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pretentious and boring. gay alabama defense attorney. views are my own (hoping my coworkers never see this).

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Alabama Republicans can now implement a 6-1 congressional gerrymander targeting 1 of 2 Black Democrats—a map that a court blocked in 2023 for violating the VRA. The map divides Black voters to turn District 2 majority-white & solidly GOP. Interactive map+data davesredistricting.org/join/2aec6b7...
Image of Alabama Republicans' proposed 6-1 congressional gerrymander that would eliminate one of the two Black Democrats to elect another Republican in a majority-white district. A chart on the left shows the 2024 presidential election results and racial demographics in each district.

The map on the center-left shows the presidential margin by district, with Donald Trump easily carrying six seats in red and Kamala Harris winning just one solidly blue seat.

The map on the right overlays the district lines on a map of the Black adult population by precinct. The new lines pack Black voters in Birmingham and the western half of the Black Belt into the 7th District while cracking voters in Montgomery and the eastern half of the Black Belt by putting them in a redrawn 2nd District that is majority-white.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
One of two reasons the far right HATES SPLC is that they called out Charlie Kirk's increasing radicalism over time. But under the fungibility argument DOJ is relying on in indictment, TPUSA could be charged for January 6, which Biden's DOJ did not do. www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
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Turning Point USA: A case study of the hard right in 2024
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May 22, 2025
Rachael Fugardi

Several weeks after the 2024 presidential election, Charlie Kirk, founder and president of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), proudly embraced a white nationalist conspiracy theory while celebrating then-President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportation.

Kirk accused Democrats of embracing immigration as part of their plot to secure voters, permit crime and enact the “great replacement.” He warned his hundreds of thousands of listeners, “We native born Americans are being replaced by foreigners.” He then promised Trump will “liberate” the country from “the enemy occupation of the foreigner hordes.”

Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA is a well-funded, hard-right organization with links to Southern Poverty Law Center-identified hard-right extremists and a tremendous amount of influence in conservative politics. While the group was previously dismissed by key figures within the Republican National Committee (RNC), Trump attended several TPUSA events across the country throughout 2024, and several of his nominees have ties to the organization. Turning Point Action, the group’s sister 501(c)(4) organization, led Trump’s 2024 campaign efforts in key battleground states and played a vital role in the election of far-right candidates in Arizona, while TPUSA participated on the advisory board of Project 2025, a blueprint to radically reshape the federal government.

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Year in Hate & Extremism
Over the last several years, the political right has increasingly shifted toward an authoritarian, patriarchal Christian supremacy dedicated to eroding the value of inclusive democracy and public institutions. The political right in the U.S., whose party infrastructu…
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Left: How people think Mississippi votes Right: How Mississippi actually votes
a map showing a Mississippi where all 82 counties are shades of redA map showing Mississippi's 82 counties, many shaded red and pink, many shaded blue and purple.
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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
FBI confirms it spied on, investigated @cato.org . Piece live now: www.cato.org/blog/fbi-fin... cc: @radleybalko.bsky.social @adamkeiper.com @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com @blanksslate.bsky.social @attackerman.bsky.social @dell.bsky.social @steve.czmyt.com @heidikitrosser.bsky.social
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FBI Finally Admits It Investigated Cato—Is It Still?
Cato will be flagging for the relevant congressional committees this baseless Bureau surveillance and investigative activity targeting the Institute and its employees as yet another example of why Exe...
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 01/05/2025
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA www.wsj.com/business/aut...
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Exclusive | Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk
With profits and the stock price sinking, board members told Musk he needed to spend more time at the company.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
A drone view of detainees forming the letters SOS with their bodies in the courtyard at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility, where Venezuelans at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling are held, in Anson, Texas, U.S. April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Paul Ratje
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Darren Beattie, who has promoted “Great Replacement” conspiracies and aligned with white nationalist groups, now oversees U.S. public diplomacy. His appointment reflects the Trump administration’s concerning embrace of extremist ideologies in shaping foreign policy. Read his profile:
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Darren Beattie: Racism Prevails in Trump’s State Department
Following the confirmation of Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, the Trump administration tapped Darren Jeffrey Beattie, an individual who has expressed racist views and has ties to white nationalist ...
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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Colin Laney @noydbmf.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Trump take toy
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
the "shoot that guy" meme from FURY but "shoot" replaced with "primary"
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Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
NYT headline: “Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines” 
Subheader:
“In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/04/2025
The Worst Person You Know Just Made Some Great Points
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whataginger.bsky.social @whataginger.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
pretty hilarious that in 250 years, the US has reverse engineered itself back into a repressive serfdom ruled by one insane authoritarian whose supporters believe he’s been given power directly by god
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Everything about this scene -- the obsequious lickspittle kissing Trump's ass, the wildly optimistic Fox News chyron, even the stupid little hats promoting Trump's saddest achievement of the first hundred days -- feels like a Make a Wish event for a dying presidency.
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering
WASHINGTON—Seeking to reassure the public after his latest tariffs sent both U.S. and international markets into free fall, President Donald Trump calmly reminded the nation Thursday that desire is th...
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CNN @cnn.com · 22/04/2025
The National Institutes of Health says it will pull medical research funding from universities with diversity and inclusion programs and any boycotts of Israeli companies, according to a policy note issued Monday.
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NIH moving to ban grants to universities with DEI programs, Israeli boycotts | CNN
The National Institutes of Health says it will pull medical research funding from universities with diversity and inclusion programs and any boycotts of Israeli companies, according to a policy note i...
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 22/04/2025
The letter, signed by acting U.S. Attorney Edward Martin Jr. for the District of Columbia, was sent to CHEST Journal April 14. Martin, a Republican, is known for backing President Donald Trump’s actions. buff.ly/vKhRlCd
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Federal prosecutor sends letter to Glenview medical journal alleging bias
The letter, signed by acting U.S. Attorney Edward Martin Jr. for the District of Columbia, was sent to CHEST Journal April 14. Martin, a Republican, is known for backing President Donald Trump's…
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 21/04/2025
with his final breath, pope Francis raises his fist & whispers: “battle royale” the cardinals run to their weapons
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onion person @junlper.beer · 13/03/2025
sorry to brianna wu post but reading this might be the hardest i’ve laughed in a few days
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 13/03/2025
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Support an open internet.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We had to collect 180K signatures to put proposition A on the ballot to increase minimum wage to $13.75 and guarantee sick pay for Missourians. The measure won. Just now, the Missouri House voted to overturn our will. Without signatures…with a vote. They do the bidding of the wealthy.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Passing the bill he wants passed gives him more power. Not passing the bill he wants takes away from his power. Pls stop insulting everyone’s intelligence.
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SCHUMER just now: "While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse."
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Schumer: "For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option. It is not a clean CR. It is deeply partisan. It doesn't address far too many of this country's needs. But I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option."
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/03/2025
Trump Announces New Visa Tier For Immigrants Who Will Be Friends With Barron
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Trump Announces New Visa Tier For Immigrants Who Will Be Friends With Barron
WASHINGTON—Extending an offer to immigrants hoping to relocate to the United States, President Donald Trump unveiled a new type of visa Thursday for any foreign citizen willing to move to America to b...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/03/2025
holy shit -- Trump was reading from a literal Tesla sales pitch, complete with pricing, during his White House event with Elon Musk. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Visiting friends in New York
Hat with the words “please do not talk to me about AI I will kill myself”
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whataginger.bsky.social @whataginger.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
oh my fucking god i know her!!!! what the fuck lol
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
It would all be very unpopular if you could convince people it was happening
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Reuters @reuters.com · 12/03/2025
President Donald Trump's administration is considering cutting most of the lawyers in the US Justice Department unit that handles public corruption cases, four people familiar with the matter said reut.rs/4kI8eKz
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Trump administration eyes cuts to Justice Department public corruption unit, people familiar say
President Donald Trump's administration is considering cutting most of the lawyers in the U.S. Justice Department unit that handles public corruption cases, four people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/03/2025
tesla car vehicles will have more legal protections than trans people
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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/03/2025
musk illegally seized control of the treasury and now wants to end social security and medicare and plunge tens of millions of americans into destitution so that we won’t go “bankrupt,” a thing that practically-speaking can’t happen
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Gavin Newsom is so cool. Pure ambition, no values or even loosely held beliefs, assesses the current situation looking for a lane and instantly settles on People Are Into Evil Guys Now and sticks the pivot. Perfect clarity of purpose. He would be a danger to all those around him in any job he had.
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Scottie @scottiedoesntknow.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
unclench your jaw (part 2)
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
🧵 Trump issued an Executive Order calling on the U.S. Attorney General and state attorneys general to "investigate the [DEI] practices of large law firms," and targeting Perkins Coie. Perkins Coie: The EO is "patently unlawful" and they "intend to challenge it." abovethelaw.com/2025/03/trum...
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Trump Signs Executive Order Calling Out Top 50 Biglaw Firm, With Intent To Wage War Against Other 'Leading Law Firms' Over Their DEI Policies - Above the Law
The president's anti-DEI crusade has landed in Biglaw's lap, and it's not pretty.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Trump plans to sign an executive order barring certain student loan borrowers from eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. This popular federal program forgives a portion of student debt for individuals who work in government or qualifying nonprofit jobs for ten years.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 06/03/2025
"history" is among the flag words in the federal social media censorship directions. Also "dignity" and "respect."
Other search terms to help identify content for potential removal
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Carney only one talking about the real stakes of this
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
There’s been zero explanation for this given but it seems exceedingly likely it’s pure retaliation for the Maine governor challenging Trump. Really sick. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/06/s...
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Social Security now requires Maine parents to visit an agency office to register newborns
The change — immediately criticized by pediatric health advocates — eliminates a program that allowed parents to fill out a form at the hospital to secure a Social Security number for their children.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 06/03/2025
Democracy is burning, and we need sites like Bluesky more than ever. And Senator Durbin wants to repeal 230, which would massively stifle the ability of sites like Bluesky to exist, while massively empowering X and Meta. Why? It seems that someone in his office doesn't understand 230.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/03/2025
hey, can one of the reasonable centrist writers condescendingly explain to me again that it is overblown to call these people segregationists?
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
this is absurd. the science is settled on this. the study linking autism to vaccines was debunked and the author was stripped of his medical license. america is under the control of conspiracy theorists
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whataginger.bsky.social @whataginger.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
you really can’t overstate how much this personally impacts everyone in this country. i’m 30 and got married earlier this year. we wanted to have kids, pay off our debt, buy a house. i’m not sure any of that is possible anymore. the entire vision i had of my future, for my life, is gone.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The man is human pollution, America's id. The international community is going to rally against this country to make sure we're hurt for decades because of all of this and we'll have deserved it.
Flights in the Caribbean turning away from Starship flight 8 debris.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Federal marshals forced entry into the US African Development Foundation and escorted Musk staffers inside, after agency employees resisted their entry. Once inside, they changed the federal agency’s locks. Musk staffers were seen plugging in an external hard drive and going through everything.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
After firing federal workers at the CDC, some 180 of them have received emails begging them to come back to work. "Read this e-mail immediately" was the subject line according to the AP. So much government efficiency going on. What a joke.
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