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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2025

CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2025

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'? JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said. S: Those are quotes

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Right wingers in 2017: Dumb libs think words are violence Right wingers in 2025: Words are violence and we're going to throw you in jail for saying the wrong ones, which is terrorism bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Hegseth: The military is for killing people and breaking things. No more rules of engagement. Trump: I’ll be sending the military into U.S. cities.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2025

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2025

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2025

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2025

Reminder that Trump campaigned on sending troops into American cities to take out "the enemy from within." Something to consider next time a pundit tells you the election was really about inflation.

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 29/09/2025

Someone should probably inform the White House's "AI & Crypto Czar" that no one is forcing AI companies to train their models on Wikipedia

Tweet by David Sacks: "Wikipedia is hopelessly biased. An army of left-wing activists maintain the bios and fight reasonable corrections. Magnifying the problem, Wikipedia often appears first in Google search results, and now it’s a trusted source for AI model training. This is a huge problem."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 30/09/2025

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

"We are asking the Department of War to deploy to our cities" should be a statement that ends any Governor's political career.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2025

Kimmel's show put together a montage of Trump insisting dozens of times yesterday to "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL." Complete insanity.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2025

a page of Trump's UN speech, as captured by Getty

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2025

Q: Would you back up NATO allies? You said you thought they should shoot down the Russian aircraft TRUMP: Depends on the circumstance

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 23/09/2025

“China didn’t” Just remarkable how Rubio is imploring China to take the vacuum of Goodwill that the United States has completely abandoned.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2025

Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2025

BASH: The big difference here, as you know, is that this is a broadcast network that was threatened by a govt individual who has oversight over their regulation and potential for mergers MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Sure, but this is also a network that has not been friendly to this administration whatsoever

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2025

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

WATCH: Here’s where Netanyahu says the purchase of TIKTOK is important so Israel can “battle” for public opinion 🤔 (Sure sounds like they plan to manipulate the algorithm, with the help of the Trump allies buying it — and sounds like Elon is helping them too)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2025

Van Hollen: "Those who cave in -- those like ABC who cave in -- what they do is give the bully an even bigger appetite. When they appease they bully, they put all of us at risk."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2025

Ro Khanna: "They're making comedy illegal. Brendan Carr pressured ABC to cancel Jimmy Kimmel, and Disney cancels Jimmy Kimmel. This canceling from an administration that lectured us about cancel culture. That's why today I'm introducing a motion to subpoena Brendan Carr."

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Gov Pritzker: One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into American cities is because he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections. If it becomes a norm for people, then it won't be abnormal to have troops at the ballot boxes. It's about intimidating people from going to the polls

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/09/2025

🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ shut down an FBI probe after agents caught Border Czar Tom Homan on tape taking $50,000 in cash from undercover operatives posing as contractors in exchange for promised gov’t contracts. MSNBC’s Carol Leonnig & Ken Dilanian with a massive scoop. Link in reply.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2025

former CDC official Dr. Houry: "I first learned that the secretary had changed our CDC covid vaccine guidance on an X social media post. CDC scientists have still not seen the scientific data or justification for this change. That is not gold standard science."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2025

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2025

Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/09/2025

Blumenthal corners a belligerent Patel into admitting that the White House is in touch with the FBI about personnel decisions

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NPR @npr.org · 20/09/2025

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

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Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

This appears to be the 3rd lethal US strike in the Caribbean. Once again, the specific "terrorist" entity targeted is not identified. No legal justification is offered for this premeditated killing. President Trump is asserting a license to kill outside of the law. 1/n

On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans. The strike killed 3 male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel, which was in international waters. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. STOP SELLING FENTANYL, NARCOTICS, AND ILLEGAL DRUGS IN AMERICA, AND COMMITTING VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM AGAINST AMERICANS!!!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/09/2025

Rep. Ronny Jackson calls to forcefully mass institutionalize trans people and calls them a cancer. www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/r...

Alt text: A screenshot of a news article excerpt. The text quotes a person making derogatory comments about transgender women, saying they have "an underlying level of aggressiveness" and claiming left-wing media tells them daily that they are victims. The speaker argues that transgender Americans face psychiatric issues and that society needs stronger mental health interventions. He continues by saying, "We have to treat these people. We have to get them off the streets, and we have to get them off the internet," calling transgender identity a "virus" and a "cancer" spreading across the country.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/09/2025

Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them. They want us all eradicated.

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Flyer from The Heritage Foundation Oversight Project titled “Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism (TIVE): Background and FAQs on Need for an FBI Domestic Terrorism Designation.” The page defines “Transgender Ideology” and “TIVE,” outlining beliefs allegedly associated with them. It claims such ideology justifies violence against opponents or frames opposition as violence. The text references the alleged assassination of Charlie Kirk, urging the FBI to classify TIVE as domestic terrorism.

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Continuation of flyer with a section titled “Recent Instances of TIVE-Motivated Acts of Domestic Terrorism.” Lists multiple violent events from 2018 to 2025, attributing them to transgender ideology. Includes mugshots of two alleged attackers. Followed by a “Frequently Asked Questions and Key Terms” section, addressing whether transgender people are terrorists, comparing TIVE with “Nihilistic Violent Extremism,” and discussing FBI designations.

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Section titled “Terminology Used by TIVE.” Defines terms including cisgender, deadnaming, Gillick competence, misgendering, “Right to Exist,” “Trans genocide,” and a phrase “You either have a live boy or dead girl, you choose.” Each is presented as terminology used in or associated with TIVE. Page layout is text-heavy, no additional graphics.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/09/2025

Trump: "When 97% of the stories are bad about a person, that's no longer free speech."

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

This is so messed up.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Vague, open-ended claims of authority to use deadly force are common among authoritarian regimes

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

1. Just so we’re clear, this is the clip that got Jimmy Kimmel’s show shelved by ABC. If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

"We stand firmly on the principles of the U.S. Constitution, including the protection of free speech. HOWEVER, that right does not extend to speech that incites harm OR UNDERMINES THE DIGNITY OF OTHERS." Emphasis added because holy fuck

@ClemsonUniv on X: A statement from Clemson University: [image of statement]

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Remember, every time they clutch their pearls over something someone said about them, they are lying hypocritical shitbirds.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Reporter: Do you think it would have been fitting to lower the flags for Melissa Hortman who was killed as well? Trump: Uh, I’m not familiar, who?

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad. Or wasn't, until now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2025

Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin? TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

absolutely repugnant, gutfeld completely dismisses the assassination of melissa hortman, calls it a "bull shit" example of political violence

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Chinese buyers have booked a total of zero US soybean cargoes for the new crop year. By this time last year, Chinese buyers had booked around 13 million tons of US soybeans.

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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I plan to post this ABC News supercut video of Trump calling Harris and Democrats "fascists" (and "communists"!) everytime I see a Republican on TV whining about Trump being called a "fascist" by the left. Oh, the hypocrisy! Oh, the gaslighting!

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