethnic cleansing

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Fox News has spent almost two years claiming Trump’s deportations are targeting “the worst of the worst.” The administration just contradicted that narrative.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19h

They made her wait all day to kill her, and now they’re torturing her.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in.

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i think anyone who believes these guys in particular would actually allow “universal high income” should be tested for lead poisoning

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ah see that’s the problem you tried to see the movie without purchasing the Day One Ultimate Edition, you can’t expect it to have all the movie in it

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There’s something to be said for how most of the political spectrum can unite around hounding some lesbians over niche drama in their spaces but huge segments of society are silent about pervasive campus rape impacting a huge population of primarily youngwomen

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...

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X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula

Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 24/09/2026

If we hit this goal I will go to the Western Mass lesbian bar this weekend and live post about it.

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 24/09/2026

A young Salvadoran man in Frederick County whose stepfather was deported last year says that the fear of being detained is commonplace. “In our community, the Hispanic community, there is always a fear of being stopped by the sheriff office.”

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“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - Bolts

Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impossible to ignore.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 24/09/2026

Hey so I think YouTube is suppressing our latest episode of @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social because the topic is so heavy. It's just not showing people the video on their timeline. But it's a great episode that people should check out! Audio episode is out now too! youtu.be/cEitSQm50Gc

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Why the Right-Wing Press Couldn't Let Jason Arday Be (ft. Dr. Jenn Jackson)

YouTube video by Cancel Me, Daddy

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

i'm sorry but i find it deeply reprehensible that there is a concerted campaign to downplay the struggles trans people face.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I think it's very simple, the bosses agreed with Trump about "wokeness" and this was an excuse to purge anything associated with it bsky.app/profile/trac...

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

between the jaxson dart injury and the clavicular arrest, gonna be tough for the cops out there to concentrate today on stalking their high school daughters friends on flock cameras

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Ben Van Bloem @bambooboy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’ve been a Frederick boy pretty much my whole life, and this is as clean a piece you will ever read on the evil ass Sheriff in the county. @boltsmag.org continues to be vital for understanding local politics.

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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

People are hiding at home, afraid to go outside and encounter ICE. They're struggling to find food and holding kids out of school, as friends and family are disappeared in bunches. This is now the reality of daily life across the U.S., and I took a snapshot of what it looks like in one community:

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“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - Bolts

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

we have a story coming out tomorrow I hope every one in Maryland reads, to know about what’s happening in their state

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Annie @femalecenobite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I would rather be hit by a bike than a car. And it would be an honor to get hit by a bus

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I do genuinely admire how Vin Diesel views himself as being this, he sees himself as Da Vinci and his reasoning for this is that The Last Witch Hunter is based on a DnD character he made.

The Last Witch Hunter is a 2015 American fantasy action film directed by Breck Eisner and written by Cory Goodman, Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, based on the Dungeons & Dragons campaigns of Vin Diesel as "Melkor the Witch-Hunter". The film stars Diesel as an immortal witch-hunter who must stop a plague from ravaging the entire world.!?]
The Last Witch Hunter

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Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

the prosecutor in the execution that was just stayed is really saying the quiet part out loud about what the common threads of landing on death row are -- these things are exactly what the Survivor Justice Act are meant to respond to!

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 17/09/2026

taking care of yourself is liberal and gay. unfortunately going to the gym is fascist. the solution as always: just lay down

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Skip, the Online New Yorker (terrifying, i know) @badposter.lol · 17/09/2026

THIS MF CALLED ME DR FAUCI, LMAO

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Why is this important? It's important because if you're not trans and you look at these dynamics - which can absolutely be annoying and unpleasant - and think "cult" you're not responding to the actual dynamics of the group, you are responding to prejudice against trans people in your head.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026

The international chess Federation banned trans women from playing women's chess. CHESS. It's not about fairness. The fairness argument is intended to radicalize people into more violent forms of transphobia.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Despite Dems scapegoating trans people for their 2024 losses, the hard reality is that without what trans support they did get they would've been catastrophically worse. @mady.cat had a great breakdown of this.

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Opinion | Abandoning Trans People Would Be Costly For the Democratic Party: Here's the Simple Math

Our votes cannot be taken for granted.

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 11/09/2026

The real legacy of 9/11 is what we see happening in the US right now. Organizations purportedly formed to combat terrorism are being used by a demented sociopathic president to terrorize the citizens of the US, and turn the nation into a white supremacist dictatorship.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 08/09/2026

This from the man who betrayed his country by conspiring to overturn a presidential election. Giuliani is a traitor to our democracy. Mayor Mamdani champions it. Giuliani’s diatribe was full of blatant anti-Muslim rhetoric & it should be called out & condemned. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/n...

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Giuliani Says Mamdani Should Skip 9/11 Memorial

During an anti-Muslim diatribe, the former mayor called for Mr. Mamdani to skip the ceremonies. The mayor has said he is going.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026

Since the beginning of the Iran War, Fox News has assure its viewers that high gas prices would be "temporary" [checks notes] 188 times.

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Fox News has claimed that high gas prices would be temporary at least 188 times since the beginning of Trump's conflict with Iran

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What Pablo Torre did was ridiculously impressive. Uncovered a conspiracy between rich guys, withstood a propaganda campaign by one of the richest guys in the world with a pretty good reputation, didn't buckle or panic, and just kept reporting. That's some Pulitzerin' right there.

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wint @dril.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

why breed dogs with jaws large enough to tear through Flesh, when you could breed dogs with minds large enougj to tear through Fallacy.....

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John Knefel @johnknefel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This completely fabricated non-story migrated to Fox News primetime shows. It's a perfect illustration of what David Ellison and Bari Weiss are aiming to achieve at CBS News: launder bigoted, right-wing narratives into the newscycle as ammunition against their political enemies

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Top Fox News hosts criticize El-Sayed for 9/11 comments that mirror their colleagues’

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John Knefel @johnknefel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

CBS News trying to manufacture a scandal out of drawing comparisons between the pandemic and 9/11 death tolls. The thing is, that point of comparison was incredibly common at the time. It was everywhere, and trying to smear El-Sayed now is disgusting, if totally predictable under Weiss and Ellison

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Embracing blatant Islamophobia, CBS News makes bizarre attempt to tie El-Sayed to 9/11

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Micah @rincewind.run · 31/08/2026

the infuriating thing about all of the crises going on right now is that they were completely predictable the second they announced they were gutting food safety monitoring, everyone knew it would lead to a bunch of contamination and recalls! we could have just not done it! it's all so stupid

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"corruption" is a useful word to hide class warfare behind. everyone sees these guys doing don't mind if do fingers with all public wealth

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 30/08/2026

“A group of 30 people in the Silicon Valley went ahead and made a geopolitical decision that affects over 2 billion people with no political oversight YEESSSSSS!!!”

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Stand Up Solutions | Full Special | Conner O'Malley

YouTube video by Conner O'Malley

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