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I’ve been sent numerous photos the last few days of guards members with rifles, including down by the wharf for jazzfest.
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view profile on Bluesky Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted
I’ve been sent numerous photos the last few days of guards members with rifles, including down by the wharf for jazzfest.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
I feel like I need to go to the ER just looking at it! 😳
Max Berger (@maxberger.bsky.social) reposted
This is legit Baghdad Bob or North Korean levels of deranged. The pro-regime spokespeople are completely delulu. I can’t under how any human being would debase themselves in this way, or find such delusions persuasive.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
A very good point. It can’t end with merely stopping the war, returning hostages, and disarming Hamas. There has to be justice and accountability as well. At minimum, dismantling of illegal settlements, full withdrawal from EJ, WB, and Gaza, a full right of return for Palestinians, and reparations.
Emissary Of Night | ليلى (@diplomatofnight.com) reposted
The State of Israel had already been occupying East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza for approximately 20 years prior to the founding of Hamas in 1987. In that time, over 250,000 Israeli Jewish settlers were embedded in the occupied territories. Why would it be any different if Hamas dissolved?
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
You had Obama's drone strikes on civilians and setting records for deportations and corporate bailouts. Because Democrats have this insane notion that they're going to win over the right or at least the center-right without alienating their left flank. But they don't care. They serve capital not us.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
DESCRIPTION: self-described alpha male, wearing body armor, assault rifle, and wraparound sunglasses because he’s “afraid of nothing.”
The Weekend: Primetime (@theweekendprime.bsky.social) reposted
"It's not alarmist to say that these are goons, this is a secret police that is going into our cities to kidnap people, abduct people off the streets" @katmabu.bsky.social on the dangers of ICE agents and potentially troops roaming the streets of Chicago.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
If anything, they'd be even more effective at carrying it out because they're (well, with several exceptions) more competent. And they'd have to be even more ruthless because nobody has the cult leader charisma to pull off the unwavering devotion. Or perhaps they anoint Charlie Kirk. Who knows! 🤷🏻
Elad Nehorai (@eladn.bsky.social) reposted
They will continue his work. Because this is not just his project. It is literally a Project with a plan and a process laid out. Not that the project wouldn’t be dealt a blow. But Republicans are a fascist party now. The fight is against fascism and for democracy, not (just) against Trump.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
I agree, but his VP and cabinet are just as batshit as he is. And it's a cult.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
In terms of the universe, Rudy Giuliani is basically a black hole of stupidity.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
You mean, like on January 6, 2021? What did President Trump do then? Oh yes, that's right. Nothing. Because he instigated the insurrection and wanted it to succeed. That ought to have rendered him ineligible as a candidate thenceforth.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
And will it be featured in the next Borat film…
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
It's insane. I don't think most anti-Zionists are antisemitic, but all too often, instead of condemning specific acts or policies or treating history somewhat intelligently, many go right to tropes and smears and generalizations about Jews or deny our origins, and that is very much antisemitism.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
That being said, the people who have lived there in those intervening nearly two millennia have every right to the same land. It is their home too. But claiming Jews are not indigenous to Judea is like claiming the Cherokee aren't indigenous to Georgia because they were exiled to Oklahoma.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
No, we were enslaved or exiled. At the time the Romans did this, they intentionally renamed Judaea to Syria Palaestina to mock us by naming it for the rival Philistines. Yes, some Jews became Christians or Muslims, but the majority lived in exile for nearly 2000 years. We have genetic proof.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social)
The fact that Democrats are in love with Newsom's trolling while completely neglecting and actively trying to undermine Mamdani's deft skill at coalition building and positive messaging is all you need to know as to why they never make any permanent gains. Weak, inflexible, and unwilling to change.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
The biggest joke is that Trump actually has a Bachelor of Science in economics from UPenn. WTAF? 🫨
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
Pure fucking evil. Everyone involved in this shit needs to be held accountable.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social)
Can some tech genius please solve the problem of getting score notifications on your phone/watch minutes before you see it on your live video stream? Seriously.
gamera obscura (@ohrobin.bsky.social) reposted
“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.” - Fred Hampton
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
I think they're more likely to do a "Moon Over Parador" and get a double, like Jon Voigt in orange greasepaint.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
I just finished rewatching this from start to finish over the past few weeks. Just an outstanding show that brings out a lot of issues that tend to be ignored or swept under the rug, not in a preachy way, but in a way that forces you to look at them and ask yourself why it doesn't sit right with you
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
SIGNS OF FASCISM 🪧
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Image caring more about stopping a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting than stopping mass shootings. #Priorities
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
I ultimately went to the corner drug store on my lunch break and just bought one for $3.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
It's not laziness. It's frustration with bureaucracy. I worked in the federal courts. I needed a Sharpie marker to label CD-Rs. The Skilcraft markers weren't adequate. I had to submit a request to finance twice and was still denied, even after presenting a two page justification with examples.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm more a Mercyful Fate fan ("Evil"): "You know my only pleasure Is to hear you cry I'd love to hear you cry I'd love to feel you die And I'll be the first To watch your funeral And I'll be the last, to leave I'd love to hear you cry"
Jason Garcia (@jasongarcia.bsky.social) reposted
The Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
James Fallows (@jfallows.bsky.social) reposted
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social)
And good bye, #WPIX 11 in New York. Continuing to #boycott any and all radio and television that accepts money from #DHS and runs their advertisements and announcements. Shame on you!
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Amoral, narcissistic men whose ambition supersedes all else.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
It annoys me to no end when people are celebrating victories in the courts that we all know that they will ultimately disobey. Or to pin their hopes on midterm elections or the next presidential election. Are they not paying attention? Have they no sense of historical precedent? It's a new order.
Steve Saideman (@smsaideman.bsky.social) reposted
Exactly this. For those pushing back against the claim that the US is now an autocracy, how do you have democracy if the laws don't apply to the executive? Isn't rule of law a basic requirement of democracy?
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
"We're all going to die" apparently includes political careers too.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
So we're disappearing landscapers and gardeners (and frankly, just about everyone else too) in order to take National Guard away from their regular jobs to do theirs instead? Makes total sense.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Hopefully soon. But there would have to be some hardcore, Reconstruction-level crackdown in the parts of New York (esp. Long Island) I refer to as MAGAstan. That is something we definitely will have to reckon with at some point after liberation: denazification. It has to be thorough and effective.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Crime Spree in DC - Yes, this is a real event. No, it’s not sarcasm. Lmao. Your taxpayer dollars are at work.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Is it just me or does Stephen Miller bear a striking resemblance to Dr Evil?
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Shit, I do this all the time. You'd have thought that by the 100th or so time, I'd have learned my lesson. 🌶️😫
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Garcia: We finally got word from the Epstein estate. They're going to be providing the actual Epstein book… the estate is actually going to actually now get us that book and a bunch of other documents that they have that's actually not been reported yet.
Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted
At some point in the not too distant future the conventional wisdom will be that this was a period where the US focused on dumb shit while China took the lead in multiple domains
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
The Man of Steel Wool
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Reminder: RFK Jr. likes to swim shirtless in sewage
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
An unspoken but also very relevant thing is that the same folks who push these laws very much want to put the platforms that have lost favor with them out of business. If everything is Truth Social, Gab, X, Facebook, and other fast-friendly entities, they're cool if the others just go away.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
No, I think they realize the cult only survives as long as he does, so maneuvering for power is useless without the illusion of his aliveness. Delay tactics won't work. They need the figurehead. They need to pull off a "Weekend at Donnie's" or a "Moon Over Mar-A-Lago" to keep the cult engaged.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
They sure don't mind wearing those masks, either!
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Apparently, the "War on Christmas" is all about just saying "Merry Christmas" to people who don't want to hear it. Kids not getting their dolls or LEGOs under the tree because of his idiotic trade policy, though… that's totally OK!
ACLU (@aclu.org) reposted
The Trump administration is reportedly continuing its attack on immigrant minors by preparing to send 600 unaccompanied children to Guatemala, in violation of legal safeguards. Vulnerable children deserve protection — not to be disappeared to places they fled, alone and without due process.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, the incels will outbreed the normies. Makes perfect sense.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
I thought he was referring to the feeling of invincibility he feels after 5 hours of straight drinking.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s incredibly insane that a military academy would display a portrait of someone who literally led an armed rebellion against it and was defeated. Nowhere else in the world does this happen.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
I keep saying… “Batshit Returns”—worst sequel ever!
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, because she’s a shitbag with a hard 💩
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
ICE kidnapping a mother as her child begs the officers not to take her. Heartbreaking 💔 😢
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
This was the plan all along, completely independent of anything related to Epstein-Maxwell.
Max Berger (@maxberger.bsky.social) reposted
I’ve seen a lot of fucked up shit in my day, but this might just take the cake.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope the additional publicity surrounding this results in encouraging people to visit her grave and piss on it.
Stephen Robinson (@playtyperguy.com) reposted
I’m actually more embarrassed for the folks on social media who sound like DNC shills but *aren’t* getting paid.
Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted
Things are clearly worse under Trump, but this is a damning account of the failures of the Biden administration when it came to Gaza. www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...
Amy J. Rutenberg (@amyjay401.bsky.social) reposted
As everyone knows, “True warfighters instilled with the warfighting ethos, however, know that a warfighting ethos is only at its warfighting ethos-iest when warfighters are fighting a war on boredom. And here among the embattled mulch beds of D.C., cousin, boredom is ah-boomin.”
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
I always kind of snicker because "Paw Patrol" reminds me so much of "Pork Patrol"
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
WTAF? 🤦🏻
Erin Reed (@erininthemorning.com) reposted
Just signed up for a Covid vaccine and apparently now CVS doesn’t even let you get one unless you have a preexisting condition due to the new CDC guidelines. Wow.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
And hoisting the white flag of surrender, the last official flag of the cracker ass Confederacy 🏳️
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Go for it. 👍🏻
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
So _now_ they start obeying court orders?
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Idk. There's just a sort of quaintness about people being afraid to be fired for doing something illegal, when the people doing the firing care nothing of the law and will more than likely fire them for no reason at all anyway.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
FWIW, federal employees aren't allowed to do a whole lot of shit, but a whole lot of them sure have been working overtime breaking the law since January 20. Just saying.
Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) reposted
They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
My choice: I decline the offer of living under fascism
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Has someone informed her that these kids were literally in MASS, praying? I do believe she's Catholic. She should understand that.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Until armed federal thugs or right wing militias come to snatch you, your family, your neighbors, etc. to concentration camps for enslavement, deportation, torture, or death. Wake the fuck up. It's already literally happening right in front of your face. Open your damn eyes! 🤦🏻
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social)
Liberals are the fucking worst. I swear. They will just surrender because they assume everyone else's good intentions. Naïve motherfuckers.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
This is why these weapons exist, to negate the many-vs.-one advantage. I am not going down without a fight, and I'm not letting anyone else in my presence either. Pacifism is great when everyone agrees on it. The problem is that fascists don't. And they are currently in power using state terror.
hellfireforge.bsky.social (@hellfireforge.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Giving up your guns while a fascist is consolidating power is fucking stupid.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Seriously? At a time when Republicans and far right militias are gearing up to use those weapons on innocent civilians to play out their "Heil Trump" fantasies? No, thank you. I understand the sentiment, but this is the WORST possible time to disarm the populace.
Jeremy Faust, MD (@jeremyfaust.bsky.social) reposted
Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Botox has paralyzed her brain, I'm sure.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social)
Don't buy the BS! The same sorts that "oppose tyranny" and support maximal "freedom" are the same ones supporting the police. What they really oppose is anything that threatens the privileged status of: whiteness Christianity cisheteromasculinity and patriarchy property and capitalism English
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Like an extraterrestrial in a human suit 🤔
Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) reposted
People need to understand just how openly genocidal the rhetoric on the far right is getting towards transgender people. They're openly talking about eradicating us and forcefully mass institutionalizing all trans people. These are people with direct ties to the Trump administration.
Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) reposted
🚨ICE agents are racially profiling and arresting Hispanic drivers in the DC area today, targeting work vehicles like trucks and vans. A friend who was targeted sent me video today. Here’s a picture that shows one of two agents before he pulled on his mask. Unmarked black Ford truck, plate: NTV9211.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) reposted
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
daniel sieradski (@self.agency) reposted
i’m a parent and the kids who died are the same ages as my own, 8 and 10. and they until recently went to a jewish day school. so i absolutely understand the logic and desire and empathize, but i don’t know that during a fascist takeover is the best time to lobby for gun control.
🍥MEU REFUGIO NERD🍥 (@meurefugionerd.bsky.social) reposted
Amo gatinho preto
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
Max Berger (@maxberger.bsky.social) reposted
We’re going to need Reconstruction 3.0 or Revolution 2.0.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
The Hitler mustache with the Mussolini inspired slogan. What’s not to love if you’re a committed fascist? 🤷🏻
ACLU (@aclu.org) reposted
A whistleblower has revealed that the Trump administration is uploading the confidential Social Security information of millions to an insecure cloud server, putting our data at a high risk of being leaked or hacked.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
ICE GOONS violently kidnaps man from Western Sahara from his immigration appointment at the NYC Immigration Court.
Corey Frayer (@csfrayer.bsky.social) reposted
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Now I'm almost entirely on macOS. I don't mind Windows 11 but I only use it at work. I have a few Linux machines for special purposes: an HTPC running Bazzite, an RPi 4 with Batocera, and an Atari VCS 800. But that's it. macOS has been "no muss, no fuss" and the seamlessness among iDevices is sweet.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
Most distros don't have good QC because it's a PITA to do that with your components coming from disparate places and having to rely in many cases on rapid bleeding edge release cycles or unpaid volunteers and hobbyists. Mainstream OSs are generally solid now, and most OSS ports fine if you need it.
Akiva עקיבא (@akivabensarah.bsky.social) reply parent
When my alternatives were essentially: Amiga, OS/2, MacOS (Classic), or Windows 3.1 or 95, I was very happy to use Slackware and even happier to use FreeBSD. Then Windows NT 4.0 changed everything, and Win 2000 after that. And then Mac OS X started to become more stable and usable.
L.A. TACO (@lataco.bsky.social) reposted
DAILY MEMO: The Horrified Face of a Young Asian Abductee @eltragon.bsky.social