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“a well-known LGBT Mormon advocate”—@thedailybeast. “a faith leader to watch”—@AmericanProgress. “Heartbreakingly honest”—@LDSLivingMag. He/him⚣🌈

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Whether it’s Benjamin Netanyahu empowering Hamas, presiding over a massive intelligence failure that let them kill 1,200 Israelis on October 7th, and then killing 74,000 Palestinians in response or Zohran Mamdani pointing out that he did this, both men have fueled their bitter feud.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 27/08/2026
How many signatories of the open letter defending "academic freedom" for white supremacist "race realists" came to the public defense of Maura Finkelstein, a tenured associate professor at Muhlenberg College who was fired for reposting on Instagram a statement from a Palestinian American poet?
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Tenured Jewish prof. says she's fired for pro-Palestine post
Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College may have become the first institution since Oct. 7 to oust a tenured faculty member for such statements, though the professor is appealing the decision and still rece...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Economic of the Zohranmarket" LOL at this banger opening by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social backofmind.substack.com/p/rent-alway...
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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
my transgender wife is eating a halal hotdog at the Mormon church's Canada Day event
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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I did a foolish thing and tried to untangle "The Body Keeps the Score" in a thread after @ifbookspod.bsky.social did a shitty episode on it. Still working through it, but wanted to post it here in case anyone is interested.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
While the killers of Renée Good and Alex Pretti walk free, the DOJ is busy bringing bogus charges against protesters. The Administration thinks intimidation will make us back down. They keep learning the same lesson: Minnesotans don't scare easily. We organize for our rights ✊🏽
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Bopeep-Burton 💙🐓🏝🐈🏡🏖 🦋🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇫🇷🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🌎 @bopeep-burton.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Yes SNAP recipients should be allowed to purchase hot food, you fucking MAGA freaks. What’s someone without a kitchen going to do with ingredients? Food is food.
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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
the thing about wokeness is sometimes it leads to things that are *silly* but it's weird to then get upset enough about it to be radicalized into doing racism or whatever
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🕸️Meg Conley @pocketobservatory.org · 16/05/2026
We couldn’t afford to take care of my mom + stay in California, our home state. Restlessly resigned about it until I read something like this. Ignorant, grifting losers get to be in California, making 🤑 writing essays about tearing it apart, + I’m too far away to fight them. Infuriating.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/05/2026
governor brainworms
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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Hey all, someone I know back in Montana had her car stolen and is trying to deal with the downstream financial effects of the lack of transportation. Right now trying to keep the power on and get some groceries for her kids. Her Paypal is @sugabaefrybread if anyone can help!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/05/2026
relentless poll chasing + contempt for your political base + a total absence of principle or vision = political disaster www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o...
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Opinion | Democrats Should Pay Attention to Keir Starmer’s Fall
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 06/05/2026
I have said this before and I will say it again, but it is my firm belief that given the blatant and naked corruption exhibited by some members of the Roberts Court, decisions of the Roberts Court should not be treated as precedentially binding on later courts.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Guys. Heads up. Let’s talk about Hantavirus. There have been SEVERAL bad takes and BLATANT misinformation circulating regarding this outbreak so I figured it was a good idea to make a thread about it. Stay calm. Stay vigilant. Know your facts. Here’s ALL you need to know. 🧪🧵⬇️
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 07/05/2026
Todd Blanche Blew Up His Own Case Against The SPLC (w/ Andrew Weissmann) www.thebulwark.com/p/todd-blanc...
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Todd Blanche Blew Up His Own Case Against The SPLC (w/ Andrew Weissmann)
Sarah Longwell and Andrew Weissmann discuss the Supreme Court’s voting rights decision, the rush to redraw congressional maps before the midterms, Trump allies pushing criminal investigations against ...
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 30/04/2026
get in loser we're getting Reconstruction right this time
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2026
it is racial discrimination to try ensure that the representation of a minority group is roughly in line with its proportion of the state’s population. it is equal protection to allow a state to obliterate a minority group’s representation.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2026
this line from alito’s opinion, that the question before the court was “whether compliance with the Voting Rights Act should be added to our very short list of compelling interests that can justify racial discrimination,” is truly orwellian
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Virgil Abt @abtnatural.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Prosecution has officially confirmed that every single bullet shot by the Secret Service agent missed Allen, so it makes sense Blitzer thought he was firing randomly. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
13. At approximately 8:40 p.m., ALLEN approached a security checkpoint on the
Terrace Level of the hotel leading to the location of the dinner. ALLEN approached and ran
through the magnetometer holding a long gun. As he did so, U.S. Secret Service personnel
assigned to the checkpoint heard a loud gunshot. U.S. Secret Service Officer V.G. was shot once
in the chest; Officer V.G. was wearing a ballistic vest at the time.
14. Officer V.G. drew his service weapon and fired multiple times at ALLEN, who fell
to the ground and suffered minor injuries but was not shot. ALLEN was subsequently arrested.
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cal @calvinjburke.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Update: he was not avoiding me, he has a PROJECT FOR ME omg
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cal @calvinjburke.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
There’s this random Russian linguist at my job who trained at *ecole normale superieur* under LEVINAS, & so naturally every time I see him I harangue with questions like “DR. [REDACTED], is it possible that the thirst for Capital-T Truth is synonymous with the authoritarian impulse??”
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
For everybody inclined to react to this with “they’re not acting like they’re ever going to give up power,” remember that they’re catastrophic morons.
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cal @calvinjburke.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
It’s been months since I taught my Sunday School lesson on “the Light of Christ” using Pasolini’s “The Gospel According to Matthew”— & I’m STILL getting positive comments about “the time you showed the Italian movie about Jesus” For folks teaching Sunday School—I highly recommend Pasolini’s movie!
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cal @calvinjburke.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Me, watching Andor with the besties: “Straight son, or tradwife daughter?”
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cal @calvinjburke.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I’m not saying we should consider taxes a way to “soak the rich.” I’m saying we should consider taxes as a way for the wealthy to escape the guillotine, and for corporations to escape a remand to The Hague.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I think the President musing about killing people "just for fun" would have resulted in every major paper demanding impeachment in the before times.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“What if we simply ignored both the racism and the violence against women” is a very popular approach to a lot of things, and I think one has to wonder both why that appeals so strongly and also, once that desire is fulfilled, what’s left.
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cal @calvinjburke.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Very grateful Elder Gilbert gave me his personal email the last time we spoke in person!
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 12/02/2026
It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/02/2026
If a groundhog gets a day to predict the future, New Yorkers deserve a city that plans for one. Affordable housing, good transit, real public space — all year long.
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Wouldn’t have made it out of the VEEP writers room
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I write about Alex Pretti and the power of witness as ICE targets legal observers. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Masked government thugs snuffed out Alex Pretti’s life in broad daylight | Moira Donegan
If they’re trying to eliminate witnesses, they cannot eliminate us all
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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 26/01/2026
"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/01/2026
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/01/2026
Feels like ICE is trying to use Ye Old 20th Century Death Squad techniques, except they totally failed to account for the fact that social media is ubiquitous now and the regime still has basically 0 effective control over "bystanders posting constant video online of death squad movements."
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
It can get lower!
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Continually impressed by the courage, scale, and beauty of what people in Minnesota are doing.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/01/2026
an administration that understood it needed at least *some* public opinion on its side would dump bovino immediately
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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Pretty much everyone on IG who has been carefully quiet about politics is speaking out. It’s. Weird. I’m not on there all that much, but I think people have finally been given social permission to say the uncomfortable thing. I think they realize not speaking up will be read as acceptance.
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Clarefella @clarenafo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
No. They are not planning to ever relinquish power. It's the Putinisation of America.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know. This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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Ashley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We had to put up with school shootings because "the 2nd Amendment" But watch ICE eliminate the right to bear arms by executing anyone they find with a gun and to hell with the 2nd Amendment. ICE will soon be killing citizens in their own homes because they're scared there might be a gun inside.
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gulfwarvet.bsky.social @gulfwarvet.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
So. To date, I have seen ONE Dem Rep in Congress call for ICE to be abolished. Ilhan Omar. Not defunded. Not trained and restrained. ABOLISHED. Are there any others? If so, post them and let's get a count on the number of Dems in Congress.
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Tater Sallit @that1guyyouknew.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I’d vote machine guns because they are made out of pure, glossy, hardened evil. That still should not stop us. I’m damn near 67 years old and have lived a great life for the most part. If getting shot in the street is the last thing I do it’s worth it if it saves our republic.
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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
i honestly don't know what this administration would do if confronted with a national mass movement would they get scared and back down? would they pull out machine guns?
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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Mark Misoshnik @misoshnik.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I cannot stress enough that you SHOULD NOT DO THIS. Stop peace policing. Kill the cop in your head. They have already killed multiple people ON CAMERA. They don’t need an “excuse.” Don’t be a snitch.
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Minneapolis, MN - A view from the inside entrance to the lobby of the hotel where the noise demonstration against ICE is happening.
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