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cultural historian | theatre maker | CUNY grad

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h
“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)
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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h
Q: "Why should voters see this as your own campaign and not something that you inherited?" Troy Jackson: "Well, it isn't my own campaign. It's the people across Maine... It's not about Troy Jackson or Graham Platner. What it is about is Donald Trump and Susan Collins making life so much harder."
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 5h
Senator Collins pledged to serve 2 terms in Congress and yet, here we are, 30 years later. Let's retire Susan Collins once and for all.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
Ossoff: "on Marco Rubio's watch the world is on fire, we are hemorrhaging our munitions stockpile, the administration appears to be trying to coverup combat casualties ... and he's trying to soft launch his presidential campaign. These people are not focused."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h
While the 911 calls we obtained may be difficult to listen to, they offer a glimpse into a place reporters cannot access. And they show failures in responding to mental health and medical emergencies in a place where three people died over six weeks.
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Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”
Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 5h
Not the point at all but how sick to accuse Walz of “theft,” a modest dude who hasn’t taken a dime while Trump steals billions
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 8h
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6h
A Tennessee appellate court has ruled that the killing of a woman may have been justifiable because she was trans. The court reversed a conviction, stating that the killer could have a new trial because the jury did not know the woman killed was trans. Trans panic in the modern era.
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Killing of Woman May Have Been Justifiable Because She Was Trans, Tennessee Court Rules
The case is a bitter reminder of the ways LGBTQ people have had their identities weaponized by the courts in the past, most notoriously through a legal defense tactic known as gay or trans “panic.”
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NYCLU @nyclu.org · 8h
ICE out of the Bronx. ICE out of New York. ICE out - now.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 8h
The announcement that the Pentagon is going to live stream the firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan needs to be understood in the context of the state-sponsored bloodlust for their chief enemies: Muslims and alleged socialists.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 6h
william tecumsah ossoff has the rebs on the run in georgia
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 6h
There's a through line between the celebratory footage of detainee abuse from CECOT, the boat strikes videos, and this planned snuff film of the Nidal Hasan execution.
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 6h
"and that's why Mr. Kao created a shell company..." Kao told Collins' fundraiser Scott Reed (still works for her) setting up an LLC is "super vague and very difficult to get any background info on" Reed's reply to this ploy: “Very smart and glad your counsel understands. Thanks for doing this"
From ProPublica article "A check for $150,000 to the Collins super PAC 1820 from the Society of Young Women Scientist and Engineers — a shell company that obscured the actual donor. PacMar Technologies LLC, fka Martin Defense Group, LLC v. Kao"
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TofuNYG 🏈🏳️‍🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 5h
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Damn Punch
ALT: Damn Punch
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 5h
The media calls him a “moderate”
Newsweek headline from 2023: “Republicans Choose Emmer, a Moderate, as their Third Speaker Nominee”
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Micah @rincewind.run · 5h
fundamentally the problem that republican candidates are having is that “I am going to stand up to donald trump” is a fundamentally unserious thing to hear from a republican in the year 2026 and every voter knows it
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Micah @rincewind.run · 5h
troy jackson came to play, huh you love to see it
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h
Just despicable people. All of them. It’s not just that they’re corrupt and shitty at their jobs - they’re terrible humans.
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 5h
On Supreme Court term limits: Sen. Susan Collins: “Absolutely not. I’m sure that Troy wants to pack the court.” Troy Jackson: “I wouldn’t have to pack it if you didn’t put in Kavanaugh."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 6h
this shouldn't be a real photo at all
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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 16h
so I am in China but had a new concrete driveway poured in Minneapolis this morning so I checked the Ring camera and a loose dog walked all over it
A dog living his best life
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 8h
Imagine if a politician recognized reality and cared about what mattered? Horrible to think about.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 7h
We don’t have to whitewash Europe to condemn racism here either though. They’re also killing migrants and targeting poor minorities too.
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LAL @lindli.bsky.social · 4h
I didn’t think anything could make me dislike alt text, but…
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 6h
Shit. He really did say this. www.youtube.com/shorts/ca3C4...
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Palmer Luckey on his idea for using oxytocin to help strengthen marriages
YouTube video by Peter H. Diamandis
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 7h
Returned community members talking about how dangerous prison is, or speculating on entertainers in prison, etc is a whole short form video genre.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 7h
This is why I bring up the fact we make jails and prisons into spaces for our entertainment. The titillation is the specter of someone being raped and/or stabbed and it’s a source of content across prestige, mainstream, and less formal entertainment.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 7h
This is why I want to emphasize that this type of behavior is seen or called for throughout US history.
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John Carpenter’s Halloran @profhalloran.bsky.social · 6h
And this is why I’m always on about dehumanization and undeservingness. Because continually conceding that some people lose their full humanity and that some people deserve inhumane treatment absolutely guarantees a continuation of our history of suffering and death.
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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 5h
Few moments ago, an unmarked car with two federal agents tried to leave the Allen Hosptial, NYPD helped clear the way as protesters attempted to block the road. Several happening nowZ
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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 6h
Ossoff and El-Sayed took different tacks tonight vs their opponents—El-Sayed was more of a subtext of “you dumb fucking racist jackass” while Ossoff’s was more “if you fell down at a gas station I’d toss a lit match on you”—and I don’t think either of those is a bad choice tbh
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 5h
did someone put uppers in the dnc's water fountains or
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 9h
The US has a long history of suffering and death as public spectacle and the administration has been tapping into that vein of US tradition since their return.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 7h
They're Neo Confederates masturbating to the idea of slave ships. I want it to be more complex and less grossly stupid but they're not special interesting boys, they're Silicon Klansmen.
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caffeinateddata.bsky.social @caffeinateddata.bsky.social · 7h
I mean if you want to get technical, Mike Rogers worked for an organization that funded Al-Qaeda when he was a congressman.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Ossoff: "How can a sitting congressman vote to shut down a labor and delivery unit in his own district? Delivering mothers in Mike Collins's district now have to drive an hour to get to a labor and delivery unit while they're in labor while we already a maternal mortality crisis."
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6h
“A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.” theintercept.com/2026/10/08/i...
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ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says
A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 9h
Absolutely 👇
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5h
this country will not be transformed without addressing policing, prisons, surveillance and militarism. Sorry. Cannot get around it. The carceral socialists may make incremental progress but they will ALWAYS come up against state violence.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 9h
I know everyone’s jaded and exhausted by the continual parade of madness, but this is the president of US openly inciting racist violence against an entire community of immigrants. (w/ alt text)
The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back. You have been robbed, and abandoned by your State Government. Your Governor is an incompetent thief who doesn't want to get involved. He just wants to get out of town with as much as he can steal, and then, lead a quiet life. The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing.
They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back! If you need, the Federal Government will come to your rescue.
Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, must immediately ask for Federal help — and leave the rest to us! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 6h
"A neighbor, Iris Rosa, said the shooting happened just as a nearby school was being let out. After hiding in a store for a few minutes, she said she went to look at the scene and said it looked like agents had shot into a car."
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ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says
A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.
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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 6h
"The victim, Rosa said, was on the ground bleeding and being held down by the agents. A baby, she said, was in the car and was held by ICE agents until someone picked the child up."
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ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says
A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 6h
There should be a political party that wants to stop this and punish the people doing this
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 6h
I'm the anti-Flock camera candidate. Mike 'Mass Surveillance' Rogers wants to surveil you without your consent. He wants 10% of what Google has on you.
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Thorpe Langton @mspdawg.bsky.social · 5h
Just a reminder how much Tom Emmer has debased himself for power:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Troy Jackson: "The gentleman's name was Johan Sebastian Guerrero. He had a 3 year old daughter. The only mistake he made that morning was going to work. Because Sen. Collins is not willing to stand up to Donald Trump, he was murdered in the streets of Biddeford for doing nothing wrong."
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 6h
This is Nazi rhetoric, full stop. It's not only a call to instigate a race war in the United States, but it's reminiscent of historic European justifications used to incite pogroms against Jews. People who say things like this are incredibly dangerous, as there is nothing they won't eventually do.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h
Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 8h
He's a "mainstream" Republican.
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