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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 10d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · 22d

For everyone already saying they'll never vote for this guy, who is the alternate? Who is calling out trump like this? Who has this large of a platform?

Listen, I don't like him either, but in this specific moment, he may be our best chance at getting back to a semi-functioning country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 27d

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads “EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”

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Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · 27d

You cannot tell me that we would be having issues like this had we just elected the other candidate: www.outsmartmagazine.com/2025/09/mont...

Montrose Rainbow Crosswalks Removed During Repaving, Future in Question

Houston’s rainbow crosswalks at Westheimer and Taft were removed during repaving. Their return depends on a city review of new federal rules restricting roadway art.

www.outsmartmagazine.com

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 28d

The FBI is preparing to label transgender people as “violent extremists” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...

FBI Readies New War on Trans People

“We’re looking at the entire web”

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · 27d

Friday 5x5

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Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Sep 15

Some of y'all really let blue state terminally online leftists convince you this was the same thing Kamala would be doing and y'all just gave full control of the federal government to this for zero reason.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Sep 15

Vance: "While our side of the aisle certainly has its crazies, it is a statistical fact that most of the lunatics in American politics today are proud members of the far-Left."

Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Sep 12

Friday 5x5 - doing a deep dive into Chumbawumbas discography. If you haven't heard anything from them other than tubthumping, you're missing out.

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Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Sep 12

That site they started to report people who say anything about current events is legitimately terrifying and feels like they're legitimately starting the informants part of 1930s Germany.

Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Sep 12

What's so annoying about the current govt officials is that I've always assumed that govt jobs are for intelligent, organized, and extremely successful people only at that level, not for people like me who can't keep track of anything and struggle to get by solely due to how my brain works.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Sep 12

This is the guy who is supposed to be in charge.

Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Sep 7

I also fully buy in that Mateer is baker 2.0 now. So many similarities, so much hope for Oklahoma.

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Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Sep 7

If baker had a defense half this good he would be win a national title at Oklahoma

Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Sep 5

Friday 5x5 during a week where I could not stop listening to skinhead, haywire, and cosmic joke.

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Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Sep 3

These are the Dems you can say are exactly the same as Republicans

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 2

Hakeem Jeffries: "Donald Trump promised that he would lower housing costs on day one. Here's a suggestion for the Trump administration: try to legislate, and maybe we can find common ground in order to get something done for the American people."

Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm not concerned. Redid the entire attack, still getting players into the squad. It will come together, and Liverpool still have to come to Emirates. Just have to take care of business elsewhere and revenge can be had in that return trip to Emirates.

Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Aug 30

Being 36, I'm old enough to remember to the pre-trump days, but my entire adult life has been defined by trump. It's awful.

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Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Aug 30

To all leftists who say voting doesn't matter, if this is your district, show up and vote in the primaries in March, then you can elect this person for congress. Then we can get more people like this, and then years from now we can have an actual progressive government. That's how we win.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 30

Another swing state Dem pledges to refuse AIPAC’s money.

theintercept.com/2025/08/29/a...

Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Aug 29

Katrina is going to look like a kids birthday party with what's going to come

Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Aug 29

Friday 5x5

Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Aug 28

I won't believe it until he's actually fired. Can't believe the offensive talent and the coaching abilities of McDaniel and weaver and we're going to waste all of it by allowing Grier to continue to shape the roster.

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Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Aug 28

Why are we mad the DNC for paying social media influencers when the heritage foundation has been coordinating with churches, schools, politicians, influencers, and media personnel for decades to coordinate on conservative messaging?

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Greed Apocalypse @juanmunoz.bsky.social · Aug 27

EIA: Solar and wind leave coal in the dust with record 2025 output
flip.it/dmIr3Y

WHICH IS WHY BIG OIL WANTS THEIR TODDLER POTUS TO SHUT ALL GREEN ENERGY PROJECTS.

EIA: Solar and wind leave coal in the dust with record 2025 output

Solar hit 9% of US electricity in the first six months of 2025 as wind + solar topped 20% and renewables surged past 27%, reports the EIA.

flip.it

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Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Aug 27

Just six more years and that original tweet is old enough for Matt walsh to marry it

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 22

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.

On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.

This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.

Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵

Photo of DOGE staffer Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old white man in a blue pullover, carrying a black backpack.

Photo of 53-year-old Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi. He is sitting, wearing white pants and shirt with a brown vest.

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Atlas2686 @atlas2686.bsky.social · Aug 22

Really confused why anyone is surprised here: we told the DNC with the last election that fascism and being accepting of others doesn't win elections. We didn't punish the Dems, we just told them to go further right.

Adam Wren @adamwren.bsky.social · Aug 22

Scoop: Third Way is circulating a memo, shared first with @playbookdc, featuring a new blacklist of words Dems shouldn’t use.

www.politico.com/newsletters/...