treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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LOL! I mean...yeah. The internet has been weaponized against Black women and often does trick the masses into hating Black women for no reason. I would really love for this group to unpack why they fell for it tho 🤔
Vibe shift update: Dems getting endorsements from legendary Texas high school football coaches
Gina Hinojosa@ginafortexas.bsky.social · yesterday8 time Texas HS football state champion coach knows what’s at stake this November.
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They're partying in military housing while they make the actual troops live on squalid boats and wrecked airbases so their families back home can pay $5 a gallon.
Blue Freedom Quest 💙🌊💙🌊@bluefreedomquest.bsky.social · yesterdayKatie Miller Throws Wild House Parties After Fleeing to Military Base newrepublic.com/post/216472/... via @newrepublic.com
i genuinely think they make him do this because they know he’s bad at it because he gets bad reviews because it’s bad for his brand and because they’re extremely mad about all his iran leaks.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayJD Vance on Amy Acton: "I did promise Amy that I would meet her at a bar later. I understand she's into that sort of thing, so I'm gonna try to get to know her."
Trump & Hegseth aren't just proposing to livestream an execution for willing viewers. Even if you support the death penalty, consider what happens next: Footage of a man being shot to death, pushed into our kids' feeds. It won't be contained. Hope the parents in the Trump Admin are cool with that
Sending ICE and federal agents to polling places is blatantly illegal, but that’s never stopped Trump before. Our new zine (illustrated by acclaimed comic book artist @gregpak.net) provides a pocket-sized guide on what to do if you see ICE at the polls: indivisible.org/wp-content/u...
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A 'Gut Punch': Black Women Fired by DOGE Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame
This story is a collaboration between MindSite News, Capital B, The 19th, and The Nation, and was edited by MindSite News. Photographs by Kuwilileni Hauwanga When Sharon Davis opened her email at 5 a....
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I’m starting to believe that Pete Hegseth is the violent sociopath his mom says he is.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d agoHegseth says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be a public event
This is dangerous, and the president inciting violence like this will cause real harm. But he will lose. If Minnesotans have proven anything, it’s that we’ll crawl over broken glass and through tear gas to protect our neighbors. These are the deranged screeds of a desperate and flailing loser.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"
Ok, THIS story is TRULY bonkers and I did not see the twist coming www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
A death, a plagiarism scandal and a quest for revenge: the bizarre tale of Otto Z
The long read: After his mother died, Otto became convinced he’d been wronged by the forensic investigators – and that one of them was a fraud. The truth was even stranger
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He looks like he's on image 3 of an Animorph graphic of a guy turning into Joe Rogan.
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“last year, Stephen Miller asked the bureau to allow agents to go undercover in his Virginia neighborhood's political activist group, several sources with knowledge of the matter told CBS News.” www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen...
Trump adviser Stephen Miller spoke to agents at recent FBI training on domestic terrorism, sources say
Stephen Miller spoke at a training session at FBI headquarters just days before prosecutors criminally charged a man with making disturbing calls and texts to his wife, sources told CBS News.
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Protect Democracy@protectdemocracy.org · 3d agoTOMORROW at 1pm ET: We're co-hosting a conversation about ABC v. FCC & the fight for press freedom w/ @jimacosta.bsky.social, @gbsohn.bsky.social, and @rachelegoodman.bsky.social, plus the FCC’s broader attempts to control what voters see and trust before the midterm elections. Join us live Oct 8:
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Fortunately, when we wipe the floor with Mike Johnson, he doesn’t get a say at all in seating the next congress. The previous congress ceases to exist, and he has no authority. I’m sure he’ll handle this loss poorly, but tough shit.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoSen. Thom Tillis says he expects there will be pressure on Mike Johnson to not seat the new Congress if Democrats win
The only obituary for Cristiano Ronaldo's career should be this
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3d agoFrom @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Cristiano Ronaldo’s farewell to Portugal is becoming a tragic mess, our columnist writes. The superstar is stretching the limits of even his fans' patience with his self-indulgent behaviour.
We have been living in the Black Hole Sun video for about a decade now
Schooley@schooley.bsky.social · 3d agoJust another day in the Presidency as directed by Fellini.
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congressional-candidate-is-raped-while-repairing-her-campaign-signs-40705248/
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interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”
Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly@rtodkelly.bsky.social · 4d agoIt's absolutely bonkers to me that this image led directly to this tweet.
It's good to point out these sorts of lame intimidation efforts. But it's also important to put the ineffectiveness in context. If the goal is to promote voting, flagging the structural limitations of federal threats should be part of that process.
Look, this is bad. Yes. But the Trump admin sent six (6) people to Maricopa and Pima. Where, by my count, there are 404 polling places, spread across 18,000 square miles (each county is ~9k sq mi). What they want is the FEAR to discourage the voting they can't actually prevent.
Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 4d agoNEW: In a major break from past norms, the Trump administration sent criminal prosecutors and an FBI agent to monitor voters in Arizona's primaries earlier this year. The push comes as Trump exerts pressure on state elections as part of an ongoing attempt to find fraud before the midterms.