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manicboredom.bsky.social @manicboredom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today’s musical releases have revitalized my will to live and tempted my olfactory system’s sweet tooth for some nose candy
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manicboredom.bsky.social @manicboredom.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Tops who don’t say to bring lube then only offer hotel hand lotion or raw honey in an old Tylenol bottle need to be jailed
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manicboredom.bsky.social @manicboredom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I ride my high horse side saddle because I’m a lady
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Translation: My word means Nothing.
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manicboredom.bsky.social @manicboredom.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Queuing up pass offs for my out of office feels like executing a will but without the sweet release of death
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manicboredom.bsky.social @manicboredom.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Torn today between the desire to disassociate from reality’s horrors that persist and the need to generate shareholder value for capitalism because it’s a weekday
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
oh dear Kash Patel was using the FBI's private jet to visit his mom... "The evidence response team instead had to drive through the night amid a snowstorm..." www.ms.now/news/senator...
ms.now
Kash Patel’s use of jet delayed FBI team’s mass shooting response, whistleblower tells top senator
Sen. Richard Durbin says FBI director’s “misplaced priorities” led to the delayed response to the Brown University shooting in December.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This guy gets it.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 11/02/2026
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands
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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 23/01/2026
it’s so cool that the only use case for ai is to distort everyones perception of reality. this needs to be heavily regulated immediately, especially when a government can do this
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
From Senator Chris McDaniel: “Lately, some folks have taken to calling ICE “the Gestapo.”  It sounds fierce.  It feels righteous.  But it isn’t true, and it isn’t harmless.

The Gestapo was a secret police force.  No warrants.  No courts.  No lawyers.  And no appeals.  People vanished in the night, not because they broke the law, but because the law no longer meant anything.  The knock on the door was the sentence.

ICE isn’t that.  Not even close.

ICE is a public agency enforcing laws passed by elected officials.  Its agents file reports.  They seek warrants.  They lose cases.  Judges stop them.  Lawyers challenge them.  Some detainees go home.  That’s not tyranny.  That’s bureaucracy, for better and worse.

You can hate immigration policy.  You can argue enforcement is too harsh, too sloppy, or too broad.  You can work to have the law changed if you wish.  That’s a republic doing what it’s supposed to do.  

But when you call ordinary law enforcement “the Gestapo,” you cheapen real evil.  You turn history into a slogan and suffering into a metaphor.  And once every badge is tyranny, no tyranny is left to recognize.

In Mississippi, I was raised to believe words should earn their weight.  This one hasn't yet.  It throws around the language of dictatorship while living under a system where courts still rule, lawyers still argue, and the government still loses.

That difference matters.

Because the day enforcement becomes secret, unchecked, and answerable to no one, we won’t need to borrow names from history.  We’ll know exactly what we’re dealing with.

And we’ll wish we’d kept our words honest.”
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis. It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents. This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Make it viral.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/12/2025
JUST IN: AG Pam Bondi deletes a post touting a chart as proof of the Trump administration's success in reducing drug overdoses—after being informed the data actually reflected the *Biden* administration’s record.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
More musicians have canceled upcoming concerts at the Kennedy Center after the board voted to add Trump’s name to the venue. Singer Kristy Lee: "When American history starts getting treated like something you can ban, erase, rename, or rebrand for somebody else's ego, I can't stand on that stage."
nbcnews.com
More musicians cancel Kennedy Center concerts after board votes to add Trump's name to the building
Recent cancellations have left the performing arts center in Washington with gaps in programming for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
RICH PEOPLE NEVER EVER LEAVE WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE IF THEIR TAXES INCREASE FOR THE OBVIOUS REASON THAT THEY CAN EASILY AFFORD IT
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
It's not just that he's a pedophile, he was the least popular pedophile
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Primaries for senators
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Leftist Gamer Memes @leftistgamermemes.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🌊🌱💕
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Beyond X&Y @beyondxandy.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This will literally kill children And pave the way for a national ban for adults as well We need hospitals, doctors, and researchers to take a stand for basic scientific and medical ethics NOW
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
WOW! The Washington Post obtained the rest of the body cam footage showing that the drunk-driving ICE agent promised to check if the arresting officer's partner was Haitian. "I’m going to run some checks when I get back." He added that he would have him deported if "not legit."
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Last year, Andrew Cuomo brought in nearly $5 million for "consulting." We don't know who paid him. Or who he now owes.
nytimes.com
Cuomo Earned Almost $5 Million From Consulting in 2024, Returns Show
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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Yet again i want to remind everyone that Bill Gates and several other billionaires have invested in mining projects in Greenland that are only accessible because of melted land and sea ice, he and other billionaires are essentially shorting the planet
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/10/2025
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The absolute lawlessness of this administration. Blatantly illegal deadly stuff happening all over the place.
From NYT article “A broad range of specialists in laws governing the use of lethal force have called Mr. Trump's orders to the military patently illegal. They say the premeditated extrajudicial killings have been murders - regardless of whether the 43 people blown apart, burned alive or drowned in 10 strikes so far were indeed running drugs.”
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
“Nothing will be torn down.” — Karoline Leavitt “It won’t interfere with the current building. It pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.” — Donald Trump
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/10/2025
Pedro Pascal was spotted at the LA No Kings protest with the best sign there.
Pedro Pascal at an outdoor protest holds a bright red and yellow sign that reads “NO KINGS ONLY QUEENS” with a black-and-white photo of Divine and Trump. Pascalis wearing glasses and a yellow T-shirt, pursing their lips playfully while pointing at the sign. They stand among a crowd of people holding various protest signs; the scene appears to be in a city street on a sunny day.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
An astonishingly large crowd! Chicago
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#A_NewHope ✊
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
That sound you hear is plaintiff lawyers popping champagne corks and DOJ lawyers groaning.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2025
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Yes, I've seen the other ones — and I know some are worded more obnoxiously. I, however, think it is most offensive that the Justice Department itself is having employees so brazenly violating the law.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
people.com
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
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Parker Butler @parkerbutler.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025. Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan. Legacy media failed the country.
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iKE PASTEL @ikexpastel.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Me this weekend 🎃👻
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/10/2025
"too"
image of Regina George from the scene where she says "so you agree?"
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
WATCH: "They are underwater across the board, and they know it. And that is causing them to double down in public. But it is backfiring. That is why—whether it's a shutdown, whether it's all of this—they want us to blink first. And we have too much to save," says AOC.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status. He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
PARTIES3. Plaintiff José Escobar Molina is a 47-year-old man who has lived in D.C. for 25 years. He has maintained valid Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for El Salvador since 2001. On August 21, 2025, Mr. Escobar Molina was walking from his apartment building in Northwest D.C.to his work truck, about to start his workday, when two cars pulled up next to him. As he was about to get into his truck, plain-clothed and unidentified federal agents exited the cars and—without conducting any inquiry—seized Mr. Escobar Molina, grabbing him by the arms and legs and immediately handcuffing him. The agents arrested him without a warrant and without asking for his name, his identification, or anything about his immigration status. The agents also did not ask him where he lives, whom he lives with, how long he has lived here, or anything else about his ties to the community prior to arresting him. After ICE detained Mr. Escobar Molina overnight at its processing center in Chantilly, Virginia, the next day an ICE supervisor finally realized that he had valid TPS, which statutorily prohibits ICE from detaining him, and released him. Due tohis Latino ethnicity, Mr. Escobar Molina fears being arrested and detained again while going about his daily life in D.C.
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manicboredom.bsky.social @manicboredom.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
There’s something about fucking a guy with a Wikipedia page I find exhilarating
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We Have Always Existed: Transgender History @transgenderhistory.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Time is a flat circle
A queer protest from idk the 80s maybe? It's got a guy with a mustache holding up a life size cardboard coffin that says "we're here we're queer we hate the fucking president"
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 05/09/2025
I'm about delivering for the people of my state — Donald Trump is about delivering for himself.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2025
Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
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