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27, trying to survive the wastelands of Silver Spring, MD
@ArsonAtDennys on twitter
- Reposted by asterJust leaving this map here: its a police state. What the times is downplaying here is the implementation of a fascist police state
- "DHS Requests 20,000 National Guard Members to Help With Immigration Crackdown The Defense Dept is reviewing the request. If approved, one official said, it would be the first time NG troops were used to help enforce an immigration crackdown" in the US www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/u...
- Reposted by asterBen of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"
- Reposted by asterso the members of congress just stopped going to el salvador and not a single person who was illegally sent there has been returned and that’s just how it is now?
- Reposted by asteri don’t understand when my fellow thirtysomethings panic about no longer understanding what the kids like and how they dress. the most perfect serenity ever devised by man or heaven is within reach and you’re pushing it away with both hands
- has ‘𝘖𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦: for a bold new ethics in satirical journalism’ already been done?
- Reposted by asterbro i am just in the bathroom PLEASE relax
- Reposted by asterit's absolutely wild that the solicitor general is out here saying you'll likely never be able to have a universal rule of citizenship if they win, and they might nonetheless win
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- Reposted by asterEvery person on Bluesky should know: * Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever * Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies * Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured * Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic www.404media.co/the-200-site...
- Reposted by asterSo far I've found just over 1.7k of these 8k newly blocked accounts (for a total of around 4.1k accounts known to be withheld in India). I'm working on making this list more complete, but anyone know of other attempts to track this censorship by X?
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- Reposted by asterStating the obvious here, but it's unambiguously good to dox anyone associated with ICE or CBP.
- Reposted by asterThe new pope signed up for Twitter in 2011 with a Hotmail email address that he also used for a lot of other stuff, which is how I know that he's probably the first pope on Zynga and almost certainly the first pope on Tumblr
- Reposted by asterThe central & most important aspect of John Roberts’s jurisprudence is republicans must be allowed to do whatever they want *until* trial appeal and final scotus review admit they’re illegal. Democrats’ actions cannot be allowed UNTIL that same review says they’re legal bsky.app/profile/lawn...
- BREAKING: Supreme Court allows Trump administration to lay off thousands of probationary employees while lower courts consider whether firings are legal. cnn.it/3YnzQLv
- Reposted by asterBREAKING: Roberts issues administrative stay, letting Trump oust Wilcox and Harris immediately while court decides next steps.
- Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire top officials at two independent agencies in a case that could bolster White House control over regulators and maybe even raise questions about the Fed's independence. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by asterIf you weight 2024 imports by the 10%/"reciprocal" tariff amount announced last Wednesday (with China at 54%, Mexico/Canada at 0%), the total tariff rate would have been 21%. Today, with China at 125% and Mexico/Canada at 10% along with ~everybody else, the rate is 26%.
- Reposted by asterCanadian travel to the US is absolutely cratering.
- Actually he needs to personally sign off on these abductions since all of them are being targeted for beliefs, statements or associations that are lawful in the United States. Unless they decide to pretend op-eds are material support.
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- Reposted by astera cage full of shaved men in bunks stacked up to the ceiling is the modern day death camp. they are invoking the cruelty, the sadism, the AESTHETICS of Nazism and turning it against young Latino men. it is disgusting and it offends me in my deepest self.
- Reposted by asterwe gotta start being meaner to people who refuse to do one second of research on things that can be factually verified, and just come online and lie. "if i recall correctly" you don't. i don't care if you had good intentions or meant well, you just lied. why are you lying
- They’re going mask off, they’ve always been far right.
- Scoop from @jewishcurrents.bsky.social: The ADL is dropping its anti-bias training, and also "deleted lesson plans on topics such as transgender identity, white privilege, school integration, and the impact of boarding schools on Native Americans." Very clear the org is going hard right.
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- Reposted by asterWhat people in every part of higher education need to understand is that Republicans now want to do to universities what they’ve tried to do to labor unions: erase them from the institutional landscape. The question is how much you want to collaborate in your own destruction.
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- I personally would not trust them to honor their word lmao
- Reposted by asterevery single person who was Just Asking Questions and Hearing From Both Sides and served to normalize the inhumanity that led to this, know that you will all be together in hell in the deepest lake of fire, at the bottom of a rotting pit, drowning and boiling in the blood that you helped spill
- I thought this was the happy place why is everyone in such a tizzie
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- Is there any critical writing on propaganda of the deed?
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- if only Jesse did One Thing
- Reposted by asterToday we remember the legacy of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
- Reposted by asterMy latest labeler is finally working! What it shows for each politician - 3 labels for the top corp donators - 3 labels for the top industries that donate to them Subscribe to this labeler to be more aware of the interests our politicians represent 🚀 bsky.app/profile/us-g...
- audacity of hope son or notorious rbg daughter
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- Currently reading (listening)
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- This could make me an alcoholic
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- Is this real or a bit?
