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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 23h
It's a sign of how fucked up the country is that images of long lines to vote evoke comments like 'this is so great to see.' It's a sign of colonized imagination.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23h
i’m just so fucking sorry that my muslim friends have to be hit with this despicable racism every single day. it’s not ok and you should not have to tolerate it. this country belongs to all of us.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/10/2026
strategic political capture of the court has, for 40 years, been a one-way ratchet. among other things, this has inculcated a sense among conservatives that they can act with virtual impunity. showing them that their opponents will play hardball is a necessary first step toward a better status quo.
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Have to be clear just how dangerous this is. If it continues, it effectively removes constitutional rights from an entire class of people. Imagine you had to fear that if you criticize the regime, any error on paperwork filled out by your family decades ago could be used to strip your citizenship.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/10/2026
also i know i have said this a million times but this dude is unbelievably smarmy. it’s crazy
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
One metal magazine of the 90s actually coined the phrase "Hetfield Effect" to describe the tendency of rockers to switch from "anti-war / anti-establishment" to "patriotic / conservative" pretty much the second they passed draft age
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Democratic Failure to Prevent Conservatives From Lying Raises Ethical Questions About Talarico bsky.app/profile/shoe...
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geoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
i have now seen the straight pride flag for the first time and my jaw genuinely dropped. you're right heterosexuals, strict binarism, black and white thinking, is a kind of imprisonment, 10/10 no notes
straight pride flag, six thick horizontal stripes alternating in black and white
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stephenbrauza.bsky.social @stephenbrauza.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Anyone else notice the apparent lack of civic engagement in Roku City? Their city hall seems to have become a Spirit Halloween.
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David C Bell @moviehooligan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If you’re wondering what the vibe is going into the midterms the New England fall fair I went to today had a crochet guillotine for sale.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.
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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?
Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
they did the thing
an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We used to have a federal agency devoted to investigating and prosecuting abuses by law enforcement, but Americans voted for the "let cops do crimes" candidate instead bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
the idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
these fucking ghouls should never know a day of peace for the rest of their lives
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/10/2026
I really don't get it. Trump polls at like single digits across the world but then every country is like, but our right wing populist is different!
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Excellent. This song is stuck in my head. This whole comedy album is stuck in my head. Just yesterday I made a reference from the Talking Goat ('you better KNOT mention that again') and my wife looked at me like I was crazy.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/09/2026
They're moving on from trans youth towards advocating banning care for trans adults, just like we said they would.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026
this administration illegally shut down federal agencies, impounded money from Congress, set up for-profit concentration camps and sent children there. They dismantled our public health infrastructure and children died of measles. Doing accountability for crimes against our Constitution is the work.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac...
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stephenbrauza.bsky.social @stephenbrauza.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Looks like Mike McDaniel still has a great coke flow despite leaving Miami.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Don’t ever let it be said that they don’t know *exactly* who they are.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 24/09/2026
The story of the bosses' revolt comes down to their experience, in 2020, of helplessly watching the labor-income line go up — and resolving, right then and there, to make sure that never happened again.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22/09/2026
The Ohio Democratic Party is repeatedly deleting criticism of Marcy Kaptur, who has released an ad calling transgender people an “ideology” that should be banned in schools. Still think Dems can’t become Labour?
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
A lot of us have had to take a lot of shit on Bluesky for the crime of being 100% right about guys too early
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ☃︎ ❄︎ @moxiest.art · 17/08/2025
while smiling! Gavin Newsom literally dressed up in his best Bad Boy™️ attire, invited the press, and smiled as he destroyed everything these constituents had in the world. Gavin Newsom is not a bad candidate; Gavin Newsom is truly, at his core, a bad and despicable human being.
A photo of Gavin Newsom at the press conference dressed in a tight black v cut t-shirt, black aviators, and a black cap, smiling as he answers questionsA photo of Gavin Newsom destroying an encampment of unhoused constituentsA photo of Gavin Newsom destroying an encampment of unhoused constituentsA photo of Gavin Newsom destroying an encampment of unhoused constituents
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
What heightens the absurdity is the fact that this guy spent billions of dollars to buy a website where he constantly advocates for white supremacy which the vast the vast majority of the media and politicians regularly frequent.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Democrats are well positioned to inherit power thanks to disgust with Trump, but ultimately none of this is about what Dems did in response to Trump. They mostly capitulated and are benefiting from being the other party in a two party system, I don’t have any positive expectations for them.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If I could sum up why I’m not a Republican in one quote…
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Determining your cheese preference based on which is not halal is a strong contender for the quintessence of GOP ideology. It's irrelevant to them, no reason for them to think about it at all, but they don't have personalities, they're simple reactionary creatures governed solely by bigotry.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
He was left of where he is now. He moved right. What do you think is very complicated about the issue? I'm seriously asking. Because trans people have been playing sports under guidelines issued by the IOC, the NCAA, whomever for decades. Nobody cared until Republicans decided everyone had to care
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
One aspect of living in a personalist form of government is that people no longer expect the laws or norms to protect them. If the king is rumored to be thinking of demolishing a believed institution, people assume they must defend it in person
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
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A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
I also think that he is simply fascinated with death and intoxicated by the idea that he can inflict death.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/09/2026
Holy shit. Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined. "I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports." This is getting out of control.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026
Advocating against Talarico's new rightward tack on trans kids in sports and gender affirming care is not advocating for Paxton. It's advocating against Talarico's new rightward tack on trans kids in sports and gender affirming care.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This woman has turned not engaging with her franchise into a moral imperative.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Of all the late stage Trump theories, wants the world to die with him seems increasingly credible.
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