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With 93% of scanners reporting, Mamdani garnered 44% of ballots to Cuomo’s 36% in the first round of counting in the ranked-choice vote. gothamist.com/news/nyc-pri... | Turns out that being an unrepentant sex pest and liar might not be a winning campaign strategy.

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"Iran is two weeks away from building nuclear weapons" is the new "Iraq has weapons of mass destruction." There's nothing better than a war to distract from domestic failure.

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Iranian cyberattacks are among the dangers facing the U.S., officials say. abcnews.go.com/US/after-tru... via ABC News App

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Just a reminder going forward... (cartoon from 2003)

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Bombing Iran is a terrible idea. It’s unlikely to work—and nothing could be more perilous to American democracy than going to war under Donald Trump, Robert Kagan writes. https://theatln.tc/CH1ulpLM

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Mood. 🖕🏼🟠 youtube.com/watch?v=4aIY...

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The United States is well down the road to dictatorship. Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war. www.theatlantic.com/internationa... | This was published over thirteen hours before news broke that the fascist pig currently occupying the White House had bombed three nuclear sites in Iran.

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In a post on social media, the US president said ‘A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home’ www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... | There's nothing like a war to distract from domestic failure...

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America made a catastrophic mistake with the Iraq war. Is it about to repeat it in Iran? | Stephen Werthheim

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ICE officials require adequate time to dispose of bodies, disappear troublesome detainees, simulate marginally adequate conditions, put on shirts without visible burrito stains, etc.

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I wonder how many pardoned J6 insurrectionists are now employed as ICE agents.

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Looks like the sofa king has arrived to ruin the blue sky in addition to the country. Definitely not a follow, but I doubled my block list seeing all of the bootlickers in his replies. Anyway, Clarence Thomas is an anti-intellectual buffoon (should he find my post and want to know what I think).

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The 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts to roll back protections for transgender people. apnews.com/article/supr... | Illegitimate SCOTUS reaffirms obsession with meddling in people's personal medical decisions and denying bodily autonomy.

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Government officials arrested, charged or removed under Trump administration www.axios.com/2025/06/17/l...

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For Trump, a military conflict with Iran would distract from: -Sinking poll numbers -A devastating (and unpopular) budget bill -Harmful trade wars -Unleashing the military on American soil -Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism We must remain on high alert.

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New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday as he was trying to accompany a person out of a courtroom. The person with Lander was also arrested. apnews.com/article/brad...

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Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities after large protests erupted. apnews.com/article/trum... | The fascist pig has specifically declared war on Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York.

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I am pretty sure the people have spoken. This isn't what we want. And the whole point of this weekend? A message to our current president: No Kings. You work for us, not the other way around.

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Thoughtful piece from @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social , who I believe is the only journalist I have spoken to (in my personal capacity as always) who had read my primer on US civ-mil www.vox.com/politics/416...

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The president’s military parade, which reportedly cost up to $45 million, was short on attendees, long on political speeches www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... | By contrast, preliminary reports indicate that 3.6% of the American population publicly said, "no kings!"

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The assassination of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman has given republicans a one seat majority in the chamber. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/94th_Mi...

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A Minnesota state lawmaker has been killed and another has been injured after "targeted shootings" in the US, officials say www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...

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Marines temporarily detained civilian at Wilshire Federal Building www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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If that’s what they do to a US Senator with a question, imagine what they do to farm workers, day laborers, cooks, and the other nonviolent immigrants they are targeting in California and across the country. Or any American that dares to speak up. I will not stop fighting to demand accountability.

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The English musician and his band were pioneers of electronic body music pitchfork.com/news/nitzer-...

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The beloved musician had been living with a neurocognative disorder akin to dementia pitchfork.com/news/the-bea...

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Kennedy has pledged to replace them with his own picks apnews.com/article/kenn... | I expect no trustworthy information to come out of the CDC in the foreseeable future.

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The artist made his mark on the American music landscape with his band Sly and the Family Stone pitchfork.com/news/sly-sto...

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The national guard’s deployment in Los Angeles sets the US on a familiar authoritarian pathway. History shows the results www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Warning: ICE is planning 30 days of immigration raids across Los Angeles County. If you or someone you know may be impacted, now is the time to set up a support system, identify a safe place, and stay alert.

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States introduce chemtrail-coded legislation as conspiracy theories take root in some US chambers www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... | These idiots seek to make condensing water vapor illegal. Quite literally these are old men yelling at clouds.

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Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops apnews.com/article/immi... | There's a German word for ICE and how the fascist pig occupying the White House is using National Guard troops: Sturmabteilung.

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The agency holds sensitive data on nearly everyone in the country, including school records, salary details and medical information. apnews.com/article/doge... | What was deferred compensation for every working American is about to be raided for the benefit oligarchy alone.

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I should have known that yelling "Dave Matthews sucks" during my college years would eventually come back to haunt me...

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I suppose it's probably just a little too much to hope that Lord Pungent and the fascist pig simply destroy each other.

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Trump administration pulls the plug on the bird flu vaccine www.npr.org/2025/05/28/n... |Team red wants us dead.

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When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody." But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies. Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.

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If your industry cannot exist without stealing from the hard work of others, then your industry should not exist. Let AI die!

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Fetterman, Often Absent From Senate, Says He Has Been Shamed Into Returning www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u... | If Fetterman can't or won't do the job, he needs to resign. There's nothing else to it.

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This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social

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Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n... | Team red wants us dead.

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The Trump administration said Tuesday it will limit approval for seasonal COVID-19 shots to seniors and others at high risk apnews.com/article/vacc... | Remember when Brainworm Bobby said he wouldn't limit access to vaccines? He lied.

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