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Brosephine Wires

@joparkerbear.bsky.social

Finishing a book is like saying goodbye to an old friend. Finishing a show you binge-watched is like staggering out of a motel where you’ve been holed up for 24 hours with someone you met while trying to score crack.

July 15, 2023 at 11:45 PM

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Kevin

@kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social

💯 this is how it was and this is why I'm not afraid now. I watched people protest to their dying day.

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · Sep 16

"During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night." -Dan Savage

Fight not for your future, not even for your present, but for the cherished memories of your past, that made you feel it was all worth it.

September 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM

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ACLU

@aclu.org

We joined more than 500 nonprofits in condemning the Trump administration's unprecedented threats to weaponize the federal government against our organizations.

The president's unjustified targeting of his perceived political opponents is dangerous and threatens everyone's right to dissent.

Hundreds of liberal groups are pushing back against Trump's RICO threats | CNN Politics

In an open letter issued Thursday and shared first with CNN, more than 500 groups condemned what they described as the use of government power to threaten their First Amendment rights.

www.cnn.com

September 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Murphy: "These things work in tandem. The Trump administration offers something to these big companies that will make their owners billionaires then in turn the big companies repress political speech or serve as Trump's propaganda machine. It's a quid pro quo that seems to be happening in open view"

September 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM

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Mike Masnick

@mmasnick.bsky.social

Wow. Florida judge makes quick work of the Trump lawsuit against the NYTimes and Penguin Random House. The lawsuit was silly and Judge Merryday does not hide how he feels about it!

Trump can amend though.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Even under the most generous and lenient application of Rule 8, the complaint is decidedly improper and impermissible. The pleader initially alleges an electoral victory by President Trump “in historic fashion” — by “trouncing” the opponent — and alludes to “persistent election interference from the legacy media, led
most notoriously by the New York Times.” The pleader alludes to “the halcyon
days” of the newspaper but complains that the newspaper has become a “fullthroated mouthpiece of the Democrat party,” which allegedly resulted in the “deranged endorsement” of President Trump’s principal opponent in the most recent
presidential election. The reader of the complaint must labor through allegations,
such as “a new journalistic low for the hopelessly compromised and tarnished ‘Gray
Lady.’” The reader must endure an allegation of “the desperate need to defame with
a partisan spear rather than report with an authentic looking glass” and an allegation
that “the false narrative about ‘The Apprentice’ was just the tip of Defendants’ melting iceberg of falsehoods.” Similarly, in one of many, often repetitive, and laudatory
(toward President Trump) but superfluous allegations, the pleader states, “‘The

Apprentice’ represented the cultural magnitude of President Trump’s singular brilliance, which captured the [Z]eitgeist of our time.”
The complaint continues with allegations in defense of President Trump’s father and the acquisition of the Trumps’ wealth; with a protracted list of the many
properties owned, developed, or managed by The Trump Organization and a list of
President Trump’s many books; with a long account of the history of “The Apprentice”; with an extensive list of President Trump’s “media appearances”; with a detailed account of other legal actions both by and against President Trump, including
an account of the “Russia Collusion Hoax” and incidents of alleged “lawfare”
against President Trump; and with much more, persistently alleged in abundant,
florid, and enervating detail.
Even assuming that each allegation in the complaint is true (of course, that is
for a jury to decide and is not pertinent here; this order suggests nothing about the
truth of the allegations or the validity of the claims but addresses only the manner of
the presentation of the allegations in the complaint); even assuming that at trial the
plaintiff offers evidence supporting every allegation in the complaint and that the evidence is accepted by the jury as fact; and even assuming that after finally “melting”
the defendants’ alleged “iceberg of falsehoods” the plaintiff prevails for each reason
alleged in the complaint — even assuming all of that — a complaint remains an improper and impermissible place for the tedious and burdensome aggregation of prospective evidence, for the rehearsal of tendentious arguments, or for the protracted
recitation and explanation of legal authority putatively supporting the pleader’s claim

for relief. As every lawyer knows (or is presumed to know), a complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective — not a protected platform to rage against an
adversary. A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a
passionate oration at a political rally or the functional equivalent of the Hyde Park
Speakers’ Corner.
A complaint is a mechanism to fairly, precisely, directly, soberly, and economically inform the defendants — in a professionally constrained manner consistent
with the dignity of the adversarial process in an Article III court of the United States
— of the nature and content of the claims. A complaint is a short, plain, direct statement of allegations of fact sufficient to create a facially plausible claim for relief and
sufficient to permit the formulation of an informed response. Although lawyers receive a modicum of expressive latitude in pleading the claim of a client, the complaint in this action extends far beyond the outer bound of that latitude.
This complaint stands unmistakably and inexcusably athwart the requirements
of Rule 8. This action will begin, will continue, and will end in accord with the rules
of procedure and in a professional and dignified manner. The complaint is STRUCK
with leave to amend within twenty-eight days. The amended complaint must not exceed forty pages, excluding only the caption, the signature, and any attachment.
ORDERED in Tampa, Florida, on September 19, 2025.

September 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS

@jessicamalaty.bsky.social

We vaccinate to *reduce harm.* Vaccines are not immunity passports with absolute guarantees of no infection. What drives me crazy is that these people know that. By repeating these claims, they validate and endorse vaccine refusal.

September 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM

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Representative Jim McGovern

@repmcgovern.bsky.social

Let’s review.

X: owned by Trump’s largest donor

Facebook: owner gave Trump $1M

TikTok: soon operated by billionaire Trump donors

ABC: fired Kimmel, gave Trump $15M

CBS: fired Colbert, gave Trump $16M

This isn't normal. Free speech doesn't belong to billionaires.

September 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM

Roblyn Crawford

@roblyn-crawford.bsky.social

This right here

September 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

Just now…

August 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM

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ACLU

@aclu.org

BREAKING: A federal court temporarily blocked our clients’ school districts from complying with a new Texas law that mandates displays of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom.

The Constitution is clear: Public schools are not Sunday schools.

August 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM

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Mjkwho

@mjkwho.bsky.social

August 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Roblyn Crawford

@roblyn-crawford.bsky.social

Target CEO gonzo

August 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM

Roblyn Crawford

@roblyn-crawford.bsky.social

Men written by women

August 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM

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Shannon Drake 🌒🌕🌘🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🐸

@shannondrake.bsky.social

So are #Russian birth rates, for similar reasons. Wonder why.

Lowest in 200 years for Vladdy. He needs more cannon fodder.

#Trump #Putin

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 18

👇🏽

August 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌

@chanda.blacksky.app

The goal:

DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · Aug 18

If Trump's immigration policies drastically reduce foreign students coming to US colleges and universities, small liberal arts colleges and regional universities will be forced to close.

www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

Many U.S. Colleges May Close Without Immigrants And International Students, Report Finds

Many U.S. colleges and universities may be forced to close without immigrants, international students and the children of immigrants

www.forbes.com

August 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM

Roblyn Crawford

@roblyn-crawford.bsky.social

Trans rights are suicide prevention

August 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM

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Rhuta Bhayga

@rhutabhayga.bsky.social

August 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM

Roblyn Crawford

@roblyn-crawford.bsky.social

Slightly diminish a band

Minivan Halen

Kordo @keyuzo.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

Sonic Tweens
Taylor Plodding
The Smoldering Lips
The Annoyed Femmes

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: The Manslaughterers

August 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM

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Julie J

@j1j2.bsky.social

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · Aug 12

Donald. Trump. Never. Plans. On. Leaving. Office. And. Is. Prepared. To. Use. The. U.S. Armed. Forces. To Use. Force. To. Prevent. That. From. Happening.

If this is shocking....you have not been paying attention.

August 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM