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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 8h
The takeaway from Bo French suggesting Asian students are “foreigners” and the tepid GOP response is that the Trump-era Republican Party is increasingly explicit about its belief that the only good immigrants, and the only real Americans, are white. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
The Afrikaner policy is illuminating, because it proves the catch-22 facing nonwhite immigrants: If you are poor, you are a moocher, and if you are gainfully employed, you are taking a job from a hardworking American. The only way to be a good immigrant is to be white and Christian.

Bo French, who is running for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, has taken this idea a step further, suggesting that the only way to be an American is to be white and Christian.
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Bridge Buyer @circlecityslicker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you're Ed Sheeran, why wouldn't you just tell everyone, "Robert Kraft is cancelling my tour?"
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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 12/09/2026
Was looking for something else on my hard drive and found Purdue Pete Meat.
Purdue Pete Meat
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 07/09/2026
Rejecting talk that Labor Day was a "class holiday"—that it was really meant to honor just manual laborers—FDR 90 years ago insisted that it "belongs to all of us": "Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man" www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...
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Labor Day: How Political and Economic Freedom Are Linked
It has never been a class holiday. It has always been a national holiday.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026
I would like ask JD Vance about Pierre Damas Bel.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥
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Bridge Buyer @circlecityslicker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Hegsethian: one half cup of water is not enough to maintain high testosterone, which we need more of in our warrior society. by the way, who poured this cup and were they black
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"If you say Abolish ICE, Republicans will say you want open borders." Right but it's your job to communicate persuasively enough to 1) win and 2) enact your party's agenda. If you don't have the requisite talent, you're unfit, step aside. If you don't *want to* then you're unfit, step aside
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Yes! Yes! Yes! I can't remember who on here told me about it but the "EverythingWx" app is absolutely incredible. It was developed by a NWS meteorologist and is based on NWS data. It's super accurate and also detailed. Perfect for weather geeks and non-weather geeks alike. everythingwx.com
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Everything Weather
Discover the EverythingWeather mobile app for iOS and Android. Access NOAA weather information and real-time weather data easily.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I couldn’t make this up if I tried.🤬 “An anti-sex-trafficking nonprofit in Utah whose founder resigned after multiple women accused him of trafficking and sexual abuse has won a federal contract to provide legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children in government custody.“
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Disgraced Anti-Sex-Trafficking NGO Gets $244 Million to Rep Migrant Kids - The American Prospect
The founder and CEO of Our Rescue resigned in 2023 amid allegations that he had sexually abused and trafficked women himself.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is ethnic cleansing.
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Haitians face arrest and deportation after US removes TPS protections
DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin says ‘We’re going after them right now’ despite threat of violence in home country
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
if establishment candidates want to start winning primaries again all you have to do is say that rich people have too much money and that youll prosecute trump admin staffers and republicans that have broken the law
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/
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Our Team - BURKE LAW GROUP, PLLC
Our Team
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Essential point here. In saying migrant farmworkers help the economy, Markwayne Mullin was speaking for a genuine constituency inside the GOP that continues to get overruled by Stephen Miller, who knows he absolutely cannot open the door a tiny crack to the idea that immigration is ever good for USA
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Agreed. On Monday @polphilpod.bsky.social and I explicitly tied Musk USAID cuts to his "belief" that white civilization is embattled and white nations must be saved from invasion to preserve the "West." We argued Musk's "zero died" claim is code to global far right: newrepublic.com/article/2135...
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb
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John Birch Society
@The_JBS • Jun 30
Your taxes are paying for an Illegal Alien with an Anchor
Baby to live in the starter home your American kids can't
afford.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I know his term only has 6 months left, but Colorado Dems should impeach and remove Polis anyway
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
If you over-regulate capitalism you get totalitarian communism. If you under-regulate capitalism you get a ruling caste of insane monopolists. Please ignore the fact that one of these things has never happened and the other keeps happening over and over
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 10/06/2026
the cars don't drive themselves and we're still nowhere near Mars, but you can't question Elon Musk's ability to deliver screwworms and racial violence
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The easiest way to end up in the NYT Opinion section is to be someone they perceive as “progressive” arguing that progressives actually have to capitulate to the right on x issue
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/06/2026
not all that shocked that republicans think it is scandalous to have stable, consensual relationships with age appropriate partners
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
First day on the job and you want respect? Go right up to the most recognizable and respected guy in the newsroom and have him yell at you until you cry. Then it's time to send him a weepy email telling him how disappointed you were that he did all that. Shouldn't have any trouble after that.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The cancellation of Donald Trump’s restitution fund could have a chilling effect on future presidents’ ability to give billions of taxpayer dollars to criminals who break into the Capitol on their behalf.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
this fucking guy rules
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I am struck again and again by how much the language of the anti-Reconstructionists continues to serve as a template for backlash rhetoric.
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This is absolutely outrageous. SCOTUS reinstated Texas gerrymander 15 weeks before primary because they claimed it was too close to election to block it but now allowing Alabama to gerrymander one week before primary after trial court found map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Modest Mussorgsky: “When a German thinks, he reasons his way to a conclusion. Our Russian brother, on the other hand, starts with a conclusion and then might amuse himself with some reasoning.” American voters are, in this sense, very Russian. They like who they like; then backfill policy reasons.
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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Double amputee Rodney Taylor revealed the horrific conditions he endured in ICE detention: “They refused to feed me for 3 weeks because they expected me to walk the length of a football field to get some food." atlanta.capitalbnews.org/double-amp…
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Double Amputee Rodney Taylor Released from ICE Custody - Capital B News - Atlanta
The Georgia barber said he endured horrific conditions in the Stewart detention facility.
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Kyle Whitmire @warondumb.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Alabama House speaker said he hopes SCOTUS “will overturn Amendment 14,” the one that made Black people citizens and guaranteed equal protection under law. It wasn’t just a slip. Today’s newsletter. 👉 link.al.com/public/45636...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/05/2026
the most anti free speech administration in this country’s history
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 08/05/2026
Meta comms guy brings up the historical record. Ok let’s go. I revealed: —FB allowing ad targeting of “Jew-haters” —FB allowing ads to block being shown to Black users —FB promoting Stop the Steal groups prior to J6 —FB guidelines showing “white males” as protected class but not “black children”
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Man, that sounds terrible. Killed with impunity by agents of the state for just being on the street and protesting? Hard to see how regimes like that can continue to claim a popular mandate.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Oh, the people who blow up ships are the bad guys? Huh.
A timeline of US strikes on boats that have killed at least 187
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alex baca @alexbaca.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
This passed today :) Up to eight stories, actually.
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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 02/05/2026
Did you guys hear about Will Stancil leaking the Tinder ICE Honey Trap details just to take credit for the work done by women for months (ruining the entire operation by doing so)?
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Two nights ago, I said Trump had been using our troops as pirates in Iran and a Republican got mad. Well… the president just admitted it. He literally bragged about doing piracy.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/05/2026
The cut to SSI for families who also rely on SNAP was not the Social Security Administration’s idea, even though that agency runs the SSI program. Instead, it was initiated by top White House and DOGE officials last year, ProPublica has learned.
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The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/04/2026
"Electrifying industrial heat in India is now cheaper than producing heat from natural gas and oil across all temperatures, and cheaper than coal in three of five temperature bands, representing 55 percent of the country’s industrial heat needs."
energyinnovation.org
Electrifying Industrial Heat in India
Cheap solar prices mean electrifying industrial heat in India is cheaper than producing heat from most fossil fuels, cutting costs and air pollution.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I'm crying, this is so funny, he has absolutely no idea.
Alex Jones posting Tim's fake mugshot.
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 21/04/2026
I forget, is it good or bad that the world's richest people can spend a small fraction of their annual income to quietly bring academics and media folks to heel just by giving them money through grants, donations, ad revenue, or business partnerships.
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marisa @marmang.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Keep the car alternatives coming. electrek.co/2026/04/14/s...
electrek.co
Segway launches compact cargo e-bike with some really nice specs
Segway is expanding its footprint in the electric bike space with the launch of its new MUXI e-bike, a model...
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spencer roberts 🦈 @unpopularscience.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I will forever be haunted by this footage. Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity. What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives. 🌎🦑🧪
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
SoH transits from Lloyd’s List:
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 10/04/2026
JFC they made the Pizzagate lawyer an immigration judge. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/09/r...
minnesotareformer.com
One of Minnesota's most unhinged right-wing posters is the state’s newest immigration judge • Minnesota Reformer
A right-wing attorney and influential X user who has amplified racist conspiracies and fringe legal theories, will make decisions on which immigrants will be deported in his new job as an immigration judge.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
If any other president had pardoned - pardoned! - a man like this, they would have probably been impeached by now. Trump gets away with this kind of gross shit, day after day: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 31/03/2026
"ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps."
nbcnews.com
ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina
As the U.S. continues to fight the war in Iran, the Marine Corps has boosted protection measures on bases, requiring everyone to present REAL IDs, passports or birth certificates to access any sites.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Israel interdicts Cardinal Pizzaballa en route to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday. www.custodia.org/it/news/join...
Palm Sunday, 29 March 2026
This morning, the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, together with the Custos of the Holy Land, the Most Reverend Fr. Francesco lelpo, OFM, the official Guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as they made their way to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass.
The two were stopped en route, while proceeding privately and without any characteristics of a procession or ceremonial act, and were compelled to turn back. As a result, and for the first time in centuries, the Heads of the Church were prevented from
celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
This incident is a grave precedent, and disregard the sensibilities of billions of people around the world who, during this week, look to Jerusalem.
The Heads of the Churches have acted with full responsibility and, since the outset of the war, have complied with all imposed restrictions: public gatherings were cancelled, attendance was prohibited, and arrangements were made to broadcast the celebrations to
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
"I'm a cop, I don't understand the law" is literally one of the most on-brand things I have ever heard in my life
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