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@derpgently.bsky.social
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Meat Popsicle, player of games, reader of books, jaded optimist.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28/08/2025
According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago. 8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois. And yet Trump is sending troops here.
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A really deadly weekend in Chicago. 6 dead, 27 hurt in crime sprees all over the city. Panic stricken Governor Pritzker says that crime is under control, when in fact it is just the opposite. He is an incompetent governor who should call me for help. Mayor Johnson is no better. Make Chicago great again!
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Miss Trixie @misstrixie.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
They want Dems to become Republican because Republicans became Nazis.
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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/07/2025
ATTN: If you’re one of the 1,000 FBI agents who reviewed the Epstein files, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
RT=endorsement
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Here's Willie & Joe from Stripes' WWII archives by award-winning illustrator Bill Mauldin ✍
Black and white Willie & Joe cartoon, with subtitled text that reads: "Why ya lookin' so sad? I got out of it okay." The sketch shows a completely wrecked U.S. Mail jeep as a handful of soldiers inspect the damage.
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
> "humans need to argue" > I can't do that on bsky, somehow I feel like saying "skill issue" here would be like standing at the shore of the mighty Pacific, firstborn and heir of Panthalassa the World Ocean, as the waves heave and crash, and going "bit damp"
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/07/2025
Today, USAID shuts down. Experts say this could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030—including 4.5 million babies and children under 5. Let’s not forget, Trump recently let a warehouse full of food aid rot rather than feed the hungry. This isn’t America first. It’s America heartless.
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Panopticorn @dauntus.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Consentagenarians
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derpgently.bsky.social @derpgently.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
One of the things I haven't seen mentioned in the discussion re: Trump admin's use of Marines/NG is that they want the military complicit and compliant.
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OuterBoroPrincess @outerbororoyal.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Another pro wrestler with better politics and a more clearly articulated moral stance than 99.9% of elected officials
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 11/06/2025
This is what people should read to get a basic summary of the protests in LA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Los Angeles protests: from immigration raids to sending in the marines – a visual timeline
The Trump administration’s immigration raids in the California city prompted mostly peaceful protests, which escalated when the president sent in the national guard – and then the US marines
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Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Seth gets it
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Rewording my earlier post. RFK Jr will be testifying before Congress. I am interested in what experts and others think would be the best way to leverage this time and opportunity for the public good. If you were behind the dais for this hearing, what would you do? What do you want to see asked?
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Unbreakable 🫘 - Don’t Back Down💜 Use your rights @letsbepurple.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
@governor.ca.gov @lacity.bsky.social she was just trying/asking to go to her apartment. Shot at point blank range. Nothing says "to protect and serve" like firing on a girl at point blank range.
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Rosie is Riveting 🧐🍀 @onlyshelterpets.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
@mayor.lacity.gov What in the fuck are your police doing? @governor.ca.gov @LAPD Fire that monster immediately.
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
BREAKING: Police were CAUGHT ON CAMERA destroying their own squad cars to frame protestors — and your government still calls them “heroes.” Nah. These are operatives running psychological warfare against the public. This is fascism in plain sight.
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Richard Ferro, MD MSc @richferro.com · 10/06/2025
I was a medic at the Santa Ana protests in OC today. I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children. Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us. One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
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The Stinkfoot @thestinkfoot.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Really, fuck looters. If you use legitimate civil grievance to steal shit, you are at best a nihilist. If "violence" means throwing a tear gas canister back at police then I can defend that, but if "violence" means robbing the local small businesses then eat shit.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This...is...not...honest. This pic is from five years ago and not even in Los Angeles. Immoral opportunists like James Woods and Ted Cruz trade on lies to promote other lies.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 08/06/2025
A video explaining the terms about federalization of the Guard, the difference between the Guard, Reserves, and Active Duty, and when the guard or active duty can engage in law enforcement. Hint: the guard as activated in Calif cannot. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/video-expl...
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Video: Explainer, LA and Troop Activation
All About Guard, Active Duty, Insurrection Act, and what the terms mean.
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derpgently.bsky.social @derpgently.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
@bestese34.bsky.social Thanks for telling the truth.
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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
If you're in the National Guard or Active Duty and you're being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens - you have options. You are not alone, and you do not have to comply. Call the GI Rights Hotline: 1-877-447-4487. Know your rights. Follow your conscience. Be human 🙏🏻
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
There are two pathways to what Trump is doing: 1) He is federalizing 2000 National Guard troops; or 2) He is deploying 2000 members of another state’s National Guard with the permission of *that* state’s governor. These posts walk through the relevant authorities—and the questions they raise:
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
L.A. is a Mexican-American city. The majority of the population is made up of racial and ethnic minorities. We are all happy living together and really do not want to see our friends, neighbors and families being terrorized by federal robo-cops. This is bullshit.
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 02/06/2025
Please tell my parent company to actually bargain in good faith with us before our contract expires in 11 days!!! actionnetwork.org/letters/help...!
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Help union members at Vox Media win a fair contract
Writers Guild of America East members at Vox Media are bargaining for a new union contract before their current CBA expires at 11:59 pm ET on June 12. Our proposed terms are fair, reasonable, and foc...
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 03/06/2025
Federal employees can not accept a gift of anything valued at more than $20. (training.smartpay.gsa.gov/training_pur...). Did…did the NYT witness and document a gift transaction higher than that? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/m...
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Nick “Rocket” Rodriguez (he/him) @nickrodriguez00.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Send some letters, y'all! actionnetwork.org/letters/keep...
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Keep California Rolling: Reel Jobs Need Real Action NOW!
We are in the most critical moment of our fight to expand and modernize our California film and television jobs program. Simply put, we will need the voices of every single member, small business, f...
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 29/05/2025
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t. Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
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Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 23/05/2025
open chart, keep scrolling down www.gelliottmorris.com/p/republican...
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Step 1. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country Step 2. When markets crash, pause those tariffs and say they're just leverage for deals Step 3. Promise deals Step 4. Fail to make deals Step 5. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country ...and yes, I find it hard to keep my cool, sometimes.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Democratic leadership is purging anyone who wants candidates under 80, shutting down anyone who wants to impeach Trump, and telling everyone to shut up about Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Have I got all that? And their answer is flying tiny banners over Mar-a-Lago?
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 14/05/2025
Relying almost exclusively on the arguments of a dude who the California Bar recommended be *disbarred* because of the *other* time he advanced cockamamie arguments without legal or evidentiary support that would, if accepted, destroy multiracial democracy, is out 👏🏾 rage 👏🏾 ous 👏🏾 heavy on the RAGE
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Aurich | 𝕲𝖚𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕿𝖗𝖆𝖘𝖍 @aurich.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
If you miss forums just … go join some forums arstechnica.com/civis/forums/
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/05/2025
They want you to believe this 80 year old woman body slammed a chud ICE officer.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Trump is lying. India and Pakistan both say the United States wasn’t involved in negotiating the ceasefire.
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derpgently.bsky.social @derpgently.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Now that's the shade I'm looking for from NPR!
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
60% of Americans have a chronic condition. Among people over 65, it's 95%. Saying most of our health care spending goes to chronic conditions is just another way of saying it goes to health care.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Excellent piece on Miller on habeas. Far superior to the surprisingly both-sides-ish coverage by some media. What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation. www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
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148. Suspending Habeas Corpus
In response to adverse rulings in numerous immigration cases, Stephen Miller is raising the specter of suspending habeas. His argument is factually and legally nuts, but it's worth explaining *why.*
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I  know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants.
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