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Brad? @bradquestionmark.bsky.social · 5h

I saw someone post something the other day about how they can't believe China hasn't made a move on Taiwan yet...well, there's some reasons behind that.

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Brad? @bradquestionmark.bsky.social · 14h

Come on, you can't expect Kristi and her "personal advisor" Corey Lewandowski to fly on poverty planes!

snagz_said_what @snagzsongs.bsky.social · 14h

Why we need this and more #NoKings days 👇🏽

(gift horse)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

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Brad? @bradquestionmark.bsky.social · 14h

Yup. They are here to troll, gloat, and bait. Don't give them the chance.

Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 16h

Remember--just block. Don't respond. Don't quote-dunk. Don't screenshot. Just block and move on.

The joy of Bluesky's nuclear block is that the moment you tap that button they cease to exist on here for you. And (more importantly) you cease to exist for them.

Just block and move on.

Brad? @bradquestionmark.bsky.social · 16h

Expand the Court. Expand the House.

Brad? @bradquestionmark.bsky.social · 17h

Especially with access to *millions* of dollars! You can do anything you want! I would DISAPPEAR somewhere tropical until like, Christmas.

Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 17h

hold up James Franklin actually flew down to Georgia to be on the GameDay set for this interview? it's your first free Saturday in 20 years man I'm not committing to anything more than a Zoom

Brad? @bradquestionmark.bsky.social · 17h

I would argue one step further: Mamdani's "secret" is the he *actually loves NYC* and just wants to help its residents without fundamentally changing what makes NYC NYC. That's it!

Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the secret: Mamdani is having a good time. That's it. That's the core of political charisma.

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

Zohran Mamdani is a trained performer who has an extremely disciplined and laser-focused ability to recite on-message talking points in response to any question, and yet voters overwhelming praise him as being especially "authentic" compared to other politicians. There's a lesson here!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, block, ignore, talk football.

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Brad? @bradquestionmark.bsky.social · 1d

True. What they're *really* hoping for is some dum-dum to give them something they can construe as a "threat" and possibly justify shutting it down.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

The reason they're coming after this place is because they can't control the people on it and it drives them nuts.

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Brad? @bradquestionmark.bsky.social · 3d

I'm more worried about Rapp...who seems broken.

And Benford is a mess as well. I'm terrified that concussion last year has made him hesitant. He just seems passive and reactive.

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Brad? @bradquestionmark.bsky.social · 3d

$300 (!!!!!!) a year for quarterly issues full of not even puff pieces, but straight up press releases...what even the hell is this?

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3d

This place is a completely deranged social environment that’s flash-frying the brains of people who want to be popular here, and is only defensible in comparison to its much-larger competitor, which is doing exactly the same thing but with considerably more Hitler

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Brad? @bradquestionmark.bsky.social · 4d

This this this this. Win the primary. Don't whine. Don't complain. Go win the primary.

Contested primaries are a good thing!

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4d

there are a couple of ways to think about this, one is that no one should be running for their first senate race at this age, and the other is that if platner can’t beat her, he definitely can’t beat collins. i think he can. everybody needs to stop crying and start fighting.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 4d

Janet Mills going to the Senate at 79 would make her the oldest elected freshman senator in history — but just as old as or younger than 1 in 9 senators serving in this congress. www.pbump.net/o/a-79-year-...

Brad? @bradquestionmark.bsky.social · 4d

My friend's dad was so good at that game he could lap Bill Elliott. It made me lose respect for him because that game sucked so much even at age 9 or whatever I was like, "You coulda spent that time you spent getting good at this shit game with your kids"

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Brad? @bradquestionmark.bsky.social · 4d

JV basketball 20ish years ago. We're up 2. Other team hits a foul line jumper at the buzzer to send it to OT. Both teams return to the bench to prepare.

...when suddenly the refs go to the scorers table, signal it was a 3, and RUN out of the gym because they didn't feel like reffing OT.

John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 4d

What meaningless thing/experience are you still mad about? Like it should not matter at all, DOES not matter at all. But you’re still MAD.

And how long has it been?

I bought some bagels at Hy-Vee four years ago. So bad. Too big. Hard. Bland. WORTHLESS.

I’m still FURIOUS.

Brad? @bradquestionmark.bsky.social · 4d

These dipshits who think they are the master race/alpha males look *exactly* how you think they would. look like.

Politico @politico.com · 4d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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