gurble.bsky.social

gurble.bsky.social

@gurble.bsky.social

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gurble.bsky.social reposted

The thing with the billionaires is they won’t fucking leave us alone. It would be one thing if they made some product or service, fucked off, paid their bills and paid for rivers of cocaine or gold covered loincloths or whatever. But they insist society be structured around their every whim.

gurble.bsky.social reposted

I'm not sure how much more blatant it can get that these guys are looting the federal government and then pointing over there and saying "look what THOSE BLACK PEOPLE ARE GETTING AWAY WITH!!!" bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Stephen Miller claims Somali-Americans in Minnesota are "buying Mercedes, buying BMWs, they buy a nice house, all their kids fly first class all over the world" (This is a lie!)

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ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.

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One of the first things Dems should do with their majority is predicate QI on proper use of body cams. No body cam, it's attempted murder.

Texas Tribune@texastribune.org

The ICE officer who shot a Venezuelan man in Austin was not using a body camera during the Sunday incident, according to news reports. The officer was issued a body camera, but it is unclear why he was not wearing the device during the shooting.

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Replying to @normative.bsky.social

The venom aimed at Fauci has no logical connection to anything he’s actually done. He’s a public figure in politics widely admired for being knowledgable and basically decent in a way that makes the sort of person who loves Trump feel resentful and inferior.

gurble.bsky.social reposted

absolutely vital to win the senate this november. need to basically blockade judicial confirmations for the next two years.

Michael@fleerultra.bsky.social

we are one john roberts heart attack away from the complete dissolution of the reconstruction amendments and instantiation of a formalized caste system

gurble.bsky.social reposted

Remains a critical point. People argue that whatever the plain text says the authors certainly didn't realize it cld be used to apply to anyone. In fact, the debates themselves make crystal clear they not only realized this but very much intended it to apply in this way.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social

That's right.

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Replying to @bencollins.bsky.social

Court can't go on like this. The Constitution as plainly as possible says people who were born here have an unequivocal right to citizenship. Four people whose ONLY job is to read the Constitution for the rest of their lives just tried to overturn it because they're tired of brown people. Pack it.

gurble.bsky.social reposted

To this day, one of the most unbelievable facts we’ve ever published in @boltsmag.org: Over a 40-year period, *80* percent of death row convictions in Louisiana have ended up getting reversed.

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

Big in Louisiana today: State Supreme Court upheld decision vacating the conviction of Chris Duncan, who spent 26 years on death row claiming innocence. Context: 80% of people on Louisiana death row have been exonerated; this conviction hinged on discredited doctors. We reported on case here:

gurble.bsky.social reposted

"What do you rebuild in its place?" I don't know, fucking flowers? Wild grass? The overwhelming beauty of literally anything else? It's not just a metaphor, you have to destroy the surveillance palace that doubles as a fascist bunker if you don't want disconnection to be part of American governance.

Nathan Newman@nathansnewman.bsky.social

I don't like Newsom to begin with, but this disqualifies him all by itself. Anyone who leave a brick standing that Trump put in place is just inviting the next authoritarian to do the same thing. Destruction in this case is cleansing.

gurble.bsky.social reposted

This is Ken Paxton's mugshot. He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption. Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him.

gurble.bsky.social reposted

Let me get this straight: Bari Weiss has radically edited the new Trump interview on 60 Minutes? Let's not forget that Weiss lost her mind over standard editing of a Kamala Harris interview in 2024. But as Juliet shows, this Trump editing goes way beyond standard broadcast practices. Good grief.

Decoding Fox News@decodingfoxnews.bsky.social

The video version of this is behind a paywall BUT the transcript is free for anyone to read. I went through the version that aired on CBS and the full 40 minutes that was included online and show exactly what was cut and what wasn’t. open.substack.com/pub/decoding...

gurble.bsky.social reposted

Sometimes I post a photo that is so good I just sit in dumbstruck awe of its multifarious glories. This 1907 photo of working cowboy Bob Elroy lighting a cigarette was taken by Erwin E. Smith on the OX ranch, which was in Childress County and ran about 300,000 acres at its peak is true art.

gurble.bsky.social reposted

How much did the police make?

Toronto Star@thestar.com

Canada Post marks its 8th straight annual loss — totalling $6.1 billion since 2018 — as the Canadian Union of Postal Workers begins voting on a tentative deal amid the end of home delivery.

gurble.bsky.social reposted

When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies. It was a "sideshow," I was told.

Anthony L. Fisher@anthonylfisher.bsky.social

Weird. I tried to warn libertarians about Trump

gurble.bsky.social reposted

Important commentary from the Vice President's favorite philosopher.

Bill@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social

The degree to which these people should be locked in an asylum cannot be overstated

gurble.bsky.social reposted

Looking like Rehmet will win SD9, a +17 Trump district, by 15 points. The district hasn't elected a Democrat since 1991. Wow.

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social

Hard to overstate how big a deal a Rehmet win would be. Tarrant County is the epicenter of Christian nationalism in Texas, an incubator for far-right policies, and nexus of billionaire Tim Dunn's network, which is riding hard for Wambsganss. Rehmet almost entirely funded by donations of $100 or less

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“Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.” Judge Biery re asylum seeker Adrian Conejo Arias and his five-year-old son

gurble.bsky.social reposted

No one fucking understands "restrain, reform, and restrict." It's weak-ass bullshit. Everyone knows what "abolish" means and what you stand for. Jesus fuck, Schumer, read the fuckin' room.

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social

Honestly any Dem who gets on board with this ChatGPT like "restrain, reform and restrict" messaging written up by some cowardly messaging flack in DC for Schumer/Dems - should kiss his or her presidential or any higher aspirations good bye. Softer than cotton candy. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

gurble.bsky.social reposted

imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus

gurble.bsky.social reposted

this is right. you don't have to work out every detail. start with no. go from there.

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

Senate Dems needn’t come to agreement on everything right now. That’s a path to the lowest common denominator. They simply have to agree to filibuster DHS approps. As to which of a host of anti-brutality and anti-authoritarian proposals to advance, let a thousand flowers bloom.

Can't believe I'm retweeting Bill fucking Kristol

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

gurble.bsky.social reposted

The MAGA position on the 2nd Amendment is that if the government is run by a Democrat, you get to execute federal law enforcement officers. However, if the government is run by MAGA, federal law enforcement gets to execute you.

gurble.bsky.social reposted

Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry. It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.

gurble.bsky.social reposted

That is an ICE agent pepper spraying a restrained victim in the face at close quarters; it's an unquestionable and indefensibly abusive use of excessive force that should (but won't) be criminally prosecuted as assault

Ashley Miller@amreports.bsky.social

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune