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i keep reading statements from democrats saying they find mahmoud khaleil's views to be abhorrent and despicable before going on to say that he should nonetheless be given due process. but no one has been able to demonstrate what khaleil's views are beyond the admin's assertions. except for cnn:

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Senate Democrats are waking up: Hickenlooper said this morning he was leaning towards backing the CR. But at a town hall tonight he publicly commits to voting No — including on cloture. Keep calling. Keep up the pressure.

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It is again Tuesday

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this entire article is an argument for dems to refuse to lift a single fucking finger to help republicans pass a dirty CR. if congressional republicans can go straight to musk to get relief for their districts but congressional democrats can't, then there's absolutely no reason to help, at all.

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Oh so we’re doing indulgences again okay

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Reupping this. Not even in a joke meme (why) Not even in a news post. Do you get it? Don't spread it. Remember how we all talked about how sharing manifestos was exactly what they wanted? This is that. Sharing the elon salute. Sharing the swastikas. Shut them down. Show we don't tolerate them

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some helpful reminders: -not all jews support israel -criticizing israel is not the same as being antisemitic -being pro-palestine does not equal being pro-hamas -arresting someone for being pro-palestine is a violation of the first amendment -violating someone’s first amendment rights is bad

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Recent executive orders targeting trans people have far-reaching consequences for intersex kids — @bcrodriguez.bsky.social + @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social report

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Okay, "a Kendrick-level antagonist of Silicon Valley's many, many Drakes" may be the best way I've ever been described

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UPDATE: Mahmoud Khalil is being held by ICE in the Jena/LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana, per ICE detainee tracker Khalil was detained Saturday night from his New York apartment building

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Not the first person to make this observation, but it's so striking how the media covered the crack epidemic as a problem caused by black/urban drug users and the fentanyl epidemic as a problem imposed externally on white/rural drug users.

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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens

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"Authoritarians hate sociology because sociology’s mandate is to dissect society and criticize systemic problems. Sociology challenges power by scientifically observing it and publicly reporting on how power works."

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If you are serving in Congress today and you are not doing what Al Green had the basic courage to do, you are an oathbreaker who dishonors the legacy of John Lewis. We will defend democracy without you.

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governments should spend money, literally all their fucking money. on taking care of the people from whom they got the money. on building cool shit for the people from whom they got the money to use, like highways and public works. this is real easy how can these people be so bad at this

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The first time i ever heard about Lia Thomas was in a Sean Ingle Guardian article where he claimed she was just on the precipice of smashing Katie Ledecky's world record. She never got close. They lie to you to make you mad.

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“we will work with the nazis to combat antisemitism” ok

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The problem with Dems chasing public opinion is that THE PUBLIC'S VIEW OF THINGS IS JUST MOVING IN RESPONSE TO WHAT POLITICAL FIGURES SAY AND IT'S VERY OBVIOUS IN THE DATA MY GOD

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Also, "I'm against forced genital inspections on children. I know republicans are really into that sort of thing but we are against it."

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“their legitimate concerns” is a choice of words. I can see there being an implication that it’s “we’re Only focusing on their concerns that are actually legitimate” but it reads more “we believe the administration legitimately cares about antisemitism” Which. The administration absolutely does not.

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porn is cool. sexuality is cool. kink is cool. degeneracy is a nazi concept

submitted 6 days ago • 21 comments

I don’t agree with everything Bernie says but this is undeniably the way forward and hopefully others within the party rally around this and even more explicit messaging around the threat of fascism and get into the fight as a bloc. It would be good to see walz and pritzger as well on This.

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See, this is the shit that drives people insane. They ran on "Trump is an existential threat to democracy and the republic", and now they want to criticise their own membership for "going beyond traditional protest tactics"? GTFOH...

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

This just means House Dem leadership cares more about manners than defending democracy

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Everyone needs to read Black Pill by @ellereeve.bsky.social (the author of the screenshotted piece, who is in the trenches covering the worst people on the right): bookshop.org/p/books/blac...

submitted 16 days ago • 17 comments

I am way less interested in "believed lies that would benefit them" than I am in "didn't care who else got hurt"

submitted 13 days ago • 65 comments

no matter what you think of their parents, at least kids are getting vaccinated and now will survive measles

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ECB @ericacbarnett.bsky.social lovingly explains our Shattered Glass podcast (so lovingly that I imagine a publisher might contact her and ask her to write a book about our favorite movie) ... publicola.com/2025/02/11/l...

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please be fucking chill about the furries and pornographers, msnbc viewers

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Not Like Us literally has a section where he’s like please be patient while i explain how this is about slavery and colonialism.

submitted 30 days ago • 6 comments

Instantly blocking anyone who comes into my mentions telling folks to boycott red states. That is in no way helping the marginalized people living in those states, who deserve rights and protections no matter where they make their home. Do better.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Found out that TWENTY emails is considered a lot to politicians on an issue. TWENTY. As in, they call that getting slammed. So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind. TWENTY is a lot.

submitted 35 days ago • 175 comments

i guess this is better than trump saying "this situation should not have been prevented, figure-skating children are the new al Qaeda and this war will demand sacrifices from us all"

submitted 42 days ago • 36 comments

saying “my heart goes out to you” with the nazi salute is going to be hyper normalized over the next few years

submitted 42 days ago • 116 comments

I have read the email from OPM. It is not what has been reported. IT IS NOT A BUY OUT. It is an exemption from the partially unenforceable return to the office EO until end of the Fiscal Year. You may have to work every single workday until the end of the FY. No guarantees. All discretionary.

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overwhelming sense i get from rfk jr is that this is yet another guy who doesn’t think other people really exist

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