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From The Archive: DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...
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"David Milstein—the stepson of right-wing radio host Mark Levin, a close friend of both President Donald Trump and Netanyahu—had instilled what State Department officials described as a culture of fear surrounding any information that portrays Israel negatively." www.commondreams.org/news/huckabe...
Top Huckabee Aide Covered Up Report on Killings of 9 Americans by Israeli Settlers | Common Dreams
One American journalist, who has covered Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, called Huckabee aide David Milstein "a literal traitor."
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Come 2028, remember that Gavin Newsom helped Trump's oligarch friends buy CNN. prospect.org/2026/10/08/d...
The Democrats Who Let Trump’s Oligarchs Buy Hollywood - The American Prospect
The Ellisons enlisted a host of Democratic notables to undercut the proposed merger’s opponents.
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The White House considers anyone who cannot see my wonderful new clothes THE ENEMY.
Somebody needs to ask a follow-up to one of these by asking about how they feel their dignity is affected by their role in the administration
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoFOX NEWS: 77% of voters say the economy is only fair or poor. How does this bode for the midterms? KEVIN HASSETT: People feel that way because of Biden
Congrats again to the New York Times on its long form journalism
Guy Grossman@guygrossman.bsky.social · 3d agoReally hard to think of a term more antisemitic and genocidal than Yarvin’s.
"Socialism is when everyone hates you and jokes that you fuck couches and hurts your feelings"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoQ: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
Pete Hegseth trails behind the crowd while running with troops in San Diego
Wrote about Michael Bennet's heel turn against establishment Democrats www.jezebel.com/establishmen...
C'est terrible que de se faire traiter d'extrémiste parce que t'es contre le fait que les flics puissent mutiler des enfants.
The fascist monopolization of US media, intent on ending what's left of democracy on behalf of billionaire mobsters, was finalized by a Democratic-appointed SCOTUS justice.
Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.Democrats caved and/or facilitated this monopolization of practically every major media property in the US into the hands of a MAGA fascist psychopath. If the US had an opposition party, each of its presidential contenders would would vow to dissolve this monopoly by any means necessary.
Also they continually let their opponents dictate the topic of discussion- even when it’s entirely made up bullshit
Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social · 5d agoI'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
well they don't want to alienate the pedophiles that make up their viewership
dillo saint dillo@dillo.media · 6d agobanking laws huh??
Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · last wk.@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct ErinReed Elon Musk, whose estranged daughter is trans, calls for the death penalty for pediatric affirming care providers on X. GAC is currently supported by all 27 major US medical professional groups connected in any way with providing it.
maybe it's time to just relax, do an absurd amount of ketamine, and take a nice, relaxing, bubble bath
Raw Story@rawstory.com · last wk.Tesla CEO Elon Musk broke up with the mother of four of his children "with no warning," she said in a post that revealed their private texts.
This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
Obviously there’s his shitty trans stances but man there’s a whole lot of other shit to hate about Newsom as well
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · last wk.California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
