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'A high-energy tension between truth-telling and meme-worthy banter, like a stand-up comedian at a political rally.' blueskyroast.com

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
HIDING KIDS FROM OUR OWN GOVERNMENT‼️
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
“It is a dread many of us will be feeling lately: that there is an ugliness infecting our politics - and an increasing chasm between the country we want to be, the country we actually are, and the politicians we elect.” My col. on Reform and what’s next. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Look at how Reform speaks about minorities. Why would Labour want to mimic this nasty party? | Frances Ryan
The British public is more liberal and tolerant than you would believe from our politicians. Time for Keir Starmer to appeal to Britain’s best side, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
THE PENTAGON BUDGET JUST HIT A TRILLION DOLLARS. Not a single pundit from either political party said “how are we going to pay for it?!” Don’t dare tell us we cannot ALL have healthcare, housing, and education.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/05/2025
More than 200 flights from and into Newark Airport had been delayed as of Monday morning. Disruptions have prompted United Airlines to cut nearly three dozen round-trip flights per day at the New Jersey airport. We explain what's going on. nyti.ms/42L2aKE
A United Airlines jet flies above a runway at Newark Liberty International Airport. Exhaust is coming out of both of the plane's engines, creating blurry areas over a bridge in the background. The text reads: "Newark Airport Is Experiencing Major Delays. Here's What to Know." Photo by Dakota Santiago for The New York Times.
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NPR @npr.org · 05/05/2025
You and millions of other people rely on the NPR Network for trustworthy journalism. NPR’s editorial integrity and independence are non-negotiable. It’s a promise we make to you – a promise we will fight to keep. Now, we need your support. Donate today: n.pr/3EYClNR
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I wonder how someone with so many advantages and so much privilege still manages to feel oppressed, still imagines they are marginalized, still feels perpetually under siege by the world around them—a world that has always favored them. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
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An Open Letter to Hateful White Americans
Dear Hateful White Americans,
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Instead of simply focusing on lowering prices "on Day One", Trump's asinine tariff policy, erratic behavior, and mass firings of patriotic public servants have crushed families and produced uncertainty in the markets, as he destroys at lightning speed the economy Biden rebuilt. #DonTheCon
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
A strong, calm, confident leader, unlike the Narcissistic arrogant clown show in the USA. We are not dealing with 1950 China. 2025 China is powerful and very advanced. The USA will lose this fight.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
There are people who believe the moon landing was staged but this wasn’t.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 06/05/2025
Kristi Noem refuses to say whether she believes the Constitution grants due process rights to everyone in America:
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
A man who holds the title of President of the United States, who took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, who then says he doesn’t know if he’d uphold the Constitution, is unfit to be president and should be removed.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This story just gets worse and worse
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
NEW YORK: “Please detail what your red line is, and at what point you’ll actually stand up for the constitution you swore an oath to defend.” An older woman is carried out by law enforcement for asking questions @repmikelawler (R) doesn’t like.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 06/05/2025
We should understand this for what it is: an effort to build public consent for the president to ignore the Supreme Court. abcnews.go.com/Politics/jus...
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Justice Department investigating 2022 Abrego Garcia traffic stop: Sources
DOJ has been investigating a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ABC News has learned.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8
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Kari Hong @prof-kari-hong.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
A great article by Will Bunch on why it is time to radically reform ICE. There’s no quick fix for the human rights nightmare of ICE and its sister agencies, because this warped experiment has gone off the rails in so many different ways. . . . . www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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Human rights nightmares show ‘the crazies’ who wanted to abolish ICE were right | Will Bunch
The nightly parade of horror stories about an American secret police proves the current system is broken beyond repair.
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
”First they came for the journalists... Then... nobody knows what happened after that.” #WorldPressFreedomDay 🗞️🗽📰 3/4🧵
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Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Nice work Australia
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/05/2025
👊🇺🇸🔥
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Socialism is what they called public power.  Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The average American has three friends.
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
U.S. Security by @deAdder Substack: open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 23/04/2025
Al Gore didn’t hold back: The Trump admin is “attacking the heart of truth,” twisting facts like the Nazis did in the 1930s. From climate denial to rewriting the Ukraine war, it’s all about power—not reality. Gore warned the U.S. is under siege—and every former leader should speak out like he did.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
BREAKING: White House says that those who leaked the story about Pete Hegseth giving war plans to his family on Signal might be prosecuted… So apparently, ‘the whistleblowing’ is the crime, not the crime itself?!
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Go to hell
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 23/04/2025
“We’re leaving wokeness behind,” said Hegseth, while cutting the ribbon on his personal Pentagon makeup studio. Because nothing screams meritocracy like bronzer before a briefing.
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
THIS IS FUCKING HORRIFIC ‼️ Unbelievable America 🇺🇸 #MAGA YOU ARE DESPICABLE‼️DISGUSTING‼️DISGRACEFUL‼️DEPLORABLE‼️
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Another win for democracy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/04/2025
Robert Wolf on Fox News: "I've been in finance for 40 years. This is probably the biggest manufactured crisis I've seen with a bunch of unforced errors. The execution of 'liberation day' was pathetic."
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
If you're okay giving up due process, you better be okay giving up free speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion and ultimately "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Because it's all on the table right now.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Medicaid covers... -40% of births nationwide -50% of kids with special needs -72 million people in total Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.  "Party of family values."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/04/2025
"One political scientist I know called it Mussolini meets Geek Squad...you just start unplugging stuff and firing people and taking over databases. What you're doing is reducing government's capacity without reducing government's commitments." @jonrauch.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:
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Mike Wasson @mikewasson.net · 23/04/2025
When most people meet a trans person, they become more sympathetic towards trans people. When most people meet a transphobe, they become more sympathetic towards trans people.
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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
“I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees” - Emilio Zapata #BeLikeHarvard #Veritas 👀
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Politico @politico.com · 21/04/2025
New: Rep. Don Bacon is the first GOP lawmaker to publicly suggest Pete Hegseth should be fired. "He’s acting like he’s above the law — and that shows an amateur person," Bacon said.
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‘An amateur person’: GOP Rep. Bacon says Hegseth should go
The Nebraska lawmaker is the first House Republican to recommend the president fire the secretary of Defense.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This is a very, very complex and exceedingly thorough process that involves extensive use of the president’s TiVo remote, so please, please, everyone, give it time www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Self-Reportation: Pete Hegseth's Witch Hunt Ensnared Himself www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/21/s...
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Self-Reportation: Pete Hegseth's Witch Hunt Ensnared Himself - emptywheel
By launching an witch hunt searching for leakers and firing three top aides last week, Pete Hegseth gave at least two witnesses to him sharing National Defense Information with his wife incentive to v...
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Hegseth may be out.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
BREAKING: House Democrats defy House Republicans and travel to El Salvador on their own dime to get more information on Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I just spoke with Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari, in an exclusive interview, from El Salvador. Check it out. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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EXCLUSIVE: Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari is in El Salvador to Advocate for Abrego Garcia's Release
Let me know what you think about this interview!
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Michelle likes democracy. @democracymichelle.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
If they’re gonna disappear me one day, I better make that shit worth my while.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Judge Boasberg has scheduled an emergency hearing tonight at 6:15pm in on an ACLU motion to issue a nationwide TRO to force Trump Adm to give adequate notice before removing aliens from US under his Alien Enemies Act proclamation. Call-in number below. (No recording or broadcasting.) /1
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robingilbert.bsky.social @robingilbert.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Even a university hasn't learned from history. dictators has no bottom
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JS Burns @jsburns.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
And that's why fighting back against bullies, even if it hurts you in the short term, is always the right thing to do if you're looking at the long term.
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