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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 7h

"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 7h

there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly

and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

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Chad A. Griffiths @asimpletailor.bsky.social · 5h

I need a Lower Decks movie so badly right now.

a group of cartoon characters standing in front of a sign that says lower decks !

ALT: a group of cartoon characters standing in front of a sign that says lower decks !

media.tenor.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 9h

I remember a few people on here saying the reports were exaggerated

Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 11h

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 9h

Tariffs are taxes

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Claire 🐝 @isolinearchip.bsky.social · 7h

Well in that case I guess they CAN pay for all that copyrighted material

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 8h

OpenAI has pledged to spend $1 trillion in the next five years.

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Chad A. Griffiths @asimpletailor.bsky.social · 18h

You don't say?

SlayBeans (or Stephen) @jaybeans.bsky.social · 19h

*NOW* is the time when Hollywood thinks that Leto can't be the face of a franchise?

“No One Asked for This Reboot”: ‘Tron’ May Mark End of Jared Leto’s Franchise-Leading Days

As 'Ares' disappoints, insiders question whether the self-styled boundary-pushing A-lister can still be counted on to carry a franchise vehicle to the bank.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Remain In Hell Without Despair @daphnelawless.com · 1d

If you say that neoliberals or even neocons are Nazis, that means you can't fight actual Nazis because what's the point

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1d

again, the problem with rhetorical maximalism (all Republicans since Barry fucking Goldwater were Nazis) is that you end up believing it and saying absolutely unhinged shit thinking it's normal

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Chad A. Griffiths @asimpletailor.bsky.social · 19h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h

Why would the cartels want to stop ICE and CBP activities that have been diverting resources away from drug interdiction?

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 23h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Chad A. Griffiths @asimpletailor.bsky.social · 19h

This is as bad as the Victorian house they mcmansioned in my town. Stripped it of any character it once had.

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Chad A. Griffiths @asimpletailor.bsky.social · 19h

Landlords: underrated bootlickers of the regime.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

I mean we should also be continuing to hammer how Noem is a puppy-killer and Trump is the only pet-hating president ever, too

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

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John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 23h

Support literacy--and books!

Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 23h

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... no shit. The plunge in general intelligence over just the last half decade is palpable.

America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy

Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.

www.theatlantic.com

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JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com · 22h

Everyone claims to love “nuance” until you actually present them with some. Then suddenly, you’re “both sides-ing” or “overcomplicating.” No one hates black-and-white thinking more than they hate gray.

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Shinichi Kanna @shindoverse.com · 23h

The fash, from the top down, are unqualifiedly vain so I have no problem with people hitting them where it hurts.

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dkhunter @dkhunter.bsky.social · 23h

You know I've honestly always been so repulsed by Fujimori's conduct that it somehow never occurred to me that Fujimori isn't exactly a stereotypically Peruvian name lol

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Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 23h

Any excuse to post Neal Rijkenberg, the Finance Minister of Eswatini

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 23h

i love global minorities in global politics and how they make all the sort of distinctions people try to make silly

here is Mark Golding, the leader of Jamaica's left wing PNP

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Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻 @punkonbuslives.bsky.social · 23h

You get Mike Johnson.

Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 1d

what happens if you reverse the polarity of big dick energy

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Star Trek Corrupted Captions @startrekcc.bsky.social · 23h

This will not stand, man!
#StarTrek #StarTrekMemes #StarTrekTNG

Data is choking a Borg with one hand, to the point of lifting it off its feet. In the image, the Borg is labeled "ChatGPT introducing new erotica for adults." Data is labeled as "Flesh and blood people forbidden from posting erotica"

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 23h

Have you ever been so fucking delighted by a username/icon set that it made you follow a total stranger

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 1d

The formerly rare 🇹🇼🇺🇦🇵🇸 alignment is becoming the norm among normie liberals.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

honestly impressive how committed they are to losing a shutdown fight

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

prediction: this will not work

www.axios.com/2025/10/14/t...

Trump teases new list of "Democratic programs" being shut down will come Friday

Other cuts would follow the thousands of employees laid off last week.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

So like this is funnier and more offensive than anything anyone else said about Kirk that got them fired

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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