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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Or kick out/ban “fans” for being obnoxious and transphobic.

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Seriously. If you've ever spent any time in the left, you've met a Graham Platner

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

It's not appropriate for cis people to say that trans people are too alarmed, or that certain trans writers are irresponsibly causing trans people to think the sky is falling. I want to take some time in this 🧵 to write personally about how my skies have fallen.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.

A chart showing an immediate spike after the headline hit the front page of Wall Street Bets.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

And probably the best small town art museum I’ve been to. Not my favorite city I’ve lived in, but it was fine and had some great neighborhoods and green spaces.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so.

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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Starbucks workers are asking customers to delete the mobile app amid their ongoing strike to push the corporation to reach a first contract with the union and to stop union busting www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Striking Starbucks workers urge customers to delete coffee chain’s app

Unionized baristas continue to fight for a fair contract and ask public for solidarity as strike stretches into third month

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/02/2026

Experts said the FBI’s seizing of ballots in Georgia triggered fears of federal interference in this year’s midterm elections: “It's a dramatic escalation … to expand federal control over our country's historically state-run election infrastructure.”

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FBI’s Search of Georgia Election Center Is “Dangerous,” Experts Warn

The search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald ...

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 30/01/2026

"the goal must be demoralization. It needs to be made clear to every ICE agent that, should they remain with ICE, they will soon be unemployed and potentially under investigation." stringinamaze.net/p/there-must...

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There Must Be Retribution

Abolishing ICE isn't enough. So what is?

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Nashville Severe Weather @nashseverewx.com · 25/01/2026

Information for Williamson Co: Williamson County Emergency Management Agency is opening warming shelters at Fairview High School and Franklin High School. Limited food and animal support services will be available. We'll pass along anything that comes over their socials.

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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

we have not "apprehended" the president of venezuela. we have invaded a foreign country and kidnapped its leader. what the fuck are we doing here, i am going to lose my mind

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 03/01/2026

It is very important that your federal electeds hear not only from you on social media, but through direct contact as well. Tag them and then Call and email. Do both. Tell them to move to immediately impeach and remove for an unconstitutional war of aggression.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 03/01/2026

Please put the US under sanctions. Cancel the LA Olympics. No international conferences.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Yeah this is exactly how I feel

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

In our name, with our money, ostensibly for oil, but mostly because we have a president who's addicted to power and attention and needs to deflect from being friends with the world’s most famous pedophile. Shame on these fucking monsters who run my country. They need out.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

You have to go through Congress for anything resembling this type of war. Round up Massie and Paul types and have him removed. The people in this administration are on actual drugs and have insatiable bloodlust and bespoke mental illnesses. He has to go, and everybody with him.

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Steve T PhD @thelasttheorist.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

*Congress* shall have the power to declare war, and so forth and so on.

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Rep. Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

TODAY IS THE DAY! GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM WE GOT THIS!!!!!!

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Tennessee people, vote for this lady this week. She's cool and she puts the country perilously close to having a single check and/or balance.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

This is important.

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I don’t think em dashes are a clear sign of AI. The exclusive misuse of them like this is clearly a sign though. It’s like it understands good writers love em dashes, but is completely obvious to what its actually “writing”

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Still can’t get over how exciting the WNBA championships have been.

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I think consent matters in organizing and protests. Letting people know the risks so they can make informed decisions on their own safety is paramount

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I agree that Nazi Germany took inspiration from the United States, but this still seems profoundly worse than McCarthyism. There are certainly similarities, but that was only a fraction of what is happening today.

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Rep. Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

If your candidate isn’t sweating, they’re not working hard enough for your vote! Canvassed Bordeaux this morning and picked up a few votes! Early voting is now until October 2nd!!!! Check this website to find out where and when to vote in your county! www.aftynforcongress...

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I realize we're extremely close, which is what I think makes it even more frustrating. These frustrations are constant in organizing work. It's much easier to discount arguments that I completely disagree with.

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Yup. I think we're all prone to inadvertently adopting fascism talking points. I'm sure that I have. We're surrounded and bombarded with them everyday. These things are complex and it's easy to misstep. It's important we call each other in not out, which I don't believe the OP was doing.

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I'm sorry you and your family went through this.

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Mocking people, telling them to read a book, "touch grass," etc is not a good organizing strategy. People are in shock. Communities are terrified. We should be meeting folks where they are at. Yes fascism can be defeated, but telling people Third Reich didn't last long is beyond odd

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

And they're also setting up a strawman argument. Who are these mythical defeatists telling us to give up and just accept living under a dictatorship? At most the folks being labeled "defeatists" are recognizing the reality we are in and telling us to envision what's next? What do rebuild?

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

This is wild. I mean, you were probably only there protesting in response to them "going after" other people first, right?

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

That the people agreeing with this are privileged and won’t be killed or harmed so waiting a bit isn’t that big of a deal to them.

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Agreed. It wreaks of privilege. I’m not sure why anyone would think mocking people in shock is a good organizing tactic.

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

How is this comforting to the millions killed by those regimes?

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

This is beyond alarming given they just murdered people on a boat after claiming they were terrorists.

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I still think the data could be hugely beneficial for organizers, it’s just not worth the risk it creates. It’s not just the list size, but it is helpful to know who attended (or at least had interest in attending) organizing events and actions.

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Exactly. And I have zero trust these “progressive” platforms used for organizing wouldn’t just hand it over without a fight. They are part of the nonprofit-industrial complex and will always prioritize profit and government relationships over safety.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

theonion.com/report-you-t...

The Onion:

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

To those claiming they're for free speech while punishing and silencing those for exercising that right: You're not pro-free speech. 🤔

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

If the right *truly* believed Charlie Kirk was a defender of free speech and someone who was fine with dissenting opinions, they wouldn't be engaged in a massive campaign to punish anyone who didn't "mourn him properly." They clearly know all of that is bullshit. Only the media was conned.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Charlie Kirk and his political movement think all rights are conditional on one's identity and coalition, so they imagine that anyone saying his views are reprehensible wants to strip him of all rights. They cannot imagine the concept of universal rights that apply to all, no matter one's views.

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

It’s a pain to get in TN even as a high risk person. Insurance refuses to cover it at a pharmacy & says I need to go to a walk-in clinic or doc but CVS & Walgreens are the only places that have it. Going to pay out of pocket, but unreal to think that folks who can’t afford it are left unprotected.

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

So… the people with the largest microphones, the AMA, and the AAP all agree, but we should listen to the folks with no data making policies based on vibes? 🫠

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James (he/him) @jamespollard.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Does it even matter what it contained? Am I naive for assuming this would typically been seen as illegal regardless if they were running drugs or not? I don't understand how it could be legal for a country to extrajudicially murder another country citizens.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

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